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Andreas Mikkelsen
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Mikkelsen at the 2015 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1989-06-22) 22 June 1989 (age 36) Oslo, Norway
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–present
Co-driver	Current Torstein Eriksen Former Phil Hall Elliott Edmondson Ola Fløene Anders Jæger Mikko Markkula Paul Nagle Jonas Andersson
Teams	Stobart Ford, Volkswagen, Škoda, Citroën, Hyundai, Toksport WRT
Rallies	136
Championships	0
Rally wins	3
Podiums	25
Stage wins	117
Total points	896
First rally	2006 Wales Rally GB
First win	2015 Rally Catalunya
Last win	2016 Rally Australia
Last rally	2024 Rally Japan

Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. He is a top competitor in the World Rally Championship, which is a series of exciting car races on different types of roads. He currently drives for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

Before joining Hyundai, Andreas raced for big teams like Volkswagen and Citroën. He finished third in the overall driver standings three times in a row, from 2014 to 2016. His current co-driver, who helps him navigate during races, is Torstein Eriksen. Andreas has also won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge twice and is a two-time champion in the WRC-2 series. He also won the European Rally Championship in 2021.

Andreas Mikkelsen's Racing Journey
WRC Victories
Racing Records
Alpine Skiing Career
See also

Andreas Mikkelsen's Racing Journey

Andreas Mikkelsen has always been a talented athlete. Before he started rallying, he was a skilled alpine skiing racer, even joining the national junior team for slalom and giant slalom. He also competed in motocross as a junior.

Early Years with Ford (2006–2010)

When Andreas turned 17, he got his British driver's license. This allowed him to start competing in rally races in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He quickly showed his talent, winning several rallies like the Quinton Stages and the Saaremaa Rally in Estonia, driving a Ford Focus RS WRC.

Andreas made his first appearance in the World Rally Championship at the 2006 Wales Rally GB. In the 2007 season, he raced in eight WRC events. He also took part in the Irish Tarmac Championship and the Norwegian Rally Championship. He finished ninth at the 2007 Rally Ireland, which was a good result for him.

For the 2008 season, Andreas received special training from Marcus Grönholm, a retired Ford world champion. Andreas achieved his best WRC result yet by finishing fifth at the 2008 Swedish Rally. This made him the youngest driver ever to score points in a WRC event at that time.

Mikkelsen, in the Ford Fiesta S2000, on his way to second place on the 2010 Rally Scotland.

In 2010, Andreas competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). He drove a Ford Fiesta S2000 and finished second at the 2010 Rally Scotland. He ended up seventh in the overall IRC standings. He also won the SWRC class at the final WRC event of the season, the 2010 Wales Rally GB.

Dominating with Škoda (2011–2012)

After his strong performance in 2010, Andreas joined the Skoda UK Motorsport team for the 2011 IRC season. He had a challenging start but turned things around at the Sata Rallye Açores, where he finished second. This was his first podium finish in the IRC.

Going into the last rally of the 2011 season, five drivers were still in the running for the championship. Andreas won the Rally Cyprus and took home the title, becoming the youngest person ever to win the IRC. He continued his strong performance in the 2012 season, winning the championship again after victories in Azores and Romania. He also secured five second-place finishes. Andreas was the first driver to win the IRC (now called ERC) two times in a row.

Years with Volkswagen (2013–2016)

Mikkelsen driving a Volkswagen Polo R WRC at the 2013 Rally de Portugal.

From 2013 to 2016, Andreas raced for Volkswagen Motorsport II, driving their powerful Volkswagen Polo R WRC car. In 2013, he didn't reach the podium but won several special stages, finishing 10th overall.

The year 2014 brought much better results. He finished second three times and third twice, ending the year in an impressive third place in the championship standings. In 2015, he achieved his first rally victory in Spain. He also had seven third-place finishes, which helped him secure another third place in the world championship.

Andreas continued his success in 2016 with two more wins in Poland and Australia. He also had two second-place finishes. This meant he finished third in the championship overall for the third year in a row! Volkswagen decided to leave WRC at the end of 2016, which meant Andreas needed a new team for 2017.

Switching Teams (2017)

Citroën C3 WRC of Andreas Mikkelsen at 2017 Rallye Deutschland

In early 2017, Andreas competed in three rounds of the WRC-2 series with a factory Škoda Fabia R5. He won both the Monte Carlo Rally and the Tour de Corse events. Later that year, he joined the Citroën World Rally Team, making his debut in Italy with a Citroën C3 WRC. After finishing second in Germany, Andreas signed a deal to join Hyundai Motorsport for the 2018 season. He finished fourth in the Welsh Rally GB before the end of 2017.

Time with Hyundai (2018–2019)

The 2018 season started well for Andreas with a third-place finish in Sweden. However, he faced some challenges later in the year and finished 6th overall. The 2019 season was much better. Even though he missed or retired from some events, Andreas achieved one second-place finish and two third-place finishes. He ended the season in 4th place overall. His contract with Hyundai was not renewed at the end of 2019, leaving him without a WRC drive for a short period.

Testing and New Challenges (2020)

Without a full-time drive in 2020, Andreas helped with tire testing for Pirelli. He even co-drove for the 2003 World Drivers' Champion, Petter Solberg, during the Rally Sardegna shakedown and power stage. At the Rally Monza, he finished 6th in WRC-2 and won the WRC-3 category with Eurosol Racing Team.

