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Sabré Cook

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Sabré Cook
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1994-05-21) May 21, 1994 (age 30)
Grand Junction, Colorado
W Series
Years active20192021
TeamsHitech GP, Bunker Racing
Starts14
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2019
Previous series
2017
2018
2018
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Formula 4 United States
U.S. F2000 National Championship

Sabré Leigh Cook[1] (born May 21, 1994) is an American female racing driver and mechanical engineer. She has previously competed in the W Series.[2]

Biography

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Cook in the paddock at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.
Cook competing in the 2021 W Series Austin round.
Cook competing in Porsche Carrera Cup North America at Watkins Glen in 2023.

Cook started her professional motorsport career with an invitation into the 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, finishing ninth in the Formula Enterprise class.[3] She would step up to American entry level formula in 2018, running partial campaigns in both U.S.F2000 and Formula 4.[4][5] Her best results would be a 14th in USF2000 (at Indianapolis) and a 15th in USF4 (at the Circuit of the Americas), however she would only be classified in the former championship standings as points are only awarded to the top 10 in F4.[6]

She would qualify as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the 2019 W Series, a Formula Regional championship for women.[7] Cook would have an anonymous debut with 13th at the Hockenheimring, but pushed Vivien Keszthelyi out of the race in Zolder which resulted in a drive-through penalty. A race-long battle with Sarah Moore saw her first points at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, and backed it up with a seventh-place finish in Nuremberg. Two more points in the final round at Brands Hatch saw her take 12th in the championship and the final automatic qualification place for the 2020 championship, but the season was cancelled with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, she returned to US-based competition and the Indy Pro 2000 Championship, but ran out of funding after just two rounds.

Cook returned to the W Series in 2021, driving for the Bunker car club entrant. In the first race at the Red Bull Ring, she was involved in an unseen first-corner collision that resulted in a hip injury – an injury that went untreated for the remainder of the season.[8] The American failed to score any points that season, the only driver to do so, but had been running in a points-paying position in the final race at the Circuit of the Americas before being spun by Jessica Hawkins.

Ahead of the 2023 season, following 18 months of rehabilitation for her hip injury, Cook was named as the first member of the Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program, granting her 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America entry fee aid as well as mentoring sessions with former Porsche factory driver Patrick Long.[9] At the sixth round of the season at Indianapolis, driving for KellyMoss, Cook suffered a concussion in a crash and was forced to sit out the remainder of the season having earned a best finish of sixth in Miami.[10] Cook returned to the series with MDK Motorsports for 2024.[11]

Outside of driving, she also holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. She was the 2018 US Global final winner of the Infiniti Engineering Academy – an engineering program for international university students to compete and qualify for positions within Infiniti Global and Renault F1 Team.[12]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Alliance Autosport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2018 Formula 4 United States Championship Velocity Racing Development 5 0 0 0 0 0 39th
U.S. F2000 National Championship Team Benik 9 0 0 0 0 27 30th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 0 0 12 12th
2020 Indy Pro 2000 Championship BN Racing with Team Benik 5 0 0 0 0 47 19th
SCCA National Championship Runoffs Apple Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2021 W Series Bunker Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 20th
Mazda MX-5 Cup Hixon Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 370 31st
2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Kelly-Moss Road and Race 12 0 0 0 0 34 16th
2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America MDK Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 63 12th
Era Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0

* Season still in progress.

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
2017 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Van DiemenMazda DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprise 9 9 Running
2017 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Spec Racer Ford Gen3 Ford Spec Racer Ford Gen3 52 69 Running
2020 Road America Van DiemenMazda DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprise 2 8 11 Running

American open-wheel racing results

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U.S. F2000 Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2018 Team Benik STP
15
STP
17
IMS
21
IMS
14
LOR
ROA
25
ROA
25
TOR
TOR
MDO
16
MDO
22
MDO
20
POR
POR
30th 27

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
2020 BN Racing w/ Team Benik ROA
10
ROA
10
MOH
11
MOH
12
MOH
15
LOR
GMP
IMS
IMS
IMS
NJM
NJM
NJM
STP
STP
19th 47

Complete W Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
13
ZOL
15
MIS
8
NOR
7
ASS
13
BRH
9
12th 12
2021 Bunker Racing RBR1
14
RBR2
13
SIL
13
HUN
14
SPA
11
ZAN
14
COA1
11
COA2
13
20th 0

* Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.instagram.com/sabrecook/reel/C1DBxKtPSqW/
  2. ^ "Sabré Cook – W Series". W Series. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ "MAZDA MOTORSPORTS SCCA RUNOFFS PREVIEW". Mazda USA. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "SABRÉ COOK JOINS TEAM BENIK FOR COOPER TIRES USF2000 POWERED BY MAZDA SEASON OPENER THIS WEEKEND". RacingNewsWorldwide.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. ^ "F4 U.S. grid grows for penultimate weekend at NJMP". Racer.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Sabre Cook Gains 25 Positions in Final F4 Weekend and Takes Top Honors in the Infinity Engineering Academy". Formula 4 United States. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. ^ "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Sabre Cook Knows How Big This Moment Is". The Drive. 28 June 2023.
  9. ^ Dagys, John (March 1, 2023). "Cook in Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Sabré Cook Racing on Facebook". Sabré Cook Racing on Facebook. 15 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Six Car Squad for MDK Motorsports' Porsche Carrera Cup Assault". PCCNA. February 16, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "INFINITI, RENAULT F1 GET TECHNICAL BOOST FROM YOUNG U.S. ENGINEERING TALENT". Autoweek. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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