Marco Sørensen
Marco Sørensen | |
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Sørensen in 2012. | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 6 September 1990 |
Related to | Lasse Sørensen (brother) |
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | High Class Racing |
Car number | 20 |
Former teams | Aston Martin Racing |
Starts | 48 |
Wins | 9 |
Podiums | 13 |
Poles | 14 |
Best finish | 1st in 2016, 2019-20, 2022 |
Previous series | |
2014-15 2012-14 2010–11 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006–07 | GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series German Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 British Formula Ford ADAC Formel Masters FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series Formula Ford NEZ Formula Ford Sweden Formula Ford Denmark |
Marco L. Sørensen (born 6 September 1990) is a Danish racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was part of the Renault Driver Development.[1] He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, ADAC Formel Masters and the British Formula Ford Championship. His younger brother, Lasse, is also a racing driver and currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
Career
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Sørensen made his debut in karting back in 1994 and had his first real race in 1998. He began Formula racing in 2006 with Formula Ford Denmark. In 2008 was he able to place fourth in the ADAC Formel Masters despite only completing half of the season.
Sørensen was taken under Renault's wing and became a part of the 2009 Renault Driver Development Programme with Davide Valsecchi and Charles Pic. That made him able to move up to Formula Renault in 2009 with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and the Eurocup. Later that year, the programme was shut down because of financial problems which set Sørensen's career back.
In the middle of 2010 Sørensen was able to secure a drive in the German Formula Three series, with Brandl Motorsport. He continued in 2011 and finished runner-up in the series after a tough battle with eventual champion Richie Stanaway. He also had one-off entry at Silverstone in 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series with Mücke Motorsport, winning the reverse-grid race.
Sørensen had no plans for 2012 until Lotus called him and offered a test in the Formula Renault 3.5, in which he impressed sufficiently to be offered a seat alongside former title rival Stanaway at the team.
He took his first win in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the first race at Spa, having already retired from a commanding position due technical problems in the second race at Aragon. Another potential win slipped from Sørensen's grasp at the second race at Silverstone, suffering a puncture whilst leading comfortably on the final lap. After two more second-place finishes, he finished the season in joint fifth position with Nick Yelloly. Sørensen had another disaster season with engine problems in 2013 Formula Renault 3.5, but managed to take pole and victory in both races at Red Bull Ring.
GP2 Series
In 2014, Sørensen switched to GP2, replacing Tio Ellinas at MP Motorsport for the races at Silverstone and beyond. That same year, he took his first GP2 win in Sochi.
He switched to Carlin, replacing the Sauber-bound Felipe Nasr, for the 2015 season, his first full season in GP2.
Formula One
In September 2013, Sørensen undertook a tyre test at Circuit Paul Ricard with the Lotus F1 team[2] and has become one of Lotus's test drivers.[3]
FIA World Endurance Championship
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In 2015 Sørensen joined Aston Martin Racing alongside Nicki Thiim and Christoffer Nygaard. He also became a full-time factory driver for Aston Martin. He continued with Nicki Thiim after 2015 where Aston Martin Racing cut one of their GTE Pro cars out of the series. Sørensen took his first endurance win in Austin with Thiim in 2016, and the pair would go on to win the GT Championship. As the #95 entry has mostly been driven by Sørensen and Thiim, it has come to be known as the Dane Train.
