Shaun Balfe | |
Nationality: | United Kingdom |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1972 |
Birth Place: | Grantham, England, United Kingdom |
Racing Licence: | FIA Bronze |
Current Series: | British GT Championship |
First Year: | 1999 |
Current Team: | Balfe Motorsport |
Car Number: | 22 |
Former Teams: | Eurotech Racing, Rollcentre Racing, Eclipse Motorsport |
Starts: | 50 |
Wins: | 7 |
Poles: | 7 |
Best Finish: | 2nd |
Year: | 2003 |
Prev Series: | International GT Open FIA GT |
Prev Series Years: | 2013–17 2005–06 |
Titles: | International GT Open Pro-Am Spanish GT Championship |
Title Years: | 2017 2004 |
Shaun Balfe (born 4 June 1972) is a British[1] racing car driver from Grantham who won the 2004 Spanish GT Championship. In 2006 he raced a Saleen S7R for Balfe Motorsport[2] in the FIA GT Championship[3] He currently races in the British GT Championship in a McLaren 720S GT3 with Rob Bell in 2019.[4] He finished third in the GT3 championship that year.
He attended Caythorpe primary school[5] and the Sir William Robertson School, where he gained eight GCSEs, with only English Literature at grade C or above.[6]
By 1991 he lived on Rectory Lane in Leadenham, where he took BTEC Building Studies at Grantham College.[7] His father, David Balfe (born 29 September 1951), [8] owned Fortec Motorsport of Grantham.[9] He later studied building management at Nottingham Trent University.[10]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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Balfe Motorsport | Mosler MT900R | G2 | MON | MAG | SIL | IMO | BRN | SPA | OSC | IST | ZHU | DUB | BAH | NC† | 0† | |
Balfe Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | GT1 | SIL | BRN | OSC | SPA | PAU | DIJ | MUG | BUD | ADR | DUB | 40th | 2 | ||