Marco Lorentz Sørensen (born 6 September 1990) is a Danish racing driver and

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factory driver who is currently set to compete in the

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and in

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for

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. He won the World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Pro class in the

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and 2019–20 seasons, and in the LMGTE Am class in

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. He has also previously competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the

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, and is a former member of the

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and

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junior teams. His younger brother,

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, is also a racing driver who last competed in the

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Career

Sørensen made his debut in

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back in 1994 and had his first real race in 1998. He began

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in 2006 with Formula Ford Denmark. In 2008 was he able to place fourth in the

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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

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and

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. That made him able to move up to

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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

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. He also had one-off entry at Silverstone in

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with

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, 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

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, having already retired from a commanding position due technical problems in the second race at

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. Another potential win slipped from Sørensen's grasp at the second race at

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, 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

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. 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

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GP2 Series

In 2014, Sørensen switched to GP2, replacing

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for the races at

and beyond. That same year, he took his first GP2 win in

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. He switched to Carlin, replacing the

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-bound

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, for the 2015 season, his first full season in GP2.

Formula One

In September 2013, Sørensen undertook a tyre test at

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with the

team and has become one of Lotus's test drivers.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Aston Martin Vantage GTE Sorensen Silverstone 2018 Abbey

In 2015 Sørensen joined

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alongside

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and Christoffer Nygaard. He also became a full-time factory driver for

. He continued with

after 2015 where

cut one of their GTE Pro cars out of the series. Sørensen took his first endurance win in

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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 19 January 2022

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announced that Sørensen would make a full-season return to the World Endurance championship in

, piloting the #33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR alongside

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and Florian Latorre. 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

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, competing alongside

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and Gustav Birch.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

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

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

‡13th in LMP2. Fourth in LMP2 Pro-Am.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete British GT Championship 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 European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete Super GT results

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

References

External links

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