Shaun Balfe | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Grantham, England, United Kingdom | 4 June 1972
British GT Championship career | |
Debut season | 1999 |
Current team | Balfe Motorsport |
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
Car number | 22 |
Former teams | Eurotech Racing, Rollcentre Racing, Eclipse Motorsport |
Starts | 50 |
Wins | 7 |
Poles | 7 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2003 |
Previous series | |
2013–17 2005–06 | International GT Open FIA GT |
Championship titles | |
2017 2004 | International GT Open Pro-Am Spanish GT Championship |
Shaun Balfe (born 4 June 1972) is a British [1] racing car driver from Grantham who won the 2004 Spanish GT Championship. In 2006 he raced a Saleen S7R for Balfe Motorsport [2] in the FIA GT Championship [3] He currently races in the British GT Championship in a McLaren 720S GT3 with Rob Bell in 2019. [4] He finished third in the GT3 championship that year.
He attended Caythorpe primary school [5] and the Sir William Robertson School, where he gained eight GCSEs, with only English Literature at grade C or above. [6]
By 1991 he lived on Rectory Lane in Leadenham, where he took BTEC Building Studies at Grantham College. [7] His father, David Balfe (born 29 September 1951), [8] owned Fortec Motorsport of Grantham. [9] He later studied building management at Nottingham Trent University. [10]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Not eligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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2005 | Balfe Motorsport | Mosler MT900R | G2 | MON NC | MAG Ret | SIL 11 | IMO 9 | BRN 11 | SPA | OSC 14 | IST | ZHU | DUB | BAH | NC† | 0† |
2006 | Balfe Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | GT1 | SIL 9 | BRN Ret | OSC 8 | SPA | PAU Ret | DIJ Ret | MUG 8 | BUD 9 | ADR | DUB | 40th | 2 | |
† Not eligible for points as a national championship entry.
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