Nationality British Wins 0 Debut season 2015 Poles 0 | Car no. 7 Name Seb Morris Starts 18 Current team Status Grand Prix | |
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Born 30 November 1995 (age 28)
Wrexham (Wales) ( 1995-11-30 ) Similar People Matt Parry, Ben Barnicoat, Esteban Ocon, Jann Mardenborough, Richie Stanaway | ||
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Sebastian "Seb" Morris (born 30 November 1995) is a professional racing driver from Marford, near Wrexham in Wales. He is best known for taking pole position at Brands Hatch in his first ever GT3 race in 2016 followed by further pole positions at Oulton Park (GT3 lap record), Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps. Seb also won the 2016 Sunoco Challenge which gave him the prize drive in the Number 31 Whelan Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi at the Rolex 24 hours at Daytona. Earlier in his career Seb was a member of the Caterham F1 Academy and was selected by Jack Wills as a Young Brit for their 2013/14 Autumn / Winter campaign.
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- Ginetta Juniors
- Formula Renault BARC
- Formula 4
- Formula Renault NEC
- GP3 Series
- British GT
- IMSA
- Career summary
- Complete GP3 Series results
- Complete British GT Championship results
- References
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Ginetta Juniors
Morris began his motorsport career in 2007 when he competitively raced karts. He progressed to Ginetta Juniors in 2010 where he raced for Hillspeed and became the youngest ever podium finisher. Morris then followed this by competing in and winning the winter series at 14 years old. In the following season, 2011, Morris again raced for Hillspeed and won the Ginetta Junior Championship by winning eleven races out of the twenty rounds. In this year he was also awarded the Welsh Young Driver of the Year accolade.
Formula Renault BARC
In 2012 Morris moved into single seater racing in the British Formula Renault Championship driving for the Fortec Motorsport team where he finished the season as the highest placed rookie and third overall. Morris then followed this with racing in and becoming the 2012 Winter Series Champion. Also during 2012 Morris was selected as a member of the Motor Sports Association Academy and also named a British Racing Drivers' Club Rising Star.
In addition Sky Sports F1 invited Morris to take part in a dedicated documentary called Britain's Next F1 Star which gave a behind the scenes look at his life as a teenager, a student and a racing driver.
Formula 4
For the 2013 season Morris raced in the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship for the Hillspeed team where he continued to demonstrate his race craft and speed to finish the season as Vice Champion with 1 race win and 9 podiums. As a result Morris was selected as a finalist in the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. Morris's talent was further recognised as he was featured in the Prodigies section of the first edition of the Formula magazine.
Morris was then signed by the Caterham F1 team as a member of their racing academy.
Formula Renault NEC
Morris has again teamed up with Fortec Motorsport to race in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season.
GP3 Series
On 9 March 2015, Morris was confirmed as a driver for Status Grand Prix and made his debut in the 2015 season.
British GT
For 2016 it was decided that Morris would move from single seaters to sportscars, with various opportunities available it was decided he would race a Bentley GT3 for Team Parker Racing in the 2016 British GT Championship series. Securing pole position at his first GT event at Brands Hatch followed by further pole positions at Oulton Park, Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps and a fastest lap at Oulton Park which is also a GT3 lap record.
IMSA
Morris is currently racing for Action Express in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opening round, the 24 Hours of Daytona. The Number 31 car finished 6th in class and 14th overall after suffering electrical problems during the 24 hour race.
Morris was announced as a BRDC Super Star in February 2017.
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete British GT Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.