Success with Toksport WRT and Škoda (2021–Present)

Mikkelsen driving a Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo at the 2021 Barum Czech Rally Zlín.

In 2021, Andreas joined Toksport for a combined WRC-2 and ERC campaign, driving a Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo. He made history by becoming the first driver to win both the WRC-2 and ERC titles in the same year!

Mikkelsen at the 2022 Bohemia Rally Mladá Boleslav, driving the new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2

He continued with Toksport in 2022 and helped Škoda Motorsport develop their new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 car. He won the WRC-2 title for a second time in 2023. As of July 2025, Andreas is still competing in the World Rally Championship with Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

WRC Victories

Andreas Mikkelsen has won three World Rally Championship events:

#	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 Records

Andreas Mikkelsen has competed in many rally events. Here are some of his results in different championships:

World Rally Championship (WRC) Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	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	GBR Ret	NC	0
2007	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON	SWE	NOR 10	MEX	POR 10												NC	0
	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 04						ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN 12	GER 24	NZW	ESP 25	FRA DSQ	JPN	IRE 9
	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 06																GBR Ret
2008	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	MON	SWE 5	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA Ret	GRE	TUR 19	FIN 12								16th	5
2008	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 07										GER 11	NZL	ESP 8	FRA 11	JPN	GBR		16th	5
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR Ret															NC	0
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia WRC			CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL Ret	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR					NC	0
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE 11	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN							26th	1
	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000											FRA 18	ESP
	Czech Ford National Team	Škoda Fabia S2000													GBR 10
2011	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2012	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE 13	MEX	POR	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL	FIN 27	GER 7	GBR	FRA 12	ITA 7	ESP 21				14th	13
2013	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 6	ARG 8	GRE 4	ITA Ret	FIN 10	GER WD	AUS 7	FRA 7	ESP Ret	GBR 5				10th	50
2014	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 7	SWE 2	MEX 19	POR 4	ARG 4	ITA 4	POL 2	FIN 4	GER 3	AUS 3	FRA 2	ESP 7	GBR Ret				3rd	150
2015	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 3	SWE 3	MEX 3	ARG Ret	POR 3	ITA 36	POL 2	FIN Ret	GER 3	AUS 4	FRA 3	ESP 1	GBR 3				3rd	171
2016	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 2	SWE 4	MEX Ret	ARG 3	POR 2	ITA 13	POL 1	FIN 7	GER 4	CHN C	FRA 3	ESP Ret	GBR 12	AUS 1			3rd	154
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 7	SWE	MEX	FRA 7	ARG	POR Ret											12th	54
	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC							ITA 8	POL 9	FIN	GER 2
	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC											ESP 18	GBR 4	AUS 11
2018	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON 13	SWE 3	MEX 4	FRA 7	ARG 5	POR 16	ITA 18	FIN 10	GER 6	TUR 5	GBR 6	ESP 10	AUS 11				6th	84
2019	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON Ret	SWE 4	MEX Ret	FRA	ARG 2	CHL 7	POR	ITA 3	FIN 4	GER 6	TUR 3	GBR 6	ESP	AUS C			4th	102
2020	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 6										15th	8
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON 7	ARC 11	CRO 39	POR WD	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 9	BEL	GRE 9	FIN	ESP	MNZ 16					17th	10
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON 7	SWE 7	CRO	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN	EST 8	FIN	BEL 7	GRE 13	NZL	ESP	JPN				14th	25
2023	Toksport WRT 3	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 8	ITA 5	KEN	EST 9	FIN 10	GRE 7	CHL	EUR 23	JPN 7				11th	29
2024	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	MON 6	SWE	KEN	CRO 6	POR	ITA	POL 6	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR 31	JPN 31				11th	40

PWRC Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	NOR Ret	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	AUS	GBR	NC	0

SWRC Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2010	Czech Ford National Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	POR	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR 1	11th	25

WRC-2 Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 1	SWE	MEX	FRA 1	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	9th	50
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON 1	ARC 2	CRO 5	POR WD	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 1	BEL	GRE 1	FIN	ESP	MNZ 2		1st	149
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON 1	SWE 1	CRO	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN	EST 1	FIN	BEL 2	GRE 7	NZL	ESP	JPN	2nd	109
2023	Toksport WRT 3	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 3	ITA 1	KEN	EST 1	FIN 4	GRE 1	CHL	EUR 13	JPN 1	1st	137

WRC-3 Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2020	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 1	8th	25

Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Opel Corsa S2000	MON	BRA	KEN	POR	BEL	RUS	POR	CZE 33	ESP	ITA	SCO			–	0
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	CUR	ARG	CAN	SAR Ret	YPR 5	AZO 4	MAD	ZLI 5	SAN Ret	SCO 2	CYP Ret		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	IRL 2	COR 5	TAR 2	YPR Ret	SMR 2	ROM 1	ZLI 8	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP 2	1st	150

European Rally Championship (ERC) Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
2020	Topp-Cars Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	ITA	LAT	PRT	HUN 1	ESP 6				5th	52
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	POL 2	LAT 5	ITA 8	CZE 2	PRT1 1	PRT2 1	HUN 6	ESP	1st	191

Alpine Skiing Career

Before he became a rally driver, Andreas Mikkelsen was an alpine skier. He focused on skiing before deciding to pursue rallying as his main sport.