Marco Lorentz Sørensen (born 6 September 1990) is a Danish racing driver and Aston Martin factory driver who is currently set to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship and in Super GT for D'station Racing. He won the World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Pro class in the 2016 and 2019–20 seasons, and in the LMGTE Am class in 2022. He has also previously competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the GP2 Series, and is a former member of the Renault and Lotus F1 junior teams. His younger brother, Lasse, is also a racing driver who last competed 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, he was 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. He also had one-off entry at Silverstone in 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series with Mücke Motorsport, 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.
Søresnen 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.
Sørensen 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.
FIA World Endurance Championship
In 2015, Sørensen joined Aston Martin Racing alongside Nicki Thiim and Christoffer Nygaard. He also 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. Sørensen took his first endurance win in Austin with Thiim in 2016, and the pair would go on to win the GT Championship. As the No. 95 entry has mostly been driven by Sørensen and Thiim, it has come to be known as the Dane Train.
On 19 January 2022, TF Sport announced that Sørensen would make a full-season return to the World Endurance championship in 2022, piloting the No. 33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR alongside Ben Keating 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 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, competing alongside Jens Reno Møller and Gustav Birch.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 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 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF 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 IMSA 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 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9-LG11001N/A1st 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 8 3 1 0 5 172 1st 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 24th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 13th British GT Championship TF Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59 AMR 1 0 0 0 1 22 13th 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am TF Sport 6 2 3 0 4 141 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am11001N/A 1st IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Corvette Racing 1 0 0 0 0 234 35th European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Oman Racing with TF Sport 6 1 2 0 2 59 5th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Beechdean AMR 3 0 0 0 0 6 30th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 TF Sport AMR10000N/ADNF 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 11 2 3 1 3 3221 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am GMB Motorsport10000N/ADNF2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 D'station Racing 8 0 0 0 1 50 11th Super GT - GT300 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 99 74th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro 1 0 0 0 0 303 33rd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 5 1 0 0 1 55 4th2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Earl Bamber Motorsport 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Aston Martin THOR Team 8 0 0 0 0 19 22nd IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Heart of Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 191 43rd IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Magnus Racing 1 0 0 1 0 159 84th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing50011378th2025-26Asian Le Mans Series - GTEarl Bamber Motorsport 2026IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTPAston Martin THOR Team 1 0 0 0 0 231 32ndFIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar 6 0 0 0 0 4 23rd*GT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupComtoyou Racing IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Car Blanche 3 1 0 0 1 908 18th † 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) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2009 Motopark AcademyCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 15th 15
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points 2009 Motopark AcademyZAN1ZAN2HOC1HOC2 ALA1 ALA2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2MST1MST2NÜR1NÜR2SPA1SPA23rd232
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 2012 Lotus ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT2 CAT2 6th 122 2013 Lotus MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 113 2014 Tech 1 Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 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 2014 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 11th 47 2015 Carlin BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR 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 2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 8th 81 2016 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 156 2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 6th 104 2018–19 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 9th 65.5 2019–20 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 1st 172 2021 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 24th 8 2022 TF Sport LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 1st 141 2024 D'station Racing LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 11th 50 2025 Aston Martin THOR Team Hypercar Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 22nd 19 2026 Aston Martin THOR Team Hypercar Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ CAT MNZ 23rd* 4*Source: * Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results