Sebastian Balthasar
# 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.

### 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. Finally, in 2014 he is competing in FA1, part of Acceleration 2014.

## Racing Record

### Career Summary

| Year | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | ADAC Formel Masters | G&J/Schiler Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13th |
| 2012-13 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19th |
| 2013 | German Formula 3 Championship | GU-Racing | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10th |
| 2014 | GP3 Series | Hilmer Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
| 2014 | Formula Acceleration 1 | Acceleration Team Germany | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 4th |
| 2014-15 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20th |
| 2015-16 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th |
| 2020 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | Leipert Motorsport | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2021 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | Leipert Motorsport | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2021 | 24H GT Series - GT3 | Leipert Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2022 | Italian GT Championship - GT3 | Imperiale Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | Oregon Team | | | | | | | |

### 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.

