Oliver Rasmussen (born 6 November 2000) is a

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racing driver currently competing in the

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for

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Early career

Italian F4

2018

Rasmussen started his single-seater career off with

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at the opening round of the

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. Rasmussen completed the first ten races with 4 retirements and a best finish of 11th, a string of 3 retirements in a row starting at Monza's 2nd race left Rasmussen the only one of the 6 Jenzer drivers without a point. In race 2 at the Misano round a season best finish of 8th ended Rasmussen's points drought, things were looking good for him until the 3rd race he sustained a heavy crash with Prema driver Amna Al Qubaisi. The closest Rasmussen got to the points was a 13th-place finish, he ended the season 24th and last of his teammates.

2019

He returned for the following season but this time for

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and with his first race of the season he beat his entire tally from the previous year. In the second race Rasmussen was handed a ten-second penalty for overtaking under the safety car resulting in a 14th-place finish. Despite a lot of good results, including three 4th places and a pole position at

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it took until the final round of the season for Rasmussen to take a podium where he placed 3rd in the first and third race at

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. Before his double podium Rasmussen was 10th in the championship but ended up finishing 7th, 6 points behind his nearest competitor.

ADAC F4

Rasmussen raced with

in the

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. The first round of the season got off to a bad start, as he retired after he sustained damage crashing into Prema teammate Paul Aron. A handful of good results and points followed before he scored a career best 2nd and first podium of the season at

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due to Dennis Hauger and Gianluca Petecof crashing in the later stages of the race. Rasmussen went on to finish on the podium once more and end the season in 12th behind Paraguyan Joshua Dürksen.

Toyota Racing Series

mtec Motorsport and Rasmussen joined forced as he entered the

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for the first time in

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. He finished 11th with two podiums, one fastest lap and 158 points. His best result was 2nd, a race in which he shared the podium with FIA Formula 1 driver

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and

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driver

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FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

On 5 February 2021, Rasmussen confirmed that he would be moving up to the

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with

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to partner

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and

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. He did not score any points and achieved a best finish of 12th, during sprint race 2 at

2022

He then drove for

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and

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in the post-season test, but did not sign for either team in

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, instead switching to the

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. On 4 April 2022, however, it was announced that Rasmussen would be joining teams' champions

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from round 2 after an ill-fated

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pulled out of the championship. In just his first time back, he achieved his first points finish by finishing seventh. He would not score any more points for the feature race and the Barcelona round. Rasmussen was replaced at

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by Edgar after the Brit recovered from his health issues. Rasmussen ranked 22nd in the standings with 4 points.

Sportscar career

2022: WEC debut

On 12 January 2022,

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announced that Rasmussen would join the team and drive the 28 car alongside Ed Jones and Johnathan Aberdein in the

. The team started out with a fifth place at Sebring, before a retirement at

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posed a setback for Rasmussen and his teammates. They would bounce back in strong fashion at the

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however, as the Jota 28 crew took a class podium, ending up third at the checkered flag. Rasmussen, Aberdein and Jones scored another third place at the penultimate race in

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and finished sixth in the teams' standings.

2023

For the 2023 season, Rasmussen remained with Jota, being partnered by

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and

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Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

† As Rasmussen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasmussen, Oliver 2000 births Living people Danish racing drivers French racing drivers French people of Danish descent ADAC Formula 4 drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers Prema Powerteam drivers HWA Team drivers Trident Racing drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers R-ace GP drivers Jota Sport drivers G-Drive Racing drivers