Michael Pedersen Racing (MPR) are a team in FF1M. They have competed in all but one season of FF1M. They were founded by Team Principal Michael Pedersen. The Team previously competed in AF1RL.
History
MPR was one of the original 11 teams that competed in the first season of FF1M. They experienced their first victory courtesy of Jacques Villeneuve at a rainy 1989 Spanish GP, a landmark race as it was the first that featured race highlights. They tasted championship success the following season in the form of a drivers championship for Alain Prost, however, their first constructors championship eluded them for many seasons. They missed out by a single point to FJR in 2001, but they finally broke that particular duck in 2005, where they dominated. Ralf Schumacher also won the drivers championship for them that season after overhauling teammate Mark Webber and Gui Racing's Timo Glock. A second constructors championship was added in 2011 thanks to a resurgent Lewis Hamilton winning the last five races of the season. Over the course of MPR's history, they have raced in 379 grand prixs, taken 34 victories on the way. The most in one season came in the 2005 season with nine from Ralf Schumacher and Mark Webber, but Nick Heidfeld has taken the most for the team with seven.
Results
FF1M
Year | Engine | Ch. Pos | Races | Points | Wins | Drivers | Ch. Pos | Races | Points | Wins |
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1988 (M1) | Ferrari | 10th | 16 | 3 | Eddie Irvine | 21st | 16 | 0 | ||
Rubens Barrichello | 15th | 16 | 3 | |||||||
1989 (M2) | Ferrari | 5th | 16 | 38 | 1 | Jenson Button | 17th | 16 | 3 | |
Jacques Villeneuve | 5th | 16 | 35 | 1 | ||||||
1990 (M3) | Ferrari | 4th | 17 | 66 | 4 | Alain Prost | 1st | 17 | 65 | 4 |
Rubens Barrichello | 18th | 17 | 1 | |||||||
1991 (M4) | Renault | 6th | 17 | 66 | 1 | Nigel Mansell | 12th | 17 | 32 | 1 |
Gerhard Berger | 11th | 17 | 34 | |||||||
1992 (M5) | Ferrari | 6th | 16 | 33 | Michael Schumacher | 9th | 16 | 26 | ||
Kimi Raikkonen | 14th | 16 | 7 | |||||||
1993 (M6) | Mugen Honda | 3rd | 16 | 80 | 2 | Damon Hill | 9th | 16 | 34 | |
Mika Hakkinen | 7th | 16 | 46 | 2 | ||||||
1994 (M7) | Mercedes | 9th | 16 | 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | 17th | 16 | 4 | ||
Eddie Irvine | 14th | 16 | 10 | |||||||
1996 | Mugen Honda | 11th | 16 | 4 | Jan Magnussen | 23rd | 12 | 0 | ||
Norberto Fontana | 24th | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Vincenzo Sospiri | 17th | 12 | 4 | |||||||
1997 | Mercedes (Works) | 6th | 17 | 43 | Eddie Irvine | 10th | 17 | 34 | ||
Giancarlo Fisichella | 15th | 11 | 7 | |||||||
Nicola Larini | 21st | 6 | 2 | |||||||
1998 | Mercedes (Works) | 3rd | 16 | 84 | Jacques Villeneuve | 6th | 16 | 43 | ||
Rubens Barrichello | 7th | 16 | 41 | |||||||
1999 | Mercedes (Works) | 10th | 17 | 7 | Jos Verstappen | 26th | 4 | 0 | ||
Jan Magnussen | 20th | 13 | 3 | |||||||
Giancarlo Fisichella | 24th | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Mika Salo | 19th | 13 | 4 | |||||||
2000 | Mercedes (Works) | 6th | 16 | 52 | 2 | Nick Heidfeld | 8th | 16 | 38 | 2 |
Jean Alesi | 13th | 16 | 14 | |||||||
2001 | Mercedes | 2nd | 17 | 142 | 8 | Nick Heidfeld | 5th | 17 | 68 | 5 |
David Coulthard | 3rd | 17 | 74 | 3 | ||||||
2002 | Toyota | 9th | 16 | 21 | Jenson Button | 12th | 16 | 19 | ||
Mark Webber | 18th | 16 | 2 | |||||||
2003 | Toyota | 2nd | 16 | 105 | Ralf Schumacher | 3rd | 16 | 66 | ||
Mark Webber | 6th | 16 | 39 | |||||||
2004 | Toyota V10 | 5th | 17 | 57 | Ralf Schumacher | 12th | 17 | 20 | ||
Mark Webber | 8th | 17 | 37 | |||||||
2005 | Mercedes V8 | 1st | 17 | 164 | 9 | Ralf Schumacher | 1st | 17 | 86 | 5 |
Mark Webber | 3rd | 17 | 78 | 4 | ||||||
2006 | Mercedes V8 | 3rd | 17 | 101 | 2 | Ralf Schumacher | 10th | 7 | 30 | 1 |
Mark Webber | 9th | 17 | 31 | |||||||
Neel Jani | 6th | 10 | 40 | 1 | ||||||
2007 | Toyota V8 | 7th | 14*1 | 35 | Fernando Alonso | 7th | 14 | 33 | ||
Neel Jani | 18th | 8*2 | 2 | |||||||
Adrian Sutil | 34th | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Felipe Massa | 32nd | 4 | 0 | |||||||
2008 | Toyota V8 | 6th | 16*3 | 45 | Sebastian Vettel | 8th | 16 | 26 | ||
Kimi Raikkonen | 11th | 16 | 19 | |||||||
2009 | Mercedes V8 | 5th | 18 | 42 | Kamui Kobayashi | 7th | 18 | 31 | ||
Adrian Zaugg | 15th | 18 | 11 | |||||||
2010 | Mercedes V8 | 5th | 18 | 59 | Kamui Kobayashi | 8th | 18 | 34 | ||
Adrian Zaugg | 20th | 6 | 8 | |||||||
Karun Chandhok | 17th | 12 | 17 | |||||||
2011 | Mercedes (W) | 1st | 17 | 122 | 5 | Lewis Hamilton | 3rd | 17 | 78 | 5 |
Kamui Kobayashi | 8th | 17 | 44 | |||||||
2012 | BMW (W) | Kamui Kobayashi | ||||||||
Bruno Senna |
*1 - Pedersen failed to qualify for 3 races
*2 - Neel Jani participated in round 1-6 and 13-17.
*3 - Pedersen failed to qualify for the German Grand Prix
FF2M
Pedersen also runs Danish Racing Team, a team that races in FF2M