Mikkel Mac Jensen (born 18 December 1992 in

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) is a

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Career

Like many other racing drivers Mac began his racing career in karting. He remained in karting until 2008. In 2009 he began his

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career. He started 8 of 16 races in Danish

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, achieving six podium finishes and two victories. He concluded the season in the seventh position. He also participated in five rounds of Formula BMW Europe, finishing 23rd in the championship. In 2010 Mac moved to the

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup The Formula Renault Northern European Cup (formerly Formula Renault 2.0 NEC) was a Formula Renault, Formula Renault 2.0 championship originally held in Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium), but has expanded over the years to the whol ...

, driving for KTR. He won three races and finished runner-up behind Ludwig Ghidi with 340 points.

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Mikkel will be joining the

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supported team Spirit of Race /

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for the 2017 GT Open series. Along with

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Mikkel will be driving the

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in the GT-Pro class.

Danish Superturisme Turbo

For the 2017 season of DST Mikkel will be joining Team Roskilde Racing Center where Mikkel will be driving together with Henrik Jansen and Peter Christensen.

European Le Mans series

Winner in LMGTE class of the

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, Racing Ferrari 458 GT2 in the GTE Class.

European Le Mans series

2nd place in debut season

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, Racing

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in the GTC Class.

Maserati Trofeo World series

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he began competing in the

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, and finished the season winning 2 titles (Drivers Championship) (under age 30 Championship).

DTC

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he began competing in the

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, and finished the season in a solid 5th place.

Formula Two

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he began competing in the

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, and finished the season in a solid 11th place.“Mikkel Mac signs up for F2”
(formulatwo.com, 2011-April-14)

Racing record

Career summary

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

(

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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