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 Andrea Margutti Trophy, with a tenth place as his best result. He continued karting throughout 2011 and 2012, again entering the German Junior Karts, besides racing in the DMV Kart Championship and the Euro Wintercup.

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 fourth, he finished 13th in the championship. He then entered the 2012-13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship season, finishing 19th.

In 2014, Balthaser competed in FA1, part of Acceleration 2014. He also joined Hilmer Motorsport for a partial season in GP3 Series, but failed to score any points, finishing 32nd in the overall standings.

Racing Record Career summary

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 ALG1 ALG2 NAV1 NAV2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 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 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 32nd 0 Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.