Henrik Hedman

Per Henrik Daniel Hedman (born 5 February 1968 in Stockholm) is a Swedish businessman and racing driver competing for DragonSpeed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTD class.

A long-time gentleman driver for DragonSpeed in LMP2, Hedman is a class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona, and an overall winner in the European Le Mans Series. He also competed in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2018–19, under "temporary dispensation" from the ACO.

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 in a Ferrari 458 GT3 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.

Hedman's Gulf-coloured DragonSpeed LMP1 at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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, sharing an Oreca 07 with 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 a Ferrari 296 GT3 in GTD at Indianapolis.

After not racing in 2025, Hedman returned to DragonSpeed to field a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the GTD class of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship. After a crash at the 12 Hours of Sebring, in which he picked up an undisclosed injury, Hedman competed in the following three races, before withdrawing from the rest of the season. He was replaced by co-driver Casper Stevenson at Mosport, while Alec Udell replaced him at Road America and Indianapolis.

Personal life Hedman was born in Stockholm in 1968, and lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hedman co-founded Swedish investment firm Pan Capital in 1998 with Pär Olof Sandå and Claes-Henrik Julander, whom he had met while working at Swedbank. He has also managed several Florida-based companies, including 10 Star, his primary sponsor at DragonSpeed, and NAP Asset Acquisitions. Hedman was a director at two Maltese offshore companies that featured in the Paradise Papers, and set up another investment firm, KB18 Företagsförädling, in Örebro in 2013.

Hedman's son, William, is also a racing driver in GT America.

Racing record Racing career summary

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results Complete Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 4th 76 2017 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA ALG 11th 40 2018 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 7th 50.5 2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 7th 48 2020 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG NC 0 2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 17th 14 2023 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA ALG ALG 7th 44

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Dragonspeed - 10 Star Ben Hanley Felix Rosenqvist Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 343 14th 12th 2018 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande BR Engineering BR1-Gibson LMP1 244 DNF DNF 2019 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande BR Engineering BR1-Gibson LMP1 76 DNF DNF 2020 DragonSpeed USA Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 16th 12th 2021 DragonSpeed USA Ben Hanley Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 356 15th 10th LMP2 Pro-Am 1stSource:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 40th 0.5