Malthe Jakobsen (born 29 October 2003) is a

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. He is the

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champion in the

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class with Cool Racing.

Single-seater career

2018

Jakobsen began his car racing career in his homeland, competing for FSP in the

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. Having initially struggled in the first half of the year, the Dane scored three category podiums and a pole position in the final third of the campaign, thus finishing sixth in the standings. Near the end of the year, Jakobsen also made two cameo appearances in the F4 South East Asia Championship, where he took his first win in single-seater motorsport at

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2019

The following season, Jakobsen remained with FSP in Danish F4. After missing the season opener, a triple of podiums at

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, which included a win in Race 3, commenced Jakobsen's title campaign. A pair of victories at

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and Kinnekulle followed respectively, before the Dane took a hattrick of victories at

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. Three more wins followed, as Jakobsen locked out the championship in dominating fashion in the season finale, finishing 78 points ahead of his nearest challenger, Jonas Lindhard Nielsen. At the end of the campaign, Jakobsen represented Denmark at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.

Endurance career

2020

For 2020, Jakobsen switched to prototype racing, competing in the

category of the

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for RLR MSport alongside James Dayson. He finished his rookie campaign, during which he was described as having shown "maturity beyond his years", tenth in the standings, with a sole podium coming at the season opener in Le Castellet.

2021

Jakobsen stayed with RLR for another year in the

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, this time partnering Mike Benham and Alex Kapadia. His team once again started their campaign out with a podium, a second place in

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, but failed to finish three of the remaining five races, thus dropping to ninth by season's end.

2022

Going into his third season of the

, Jakobsen made the move to Cool Racing. Commencing the season at

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, Jakobsen started out in strong fashion, taking pole position and helping his team to win the four hour-long race. Another pole position came at the next round in

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, which would eventually result in a podium finish. The following event, held in

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, would bear less fruit however, as the team was forced to retire from the race. Following another third place in

, where Jakobsen scored his fourth pole in four races, a collision by the Dane's teammate Maurice Smith meant the end of the race in

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, which made the team's title aspirations seem unlikely going into the season finale at

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. In spite of the uphill task, Jakobsen managed to take pole position once more, making him the season's only LMP3 polesitter, and ended up winning the race. With title rivals Inter Europol Competition retiring late in the race following a car failure with a subsequent collision, Jakobsen, Smith and Mike Benham were crowned champions of the ELMS' LMP3 category. As a result of his championship victory, Jakobsen was invited to test the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar during the

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rookie test in November 2022.

2023

Progression to the LMP2 class was in order for the 2023 season, as Jakobsen remained with Cool Racing in the

. Before embarking on his European season however, the Dane teamed up with

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and amateur Alexandre Coigny in the Asian Le Mans Series. Despite Jakobsen setting the fastest lap in the second race at

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, the team experienced a difficult opening event, as Coigny collided with a GT car in Race 1 and the outfit finished fifth on Sunday. For the event at the Yas Marina Circuit, Lapierre would step away from driving duties in order to give Jakobsen more seat time during the races, which ended up paying off immediately, the Dane taking a commanding victory on Saturday. On Sunday, a pair of penalties due to an infringement regarding minimum pit stop time and a collision caused by Jakobsen would end the outfit's chances of obtaining victory, as Jakobsen and Coigny finished third, which earned them the runner-up spot in the championship. The team's European campaign started positively, as a third place in class at

was followed by a second place at Le Castellet. During the third round in Aragón however, Jakobsen caused the #37 to retire for the only time that year, missing his braking point for turn one and colliding with the fellow Cool Racing car of José María López. The next race at

saw a return to form, with Jakobsen playing a starring role in the team's first Pro-Am victory and overall second place. Another class win followed during the 4 Hours of Algarve, where a late 10-second-penalty for the leading Mathias Beche gifted the #37 another 25 points, placing them into championship contention for the season finale. Despite an early spin by Coigny during the second race at

, Jakobsen was able to make up ground during the final stints, getting within a second of the race-winning

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. At the start of November, it was announced that Jakobsen would pair up with

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and

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in that winter's Asian Le Mans Series, driving for the

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-run

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Racing team.

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Jakobsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.^* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Danish Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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