Henrik Hedman
Henrik Hedman is a Swedish businessman and racing driver who last competed for DragonSpeed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTD class.
A long-time driver for DragonSpeed's efforts in prototype competition, Hedman is a class winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, along with being an overall winner in the European Le Mans Series. He also competed in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship under "temporary dispensation" from the championship's organizers during the 2018–19 season.
Career
Hedman made his car racing debut in 2012, racing part-time in both the Maserati World Series and Ferrari Challenge North America for two seasons before joining the Pirelli World Challenge in 2014 with DragonSpeed.After finishing runner-up in the GTA standings, Hedman returned to the team and series for 2015, also taking part in the Blancpain Endurance Series with the same team, alongside Elton Julian and Thomas Kemenater for the full season.
Hedman then stepped up to Prototype competition for 2016, racing an Oreca 05 full-time in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series alongside Ben Hanley and Nicolas Lapierre, whilst also making a one-off appearance at the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Sebring. After finishing fourth in the latter, Hedman then took his maiden win in car racing at the second-to-last round of the European Le Mans season at Spa, which, along with four other podiums, helped him to finish fourth in points at season's end.
As DragonSpeed switched to the Oreca 07 ahead of 2017, Hedman remained in ELMS alongside Hanley and Lapierre, whilst also making his debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January. After retiring at Daytona, Hedman scored only one podium in the six-race season, finishing second at the second round at Monza, on his way to 11th in the LMP2 standings.
The following year, Hedman remained with DragonSpeed to make his FIA World Endurance Championship driving a BR Engineering BR1 in the LMP1 class alongside Hanley, and Renger van der Zande. Despite the LMP1 class requiring drivers to be at least Silver-rated, Hedman was able to get approval to race in the class. Racing only four times throughout the "Superseason", Hedman scored half a point at Silverstone. Alongside his LMP1 commitments, Hedman stayed with DragonSpeed for his third season in the European Le Mans Series alongside Hanley and Lapierre, with whom he scored two podiums both at Silverstone and Spa as he finished seventh in points.
Hedman stayed with DragonSpeed for his fourth consecutive full-time season in European Le Mans Series' LMP2 class alongside Hanley and James Allen. The trio ended the season seventh in points with a lone win at the season-opening round at Le Castellet. The Swede also took part in that year's 24 Hours of Daytona with the same team, running as high as second before retiring with two hours left after losing a wheel.
In 2020, Hedman stayed with DragonSpeed to compete in his first full-time season in the LMP2 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Hanley for the full season and Colin Braun, Harrison Newey and Gustavo Menezes for the endurance rounds. Despite winning the 24 Hours of Daytona and the fourth round at Road America, DragonSpeed abruptly interrupted the program to focus their resources for that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.
With DragonSpeed returning to the FIA World Championship after a one-year absence, so did Hedman, joining Hanley and Juan Pablo Montoya in the team's LMP2 Pro-Am entry. In the six-race season, the trio took a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, along with three more podiums to finish fourth in the class standings. Also returning to ELMS in 2021, Hedman took part in the Pro-Am class in the first four rounds alongside Hanley and a rotating door of drivers.
Hedman scaled back his racing program for 2022, racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Juan Pablo Montoya from Sebring onwards, as Sebastián Montoya joined them for the Michelin Endurance Cup. Hedman took a lone win at Mid-Ohio and two more podiums, at Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta, to finish fourth in the LMP2 standings.
Hedman then returned to the European Le Mans Series in 2023 alongside the Montoya father-son duo, where they only scored a best result of fifth twice and were seventh in the LMP2 Pro-Am points at season's end. Following that, Hedman made two one-off appearances in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024, racing in LMP2 at Sebring, and racing in GTD at Indianapolis.
After not racing in 2025, Hedman returned to DragonSpeed to compete in the GTD class of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup results
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2016 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | IMO 3 | RBR Ret | LEC 3 | SPA 1 | EST 2 | 4th | 76 |
| 2017 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 10 | MNZ 2 | RBR Ret | LEC 7 | SPA 5 | ALG 9 | 11th | 40 |
| 2018 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | MNZ 4 | RBR 5 | SIL 2 | SPA 2‡ | ALG 13 | 7th | 50.5 |
| 2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 1 | MNZ 10 | CAT 10 | SIL 4 | SPA 7 | ALG 9 | 7th | 48 |
| 2020 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | SPA | LEC | MNZ DSQ | ALG | NC | 0 | |
| 2021 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT Ret | RBR 6 | LEC WD | MNZ 9 | SPA | ALG | 17th | 14 |
| 2023 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 7 | LEC 7 | ARA 7 | SPA 7 | ALG 5 | ALG 5 | 7th | 44 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | |
| 2018–19 | DragonSpeed | LMP1 | BR Engineering BR1 | Gibson GL458 4.5 V8 | SPA DNS | LMS Ret | SIL 25 | FUJ | SHA | SEB Ret | SPA | LMS Ret | 40th | 0.5 |