Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen (born 30 September 2008) is a Danish racing driver set to compete for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup.

Career Pedersen began karting at the age of six, competing until 2022. In his karting career, Pedersen most notably was runner-up in the junior class of the Rotax Max Challenge Germany standings in 2022, and also was third in the Karting Sprint Cup Junior discipline of the FIA Motorsport Games the same year while representing Denmark.

In late 2022, Pedersen made his single-seater debut, racing in the final round of that year's F4 Danish Championship at Jyllands-Ringen for GP Racing, in which he scored a best result of fourth in race one. Returning to the series the following year for BAR, Pedersen began the season by winning twice in the opening round at Padborg Park and winning race two at Anderstorp Raceway to take an early championship lead. After winning race three at Karlskoga a round later, Pedersen scored what turned out to be his final two wins of the season at Ring Djursland, before scoring two podiums in the final two rounds to secure the series title by four points over Magnus Pedersen.

Remaining in Formula 4 for 2024, Pedersen joined Drivex to compete in both the Formula Winter Series and the F4 Spanish Championship. In the former, Pedersen scored his only podium of the season in race three at Jerez by finishing second, and scored four more points finishes to end the winter eighth in points. In the latter, Pedersen scored points twice, taking a best result of eighth in race two at Aragón before leaving the team and the series with three rounds remaining. After leaving Drivex, Pedersen made his prototype debut in the JS P4 class of the Ligier European Series for Team Virage at the season-ending round at Algarve alongside Brandon McCaughan. The pair finished fourth and fifth in the two races. At the same venue, Pedersen partook in the European Le Mans Series rookie tests with DKR Engineering as he tested LMP3 machinery for the first time.

Stepping up to full-time LMP3 competition the following year, Pedersen joined DKR Engineering to race in the European Le Mans Series alongside Antti Rammo and Wyatt Brichacek. In his rookie season in the series, Pedersen scored his maiden podium at the season-ending race at Algarve by finishing third, on his way to a tenth-place points finish. During 2025, Pedersen also made a one-off appearance in the 24 Hours of Le Mans-supporting round of the Le Mans Cup in the LMP3 Pro-Am class for Rinaldi Racing, and partook in the European Le Mans Series rookie tests with R-ace GP in the LMP3 class.

The following year, Pedersen returned to Rinaldi for a dual campaign in the LMP3 classes of the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017 Hungarian International Open – Micro Max RS Competition 39th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Micro Max Tom Gaarde Pedersen 27th2018 WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini RS Competition NC WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 90th WSK Final Cup – 60 Mini Baby Race Driver Academy 19th 2019 WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini Baby Race Driver Academy 29th WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 33rd 24° South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK NC WSK Euro Series – 60 Mini 53rd 2020 Rotax Max Challenge Germany – Junior 13th Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max RS Competition 30th BNL Karting Series - Kick-Off – Junior Max 33rd 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Germany – Junior 4th Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max RS Competition 11th Rotax Max Euro Golden Trophy – Junior Max JJ Racing 5th 2022 Rotax Max Winter Trophy – Junior Max JJ Racing 10th Rotax Max Challenge Germany – Junior2nd Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max 10th Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Junior Max 4th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior Max 19th FIA Motorsport Games Karting Sprint Cup Junior Team Denmark3rdSources:

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2022 F4 Danish Championship GP Racing 3 0 0 0 0 22 16th2023 F4 Danish Championship BAR 17 6 2 6 11 2791st Formula Nordic 7 2 0 0 3 NC† 2024 Formula Winter Series Drivex 11 0 0 1 1 55 8th F4 Spanish Championship 12 0 0 0 0 3 23rd Ligier European Series – JS P4 Team Virage 2 0 0 0 0 22 13th2025 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 DKR Engineering 6 0 0 0 1 41 10th European Endurance Prototype Cup Racing Spirit of Léman 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 63rd Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Pro-Am Rinaldi Racing 2 0 0 1 0 4 28th2026 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Rinaldi Racing 4 1 1 1 2 49* 4th* Le Mans Cup – Pro-Am 4 0 0 1 3 70*2nd* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Steller Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold 0 0 0 0 12* 13th* Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC* 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series – GT Craft-Bamboo Racing by Iron Lynx * *Sources: † As Pedersen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. * Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Danish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819DCPoints 2022 GP Racing PAD11 PAD12 PAD13 STU1 STU2 STU3 JYL11 JYL12 JYL13 DJU1 DJU2 DJU3 DJU4 PAD21 PAD22 PAD23 JYL21 JYL22 JYL23 16th 22 2023 BARPAD11PAD12PAD13AND1AND2KAR1KAR2KAR3DJU1DJU2DJU3DJU4PAD21PAD22PAD23JYL1JYL2JYL3 1st 279

Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points2024 Drivex JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 8th 55

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points2024DrivexJAR1 JAR2JAR3POR1 POR2POR3LEC1LEC2LEC3ARA1ARA2ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3JER1JER2JER3CAT1CAT2CAT3 23rd 3

Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2024 Team Virage JS P4 Ligier JS P4 CAT1 CAT2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 ALG1 ALG2 13th 22

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2025 DKR Engineering LMP3 Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo Toyota V35A 3.5 L V6 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 10th 412026 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P325 Toyota V35A 3.5 L V6 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 4th* 49* * Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2025 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 CAT LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA SIL ALG 28th 4 2026 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 BAR LEC LMS SPA SIL POR2nd*70* * Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2026 Steller Motorsport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Gold LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR ALG 13th* 12* * Season still in progress.

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