The allegations were serious: Nicolaj Möller-Madsen is said to have hit a 78-year-old woman in 2020 and then committed an accident. The 2020 ADAC GT4 Germany champion has now been sentenced to 14 days in prison by a Danish court. He also loses his driver’s license for a year and a half and has to pay a fine of 13,500 Danish kroner (1,815 euros). He will appeal.
In the incident in Odense on the island of Funen, according to an eyewitness, Möller-Madsen hit the woman at a pedestrian crossing (popularly: zebra crossing) and then drove on without paying any more attention to the victim. The woman sustained multiple injuries, including a broken hip, a broken finger and a sprained ankle.
Two speed offenses and telephoning at the wheel were added to the offense of the hit-and-run. It is not the first time that Möller-Madsen has been found guilty of a traffic offence. He has already committed several speed offenses – among other things, he was flashed at 174 km/h at the permitted 110.
The 29-year-old is remorseful. “I feel like hell. It was the worst week of my life,” he told Ekstra Bladed. “Everyone is affected, my whole family is affected. I have many friends who support me. They know I don’t do something like that.”
Disagree with accusation of escape
He addresses the accusation of hit-and-run. While he pleaded guilty to all charges, he disagreed with this one: “Neither my lawyer nor I believe that the charge of hit-and-run will stand. There is not enough evidence for that.”
He stated in court that he did hear a bang. However, he assumed that the woman had kicked him in the car angrily. “I admit that I was the one who hit the woman when she was hit, but I didn’t realize that,” he says.
“I accept the penalty on all other points, but I will go back to court, I’m not a fugitive, I don’t do that.” A reputation is at stake for Möller-Madsen, also with regard to his further career as a racing driver. “I have nothing to run from. My car is paid for and I don’t drink. Getting that label on hurts the most.”
“I went to her immediately after the hearing. I felt an urgent need to apologize. She was touched and told me that the only reason she went to court was because she wanted to see what for a person I am.”
The penalty has no direct impact on racing in Germany, even if it persists. However, Möller-Madsen must have a license. According to ‘Ekstra Bladed’ he is no longer allowed to race in Denmark. If his license was revoked, he would have to do it again in another country.
Möller-Madsen has been firmly anchored in the GT4 scene for years and also has experience in GT3 cars, including in the then Blancpain GT series (now GTWC Europe), in the ADAC GT Masters and on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Just recently, another racing driver, Frits van Eerd, was targeted by the judiciary. Accusation here: money laundering.