Anders Jæger

Anders Jæger
Personal information
Nationality Norway Norwegian
Born (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989
Oslo, Norway[1]
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2014–present
Teams Volkswagen, Škoda, Citroën, Hyundai
Rallies 42
Championships 0
Rally wins 2
Podiums 8
Stage wins 49
First rally 2014 Rally Catalunya
First win 2016 Rally Poland
Last win 2016 Rally Australia

Anders Jæger-Synnevaag (born 29 July 1989) is a rallying co-driver from Norway. He has been the co-driver of Andreas Mikkelsen since 2016.[2]

Career

In 2015, he competed in WRC-3 and JWRC, with Ole Christian Veiby. For 2016, Anders Jæger became Mikkelsen's new co-driver at Volkswagen and they won two rallies in their first season together, finishing third in the championship.

They moved to Škoda Motorsport in the WRC-2 for their 2017 campaign, as Volkswagen works team departed the WRC in 2017. Mikkelsen and Jæger joined Citroën for the 2017 Rally d'Italia replacing Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau.[3] They would also make appearances for the French team in Poland and Germany.[4] Jæger joined Hyundai Motorsport with Mikkelsen in 2017, signing a deal which would keep them at the team until the end of 2019.[5]

WRC Victories

 #  Event Season Driver Car
1 Poland 73rd Rally Poland 2016 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2 Australia 25th Rally Australia 2016 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Polo R WRC

Career results

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Ole Christian Veiby Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
Ret		 GBR
34		 NC 0
2015 Printsport Citroën DS3 R3T MON
25		 SWE
21		 MEX ARG POR
35		 ITA POL FIN
22		 GER AUS FRA
95		 ESP
48		 GBR
23		 NC 0
2016 Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC MON
2		 SWE
4		 MEX
Ret		 ARG
3		 POR
2		 ITA
13		 POL
1		 FIN
7		 GER
4		 CHN
C		 FRA
3		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
12		 AUS
1		 3rd 154
2017 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON
7		 SWE MEX FRA
7		 ARG POR
Ret		 12th 54
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC ITA
8		 POL
9		 FIN GER
2
Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ESP
18		 GBR
4		 AUS
11
2018 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MON
13		 SWE
3		 MEX
4		 FRA
7		 ARG
5		 POR
16		 ITA
18		 FIN
10		 GER
6		 TUR
5		 GBR
6		 ESP
 AUS
 6th* 83*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ↑ "About Anders Jaeger". andreasmikkelsen.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Anders Jæger profile". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Evans, David (23 May 2017). "Andreas Mikkelsen gets Citroen WRC drive for Rally Italy". autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Evans, David (29 June 2017). "Andreas Mikkelsen to make third WRC outing for Citroen in Germany". autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Two-year deal for Andreas". motorsport.hyundai.com. Hyundai Motorsport. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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