Florin Sabau is a racing driver who competes in World Racing League for Open Throttle Racing. Sabau has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 14 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,649 ranks Sabau 19784th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-27 | Utah Motorsports Campus GP1 | P3 | +104 |
| 2026-09-26 | Utah Motorsports Campus GP1 | P5 | +50 |
| 2026-08-30 | Watkins Glen International GP1 | P6 | +52 |
| 2026-08-29 | Watkins Glen International GP1 | P9 | −20 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +103 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2026 | World Racing League | P3 |
| +92 | Watkins Glen International 2024 | American Endurance Racing | P5 |
| +91 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2025 | American Endurance Racing | P3 |
| +71 | Watkins Glen International 2025 | American Endurance Racing | P5 |
| +52 | Watkins Glen International 2026 | World Racing League | P6 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸World Racing League | Open Throttle Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +185 | 1,649 |
| 2025 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +16 | 1,464 | |
| 2024 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P45 | ↑25+105 | 1,448 | |
| 2023 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P46 | −33 | 1,317 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Shawn Dewey | 2,588 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Lee | 2,782 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Iain Barber | 2,607 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Karsten Richards | 2,216 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Neil Halin | 1,516 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🏳️ Azim Aliriza | 1,803 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Matt Malfa | 1,626 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Peter Bergwall | 1,617 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam George | 2,899 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Rob Clark | 2,063 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Dave CoxHigher-rated | 3,143 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Marcelo VineHigher-rated | 2,861 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Lincoln LarsonHigher-rated | 2,810 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,774 | 🏳️ Jörg Diekriede | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,650 |
| 19,775 | 🇬🇧 Markus Loew | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,650 |
| 19,776 | 🏳️ Robert Uhlig | American Endurance Racing | 1,650 |
| 19,777 | 🇮🇹 Ugo Vicenzi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,650 |
| 19,778 | 🏳️ Uwe Reich | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,650 |
| 19,779 | 🇪🇸 Adolfo Noriega | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,649 |
| 19,780 | 🇺🇸 Bob Butler | NASA | 1,649 |
| 19,781 | 🏳️ Brian DeBruler | NASA | 1,649 |
| 19,782 | 🏳️ Chris Hetmanski | American Endurance Racing | 1,649 |
| 19,783 | 🇩🇪 Christopher Bartz | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,649 |
| 19,784 | 🏳️ Florin Sabau | World Racing League | 1,649 |
| 19,785 | 🏳️ Greg Hosselbarth | NASA | 1,649 |
| 19,786 | 🏳️ Mikhael Haddad | NASA | 1,649 |
| 19,787 | 🇦🇷 Nicolás Dianda | TC Mouras | 1,649 |
| 19,788 | 🇨🇭 Dominik Tranchet | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,648 |
| 19,789 | 🏳️ Jens Rarbach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,648 |
| 19,790 | 🏳️ John Hope Bryant | American Endurance Racing | 1,648 |
| 19,791 | 🏳️ Nikolaus Binder | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,648 |
| 19,792 | 🇺🇸 Shawn Little | American Endurance Racing | 1,648 |
| 19,793 | 🏳️ Acen Dramaliev | SCCA Regionals | 1,647 |
| 19,794 | 🏳️ Ashkan Mehryari | World Racing League | 1,647 |
Sabau is a club-level endurance racing driver competing in multiclass championships in the United States. He races production-based cars in Class 2 and Class 3 of American Endurance Racing, and in the GP1 class of World Racing League for Open Throttle Racing.[1]
Across four seasons from 2023 to 2026, Sabau has taken 14 starts and earned two podiums. He raced American Endurance Racing from 2023 through 2025, taking one podium finish across ten starts. He joined World Racing League this year with Open Throttle Racing; in four rounds run so far, he has taken one podium and currently sits nineteenth in the championship standings.[2]
Sabau regularly races against semi-professional opponents including Shawn Dewey, a 64-time starter in American Endurance Racing, and Thomas Lee, who won the American Endurance Racing Class 2 championship in both 2024 and 2025. He typically finishes behind both drivers. His podium finishes have come against entry-level professional Dave Cox and semi-professional Marcelo Vine, each beaten once.