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Sebastian Balthasar

{{short description|German racing driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Sebastian Balthasar

| image = Formel Masters Gruppenfoto 2012 (cropped) - Sebastian Balthasar - Sebastian Balthasar.JPG

| imagesize =

| caption = Sebastian Balthasar in 2012

| nationality = {{flagd|GER}} German

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|08|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sebastian-balthasar/ |title=Sebastian Balthasar | Racing career profile | Driver Database |publisher=Driverdb.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-19}}

=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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.formel3.de/en/news-ats-formula3/554-balthasar-i-have-learned-a-lot.html |title=ATS Formula 3 Germany - Balthasar: "I have learned a lot!" |publisher=Formel3.de |date=2013-10-07 |accessdate=2014-06-19}}

In 2014 he is competed in FA1, part of Acceleration 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.performance-racing.se/sebastian-balthasar-joins-fa1-and-performance/ |title=Performance Racing - Sebastian Balthasar joins FA1 and Performance |publisher=Performance-racing.se |date=2014-04-11 |accessdate=2014-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608165948/http://www.performance-racing.se/sebastian-balthasar-joins-fa1-and-performance/ |archivedate=2014-06-08 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Sebastian.Balthasar.official |title=Sebastian Balthasar // official |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-06-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,123727,FA1-Nuerburgring---Sebastian-Balthasar-holt-fuenften-Platz-beim-Heimspiel,news.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234154/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,123727,FA1-Nuerburgring---Sebastian-Balthasar-holt-fuenften-Platz-beim-Heimspiel,news.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 July 2014 |title=FA1: Nürburgring - Sebastian Balthasar holt fünften Platz beim Heimspiel |publisher=automobilsport.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-19}} He also joined Hilmer Motorsport for a partial season in GP3 Series,{{cite news|url=http://www.gp3series.com/News/2014/July/2014-GP3-Series-Season-Round-3-Silverstone-United-Kingdom/ |title=2014 GP3 Series Season Round 3: Silverstone, United Kingdom |work=GP3 Series |publisher=GP2 Motorsport Limited |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=3 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074628/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2014/July/2014-GP3-Series-Season-Round-3-Silverstone-United-Kingdom/ |archive-date=29 November 2014 }} but failed to score any points, finishing 32nd in the overall standings.

Racing Record

=Career Summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
Year

! Series

!Team

!Races

!Wins

!Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

!Points

!Position

2012

|align=left| ADAC Formel Masters

|align=left| G&J/Schiler Motorsport

|23

|0

|0

|0

|0

|37

|13th

2012-13

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|9

|19th

2013

|align=left| German Formula 3 Championship

|align=left| GU-Racing

|28

|0

|0

|0

|0

|54

|10th

rowspan="2" | 2014

|align=left| GP3 Series

|align=left| Hilmer Motorsport

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|32nd

align=left| Formula Acceleration 1

|align=left| Acceleration Team Germany

|10

|0

|0

|0

|3

|76

|4th

2014-15

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|4

|0

|1

|0

|0

|8

|20th

2015-16

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|6

|20th

align=left| 2020

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

rowspan="2" | 2021

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Leipert Motorsport

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

align=left| 24H GT Series - GT3

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

2022

|align=left| Italian GT Championship - GT3

|align=left| Imperiale Racing

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

2023

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro

|align=left| Oregon Team

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

2024

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

=Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! Pos

! Points

2014

! Germany

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ALG
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAV
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MNZ
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS
2
{{small|9}}

| 4th

| 76

=Complete GP3 Series results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Pos

! Points

2014

! nowrap| Hilmer Motorsport

| CAT
FEA

| CAT
SPR

| RBR
FEA

| RBR
SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
FEA
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
SPR
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
FEA
{{small|19†}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SPA
SPR
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MNZ
SPR
{{small|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.

{{cite web|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/nl/coureurs/2024/ |title=Sebastian Balthasar |publisher=GPUpdate.net |date= |accessdate=2014-06-19}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.sebastian-balthasar.de/}} {{in lang|de|en}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|sebastian-balthasar}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balthasar, Sebastian}}

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Cologne

Category:Racing drivers from Cologne (region)

Category:German racing drivers

Category:German Formula Three Championship drivers

Category:ADAC Formel Masters drivers

Category:MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers

Category:German GP3 Series drivers

Category:21st-century German sportsmen

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Category:24H Series drivers

Category:Hilmer Motorsport drivers

Category:Performance Racing drivers

Category:Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers