Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. He is currently competing in the WRC2 Championship for Toksport WRT. He previously drove in the top category for the factory teams of Volkswagen, Citroën and Hyundai, finishing third in the drivers' standings in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His current co-driver is Jørn Listerud.
Mikkelsen is a two-time Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion, having finished first in 2011 and 2012. In 2021, he became the drivers' champion in both the WRC2 and the European Rally Championship. He won WRC2 for a second time in 2023.
Career Mikkelsen has a broad background in sports. He has competed in slalom and giant slalom, and was a member of the national juniors' alpine skiing team. In 2003 and 2004, he competed in motocross, also representing the national juniors' team.
2006–2010: Ford After turning 17 and getting a British driver's license, Mikkelsen started competing in rallies in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Driving a Ford Focus RS WRC, he won the Quinton Stages, the Coracle, the Plains, the Bulldog and the Cambrian Rally, as well as the Saaremaa Rally in Estonia. He finished 38th overall in 2007 in the famous Donegal International Rally in his Ford Focus, finishing almost an hour behind eventual winner Sébastien Loeb.
Mikkelsen debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2006 Rally GB and retired from the 14th special stage after going off the road. In the 2007 season, he competed in eight WRC events, and also took part in the Irish Tarmac Championship and the Norwegian Rally Championship. His best WRC results were ninth at the 2007 Rally Ireland and tenth in Norway and Portugal.
For the 2008 season, Mikkelsen had some exclusive coaching from Ford's retired double world champion Marcus Grönholm. Even though having major problems with turbocharger on Friday's stages, he achieved the best result of his WRC career so far by claiming fifth in the 2008 Swedish Rally, beating Matthew Wilson's 2006 record of being the youngest driver ever to score points in a WRC event. He intended to compete in all of the championship rounds in Europe, whilst completing his final year in school.
During Rally Larvik in September 2009, Mikkelsen was involved in an accident, when he got a slide on his car and hit a 10-year-old spectator, killing her instantly.
In 2010, Mikkelsen competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 with a best finish of second on the 2010 Rally Scotland. He placed seventh in the overall standings. Mikkelsen drove a Super 2000 car also on three WRC rounds, and won the SWRC class at the season-ending 2010 Wales Rally GB.
2011–2012: Škoda
Following a strong 2010 campaign, Mikkelsen signed with the Skoda UK Motorsport team for the 2011 IRC season.
During his 2011 season driving for Skoda UK Motorsport in the IRC, Mikkelsen was off to a rough start. The first rally of the season, Rally Monte-Carlo, Mikkelsen had to retire only after SS1. Sata Rallye Açores where a turning point of the season, where he placed second, his first ever podium in the IRC. Prior to the last rally of the season, Rally Cyprus, five drivers were fighting for the drivers championship. Mikkelsen, winning Rally Cyprus took home the title, being the youngest person ever to win the IRC.
Mikkelsen continued his dominance of the IRC in the 2012 season, claiming the drivers championship after winning at Azores and Romania plus collecting five second place finishes. Mikkelsen is the first ever to win the IRC (now ERC) two consecutive times.
2013–2016: Volkswagen
From 2013 to 2016, Mikkelsen competed for Volkswagen Motorsport II in their factory Polo WRC. He did not reach the podium during the 2013 season, but won several special stages, placing tenth in the overall standings. 2014 saw more favourable results, with three second placed finishes, and two third place results, he completed the year in an impressive third place in the championship overall standings. In 2015, he achieved his first rally victory in Spain, and seven third place results, giving him another third place in the world championship. Mikkelsen followed that by two more wins in Poland and Australia during the 2016 season, and two more second places, resulting in yet another third place in the championship overall. Mikkelsen had finished 3rd in the championship three times consecutively from 2014 to 2016. Volkswagen retired from WRC at the end of 2016, leaving Mikkelsen without a drive for 2017.
2017: Škoda, Citroën and Hyundai
In early 2017, Mikkelsen entered three rounds of the WRC2 with a factory Škoda Fabia R5, winning the Monte Carlo Rally and Tour de Corse. He joined the Citroën World Rally Team in mid 2017, debuting at Italy with a Citroën C3 WRC. After finishing second in Germany, Mikkelsen signed a deal for 2018 with Hyundai Motorsport, joining close friend Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Hayden Paddon. He finished fourth in Welsh Rally GB before the end of that year.
2018–2019: Hyundai
2018 started promisingly with third place in Sweden, but Andreas suffered a series of setbacks, and finished the year sixth place overall. 2019 was significantly better. Despite missing out or retiring from six of the fourteen WRC events that year, Mikkelsen scored one second place and two third places, to finish the season in fourth place overall. His contract with Hyundai was not renewed at the end of 2019, leaving Mikkelsen without a WRC drive.
2020: Pirelli tests and Eurosol Racing Team Mikkelsen was left without a drive for 2020 season, so at Rally Sardegna he co-drove for 2003 World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg. They contested the rally in Shakedown and Power Stage using Saintéloc-prepared Citroen C3 WRC equipped with Pirelli tyres to be used for the 2021 season. At Rally Monza, together with Eurosol Racing Team he finished 6th in WRC2 and won in WRC3 category.
