Lasse Lorentz Sørensen (born 7 December 1996) is a Danish professional racing driver. He currently competes in the

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series and Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's three international-sanctioned series, alongside th ...

, driving the No. 66

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for DF1 Racing in both the Elite 1 and Elite 2 class and is the defending Elite 2 Champion. Sørensen won the

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates ...

in 2014 and has competed in categories such as Formula Ford Denmark and

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in the past.

Racing career

Sørensen began his career in 1998 in

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. In 2012 he switched to the Danish Formula Ford championship, he raced there from 2012–2013 ending 2nd in the standings in 2013. He also competed in the Formula Ford NEZ and Dutch Formula Ford championships that year. He switched to the

for the 2014 season. Sørensen won the championship that year, with 387 points. In January 2015, Sørensen switched to the

, driving for Manor

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. In 2016, Sørensen began competing in the MASCOT Danish Thundersport Championship, winning the championship in 2017 ahead from

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. In 2019, he made his

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debut when he took part in the second round of the

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season at

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. Driving for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 2 class, Sørensen scored a double podium finish on his debut weekend, including winning his very first NASCAR race after race leader Andre Castro suffered a mechanical issue on the penultimate lap. He would make his Elite 1 class debut at the following round in

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, replacing

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who left the team during the Franciacorta weekend. In Brands Hatch, Sørensen became the first Euro Series driver to win from last on the grid in Race 1 before eventually sweeping the weekend with a late-race pass on Andre Castro to win Race 2. He followed it up with his fourth victory of the season at the Sunday race in

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. Another victory would follow at

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before he win both races at

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to win the Elite 2 championship title by 9 points ahead of Giorgio Maggi despite missing the first two races of the season. Sørensen finished his debut season with 7 wins, 10 podiums, and Top-10 finishes in all 11 races that he took part in 2019.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete NASCAR results

(

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) (Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

References

External links

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Lasse Sørensen official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Lasse 1996 births Living people Danish racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Sportspeople from Aalborg NASCAR drivers Manor Motorsport drivers MP Motorsport drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Fluid Motorsport Development drivers 24H Series drivers