Marco Sørensen

Marco Sørensen
Sørensen in 2012.
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Carlin
Car no.	4
Former teams	MP Motorsport
Starts	22
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2014
Previous series
2012-14 2010–11 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006–07	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. 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.

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.

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 Sørenson'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 will switch 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]

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Sørensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 3 Euroseries results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† 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)

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

References

External links

• Official website
• Marco Sørensen on Twitter
  
• Marco Sørensen career summary at DriverDB.com