Michael Christensen (racing driver)


Michael Klitgaard Christensen is a Danish racing driver. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche in the GTE PRO class.

Career

Karting

Born in Karlslunde, Christensen had a very successful karting career, winning the 2004 Nordic ICA Junior Championship. The following year he gathered both Nordic and European titles in ICA Junior class. For 2006 Christensen graduated to Formula A and he achieved a second place in the Formula A World Championship and was twice champion in the German Kart Championship Winner of the Macau Int. Kart Grand prix Formula A. In 2007 Michael repeated as German Kart Champion and also won the KF1 South Garda Winter Cup.

Formula BMW Europe

Christensen made his open-wheel racing debut in the 2008 Formula BMW Europe season at Barcelona which supported the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, where he was involved in a potentially serious incident, flipping his car. He finished the season in sixth place and as the top rookie in the rookie standings.
He moved to Mücke Motorsport for the 2009 season. He started the season as the strongest candidate to win the championship, and a victory in the first race of the season was promising. He finished the season in fourth place, although he lost results from five races including three wins, after his team lost an appeal over a breach of technical regulations was rejected by the FIA.

GP3 Series

In 2010, Christensen became the first driver to join MW Arden for the 2010 GP3 Series season.

Porsche

In 2012, Christensen joined the Porsche young driver program. He resulted 7th in the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and 6th in the 2013 Porsche Supercup.
He became a factory driver in 2014, racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship joining Patrick Long in the GTLM class, winning 12 Hours of Sebring and North American Endurance Cup. In 2015 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship together with Richard Lietz, joining the Manthey Racing team in the GTE-Pro class. Winning the manufactures championship, and finishing 3rd in the drivers championship. In the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship he in succeeded winning 24 Hours of Le Mans for Porsche.

Personal life

Christensen's hobbies are improving on personal fitness, and training, while his favourite driver is Michael Schumacher, and his favourite circuit is the Nürburgring.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010MW ArdenCAT
FEA
Ret
CAT
SPR
16
IST
FEA
13
IST
SPR
11
VAL
FEA
Ret
VAL
SPR
14
SIL
FEA
Ret
SIL
SPR
15
HOC
FEA
Ret
HOC
SPR
10
HUN
FEA
10
HUN
SPR
Ret
SPA
FEA
10
SPA
SPR
23
MNZ
FEA
15
MNZ
SPR
10
31st0
2011RSC Mücke MotorsportIST
FEA
7
IST
SPR
2
CAT
FEA
18
CAT
SPR
12
VAL
FEA
Ret
VAL
SPR
Ret
SIL
FEA
Ret
SIL
SPR
13
NÜR
FEA
26†
NÜR
SPR
12
HUN
FEA

2
HUN
SPR
13
SPA
FEA
15
SPA
SPR
4
MNZ
FEA
12
MNZ
SPR
11
11th19

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam12345678910DCPoints
2012Konrad MotorsportBHRBHRMON
20
VALSILHOC
8
HUNHUNSPAMNZNC†0†
2013DAMSCAT
5
MON
25
SIL
3
NÜR
1
HUN
10
SPA
3
MNZ
8
YMC
10
YMC
7
6th95

As Christensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789101112RankPoints
2014Porsche North AmericaGTLMPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6DAY
9
SEB
1
LBH
5
LGA
8
WGL
8
MOS
9
IMS
3
ELK
5
VIR
8
COA
3
PET
2
6th303
2015Porsche North AmericaGTLMPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6DAY
7
SEBLBHLGA
3
WGLMOSELKVIRCOAPET17th56
2016Porsche North AmericaGTLMPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6DAY
3
SEB
3
LBHLGAWGLMOSLIMELKVIRCOAPET
5
13th89
2017Alegra MotorsportsGTDPorsche 911 GT3 RPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6DAY
1
SEB
10
LBH
12
COADETWGL
7
MOSLIMELKVIRLGAPET
2
23rd131

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results