Hugo Sasse

Sasse began karting in 2012, competing until 2020.^[1] Racing in Europe throughout his karting career, Sasse most notably finished runner-up in the OK-J class Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft in 2017,^[2] before repeating the same fate in the OK class in 2018 and 2019.^[3][4] In Germany, Sasse also finished runner-up in ADAC Kart Masters in 2015 and 2016 in the Bambini and OK-J classes, and the 2013 ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf in the Bambini Gazelle class.^[5]

Sasse made his car racing debut in 2020, joining T3 Motorsport to race in ADAC GT4 Germany alongside Dominique Schaak for the first round and Will Tregurtha for the remaining rounds.^[6] In his maiden season in the series, Sasse scored his first podium by finishing third at Sachsenring,^[7] before scoring further podiums at Lausitzring and Oschersleben as he ended his rookie year eighth in the standings.^[8]

Remaining with T3 Motorsport for 2021, Sasse stepped up to ADAC GT Masters alongside Maximilian Paul.^[9] Racing with the team through the first four rounds before moving to GRT Grasser Racing Team for the final three rounds,^[10] Sasse scored a best result of eighth at Hockenheimring in his only full-time season in the series.^[11] During 2021, Sasse also competed in the final three rounds of the ADAC GT4 Germany season with PROsport Racing, in which he scored three wins alongside Mike David Ortmann.^[12]

Sasse stayed with PROsport Racing for 2022, partnering up with Ortmann for his second full-time season in ADAC GT4 Germany and his first in GT4 European Series.^[13][14] In the former, the pair won both races at Zandvoort and Sachsenring en route to their first ADAC GT4 title.^[15][16] In the latter, the duo won both races at Le Castellet and the season-ending race at Barcelona to end the year third in the Silver Cup standings.^[17][18]

Staying alongside Ortmann and remaining with PROsport Racing for 2023, Sasse returned to ADAC GT4 Germany to defend his title.^[19] Starting off the season with a win at Oschersleben,^[20] Sasse then won at the Nürburgring and both Sachsenring races,^[21][22] on his way to his second consecutive ADAC GT4 Germany title.^[23]

In 2024, Sasse returned to PROsport Racing and mainly competed in GT4 European Series alongside Raphael Rennhofer, winning at Le Castellet and finishing on the podium at Spa,^[24] before the team left ahead of the Monza over Balance of Performance complaints.^[25] Returning to ADAC GT4 Germany for a one-off appearance at the season-ending round at Hockenheimring, Sasse won race one and finished second in race two.^[26]

Staying with PROsport Racing for 2025, Sasse returned to ADAC GT4 Germany for his fourth full-time season in the series.^[27] Driving alongside Roman Fellner-Feldegg, Sasse qualified on pole at Oschersleben before finishing third and second in the two races to kick off the season.^[28][29] In the following five rounds, Sasse qualified on pole again at Sachsenring,^[30] and scored his third and final podium of the season at Hockenheimring en route to a ninth-place points finish.^[31]