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 No. 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.
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. That same year, 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 one race win and nine 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. He started pole position at his first GT event at Brands Hatch, and was 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.
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 In 2017, Morris raced for Action Express in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opening round, the 24 Hours of Daytona. The No. 31 car finished sixth overall after suffering electrical problems during the 24-hour race.
Morris was announced as a BRDC Super Star in February 2017.
Personal life Morris was privately educated at Abbey Gate College and King's School, Chester. In 2018, he participated in the fourth season of Celebs Go Dating.
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 Ginetta Junior Winter Series 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 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 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 Team Parker Racing 4 0 0 0 0 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 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 CMR10000 ADAC GT Masters T3-HRT-Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2021 24H GT Series - GT3 Leipert Motorsport 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Team Parker Racing60000912th 2023 GT Cup Championship - Group GTH Ram Racing1245370NC† 2024 British GT Championship - GT4 Team Parker Racing 9 1 1 1 4 136 3rd GT Cup Championship - Group GTH 2025 British GT Championship - GT4 Team Parker Racing 4 0 0 0 2 76.5 6th
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 19 20 DC Points 2012 Fortec MotorsportsHOC1HOC2HOC3NÜR1NÜR2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2RBR1RBR2MST1MST2MST3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SPA1SPA2 43rd 10 2014 Fortec Motorsports MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 MST1 MST2 MST3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR33rd224
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 IMO1 IMO2 PAU1 PAU2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MUG1 MUG2 JER1 JER2 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 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 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 BRH1 ROC1 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 3rd 143 2017 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 1st 200 2018 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 16th 12 2019 JRM Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 11th 58 2024 Team Parker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 GT4 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 3rd 136 2025 Team Parker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 GT4 DON1 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 DON1 6th 76.5
References
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/celebs-go-dating http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/event-weekends/2017/emedit_event_weekend/em_rolex_24_at_daytona/2017_iwsc_rolex24_postsafetycheck_entrylist.pdf http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/seb-morris/ http://www.brdc.co.uk/Seb-Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPli53S_A8g Sky Sports F1 Britain's Next F1 Star – part 1 Sky Sports F1 Britain's Next F1 Star – part 2 Autosport Show Interview BBC Radio Leicester Interview Sky Sports F1 article – Caterham F1 sign Seb Morris Formula 4 season Interview for caledonista Bella Howard images of Morris from Jack Wills photoshoot Ginetta news article Fortec Motorsports NEC page
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