Sebastian Balthasar
NationalityGerman
Birth date30 August 1996 (age 30)
Birth placeCologne, Germany

Sebastian Balthasar (Cologne, Germany, 30 August 1996) is a German racing driver.

Career

Karting

Balthasar started his racing career in the 2009 karting season. He became third in the Rotax Max Challenge Germany. A year later, he entered the Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial, the ADAC Kart Championship, the German Junior Kart Championship and the Andrea Margutti Trophy, with a tenth place as his best result. He continued karting throughout 2011 and '12, again entering the German Junior Karts, besides racing in the DMV Kart Championship and the Euro Wintercup.[1]

Formula racing

Balthasar made the switch to formula racing in 2012, when he entered the ADAC Formel Masters, as the teammate of Alessio Picariello, which he would race again in 2014. With a best result of fourth, he finished 13th in the championship. He then entered the 2012-13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship season, finishing 19th.[1]

Things changed when he entered the 2013 German Formula Three season, finishing only 10th in the ATS Formel 3 Cup, but winning the ATS Formula 3 Trophy.[2]

In 2014, Balthaser competed in FA1, part of Acceleration 2014.[1][3][4][5] He also joined Hilmer Motorsport for a partial season in GP3 Series,[6] but failed to score any points, finishing 32nd in the overall standings.

Racing Record

Career summary

YearSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012ADAC Formel MastersG&J/Schiler Motorsport2300003713th
2012-13MRF Challenge Formula 2000 ChampionshipMRF Racing40000919th
2013German Formula 3 ChampionshipGU-Racing2800005410th
2014GP3 SeriesHilmer Motorsport80000032nd
Formula Acceleration 1Acceleration Team Germany100003764th
2014-15MRF Challenge Formula 2000 ChampionshipMRF Racing40100820th
2015-16MRF Challenge Formula 2000 ChampionshipMRF Racing40000620th
2020Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProLeipert Motorsport???????
2021Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProLeipert Motorsport???????
24H GT Series - GT3100000NC
2022Italian GT Championship - GT3 Pro-AmImperiale Racing3100232NC
Italian GT Championship30000NC
2023Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProOregon Team
2024Lamborghini Super Trofeo EuropeLeipert Motorsport
2025Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProBDR Competition by Group Prom200010NC†

Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results

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

YearTeam12345678910PosPoints
2014GermanyALG
1
3		ALG
2
4		NAV
1
7		NAV
2
3		NÜR
1
DNS		NÜR
2
5		MNZ
1
9		MNZ
2
3		ASS
1
7		ASS
2
9		4th76

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014Hilmer MotorsportCAT
FEA		CAT
SPR		RBR
FEA		RBR
SPR		SIL
FEA
22		SIL
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
24		HOC
SPR
21		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
17		SPA
FEA
19†		SPA
SPR
DNS		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
DNS		SOC
FEA		SOC
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		32nd0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

[1][7]

References

  1. ^ "Sebastian Balthasar | Racing career profile | Driver Database". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  2. ^ "ATS Formula 3 Germany - Balthasar: "I have learned a lot!"". Formel3.de. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  3. ^ "Performance Racing - Sebastian Balthasar joins FA1 and Performance". Performance-racing.se. 2014-04-11. Archived from the original on 2014-06-08. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  4. ^ "Sebastian Balthasar // official". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  5. ^ "FA1: Nürburgring - Sebastian Balthasar holt fünften Platz beim Heimspiel". automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  6. ^ "2014 GP3 Series Season Round 3: Silverstone, United Kingdom". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Sebastian Balthasar". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 2014-06-19.