Marco Sørensen

Marco Sørensen 2012

Marco Sørensen at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

Marco Sørensen (born September 6, 1990 in Svenstrup ) is a Danish automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 from 2012 to 2014 . In 2015 he started in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Sørensen made his first experiences in karting at the age of three . From 1998 to 2006 he was finally active in karting. Among other things, he was runner-up in the Danish Junior ICA Kart Championship in 2002 . In 2006 he also made his debut in formula racing and took part in two races of the Danish Formula Ford . In 2007 he took full part in this championship. He won four of twelve races and finished the season in third place overall. In 2008, Sørensen switched to the British Formula Ford. With one win and a total of five podium finishes, he was eighth in the championship. He also took part in 8 of 16 ADAC Formula Masters races this season . He won half of all the races he started and finished the season in fourth place in the championship. In 2009 Sørensen switched to Motopark Academy and competed in two Formula Renault championships. He won a race in the Northern European Formula Renault and was third in the drivers' championship. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup he was 15th with a sixth place as the best result. He was also a member of the Renault funding program this season .

After Renault stopped funding, Sørensen switched to the German Formula 3 Cup at Brandl Motorsport in 2010 . He competed on four of the nine race weekends and finished eleventh in the drivers' championship with a third place as the best result. In 2011 Sørensen contested his second season in German Formula 3 for Brandl Motorsport. He competed in eight out of nine events. Sørensen took two wins and was only off the podium in one race. However , he had no chance against the eventual overall winner Richie Stanaway and was runner-up with 126 to 181. He also took part in a Formula 3 Euro Series race weekend as a guest starter. He finished in first place in one race.

2012 Sørensen went for the by Charouz Racing System supervised Lotus team in Formula Renault 3.5 at the start. His teammate became his Formula 3 rival Stanaway, who, however, was injured until the end of the season after the third event. He was replaced by several drivers. Sørensen won a race at Spa-Francorchamps and finished the season in sixth championship place. In 2013 Sørensen contested his second Formula Renault 3.5 season for the Lotus team supervised by Charouz. After a second place in Monte Carlo , he won both races in Spielberg . In the overall standings, Sørensen came in seventh. With 113 to 23 points he prevailed against Marlon Stöckinger within the team . In 2014 , Sørensen moved to Tech 1 Racing within Formula Renault 3.5 , where he was without teammates in most races. With a second place as the best result, he finished twelfth overall. Moreover Sørensen rose for the fifth race weekend of the season of the GP2 series for MP Motorsport one. In his first five races he always came in the points. He achieved his first victory in the sprint race in Sochi . At the end of the season he was eleventh overall. He had scored 47 points of the team's 56 points. He was also a test driver for the Lotus Formula 1 racing team .

In 2015 Sørensen started for Carlin in the GP2 series . After he was still without points after the fourth race weekend, he dissolved his contract and ended his involvement in the series. Moreover stepped Sørensen in 2015 in the GT -Sports for Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on. Together with Christoffer Nygaard he finished eighth in the GT World Cup.

statistics

Career stations

1998-2006: karting 2006: Danish Formula Ford (19th place) 2007: Danish Formula Ford (3rd place) 2007: Formula Ford NEZ (9th place) 2008: British Formula Ford (8th place) 2008: ADAC Formula Masters (4th place)

2008: Portuguese Formula Renault , winter series (11th place) 2009: Northern European Formula Renault (3rd place) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (15th place) 2010 : German Formula 3 (11th place) 2011 : German Formula 3 (2nd place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (6th place)

2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (7th place) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (12th place) 2014 : GP2 series (11th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : GP2 series (33rd place) 2015 : WEC , GT (8th place)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2012	lotus	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		122	6th
		7th	DNF	6th	1	7th	6th	2	6th	DNF	DNF	19 *	8th	2	5	5	10	DNF
2013	lotus	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		SPI		HUN		LEC		CAT		113	7th
		19th	18th	9	10	2	5	10	10	17th	1	1	12	9	4th	5	DNF	7th
2014	Tech 1 racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		43	12.
		DNF	DNF	15th	7th	2	8th	10	15th	15th	10	14th	7th	9	8th	DNF	10	DNF

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2014	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		47	11.
										9	8th	9	4th	10	10	14th	11	7th	4th	8th	1	DNF	21st
2015	Carlin	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		0	33.
		DNF	21st	19th	22nd	DNF	20th	18th	16

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship - GT World Cup

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	81	8th.
			12	21st	27	19th	18th	19th		22nd

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Christoffer Nygaard	Nicki Thiim	Rank 27
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Darren Turner	Nicki Thiim	Rank 23
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Richie Stanaway	Nicki Thiim	Rank 25
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Darren Turner	Nicki Thiim	Rank 26
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Darren Turner	Nicki Thiim	failure	accident

Web links

Commons : Marco Sørensen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Marco Sørensen (Danish)
• Career statistics of Marco Sørensen (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “CW / DRIVER INFORMATION” (marcoracing.dk; accessed on April 24, 2011; PDF; 345 kB)
2. ↑ “The Renault Driver development Program announces its 2009 class” (f1technical.net on January 19, 2009)
3. ^ "ATS Formula 3 Cup 2011: Brandl Racing with Marco Sörensen at the start" (Motorsport-Server.de on December 22, 2011)
4. ^ "WS by Renault - Lotus enters Formula Renault 3.5" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 2, 2012)
5. ^ Glenn Freeman: "Lotus signs Sorensen, Stockinger for 2013 FR3.5 season". autosport.com, February 15, 2013, accessed February 15, 2013 . 
6. ^ Peter Allen: “Marco Sorensen to make GP2 debut at Silverstone with MP”. paddockscout.com, July 2, 2014, accessed July 13, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Marco Sorensen joins Tech 1 for 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 campaign”. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2014, accessed February 24, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Marco Sorensen teams up with Carlin for 2015 GP2 season. paddockscout.com, January 27, 2015, accessed January 27, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Peter Allen: Sorensen abandons Carlin GP2 programs, replaced by Cecotto. paddockscout.com, July 1, 2015, accessed July 29, 2015 .