Marco Sørensen
Quick Facts
Biography
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. 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 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.
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 and has become one of Lotus's test drivers.
World Endurance
In 2015 Sørensen joined the Dane Train with Nicki Thiim and Christoffer Nygaard and 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. With Nicki he took his first endurance win in Austin in 2016 where they later manage to take the GT Championship. The #95 is mostly just driven by Sørensen and Nicki Thiim in which it still goes under the name the Dane Train.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 1st* |
As Sørensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | D.C. | Points |
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2011 | Mücke Motorsport | Mercedes | LEC1 | LEC2 | LEC3 | HOC1 | HOC2 | HOC3 | ZAN1 | ZAN2 | ZAN3 | RBR1 | RBR2 | RBR3 | NOR1 | NOR2 | NOR3 | NÜR1 | NÜR2 | NÜR3 | SIL1 7 | SIL2 1 | SIL3 Ret | VAL1 | VAL2 | VAL3 | HOC1 | HOC2 | HOC3 | NC† | 0† |
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 | ALC1 7 | ALC2 Ret | MON1 6 | SPA1 1 | SPA2 7 | NÜR1 6 | NÜR2 2 | MSC1 7 | MSC2 Ret | SIL1 Ret | SIL2 19† | HUN1 8 | HUN2 2 | LEC1 5 | LEC2 5 | CAT2 10 | CAT2 Ret | 6th | 122 |
2013 | Lotus | MNZ1 19 | MNZ2 18 | ALC1 9 | ALC2 10 | MON1 2 | SPA1 5 | SPA2 10 | MSC1 10 | MSC2 17 | RBR1 1 | RBR2 1 | HUN1 12 | HUN2 9 | LEC1 4 | LEC2 5 | CAT1 Ret | CAT2 7 | 7th | 113 |
2014 | Tech 1 Racing | MNZ1 Ret | MNZ2 Ret | ALC1 15 | ALC2 7 | MON1 2 | SPA1 8 | SPA2 10 | MSC1 15 | MSC2 15 | NÜR1 10 | NÜR2 14 | HUN1 7 | HUN2 9 | LEC1 8 | LEC2 Ret | JER1 9 | JER2 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 | BHRFEA | BHRSPR | CATFEA | CATSPR | MONFEA | MONSPR | RBRFEA | RBRSPR | SILFEA 9 | SILSPR 8 | HOCFEA 9 | HOCSPR 4 | HUNFEA 10 | HUNSPR 10 | SPAFEA 14 | SPASPR 11 | MNZFEA 7 | MNZSPR 4 | SOCFEA 8 | SOCSPR 1 | YMCFEA Ret | YMCSPR 21 | 11th | 47 |
2015 | Carlin | BHRFEA Ret | BHRSPR 21 | CATFEA 19 | CATSPR 22 | MONFEA Ret | MONSPR 20 | RBRFEA 18 | RBRSPR 16 | SILFEA | SILSPR | HUNFEA | HUNSPR | SPAFEA | SPASPR | MNZFEA | MNZSPR | SOCFEA | SOCSPR | BHRFEA | BHRSPR | YMCFEA | YMCSPR | 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 | LMS | 1st* | 109* |
Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | Aston Martin Racing | Christoffer Nygaard Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 330 | 27th | 4th |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | Nicki Thiim Darren Turner | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 338 | 23rd | 5th |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | Nicki Thiim Richie Stanaway | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 334 | 25th | 9th |
2018 | Aston Martin Racing | Nicki Thiim Darren Turner | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro | 339 | 23rd | 8th |
2019 | Aston Martin Racing | Nicki Thiim Darren Turner | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro | 132 | DNF | DNF |
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 | OUL1 9 | OUL2 2 | ROC1 7 | SNE1 6 | SNE2 1 | SIL1 5 | SPA1 7 | BRH1 6 | DON1 Ret | 6th | 98 |
2019 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | OUL1 9 | OUL2 3 | SNE1 10 | SNE2 11 | SIL1 5 | DON1 | SPA1 | BRH1 | DON1 | 18th | 33 |