Marcel Lasée (born 10 January 1982) is a German racing driver. Twice a national champion in junior single-seaters, Lasée reached the Formula 3 Euro Series and was a test driver for Jordan in Formula One. He has most recently driven for Subaru at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, twice winning the SP3T class.
Career Lasée began his single-seater career in 1999, winning the Formula Ford 1800 Germany title on debut. Moving to Formula Renault in 2000, Lasée placed eighth in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup for Walter Lechner Racing, before winning the German series in 2001, ahead of Vitantonio Liuzzi. Stepping up to the German Formula Three Championship in 2002 with Mücke Motorsport, Lasée scored a best result of sixth at the A1-Ring and Zandvoort to end the year 17th in points. In parallel, Lasée became a test driver for Jordan Grand Prix in Formula One, sampling the EJ11 and EJ12 in a two-day test at Barcelona in January, before conducting aerodynamic work at Elvington Airfield for the team ahead of the 2002 European Grand Prix.
After completing his mandatory military service in 2003 with the Sportfördergruppe Köln-Longerich in Cologne, Lasée made a brief return to German F3 for Franz Wöss Racing, before joining Swiss Racing Team for select rounds of the Formula 3 Euro Series and the Masters of Formula 3. He notably scored a dual points finish at Nürburgring. Lasée spent the next three seasons in SEAT León Supercopa Germany, collecting three wins for a best championship finish of fourth in 2004. During 2006, Lasée also made his 24 Hours of Nürburgring debut, finishing third in the SP5 class.
Lasée then raced at the 24 Hour of Cologne kart race in 2009, before making an ADAC GT Masters cameo in the 2012 finale with Porsche-fielding Mühlner Motorsport. Following that, Lasée raced at the next five editions of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Subaru Tecnica International in SP3T, winning in class in both 2015 and 2016 alongside Carlo van Dam, Tim Schrick and Hideki Yamauchi. In 2022, Lasée made a one-off return to the race with Subaru, driving alongside Van Dam, Schrick and Kota Sasaki.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition1996Andrea Margutti Trophy – 100 JuniorKarting World Cup – Junior A 1998Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – Senior1stSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1999 Formula Ford 1800 Germany 1st 2000 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Walter Lechner Racing 54 8th2001 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 8 2 2 3 5 1451st Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Walter Lechner Racing 2 0 0 0 05211th JD Motorsport 3 0 0 0 12002 German Formula Three Championship Mücke Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 2 17th Formula One DHL Jordan Honda Test driver2003 German Formula Three Championship Franz Wöss Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 16th Formula 3 Euro Series Swiss Racing Team 8 0 0 0 0 3 23rd Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 28th 2004 SEAT León Supercopa Germany 12 2 1 0 6 163 4th 2005 SEAT León Supercopa Germany 12 1 1 1 4 104 6th2006 SEAT León Supercopa Germany 5 0 0 0 0 16 16th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP5 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 2012 ADAC GT Masters Mühlner Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 0 0 0 1 2nd 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 0 0 0 0 4th 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 1 0 0 1 1st 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 1 0 0 1 1st 2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2022 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T Subaru Tecnica International 1 0 0 0 0 DNFSources: Season still in progress.
† As Lasée was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete German Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2002 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F302/012 Mercedes HOC11 HOC12 NÜR11 NÜR12 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 LAU1 LAU2 HOC21 HOC22 NÜR21 NÜR22 A1R1 A1R2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC31 HOC32 17th 2 2003 Franz Wöss Racing Dallara F399/011 Opel OSC11 OSC12 LAU11 LAU12 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU21 LAU22 A1R11 A1R12 A1R21 A1R22 OSC21 OSC22 16th 8
Complete Formula Three Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2003 Swiss Racing Team Dallara F302/062 Opel HOC1 HOC2 ADR1 ADR2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 LMS1 LMS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 A1R1 A1R2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 23rd 8
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Sebastian Stahl "Pedro Passyutu" Thomas Wirtz BMW M3 SP5 116 68th3rd 2013 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Carlo van Dam Subaru GVB SP3T 80 26th2nd 2014 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Carlo van Dam Subaru WRX STi SP3T 138 32nd 4th 2015 Subaru Tecnica International Carlo van Dam Tim Schrick Hideki Yamauchi Subaru WRX STi SP3T 143 18th1st 2016 Subaru Tecnica International Carlo van Dam Tim Schrick Hideki Yamauchi Subaru WRX STi SP3T 121 20th1st 2017 Subaru Tecnica International Carlo van Dam Tim Schrick Hideki Yamauchi Subaru WRX STi SP3T 126 DNF DNF 2022 Subaru Tecnica International Carlo van Dam Kota Sasaki Tim Schrick Subaru WRX STI GT N24 SP3T 64 DNF DNF
Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2012 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 ROSC1OSC2ZAN1ZAN2SAC1SAC2NÜR1NÜR2RBR1RBR2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2HOC1HOC2 NC 0
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