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 team mate 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]
Formula racing statistics
| Year | Series | Team | Entered | Won | Poles | FL | Pod. | Pts. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ADAC Formel Masters | G+J / Schiller Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13th | |
| 2012-13 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19th | ||
| 2013 | German F3 | ATS Formel 3 Cup | GU-Racing | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 10th |
| ATS Formel 3 Trophy | 13 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 413 | 1st | ||||
| 2014 | Acceleration | Germany | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 4th | |
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. 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 Template:Link language Template:Link language
- Sebastian Balthasar career summary at DriverDB.com
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