Marco Sørensen

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Marco Sørensen
Marco Sørensen 2012-1.JPG
Sørensen in 2012.
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (1990-09-06) 6 September 1990 (age 31)
Related toLasse Sørensen (brother)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2015
Current teamHigh Class Racing
Car number20
Former teamsAston Martin Racing
Starts42
Wins7
Podiums10
Poles11
Best finish1st in 2016, 2019-20
Previous series
2014-15
2012-14
201011
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[]

Sørensen during Race 1 of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Moscow Raceway.

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[]

Sørensen racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

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[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Danish Formula Ford Championship Lucas Racing 16 4 7 16 12 238 3rd
2008 ADAC Formel Masters ma-con Motorsport 8 4 5 3 6 125 4th
British Formula Ford Championship Fluid Motorsport Development 22 1 0 3 5 327 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series Motopark Academy 2 0 0 0 1 12 11th
2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Motopark Academy 14 0 0 0 0 15 15th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 14 1 0 1 4 232 3rd
2010 German Formula 3 Championship Brandl Motorsport 8 0 1 0 1 18 11th
2011 German Formula 3 Championship Brandl Motorsport 16 2 2 2 15 126 2nd
Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 3 1 1 1 1 0 NC†
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 17 1 0 0 3 122 6th
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 17 2 2 1 3 113 7th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 17 0 0 0 1 44 12th
GP2 Series MP Motorsport 14 1 0 0 1 47 11th
2015 GP2 Series Carlin 8 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 7 0 1 0 0 81 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 9 2 3 0 6 156 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 9 1 1 0 1 104 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD 1 0 0 0 0 19 69th
2018 British GT Championship TF Sport AMR 9 1 0 4 2 98 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 8 1 2 0 1 65.5 9th
2019 British GT Championship Beechdean AMR 5 0 0 0 1 33 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 1 0 0 N/A DNF
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 8 3 1 0 5 172 1st
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 24th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 13th
British GT Championship TF Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59 AMR 1 0 0 0 1 22 13th

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
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
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
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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
330 27th 4th
2016 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
338 23rd 5th
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
334 25th 9th
2018 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
339 23rd 8th
2019 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
132 DNF DNF
2020 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
343 22nd 3rd
2021 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
United States Ricky Taylor
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2
Pro-Am
353 18th 13th‡4th

‡13th in LMP2. Fourth in LMP2 Pro-Am.

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
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 WeatherTech 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 Pos. Points
2022 Corvette Racing GTP Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
10

LBH
LGA
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR

-* 0*

References[]

  1. ^ "The Renault Driver development Programme announces its 2009 class". f1technical.net. F1 Technical. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Sorensen set for Lotus reserve role in wake of Saxo deal". GrandPrix247. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Charles Pic and Marco Sorensen get Lotus F1 test roles for 2014". Autosport. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Sorensen, Latorre Complete Keating Lineup in TF Aston". sportscar365.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

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