Sebastian Melrose Explained

Sebastian Melrose
Nationality: Scottish
Birth Date:1998 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Bathgate, United Kingdom
Current Series:Ginetta GT4 Supercup
First Year:2021
Current Team:Team HARD.
Car Number:69
Starts:17
Wins:0
Poles:0
Best Finish:21st
Year:2021
Prev Series:VLN Series
Formula Ford
Prev Series Years:2019
2014-2018

Sebastian Melrose (born 12 January 1998) is a Scottish racing driver who last competed in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup for Team HARD. He was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He is a holder of the Scottish Motor Racing Club (SMRC) rising star award, winner of the Ecurie Ecosse Hubcap and is also the godson of 4 time IndyCar Series champion and 3 time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti. He is also known for appearing on the fourth season of the Netflix reality show Too Hot To Handle.

Career

At the age of 16, Melrose's first race was at Knockhill in Scotland, March 2014, followed by his first away race at Brands Hatch later that year, October 2014. There he entered the Formula Ford Festival, progressing to the festival's final with a notable a top 20 finish [1] the youngest driver to have achieved this. He was awarded the SMRC rising star award for Formula Ford 1600 as a result, as well as his professional approach away from the car.[2]

Previously racing in the Formula Ford 1600 series with the Graham Brunton Racing team, Melrose finished his second season 5th in the championship standings with 140 points. In 2016, he finished 3rd and won the SMRC Best Young Single Seater Driver accolade. In 2017 Melrose finished 2nd in the Scottish Championship, winning the David Leslie Trophy along the way. In the same season he won Champion of Brands while racing at Brands Hatch circuit. Another second place was secured in the 2018 season.

In April 2019 Melrose took the step into closed wheel racing by joining Walkenhorst Motorsport in Germany to race a BMW in the VLN Series at the Nordschleife Nurburgring.

In 2021, Melrose would make the step-up to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, racing with Team HARD.[3]

Personal life

Melrose was born in Scotland to a Scottish father and Salvadoran mother.[4]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2014Formula Ford 1600 Scotland14000 08119th
Formula Ford Festival - Kent1000 0031st
2015Formula Ford 1600 Scotland15000016417th
2016Formula Ford 1600 Scotland150??1121612th
Formula Ford 1600 - Walter Hayes Trophy10000027th
Formula Ford Festival100000NC
Formula Ford 1600 National Championship - Post89200000NC
Super Series FF1600200000NC
2017Formula Ford 1600 Brands Hatch21122N/A1st
Formula Ford Festival10000019th
Formula Ford 1600 ScotlandGraham Brunton Racing132??52212nd
National Formula Ford 1600 Championship - Pro800007618th
Formula Ford 1600 Northern Championship - Post 8910000430th
2018Formula Ford Festival100000NC
Scottish Formula Ford 1600 ChampionshipGraham Brunton Racing1300061972nd
National Formula Ford Championship - Pro900004122nd
2019VLN Series - Cup5 ClassWalkenhorst Motorsport6000 023.9821st
VLN Series - SP10 Class1000 04.3830th
2021Ginetta GT4 Supercup - ProTeam HARD.17001013314th
2023Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro-AmRichardson Racing40000212th

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Wheelspin' The Magazine of the Scottish Motor Racing Club, October/November 2014.
  2. Web site: The SMRC Chairman's Autumn Newsletter 2014.
  3. News: Formula Ford Champion of Brands Winner Seb Melrose joins Team HARD. Racing's Ginetta Supercup Campaign. Team HARD.. 9 June 2021. 23 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Seb didn't kiss Flavia but they look cosy together outside Too Hot To Handle. December 12, 2022. Reality Titbit.