Seb Morris

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.

Seb Morris
NationalityBritish
Born (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995
Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales
British GT Championship career
Debut season2016
Current teamJRM Racing
Car number31
Former teamsTeam Parker Racing
Starts29
Wins5
Poles7
Fastest laps2
Best finish1st in 2017
Previous series
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012, 2014
20102011
GP3 Series
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Formula Renault BARC
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2017
2012

2011
2010
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.

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. 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.

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
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
WeatherTech 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 Bentley 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup CMR 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge Bentley 3 0 0 0 0 2 20th
ADAC GT Masters T3-HRT-Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC

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

References

  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.
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
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