On January 19, 2022, TF Sport announced that Sørensen would make a full-season return to the World Endurance championship in 2022, piloting the #33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR alongside Ben Keating and Florian Latorre.[4]
Racing record
Career summary
† As Sørensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2012 | Lotus | ALC 1 7 |
ALC 2 Ret |
MON 1 6 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 7 |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 2 |
MSC 1 7 |
MSC 2 Ret |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 19† |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 2 |
LEC 1 5 |
LEC 2 5 |
CAT 2 10 |
CAT 2 Ret |
6th | 122 |
2013 | Lotus | MNZ 1 19 |
MNZ 2 18 |
ALC 1 9 |
ALC 2 10 |
MON 1 2 |
SPA 1 5 |
SPA 2 10 |
MSC 1 10 |
MSC 2 17 |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 1 |
HUN 1 12 |
HUN 2 9 |
LEC 1 4 |
LEC 2 5 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 7 |
7th | 113 |
2014 | Tech 1 Racing | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 Ret |
ALC 1 15 |
ALC 2 7 |
MON 1 2 |
SPA 1 8 |
SPA 2 10 |
MSC 1 15 |
MSC 2 15 |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 14 |
HUN 1 7 |
HUN 2 9 |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 Ret |
JER 1 9 |
JER 2 Ret |
12th | 44 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2014 | MP Motorsport | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA 9 |
SIL SPR 8 |
HOC FEA 9 |
HOC SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 10 |
HUN SPR 10 |
SPA FEA 14 |
SPA SPR 11 |
MNZ FEA 7 |
MNZ SPR 4 |
SOC FEA 8 |
SOC SPR 1 |
YMC FEA Ret |
YMC SPR 21 |
11th | 47 |
2015 | Carlin | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 21 |
CAT FEA 19 |
CAT SPR 22 |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 20 |
RBR FEA 18 |
RBR SPR 16 |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
33rd | 0 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 |
SPA 6 |
LMS 6 |
NÜR 4 |
COA 5 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA | BHR 4 |
8th | 81 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
SPA Ret |
LMS 2 |
NÜR 3 |
MEX 3 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 4 |
BHR 1 |
1st | 156 |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 |
SPA 8 |
LMS 5 |
NÜR 4 |
MEX 1 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 7 |
6th | 104 |
2018–19 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA 7 |
LMS 5 |
SIL 17 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 1 |
SEB 9 |
SPA 7 |
LMS Ret |
9th | 65.5 | |
2019–20 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SIL 5 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 1 |
COA 1 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 3 |
BHR 5 |
1st | 172 | |
2021 | High Class Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ | LMS 8 |
BHR | BHR | 24th | 8 | |||
2022 | TF Sport | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SEB 2 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 1 |
MNZ Ret |
FUJ 1 |
BHR 4 |
1st | 141 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
330 | 27th | 4th |
2016 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
338 | 23rd | 5th |
2017 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
334 | 25th | 9th |
2018 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
339 | 23rd | 8th |
2019 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
132 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
343 | 22nd | 3rd |
2021 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 Pro-Am |
353 | 18th | 13th‡4th |
2022 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am |
343 | 34th | 1st |
‡13th in LMP2. Fourth in LMP2 Pro-Am.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin 6.0 V12 | DAY 12 |
SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 69th | 19 |
2022 | Corvette Racing | GTD Pro | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 10 |
SEB |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
VIR |
PET |
10th* | 234* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete British GT Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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2018 | TF Sport AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 9 |
OUL 2 2 |
ROC 1 7 |
SNE 1 6 |
SNE 2 1 |
SIL 1 5 |
SPA 1 7 |
BRH 1 6 |
DON 1 Ret |
6th | 98 |
2019 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 9 |
OUL 2 3 |
SNE 1 10 |
SNE 2 11 |
SIL 1 5 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 |
18th | 33 |
2021 | TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | BRH 1 |
SIL 1 7 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
DON 1 |
NC† | 0† |
† As Sørensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
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 |
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2022 | Oman Racing with TF Sport | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | LEC Ret |
IMO 1 |
MNZ 10 |
CAT 10 |
SPA 4 |
ALG 2 |
5th | 59 |
References
- ^ "The Renault Driver development Programme announces its 2009 class". f1technical.net. F1 Technical. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "Sorensen set for Lotus reserve role in wake of Saxo deal". GrandPrix247. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Charles Pic and Marco Sorensen get Lotus F1 test roles for 2014". Autosport. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Sorensen, Latorre Complete Keating Lineup in TF Aston". sportscar365.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links
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- Official website
- Marco Sørensen on X
- Marco Sørensen career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Aalborg
- Danish racing drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- ADAC Formel Masters drivers
- German Formula Three Championship drivers
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- British GT Championship drivers
- MP Motorsport drivers
- Carlin racing drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- Aston Martin Racing drivers
- Ma-con Motorsport drivers
- Fluid Motorsport Development drivers
- Motopark Academy drivers
- Mücke Motorsport drivers
- Charouz Racing System drivers
- Tech 1 Racing drivers
- Corvette Racing drivers
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers