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Michael Sauter

Michael Sauter
Sauter in 2023
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Germany German
via double nationality
Born (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20)
Gempen, Switzerland
ADAC F4 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamSauter Engineering + Design
Car number21
Starts35 (36 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th 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

Karting

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

Sauter racing in the 2021 ADAC Formula 4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring

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

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

Karting career summary

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

Racing career summary

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

(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

(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

(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

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  2. ^ "MICHAEL SAUTER". www.michael-sauter.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  3. ^ "Talent factory enters its seventh season". ADAC Motorsport. 20 April 2021.
  4. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-04-20). "Bearman tops ADAC F4 test at Oschersleben, new team joins grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c "Another new name in F4: Michael Sauter – ESET Cup Series". Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  8. ^ "Mit Familien-Power in die zweite Saison | ADAC Formel 4". www.adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-04-12). "US Racing expands Italian F4 line-up with Alex Dunne". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  10. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2023-10-08). "Ischer clinches F4 CEZ title in dramatic finale at Balaton Park". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-26). "Ogawa becomes FRegional Japan champion as Okuzumi wins at Sugo". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  12. ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
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