Sebastian Balthasar

Sebastian Balthasar
Sebastian Balthasar in 2012
Nationality German
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 30)
Cologne, 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 2012, again entering the German Junior Karts, besides racing in the DMV Kart Championship and the Euro Wintercup.

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.

Things changed when he entered the 2013 German Formula Three season, finishing only tenth in the ATS Formel 3 Cup, but winning the ATS Formula 3 Trophy.

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

Racing Record

Career summary

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 Pro-Am Imperiale Racing 3 1 0 0 2 32 NC
Italian GT Championship 3 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Oregon Team
2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Leipert Motorsport
2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro BDR Competition by Group Prom 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†

Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results

(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

(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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  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 19 June 2014.