Michael Hedlund is a racing driver who last raced in WEC for Gulf Racing UK. Hedlund has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,896 ranks Hedlund 3166th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2017-10-15 | FUJI SPEEDWAY · LMGTE Am | P4 | −7 |
| 2017-06-17 | LE MANS · LMGTE Am | P9 | −2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸WEC | Gulf Racing UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −9 | 2,896 |
Michael Hedlund contested two rounds of the 2017 World Endurance Championship season with Gulf Racing UK, racing in one of professional motorsport's strongest fields. The WEC at that level draws established professionals and former single-seater competitors, yet Hedlund's limited record showed no finishes in the points across his pair of starts, classifying him on average in the middle order at P6.5 when he completed races.[1]
His two rounds produced isolated results against some of the series' most accomplished competitors. Hedlund finished ahead of Pedro Lamy, a two-time champion rated among the field's top tier, as well as Alvaro Parente and Olivier Beretta, both multiple championship winners at the professional level, and Alessandro Balzan, a former champion. These instances represent single-race outcomes rather than sustained competitive advantage, notable primarily because they occurred against drivers of significantly greater stature and experience in endurance racing.
Hedlund retired from motorsport following his 2017 campaign. His Racer Rating of 2,896 places him in the club-racing band, reflecting a career defined by brief exposure to professional series rather than sustained competition or development within them.