About to embark on a very busy 2015 is Marco Sørensen who will combine his first WEC season racing for Aston Martin Racing with a full GP2 campaign. The former Lotus F1 test driver confirmed his role with AMR in the New Year and with partners Christoffer Nygaard and Nicki Thiim in a new-look ‘Dane Train’ for 2015.
“Just before Christmas I had some discussions with Jan Struve the boss of the Young Driver AMR squad and he suggested I could drive here at Aston Martin Racing,” says Sørensen. “I thought I would look nice in an Aston Martin race suit and be pretty cool, so here I am and I am looking forward to it massively.
“I am still aiming for F1, and GP2 is a good way to get there,” continued the 24-year-old. “But at the same time it is good to have another programme to keep you sharp and to explore new areas of racing. Aston Martin Racing was a really nice deal for me and it is obvious that the WEC is growing very big now and is a really attractive series for young single-seater drivers.”
Sørensen got his first concentrated test at the wheel of the #95 Vantage V8 and ended the test third fastest in the fiercely competitive LMGTE Pro class.
“I did half a day at the Monteblanco test and now here at Ricard we have tested a lot of different aspects of the car. We were not focusing on being P1 all the time at the test as it does not make sense to do this so early. We tested stuff on the car for later on in the year, so we are planning ahead a lot.
“Compared to GP2 obviously the races last a lot longer which is very nice. So you can push hard during the stint and that is nice for a driver to do. Getting a lot of laps is quite new to me so you can be creative in what you do. I did 700kms on the first day of the Ricard test and simulated a double stint which is good so I can get used to that amount of time at the wheel.”
Sørensen is the latest talented Dane on the WEC grid and comes to the Championship after a long tradition of his countrymen excelling in both the LMP and LMGTE classes.
“It is nice to have a lot of us in the WEC for sure,” he said. “At Le Mans you see so many Danes in the crowd and I guess we have the legend - Mr Kristensen - to thank for that in some ways. It will be strange him not being on the track at Le Mans this year but at least our country will have a lot of other drivers to cheer for.”
