Marco Sørensen

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Marco Sørensen
Sørensen in 2012
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (1990-09-06) 6 September 1990 (age 33)
Related toLasse Sørensen (brother)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2015
Current teamD'station Racing
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number777
Former teamsHigh Class Racing, TF Sport, Aston Martin Racing
Starts49
Wins9
Podiums14
Poles14
Best finish1st 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 Lorentz Sørensen[1] (born 6 September 1990) is a Danish racing driver and Aston Martin factory driver who is currently set to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship and in Super GT for D'station Racing. He won the World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Pro class in the 2016 and 2019–20 seasons, and in the LMGTE Am class in 2022. He has also previously competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the GP2 Series, and is a former member of the Renault and Lotus F1 junior teams.[2] His younger brother, Lasse, is also a racing driver who last competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

In September 2013, Sørensen undertook a tyre test at Circuit Paul Ricard with the Lotus F1 team[3] and has become one of Lotus's test drivers.[4]

FIA World Endurance Championship[edit]

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.[5]

Although Sørensen didn't return to the series in 2023, he would still be present on the grid at Le Mans. Sørensen joined GMB Motorsport's GTE Am class entry for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, competing alongside Jens Reno Møller and Gustav Birch.[6]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

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
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
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
IMSA 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
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9-LG 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
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
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am TF Sport 6 2 3 0 4 141 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Corvette Racing 1 0 0 0 0 234 35th
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Oman Racing with TF Sport 6 1 2 0 2 59 5th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Beechdean AMR 3 0 0 0 0 6 30th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 TF Sport AMR 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 11 2 3 1 3 3221 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am GMB Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 D'station Racing 1 0 0 0 1 23* 3rd*
Super GT - GT300 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC*
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 99 22nd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 1 0 0 0 0 6 7th*

† As Sørensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results[edit]

(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[edit]

(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[edit]

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
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
2024 D'station Racing LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
3 		IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 3rd* 23*
Source:[7]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

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 353 18th 13th
LMP2 Pro-Am 4th
2022 United Kingdom TF Sport Portugal Henrique Chaves
United States Ben Keating 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am 		343 34th 1st
2023 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Gustav Birch
Denmark Jens Reno Møller 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am 		21 DNF DNF

‡13th in LMP2. Fourth in LMP2 Pro-Am.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(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 35th 234
2023 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
1 		SEB
15 		LBH
2 		LGA
8 		WGL
6 		MOS
4 		LIM
1 		ELK
7 		VIR
12 		IMS
4 		PET
5 		2nd 3221
2024 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
22 		SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 22nd* 99*
Source:[7]

* Season still in progress.

Complete British GT Championship results[edit]

(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 European Le Mans Series results[edit]

(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
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

Complete Super GT results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2024 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo GT300 OKA
19 		FUJ
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC* 0*

* Season still in progress.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marco Lorentz Sørensen" (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The Renault Driver development Programme announces its 2009 class". f1technical.net. F1 Technical. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Sorensen set for Lotus reserve role in wake of Saxo deal". GrandPrix247. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Charles Pic and Marco Sorensen get Lotus F1 test roles for 2014". Autosport. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Sorensen, Latorre Complete Keating Lineup in TF Aston". sportscar365.com. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (22 March 2023). "Sorensen To Defend Le Mans GTE-Am Class Win". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Marco Sørensen Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers
2016
With: Nicki Thiim 		Succeeded by
James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
(World Endurance GT Drivers' Championship)
Preceded by World Endurance GT Drivers' Championship
Champion
2019-20
With: Nicki Thiim 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2022
With: Ben Keating 		Succeeded by

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