Seb Morris

Seb Morris
Seb Morris
Nationality	British
Born	30 November 1995 (age 29); Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales
British GT Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team Parker Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	31
Former teams	JRM Racing
Starts	38
Wins	6
Poles	8
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	1st in 2017
Previous series
2015; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2012, 2014; 2010–2011	GP3 Series; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; BRDC Formula 4 Championship; Formula Renault BARC; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2024; 2017; 2012; ; 2011; 2010	British GT Championship - GT4 Pro-Am; British GT Championship; Formula Renault BARC Winter Series; Ginetta Junior Championship; Ginetta Winter Series
Awards
2017; 2012; 2011	BRDC Super Star; BRDC Rising Star; WRDA Welsh Young Driver of the Year.

Sebastian "Seb" Morris (born 30 November 1995) is a professional racing driver from Marford, who lives in Chester, Cheshire. He won the 2017 British GT Championship. He also won the 2017 Sunoco Challenge which gave him the prize drive in the Number 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi at the Rolex 24 hours at Daytona. He led the race for three hours in his stint. Earlier in his career, Morris 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.

Career

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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^{[by whom?]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Morris won the title in the very last race. Morris and his teammate Parfitt won at Rockingham, Silverstone, and Brands Hatch. They also secured pole position at four of the seven events. Morris also set the lap record at Spa-Francorchamps.

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 overall after suffering electrical problems during the 24-hour race.

Morris was announced as a BRDC Super Star in February 2017.^[1]

Personal life

Morris was privately educated at Abbey Gate College and King's School, Chester.^[2] In 2018, he participated in the fourth season of Celebs Go Dating.^[3]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Ginetta Junior Championship	Hillspeed	20	0	0	0	1	185	12th
2010	Ginetta Junior Winter Series	Hillspeed	4	2	0	3	3	123	1st
2011	Ginetta Junior Championship	Hillspeed	20	11	6	6	16	562	1st
2012	Formula Renault BARC	Fortec Motorsports	14	5	7	4	6	274	3rd
	Formula Renault BARC Winter Series		4	2	2	1	2	113	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		2	0	0	0	0	10	43rd
2013	BRDC Formula 4 Championship	Hillspeed	24	1	0	1	10	410	2nd
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Fortec Motorsports	15	2	3	1	5	224	3rd
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Fortec Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	31	15th
2015	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	18	0	0	0	0	6	18th
2016	British GT Championship	Team Parker Racing	9	1	4	1	6	143	3rd
2017	British GT Championship	Team Parker Racing	10	3	3	1	4	200	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship	Whelen Engineering Racing	1	0	0	0	0	25	32nd
	International GT Open	Wessex Vehicles	3	1	0	0	1	23	18th
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Team Parker Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		5	0	0	1	2	43	9th
	British GT Championship		1	0	0	0	0	12	16th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	British GT Championship	JRM Racing	9	1	0	0	1	58	11th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	M-Sport Team Bentley	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Team Parker Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	Team Parker Racing	4	0	0	1	0	28	12th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	CMR	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	2	20th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	CMR	1	0	0	0	0	2	20th
	ADAC GT Masters	T3-HRT-Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	24H GT Series - GT3	Leipert Motorsport
2022	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	Team Parker Racing	6	0	0	0	0	9	12th
2023	GT Cup Championship - Group GTH	Ram Racing	12	4	5	3	7	0	NC†
2024	British GT Championship - GT4	Team Parker Racing	9	1	1	1	4	136	3rd
2024	GT Cup Championship - Group GTH	Team Parker Racing

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 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	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2014	Fortec Motorsports	IMO 1 12	IMO 2 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 Ret	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	JER 1	JER 2	15th	31

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
2015	Status Grand Prix	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 24	RBR FEA 19	RBR SPR 5	SIL FEA 12	SIL SPR 12	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA DSQ	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA 14	SOC SPR 10	BHR FEA 16	BHR SPR Ret	YMC FEA 13	YMC SPR 15	18th	6

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2016	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	GT3	BRH 1 2	ROC 1 10	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 1	SIL 1 Ret	SPA 1 2	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 5	DON 1 3		3rd	143
2017	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	GT3	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 5	ROC 1 1	SNE 1 7	SNE 2 4	SIL 1 1	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 7	BRH 1 1	DON 1 3	1st	200
2018	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 6	SPA 1	BRH 1	DON 1		16th	12
2019	JRM Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	GT3	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 12	SNE 1 5	SNE 2 12	SIL 1 DSQ	DON 1 7	SPA 1 12	BRH 1 9	DON 1 7		11th	58
2024	Team Parker Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT4	GT4	OUL 1 20	OUL 2 18	SIL 1 23	DON 1 Ret	SPA 1 16	SNE 1 16	SNE 2 17	DON 1 14	BRH 1 20		3rd	136

References

^ "FOUR NEW DRIVERS BECOME BRDC SUPERSTARS". British Racing Drivers Club. February 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ Wheelock, Paul (13 December 2017). "British GT champion Seb Morris parts ways with title-winning team-mate". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "Reigning British GT Champion Seb Morris goes… DATING!". Seb Morris Racing. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

External links

Official website
Seb Morris career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Aaron Williamson	Ginetta Junior Winter Series Champion 2010	Succeeded by George Gamble
Preceded by Tom Ingram	Ginetta Junior Championship Champion 2011	Succeeded by Charlie Robertson
Preceded by Victor Jiminez	Formula Renault BARC Winter Series Champion 2012	Succeeded by Ben Barnicoat (Autumn Cup)
Preceded by Jonathan Adam Derek Johnston	British GT Championship Champion 2017 With: Rick Parfitt Jr.	Succeeded by Jonathan Adam Flick Haigh
Preceded by Jonathan Adam Derek Johnston	British GT Championship Pro-Am Champion 2017 With: Rick Parfitt Jr.	Succeeded by Jonathan Adam Flick Haigh
Preceded by Michael Johnston Chris Salkeld	British GT Championship GT4 Pro-Am Champion 2024 With: Charles Dawson	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "FOUR NEW DRIVERS BECOME BRDC SUPERSTARS". British Racing Drivers Club. February 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

[2] Wheelock, Paul (13 December 2017). "British GT champion Seb Morris parts ways with title-winning team-mate". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[3] "Reigning British GT Champion Seb Morris goes… DATING!". Seb Morris Racing. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

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