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.

Formula BMW

Sadeleer graduated to single-seaters in 2012, partaking in ten races of the 2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup finishing 8th in the overall standings.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012Formula BMW Talent CupBMW Motorsport30000148th
2014Formula Renault 2.0 AlpsTech 1 Racing1400012716th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0200000NC†
2015Formula Renault 2.0 AlpsTech 1 Racing400000NC†
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0170000024th
2016Formula Renault 2.0 North European CupTech 1 Racing1500201629th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0141003896th
2017European Le Mans Series - LMP2United Autosports62003982nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A4th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance CupTeam WRT100000NC
2018European Le Mans Series - LMP2United Autosports600012313th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype100002850th
24 Hours of Le Mans -LMP210001N/A3rd
2018-19Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport10000214th
2019Blancpain GT World Challenge EuropeR-Motorsport10000011.515th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup100000NC
ADAC GT MastersPROpeak Performance400000NC
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2Racing Engineering4000221421st
2023GT4 European Series - SilverCode Racing Development800011727th

* 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)

YearTeam12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2014Tech 1 RacingIMO 1 18IMO 2 RetPAU 1 11PAU 2 3RBR 1 19RBR 2 17SPA 1 19SPA 2 26MNZ 1 RetMNZ 2 RetMUG 1 12MUG 2 11JER 1 21JER 2 2116th27
2015Tech 1 RacingIMO 1 9IMO 2 13PAU 1PAU 2RBR 1RBR 2RBR 3SPA 1SPA 2MNZ 1MNZ 2MNZ 3MIS 1MIS 2JER 1 RetJER 2 14NC†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)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2014Tech 1 RacingALC 1ALC 2SPA 1SPA 2MSC 1MSC 2NÜR 1NÜR 2HUN 1HUN 2LEC 1 18LEC 2 19JER 1JER 2NC†0
2015ALC 1 27†ALC 2 16ALC 3 21SPA 1 RetSPA 2 RetHUN 1 13HUN 2 RetSIL 1 24SIL 2 20SIL 3 RetNÜR 1 RetNÜR 2 24LMS 1 15LMS 2 17JER 1 17JER 2 17JER 3 1324th0
2016ALC 1 RetALC 2 DNSALC 3 18MON 1 11MNZ 1 10MNZ 2 4MNZ 3 13RBR 1 6RBR 2 11LEC 1 RetLEC 2 8SPA 1 1SPA 2 3EST 1 2EST 2 76th89

† 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)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2016Tech 1 RacingMNZ 1 10MNZ 2 12SIL 1 9SIL 2 14HUN 1 19HUN 2 4SPA 1 16SPA 2 10ASS 1 9ASS 2 12NÜR 1 8NÜR 2 5HOC 1 14HOC 2 5HOC 3 69th162

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2017United AutosportsLMP2Ligier JS P217Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SIL 1MNZ 6RBR 1LEC 5SPA 4ALG 22nd98
2018United AutosportsLMP2Ligier JS P217Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC 9MNZ 11RBR 15SIL 10SPA 6ALG 310th23

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class Pos.
2017United States United AutosportsUnited States Will Owen Portugal Filipe AlbuquerqueLigier JS P217-GibsonLMP23625th4th
2018United States United AutosportsUnited States Will Owen Colombia Juan Pablo MontoyaLigier JS P217-GibsonLMP23657th3rd

24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class Pos.
2018United States United AutosportsBrazil Bruno Senna United Kingdom Paul di Resta United States Will OwenLigier JS P217-GibsonP8044th4th

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2019R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3SilverBRH 1 RetBRH 2 11MIS 1 17MIS 2 7ZAN 1 6ZAN 2 8NÜR 1 15NÜR 2 14HUN 1 9HUN 2 92nd99

External links

  • on Facebook
  • career summary at DriverDB.com