2021–2023: Toksport and Škoda
For 2021, Mikkelsen joined Toksport WRT for a combined WRC2 and ERC campaign, driving a Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo. He become the first driver to win both the WRC2 and ERC title in the same year. He stayed with the team until 2023. Between the races, he also helped Škoda Motorsport to develop the new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 and he drove it at the 2022 Bohemia Rally Mladá Boleslav as course car.
2024: Hyundai In 2024, Mikkelsen returned to Hyundai for his second stint in the top category with the team, driving part-time in a car shared with Dani Sordo and Esapekka Lappi.
2026: Toksport and Škoda After doing minimal rallying in 2025, Mikkelsen returned to Toksport for his fourth stint with Škoda in 2026.
WRC victories # Event Season Co-driver Car 1 51º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada 2015 Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2 73rd Rally Poland 2016 Anders Jæger Volkswagen Polo R WRC 3 25th Rally Australia 2016 Anders Jæger Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Racing record
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBRRet NC 0 2007 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE NOR10 MEX POR10 NC 0 Ramsport ARG ITA GRE FIN12 GER24 NZW ESP25 FRADSQ JPN IRE9 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 GBRRet 2008 Ramsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE5 MEX ARG JOR ITARet GRE TUR19 FIN12 16th 5 Ford Focus RS WRC 07 GER11 NZL ESP8FRA11 JPN GBR 2009 Andreas Mikkelsen Subaru Impreza WRX STi IRE NORRet NC 0 Škoda Fabia WRC CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POLRet FIN AUS ESP GBR 2010 Andreas Mikkelsen Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE11 MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN 26th 1 Škoda Fabia S2000 FRA18 ESP Czech Ford National Team GBR10 2011 Volkswagen Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FINRet GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Volkswagen Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON SWE13 MEX POR ARGRet GRERet NZL FIN27 GER7 GBR FRA12 ITA7 ESP21 14th 13 2013 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON SWE MEX POR6 ARG8 GRE4 ITARet FIN10 GERWDAUS7 FRA7 ESPRet GBR5 10th 50 2014 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON7 SWE2 MEX19 POR4 ARG4 ITA4 POL2 FIN4 GER3 AUS3 FRA2 ESP7 GBRRet 3rd 150 2015 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON3 SWE3 MEX3 ARGRet POR3 ITA36 POL2 FINRet GER3 AUS4 FRA3 ESP1 GBR3 3rd 171 2016 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON2 SWE4 MEXRet ARG3 POR2 ITA13 POL1 FIN7 GER4 CHNC FRA3 ESPRet GBR12 AUS1 3rd 154 2017 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON7 SWE MEX FRA7 ARG PORRet 12th 54 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC ITA8 POL9 FIN GER2 Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ESP18 GBR4 AUS11 2018 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MON13 SWE3 MEX4 FRA7 ARG5 POR16 ITA18 FIN10 GER6 TUR5 GBR6 ESP10 AUS11 6th 84 2019 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MONRet SWE4 MEXRet FRA ARG2 CHL7 POR ITA3 FIN4 GER6 TUR3 GBR6 ESP AUSC 4th 102 2020 Eurosol Racing Team Hungary Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ6 15th 8 2021 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC CRO PORWD ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 17th 10 2022 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 14th 25 2023 Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 11th 29 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 11th 40 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU 20th* 4* Season still in progress.
PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 2009 Andreas Mikkelsen Subaru Impreza WRX STi NORRet CYP POR ARG ITA GRE AUS GBR NC 0
SWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2010 Czech Ford National Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FIN GER JPN FRA GBR1 11th 25
WRC2 results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 2017 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS 9th 50 2021 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 1st 149 2022 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 2nd 109 2023 Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 1st 137 2026 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU 13th* 12* Season still in progress.
WRC3 results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points 2020 Eurosol Racing Team Hungary Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON SWE MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ1 8th 25
Complete IRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points 2009 Andreas Mikkelsen Opel Corsa S2000 MON BRA KEN POR BEL RUS POR CZE33 ESP ITA SCO – 02010 Andreas Mikkelsen Ford Fiesta S2000 MON CUR ARG CAN SARRet YPR5 AZO4 MAD ZLI5 SANRet SCO2 CYPRet 7th 21 2011 Škoda UK Škoda Fabia S2000 MON Ret CAN 6 COR 6 YAL 4 YPR Ret AZO 2 ZLI 5 MEC Ret SAN 2 SCO 1 CYP 1 1st 153.5 2012 Škoda UK Škoda Fabia S2000 AZO 1 CAN 2 IRL2 COR5 TAR2 YPRRet SMR2 ROM1 ZLI8 YAL SLI SAN CYP2 1st 150
ERC results YearEntrantCar12345678Points 2020 Topp-Cars Rally Team Škoda Fabia R5 Evo ITA LAT PRT HUN ESP 5th 52 2021 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo POL LAT ITA CZE PRT1 PRT2 HUN ESP 1st 191
Skiing career
Mikkelsen was an Alpine skier before concentrating on rallying.
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