Sebastian Balthasar
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 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[]
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[]
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 | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19th |
2013 | German Formula Three Championship | GU-Racing | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10th |
2014 | GP3 Series | Hilmer Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
2014-15 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20th |
2015-16 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th |
2020 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | Leipert Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
2021 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | Leipert Motorsport | |||||||
24H GT Series - GT3 Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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[]
- ^ a b c d "Sebastian Balthasar | Racing career profile | Driver Database". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "ATS Formula 3 Germany - Balthasar: "I have learned a lot!"". Formel3.de. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sebastian Balthasar // official". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "FA1: Nürburgring - Sebastian Balthasar holt fünften Platz beim Heimspiel". automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "Sebastian Balthasar". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
External links[]
- Official website (in German and English)
- Sebastian Balthasar career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cologne
- German racing drivers
- German Formula Three Championship drivers
- ADAC Formel Masters drivers
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers
- GP3 Series drivers from Germany
- German auto racing biography stubs