Denmark’s Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen completes the BWT Mücke Motorsport quartet for the Prototype Cup Germany. The 18-year-old comes from Formula racing and will share a Duqueine D08 with Italian Riccardo Leone Cirelli.
In acquiring the services of Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen, BWT Mücke Motorsport has remained true to its principal of turning solely to talented youngsters this season – Riccardo Leone Cirelli and the other two drivers Maksymilian Angelard and Mattis Pluschkell are also under 20 years of age. “We have followed Mathias’ development closely over the past two years and were impressed by his performances,” said team principal Stefan Mücke of his new signing. “I am very proud to race for Mücke Motorsport in the Prototype Cup Germany,” said a beaming Jakobsen. “I am looking forward to the new challenge of LMP3 and want to continue to develop as a driver. I believe that I have a good team-mate in my car with Riccardo, from whom I can definitely learn a thing or two. Unlike me, he can call on a season’s experience in the Prototype Cup Germany.”
Jakobsen comes from Danish Formula 4, in which he spent the past two years. In 2024, he won the series, which has now been renamed Nordic 4, and was also named “Talent of the year” in his native Denmark. He then signed up for a shootout, in which Luxembourg-based team Racing Experience offered a start in the Prototype Winter Series as a prize. Jakobsen defeated rivals from twelve nations and represented the team, which also won the title in the Prototype Cup Germany in 2023. “There were 20 candidates, and we first had to show what we were capable of in the simulator, then in an LMP3 car on a real racetrack. Coming out on top in the shootout was a very important step in my career.”
In the Prototype Winter Series, he shared a car with Wolfgang Payr and celebrated a podium in Aragon. “It was a change for me at first. On the one hand, the LMP3 is far more powerful and heavier than a Formula 4 racer. On the other hand, the circuits in Spain and Portugal are much longer and bigger than the ones in Denmark, which allows higher speeds. I gradually took everything on board and my team principal Christian Hauser also put me under no pressure. That way, I was able to develop nicely over the four race weekends.” BWT Mücke Motorsport agreed: Jakobsen was invited to a test and shortly thereafter received a contract for the 2025 season.
The young Dane dreams of a career in prototype racing. “My long-term goal is to be in a hypercar in 2030. I want to achieve that via the LMP3 and LMP2 route. I have always liked endurance racing, as you have to work as a team. You don’t get far if you are an egoist.” Jakobsen can also look up to Tom Kristensen, the record winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, who is a fellow Dane. “Tom is a big idol and a star in Denmark. He was there when a group of talented young Danish drivers went to Lanzarote to train. He gave us many helpful tips and it was great to learn from a racing driver like him.” The new Mücke driver is, by his own account, currently working up to 60 hours per week at his parent’s fuel station, restaurant and meat factory. “I know I will definitely not be able to maintain that for the next five years, but at the moment I want to do everything in my power to have the opportunity to race and build a career in motorsport.”
