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

Sebastian Balthasar
Sebastian Balthasar in 2012
Nationality German
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 27)
Cologne, Germany

Career edit

Karting edit

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 21° Trofeo Andrea Margutti, 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 edit

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 4th, 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] Finally, in 2014 he is competing in FA1, part of Acceleration 2014.[1][3][4][5]

Racing Record edit

Career Summary edit

Year Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 ADAC Formel Masters G&J/Schiler Motorsport 23 0 0 0 0 37 13th
2012-13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 9 19th
2013 German Formula 3 Championship GU-Racing 28 0 0 0 0 54 10th
2014 GP3 Series Hilmer Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Formula Acceleration 1 Acceleration Team Germany 10 0 0 0 3 76 4th
2014-15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 1 0 0 8 20th
2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 6 20th
2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Leipert Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Leipert Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
24H GT Series - GT3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 Italian GT Championship - GT3 Imperiale Racing
2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Oregon Team

Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results edit

(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 Pos Points
2014 Germany ALG
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
4th 76

Complete GP3 Series results edit

(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 17 18 Pos Points
2014 Hilmer Motorsport CAT
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
32nd 0

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

[1][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Sebastian Balthasar | Racing career profile | Driver Database". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. ^ "ATS Formula 3 Germany - Balthasar: "I have learned a lot!"". Formel3.de. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Performance Racing - Sebastian Balthasar joins FA1 and Performance". Performance-racing.se. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Sebastian Balthasar // official". Facebook. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  5. ^ "FA1: Nürburgring - Sebastian Balthasar holt fünften Platz beim Heimspiel". automobilsport.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Sebastian Balthasar". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

External links edit