Sebastian Melrose

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Sebastian Melrose
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
El Salvador El Salvadorean
via dual nationality
Born (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 24)
Bathgate, United Kingdom
Ginetta GT4 Supercup career
Debut season2021
Current teamTeam HARD.
Car number8
Starts17
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish14th in 2021
Previous series
2019
2014-2018		VLN Series
Formula Ford

Sebastian Melrose (born 12 January 1998 in Bathgate, Scotland) is a British-El Salvadorean racing driver currently competing in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup for Team HARD. He is a holder of the Scottish Motor Racing Club (SMRC) rising star award, winner of the coveted Ecurie Ecosse Hubcap and is also the godson of 4 time IndyCar series champion and 3 time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti.

Career[]

Sebastian's first race was in March 2014 at the at age 16 at Knockhill in Scotland. In October 2014, he entered his first away race at Brands Hatch for the Formula Ford Festival. He managed to progress to the final of the festival and achieved a top 20 finish [1] and was the youngest driver to have achieved this.

He was awarded the SMRC rising star award for Formula Ford 1600 as a result of this achievement as well as his professional approach away from the car.[2] Previously racing in the Formula Ford 1600 series with the Graham Brunton Racing team (GBR), Sebastian finished his second season 5th in the championship standings with 140 points. In 2016 he finished 3rd and won the SMRC Best Young Single Seater Driver accolade. In 2017 Seb finished 2nd in the Scottish Championship, winning the coveted David Leslie Trophy along the way. In the same season he won Champion of Brands while racing at Brands Hatch circuit. Another second place was secured in the 2018 season.

In April 2019 Melrose took the step into closed wheel racing by joining Walkenhorst Motorsport in Germany to race a BMW in the VLN Series at the legendary Nordschleife Nurburgring.

In 2021, Sebastian would make the step up to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, racing with Team HARD.[3]

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Formula Ford 1600 Scotland 14 0 0 0 0 81 9th
Formula Ford Festival - Kent Class 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2015 Formula Ford 1600 Scotland 15 0 0 0 0 164 5th
2016 Formula Ford 1600 Scotland 15 0 ? ? 11 216 3rd
Formula Ford 1600 - Walter Hayes Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Ford 1600 National Championship - Post89 Class 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Super Series FF1600 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 Formula Ford 1600 Brands Hatch 2 1 1 2 2 N/A 1st
Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 0 19th
Formula Ford 1600 Scotland Graham Brunton Racing 13 2 ? ? 5 221 2nd
National Formula Ford 1600 Championship - Pro 8 0 0 0 0 76 18th
Formula Ford 1600 Northern Championship - Post 89 1 0 0 0 0 4 30th
2018 Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Scottish Formula Ford 1600 Championship Graham Brunton Racing 13 0 0 0 6 197 2nd
National Formula Ford Championship - Pro 9 0 0 0 0 41 22nd
2019 VLN Series - Cup5 Class Walkenhorst Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 23.98 21st
VLN Series - SP10 Class Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 4.38 30th
2021 Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro Team HARD. 17 0 0 1 0 133 14th

References[]

  1. ^ 'Wheelspin' The Magazine of the Scottish Motor Racing Club, October/November 2014
  2. ^ The SMRC Chairman's Autumn Newsletter 2014
  3. ^ "Formula Ford Champion of Brands Winner Seb Melrose joins Team HARD. Racing's Ginetta Supercup Campaign". Team HARD. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

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