Michael Sauter
| Michael Sauter | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sauter in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  Swiss Germanvia double nationality |
| Born | 5 October 2004 Gempen, Switzerland |
| ADAC F4 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | Sauter Engineering + Design |
| Car number | 21 |
| Starts | 35 (36 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 13th in 2022 |
Michael Sauter (born 5 October 2004) is a German-Swiss racing driver of Japanese descent currently racing in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship for Birth Racing Project.[1]
Career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Coming from a family with a racing background, Sauter started karting at the age of seven and began to compete in the Swiss Championship in 2013. He raced in go-karts until the end of 2020, winning the Vega Trofeo in 2014 and 2016 respectively, missing out on the chance of the 2015 title due to a ski accident.[2]
Lower formulae
[edit]
In 2021, after some Formula 4 testing at Anneau du Rhin, Sauter made his car racing debut, competing in a family effort with the Sauter Engineering + Design team, named after his father's company, in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[3][4][5] In the final race of the second round at Circuit Zandvoort he score his only rookie win of the season.[6] He scored his first point in round three at the Hockenheimring, however a crash in qualifying at the next event at the Sachsenring meant extensive damage to his car, which could only be repaired in time for the second race with the help of other teams' mechanics.[5] In the final race of the event he went on to take his best finish of the season in fifth.[6] Saute became vice-champion in the rookie classification.[7]
In 2022 he remained in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[6][8][9] He finished the championship in thirteenth overall.[7]
In 2023 he moved to the Formula 4 CEZ Championship after the ADAC Formula 4 had folded.[7] He took his first and only race win in the final round at the newly opened Balaton Park Circuit.[10] He also finished third overall in the championship.[1]
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
[edit]In 2023 Sauter also competed in two rounds of the Formula Regional Japanese Championship with Sutekina Racing Team and Bionic Jack Racing. In the final round at Sportsland Sugo, where he competed with Bionic Jack Racing, he even took his first victory in the championship.[11]
After he joined the G Force Driver Development Program in 2024, he returned to the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, driving for Birth Racing Project.[1][12]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — Mini | Sauter Team | 4th |
| 2014 | Vega Trofeo — Super Mini | 1st | |
| Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — Super Mini | 15th | ||
| 2015 | Vega Trofeo — Super Mini | 9th | |
| 2016 | Vega Trofeo — Super Mini | 1st | |
| Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — Super Mini | 7th | ||
| 2017 | Vega Trofeo — Super Mini | 2nd | |
| Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — Super Mini | 2nd | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Mini | 5th | ||
| 2018 | Vega Trofeo — Junior | 4th | |
| Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — X30 Junior | 4th | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 101st | ||
| 2019 | Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — X30 Challenge | 7th | |
| IAME International Final — X30 Senior | 131st |
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Sauter Engineering + Design | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15th |
| 2022 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Sauter Engineering + Design | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13th |
| 2023 | Formula 4 CEZ Championship | Sauter Engineering + Design | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 204 | 3rd |
| Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 6th | |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 236 | 1st |
* Season still in progress.
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
[edit](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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sauter Engineering + Design | RBR 1 17 |
RBR 2 19 |
RBR 3 Ret |
ZAN 1 20 |
ZAN 2 19 |
ZAN 3 12 |
HOC1 1 10 |
HOC1 2 13 |
HOC1 3 11 |
SAC 1 DNS |
SAC 2 9 |
SAC 3 5 |
HOC2 1 8 |
HOC2 2 10 |
HOC2 3 12 |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 10 |
NÜR 3 13 |
15th | 19 |
| 2022 | Sauter Engineering + Design | SPA 1 14 |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 16 |
HOC 1 11 |
HOC 2 18 |
HOC 3 13 |
ZAN 1 13 |
ZAN 2 13 |
ZAN 3 Ret |
NÜR1 1 12 |
NÜR1 2 11 |
NÜR1 3 10 |
LAU 1 5 |
LAU 2 Ret |
LAU 3 9 |
NÜR2 1 6 |
NÜR2 2 Ret |
NÜR2 3 9 |
13th | 41 |
Complete Formula 4 CEZ Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sauter Engineering + Design | HUN 1 2 |
HUN 2 6 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 Ret |
SVK 1 2 |
SVK 2 2 |
MOS 1 4 |
MOS 2 3 |
MOS 3 4 |
BRN 1 3 |
BRN 2 3 |
BAL 1 2 |
BAL 2 1 |
BAL 3 2 |
3rd | 204 |
Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results
[edit](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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sutekina Racing Team | FUJ1 1 |
FUJ1 2 |
FUJ1 3 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
OKA 3 |
MOT 1 4 |
MOT 2 5 |
MOT 3 4 |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ2 2 |
6th | 71 | |||
| Bionic Jack Racing | SUG 1 4 |
SUG 2 Ret |
SUG 3 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Birth Racing Project 【BRP】 | SUZ 1 Ret |
SUZ 2 1 |
SUZ 3 1 |
SUG 1 2 |
SUG 2 3 |
OKA 1 1 |
OKA 2 2 |
OKA 3 1 |
MOT 1 1 |
MOT 2 1 |
FUJ1 1 6 |
FUJ1 2 Ret |
FUJ2 1 4 |
FUJ2 2 3 |
1st | 236 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wood, Ida (2024-02-14). "New driver development programme sends F4 and FFord stars to FRJC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "MICHAEL SAUTER". www.michael-sauter.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "Talent factory enters its seventh season". ADAC Motorsport. 20 April 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2021-04-20). "Bearman tops ADAC F4 test at Oschersleben, new team joins grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ a b Gascoigne, Roger (2022-01-03). "How a Swiss father-and-son team took on giants in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ a b c "The Sauter family powers into season two of ADAC Formula 4 | ADAC Formel 4". www.adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Another new name in F4: Michael Sauter – ESET Cup Series". Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Mit Familien-Power in die zweite Saison | ADAC Formel 4". www.adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2022-04-12). "US Racing expands Italian F4 line-up with Alex Dunne". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2023-10-08). "Ischer clinches F4 CEZ title in dramatic finale at Balaton Park". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-26). "Ogawa becomes FRegional Japan champion as Okuzumi wins at Sugo". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
External links
[edit]- Michael Sauter career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website