Hugo de Sadeleer

Hugo de Sadeleer
Sadeleer in 2018
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 28) Lausanne, Switzerland
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2017 European Le Mans Series
Current team	United Autosports
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	32
Starts	6
Wins	2
Podiums	3
Best finish	2nd in 2017
Previous series
2016 2016 2015 2014 2012	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula BMW

Hugo de Sadeleer (born 16 July 1997) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland, formerly competing in the LMP2 category of the European Le Mans Series.

Career

Karting

Born in Lausanne, Sadeleer began karting in 2009 at the age of twelve. He finished 11th in the 2009 Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Mini. ^[1]

Formula BMW

Sadeleer graduated to single-seaters in 2012, partaking in 10 races of the 2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup finishing 8th in the overall standings. ^{[2] [3]}

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2013, Sadeleer signed with Tech 1 racing to participate in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. Because of existing regulations that drivers must be over the age of 16, he was not allowed to participate in the championship and instead took part in testing. Sadeleer participated in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series. He finished the season in 16th position with one podium finish at the Pau Grand Prix. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2015, Sadeleer graduated to the more competitive Formula Renault Eurocup championship. He participated in 17 races and finished the championship in 24th place. ^[6]

In 2016, Sadeleer participated in the 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship. He participated in 14 races, achieving one victory in Spa-Francorchamps and 3 podiums. He finished the season in 6th place. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Sportscars

On 12 January 2017, team owner Zak Brown announced Sadeleer would drive for United Autosports in the 2017 European Le Mans Series championship. He drove the team's new Ligier JSP217 in the LMP2 category. It was also announced that Sadeleer would participate in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was joined in the cockpit by American driver Will Owen. The third driver was announced to be Filipe Albuquerque. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

It was announced that Sadeleer would rejoin United Autosports for the 2018 European Le Mans Series and the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[22] For the ELMS campaign, he was joined in the cockpit by Will Owen and Wayne Boyd. ^[23] The third driver for the 24 Hours of Le Mans was Juan Pablo Montoya.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Formula BMW Talent Cup	BMW Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	14	8th
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Tech 1 Racing	14	0	0	0	1	27	16th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Tech 1 Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		17	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2016	Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup	Tech 1 Racing	15	0	0	2	0	162	9th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	1	0	0	3	89	6th
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	2	0	0	3	98	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	0	0	0	1	23	13th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype		1	0	0	0	0	28	50th
	24 Hours of Le Mans -LMP2		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2018-19	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	1	0	0	0	0	2	14th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	R-Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	11.5	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	PROpeak Performance	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2	Racing Engineering	4	0	0	0	2	214	21st
2023	GT4 European Series - Silver	Code Racing Development	8	0	0	0	1	17	27th

^* Season still ongoing.
^† As de Sadeleer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 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	Pos	Points
2014	Tech 1 Racing	IMO 1 18	IMO 2 Ret	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 3	RBR 1 19	RBR 2 17	SPA 1 19	SPA 2 26	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MUG 1 12	MUG 2 11	JER 1 21	JER 2 21			16th	27
2015	Tech 1 Racing	IMO 1 9	IMO 2 13	PAU 1	PAU 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 14	NC†	0

† As de Sadeleer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

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	Points
2014	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MSC 1	MSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1 18	LEC 2 19	JER 1	JER 2				NC†	0
2015		ALC 1 27†	ALC 2 16	ALC 3 21	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 Ret	SIL 1 24	SIL 2 20	SIL 3 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 24	LMS 1 15	LMS 2 17	JER 1 17	JER 2 17	JER 3 13	24th	0
2016		ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 DNS	ALC 3 18	MON 1 11	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 13	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 11	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 8	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 3	EST 1 2	EST 2 7			6th	89

† As de Sadeleer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

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	DC	Points
2016	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 12	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 14	HUN 1 19	HUN 2 4	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 10	ASS 1 9	ASS 2 12	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 5	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 5	HOC 3 6	9th	162

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2017	United Autosports	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 1	MNZ 6	RBR 1	LEC 5	SPA 4	ALG 2	2nd	98
2018	United Autosports	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 9	MNZ 11	RBR 15	SIL 10	SPA 6	ALG 3	10th	23

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	United Autosports	Will Owen Filipe Albuquerque	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	362	5th	4th
2018	United Autosports	Will Owen Juan Pablo Montoya	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	365	7th	3rd

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	United Autosports	Bruno Senna Paul di Resta Will Owen	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	P	804	4th	4th

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Silver	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 11	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 7	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 8	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 14	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 9	2nd	99

References

1. "Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Mini 2009 standings". 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
2. "Hugo de Sadeleer, Formula Renault Italia". 28 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
3. "BMW-Talent-Cup 2012: Welcome-Event". 3 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
4. "HUGO DE SADELEER: "THIS YEAR WILL BE ALL ABOUT LEARNING AND MATURING AS A DRIVER"". 23 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
5. "Hugo de Sadeleer est ambitieux (Hugo de Sadeleer is ambitious". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
6. "Hugo de Sadeleer secures Eurocup promotion with Tech 1". 4 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
7. "MAIDEN VICTORY FOR HUGO DE SADELEER, LANDO NORRIS CLOSES IN ON THE TITLE". 24 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
8. "First win of the season for Hugo de Sadeeler". 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
9. "Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – Another podium for Hugo de Sadeleer". 25 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
10. "FR 2.0 - Hugo de Sadeleer signe sa première victoire à Spa (First win in Spa for Hugo de Sadeleer". 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
11. "HUGO DE SADELEER: "THIS PODIUM IS A BIT UNEXPECTED"". 25 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
12. "HUGO DE SADELEER: "I HAD A GREAT TIME THIS WEEKEND"". 27 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
13. "Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – Première victoire pour Hugo de Sadeleer, Lando Norris fait un pas vers le titre (First win for Hugo de Sadeleer, Lando Norris closer to clinching title)". 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
14. "Hugo de Sadeleer ends two Renault Formula 2.0 championships". December 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
15. "ALBUQUERQUE COMPLETES UNITED AUTOSPORT'S ELMS LMP2 LINE-UP". February 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
16. "ELMS - United Autosports confirme Owen et de Sadeleer en LM P2 (United Autosports confirms De Sadeleer and Owen as their LMP2 drivers)". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
17. "United Autosports Announces LMP2 Entry for ELMS, 24H Le Mans". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
18. "United Autosports anuncia novo protótipo e participação nas 24 horas de Le Mans(United Autosports announces new prototype and participation in the 24 hours of Le Mans)". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
19. "OWEN AND DE SADELEER JOIN FORCES AT UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR ELMS AND LM24 ASSAULT". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
20. "William Owen et Hugo de Sadeleer chez United Autosports (William Owen and Hugo de Sadeleer at United Autosports)". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
21. "Le Mans 2017: RLR und United Autosport mit von der Partie (New car for Le Mans at United Autosports)". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
22. "Hugo de Sadeleer returns to United Autosports". 23 November 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
23. "Wayne Boyd Switches To LMP2 For United Autosport ELMS Campaign". 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Hugo de Sadeleer on Facebook
• Hugo de Sadeleer career summary at DriverDB.com