Sebastian Balthasar

Sebastian Balthasar
Sebastian Balthasar in 2012
Nationality	German
Born	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 29) 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 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]

In 2014 he is 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

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.

^{[1] [7]}

References

1. "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.

External links

• Official website (in German and English)
• Sebastian Balthasar career summary at DriverDB.com