Shaun Balfe

Shaun Balfe
Shaun Balfe
	Balfe on the podium at Donington Park
Nationality	British
Born	4 June 1972 (age 52); Grantham, England, United Kingdom
British GT Championship career
Debut season	1999
Current team	Balfe Motorsport
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.

Racing record

(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	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
1999	Barclays Premier	Marcos Mantis	INV	SIL 1	OUL 1	SNE 1	BRH 1	SIL 1 19	DON 1	DON 2	SIL 1	CRO 1	SPA 1	SIL 1 13						-†	0†
2000	Balfe Motorsport	Lotus Esprit	GTO	THR 1	CRO 1	OUL 1 WD	DON 1 Ret	SIL 1 WD	BRH 1 23	DON 1 Ret	CRO 1 Ret	SIL 1 15	SNE 1 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SIL 1 Ret					28th	10
2001	Paragon/Team Eurotech	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO	SIL 1 6	SNE 1 10	DON 1 9	OUL 1 8	CRO 1 6	ROC 1 9	CAS 1 4	BRH 1 9	DON 1 9	KNO 1 12	THR 1 9	BRH 1 11	SIL 1 9				?	?
2003	Rollcentre with Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	GTO	DON 1 1	SNE 1 1	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 1	SIL 1 15	CAS 1 Ret	OUL 1 Ret	ROC 1 1	THR 1 1	SPA 1 8	BRH 1 Ret						2nd	182
2004	Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	N-GT	DON 1 4	DON 2 Ret	MON 1	MON 2	SNE 1	SNE 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	THR 1 4	THR 2 DNS	BRH 1	BRH 2	29th	10
2005	Eclipse Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	GT2	DON 1 7	MAG 1 ^[5]	CRO 1	CRO 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	THR 1	THR 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	SIL 1	MON 1	MON 2	SIL 1	SIL 2		26th	2
2013	Balfe Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1 10	SIL 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	BRH 1	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	DON 1							32nd	1.5
2018	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 650S GT3	GT3	OUL 1 8	OUL 2 12	ROC 1 Ret	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 8	SPA 1 Ret	BRH 1	DON 1								17th	10
2019	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1 WD	OUL 2 WD	SNE 1 31	SNE 2 3	SIL 1 11	DON 1 2	SPA 1 4	BRH 1 2	DON 1 1								3rd	126
2020	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON 1	DON 2	BRH 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 Ret								NC†	0†

† Not eligible for points.

(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
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.

^ "FIA GT Championship profile: Shaun Balfe". FIA GT Championship official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ "Balfe team ready for new Welsh circuit". Grantham Journal. 14 May 2008.
^ "SGTC: Balfe Motorsport Catalunya Summary". Motorsport.com. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011..
^ "Balfe Motorsport To Race 720S GT3 In British GT". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ This race consisted of FIA GT and British GT Championship cars. Balfe competed in the FIA GT series at the time.

"FIA GT Championship profile: Shaun Balfe". FIA GT Championship official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.