Lasse Lorentz Sørensen (born 7 December 1996) is a Danish professional racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet Camaro 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 in 2014, and has competed in categories such as Formula Ford Denmark and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in the past.
Racing career Sørensen began his career in 1998 in karting. In 2012, he switched to the Danish Formula Ford championship, he raced there from 2012 to 2013 ending second in the standings in 2013. He also competed in the Formula Ford NEZ and Dutch Formula Ford championships that year. He switched to the French F4 Championship for the 2014 season. Sørensen won the championship that year, with 387 points.
In January 2015, Sørensen switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, driving for Manor MP Motorsport. In 2016, Sørensen began competing in the MASCOT Danish Thundersport Championship, winning the championship in 2017 ahead from Jan Magnussen.
In 2019, Sørensen made his stock car racing debut when he took part in the second round of the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season at Franciacorta. 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.
Sørensen would make his Elite 1 class debut at the following round in Brands Hatch, replacing Christophe Bouchut 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 Most. Another victory would follow at Hockenheim before he win both races at Zolder to win the Elite 2 championship title by nine points ahead of Giorgio Maggi despite missing the first two races of the season. Sørensen finished his debut season with seven wins, ten podiums, and top-ten finishes in all 11 races that he took part in 2019.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Formula Ford Denmark Fluid Motorsport 21 1 0 0 7 226 5th Dutch Formula Ford Championship 3 1 0 2 1 44 17th Formula Ford NEZ 3 0 0 0 0 16 7th 2013 Formula Ford Denmark RS Competition 23 8 3 5 19 383 2nd 2014 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 21 8 5 9 17 387 1st 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Manor MP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 23 29th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 7 0 0 0 0 0 26th 2016 MASCOT Danish Thundersport Championship Demetra by Massive Motorsport 9 1 0 0 3 119 11th 24H Series - A2 presenza.eu Racing Team Clio 2017 MASCOT Danish Thundersport Championship Flexlease.nu/Strøjer Tegl 20 6 1 4 16 365 1st 2018 MASCOT Danish Thundersport Championship Team Flexlease 21 3 2 5 13 303 2nd 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 Dexwet-df1 Racing 11 7 1 1 10 573 1st NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2 0 0 0 0 40 41st 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series DF1 Racing 10 2 2 1 6 411 2nd
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 15 16 17 DC Points2015Manor MP Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 JER1 JER2 JER3 26th 0
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 2015 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 29th 23
Complete NASCAR results (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)
Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2019 Dexwet-df1 Racing 66 Chevy VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 41st 40 2020 DF1 Racing ITA ITA ZOL ZOL MOS MOS VAL VAL ESP ESP 2nd 411
Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2019 Dexwet-df1 Racing 66 Chevy VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS* VEN HOC HOC* ZOL ZOL* 1st 573
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