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Sebastian Øgaard

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Sebastian Øgaard
Øgaard at the Red Bull Ring in 2022
NationalityDenmark Danish
Full nameSebastian Øgaard Laursen
Born (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20)
Ejstrupholm, Denmark
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season2024
Current teamComtoyou Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number12
Starts1 (1 entry)
Previous series
2023
2023
2022
2022
2020
2019, 2021
2019–20		Eurocup-3
FR Middle East Championship
FR European Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Italian F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
F4 Danish Championship

Sebastian Øgaard Laursen (born 30 January 2004), better known as Sebastian Øgaard, is a Danish racing driver who currently competes in the Eurocup-3 with MP Motorsport. He is a Team Danmark athlete.[1][2]

Career

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Karting

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Øgaard was voted Karting Driver of the Year in the 2019 Danish Automobile Sports Union [da] (DASU) awards.[3][4]

Lower formulae

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2019

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In 2019, Øgaard made his single-seater debut during the penultimate round of the F4 Danish Championship, competing with FSP.[5] He finished all three races in the points, managing to achieve a best result of sixth in Race 1.

Øgaard also entered as a guest driver into the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship at Barcelona. Competing with MP Motorsport, his best finish was twelfth place in the third race, finishing ahead of full-time teammate Rafael Villanueva Jr. in the process.

2020

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He competed in two of the three rounds of the F4 Danish Championship with Team FSP in 2020.[6] Winning four races and finishing on the podium in five out of six races, he finished third in the championship, 30 points behind the leader and behind two full-time drivers.[7]

Øgaard was a full-time entry with Bhaitech in the 2020 Italian F4 Championship.[6] He scored 12 points over the course of the season and was classified 20th in a field of 44 drivers.[7]

2021

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In 2021, Øgaard moved to the F4 Spanish Championship, partnering Pepe Martí, Alex García and Alex Partyshev at Campos Racing.[8] He won five races and finished runner-up in the championship.[9] Consequently, he was voted the 2021 DASU Talent of the Year for asphalt drivers.[1][10]

Euroformula Open

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Øgaard progressed to the Euroformula Open Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing the following year.[6] In the first four rounds, he recorded two podiums, one of them being a win, and finished every race inside the points.[7] Van Amersfoot Racing withdrew from the series after the fourth round.[7] At that point, Øgaard was fourth in the championship, and he was ultimately classified eighth at the conclusion of the championship despite missing more than half the season.[11]

Formula Regional European Championship

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Øgaard entered the final three rounds of the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship as a guest.[6] Driving for KIC Motorsport, his best finish in six races was twenty-fourth.

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

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Øgaard competed in two rounds of the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with MP Motorsport (who have entered as Hyderabad Blackbirds powered by MP).[11]

Eurocup-3

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Øgaard competes in the inaugural 2023 Eurocup-3 season, again with MP Motorsport.[12]

Sportscar racing

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Comtoyou Racing signed Øgaard for the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season,[13] and he joined the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy.[14]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 F4 Danish Championship FSP 3 0 0 0 0 20 14th
F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 F4 Danish Championship Team FSP 6 3 0 5 5 121 3rd
Italian F4 Championship Bhaitech 20 0 0 0 0 12 20th
2021 F4 Spanish Championship Campos Racing 21 5 0 1 8 231 2nd
2022 Euroformula Open Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 11 1 0 0 2 114 8th
Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP 6 0 0 0 0 10 24th
Eurocup-3 MP Motorsport 16 1 0 2 7 222 3rd
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC

† As Øgaard was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

* Season still in progress

Complete F4 Danish Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2019 FSP PAD1
1 		PAD1
2 		PAD1
3 		JYL1
1 		JYL1
2 		JYL1
3 		DJU1
1 		DJU1
2 		DJU1
3 		KIN
1 		KIN
2 		KIN
3 		PAD2
3 		PAD2
3 		PAD2
3 		JYL2
1 		JYL2
2 		JYL2
3 		DJU2
1
6 		DJU2
2
7 		DJU2
3
7 		JYL3
1 		JYL3
2 		JYL3
3 		14th 20
2020 Team FSP JYL
1
5 		JYL
2
1 		JYL
3
2 		PAD
1 		PAD
2 		PAD
3 		DJU
1
2 		DJU
2
1 		DJU
3
1 		3rd 121

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 21 Pos. Points
2019 MP Motorsport NAV
1 		NAV
2 		NAV
3 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		LEC
3 		ARA
1 		ARA
2 		ARA
3 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		CRT
3 		JER
1 		JER
2 		JER
3 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		ALG
3 		CAT
1
14 		CAT
2
13 		CAT
3
12 		NC† 0
2021 Campos Racing SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
3 		SPA
3
7 		NAV
1
5 		NAV
2
22 		NAV
3
3 		ALG
1
1 		ALG
2
1 		ALG
3
6 		ARA
1
9 		ARA
2
3 		ARA
3
5 		CRT
1
1 		CRT
2
4 		CRT
3
1 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
5 		JER
3
7 		CAT
1
5 		CAT
2
NC 		CAT
3
1 		2nd 231

† As Øgaard was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 21 Pos. Points
2020 Bhaitech MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
10 		MIS
3
21† 		IMO1
1
15 		IMO1
2
12 		IMO1
3
15 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
13 		RBR
3
14 		MUG
1
8 		MUG
2
19 		MUG
3
15 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
10 		MNZ
3
15 		IMO2
1
Ret 		IMO2
2
Ret 		IMO2
3
Ret 		VLL
1
20 		VLL
2
C 		VLL
3
23 		20th 12

†Did not finish, but classified.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos. Points
2022 Van Amersfoort Racing POR
1
4 		POR
2
3 		POR
3
1 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
6 		LEC
1
5 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
5 		SPA
1
6 		SPA
2
5 		SPA
3
7 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		8th 114

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 Pos. Points
2022 KIC Motorsport MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		MCO
1 		MCO
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
1 		RBR
1
27 		RBR
2
29 		CAT
1
27 		CAT
2
24 		MUG
1
31‡ 		MUG
2
30 		NC† 0

† As Øgaard was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Did not finish, but classified.

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2023 Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport DUB1
1
7 		DUB1
2
8 		DUB1
3
17 		KUW1
1 		KUW1
2 		KUW1
3 		KUW2
1 		KUW2
2 		KUW2
3 		DUB2
1
19 		DUB2
2
17 		DUB2
3
17 		ABU
1 		ABU
2 		ABU
3 		24th 10

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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(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 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
8 		ARA
1
2 		ARA
2
4 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
5 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
3 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
1 		EST
1
4 		EST
2
2 		CRT
1
5 		CRT
2
2 		CAT
1
4 		CAT
2
6 		3rd 222

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2024 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Silver LEC
46 		SPA
6H
60† 		SPA
12H
Ret 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
38 		MNZ
 JED
 23rd* 10*

* Season still in progress.

References

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