Shaun Balfe

Shaun Balfe
Shaun Balfe
	Balfe on the podium at Donington Park
Nationality	British
Born	4 June 1972 (age 52); Grantham, England, United Kingdom
British GT Championship career
Debut season	1999
Current team	Balfe Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	22
Former teams	Eurotech Racing, Rollcentre Racing, Eclipse Motorsport
Starts	50
Wins	7
Poles	7
Best finish	2nd in 2003
Previous series
2013–17; 2005–06	International GT Open; FIA GT
Championship titles
2017; 2004	International GT Open Pro-Am; Spanish GT Championship

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.

Early life

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]

Racing record

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	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
1999	Barclays Premier	Marcos Mantis	INV	SIL 1	OUL 1	SNE 1	BRH 1	SIL 1 19	DON 1	DON 2	SIL 1	CRO 1	SPA 1	SIL 1 13						-†	0†
2000	Balfe Motorsport	Lotus Esprit	GTO	THR 1	CRO 1	OUL 1 WD	DON 1 Ret	SIL 1 WD	BRH 1 23	DON 1 Ret	CRO 1 Ret	SIL 1 15	SNE 1 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SIL 1 Ret					28th	10
2001	Paragon/Team Eurotech	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO	SIL 1 6	SNE 1 10	DON 1 9	OUL 1 8	CRO 1 6	ROC 1 9	CAS 1 4	BRH 1 9	DON 1 9	KNO 1 12	THR 1 9	BRH 1 11	SIL 1 9				?	?
2003	Rollcentre with Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	GTO	DON 1 1	SNE 1 1	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 1	SIL 1 15	CAS 1 Ret	OUL 1 Ret	ROC 1 1	THR 1 1	SPA 1 8	BRH 1 Ret						2nd	182
2004	Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	N-GT	DON 1 4	DON 2 Ret	MON 1	MON 2	SNE 1	SNE 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	THR 1 4	THR 2 DNS	BRH 1	BRH 2	29th	10
2005	Eclipse Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	GT2	DON 1 7	MAG 1 ^[11]	CRO 1	CRO 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	THR 1	THR 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	SIL 1	MON 1	MON 2	SIL 1	SIL 2		26th	2
2013	Balfe Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1 10	SIL 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	BRH 1	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	DON 1							32nd	1.5
2018	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 650S GT3	GT3	OUL 1 8	OUL 2 12	ROC 1 Ret	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 8	SPA 1 Ret	BRH 1	DON 1								17th	10
2019	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1 WD	OUL 2 WD	SNE 1 31	SNE 2 3	SIL 1 11	DON 1 2	SPA 1 4	BRH 1 2	DON 1 1								3rd	126
2020	Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON 1	DON 2	BRH 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 Ret								NC†	0†
2022	Balfe Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	GT3	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 2	SIL 1 Ret	DON 1 8	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1	BRH 1	DON 1								15th	49
2023	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	GT3	OUL 1 12	OUL 2 7	SIL 1 2	DON 1 7	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 9	ALG 1 3	BRH 1 5	DON 1								5th*	106.5*

† Not eligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA 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	11	Pos	Points
2005	Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	G2	MON NC	MAG Ret	SIL 11	IMO 9	BRN 11	SPA	OSC 14	IST	ZHU	DUB	BAH	NC†	0†
2006	Balfe Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT1	SIL 9	BRN Ret	OSC 8	SPA	PAU Ret	DIJ Ret	MUG 8	BUD 9	ADR	DUB		40th	2

† Not eligible for points as a national championship entry.

References

^ "FIA GT Championship profile: Shaun Balfe". FIA GT Championship official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ "Balfe team ready for new Welsh circuit". Grantham Journal. 14 May 2008.
^ "SGTC: Balfe Motorsport Catalunya Summary". Motorsport.com. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011..
^ "Balfe Motorsport To Race 720S GT3 In British GT". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Sleaford Standard Friday 24 June 1983, page 18
^ Sleaford Standard Thursday 15 September 1988, page 4
^ Sleaford Standard Thursday 23 March 1995, page 21
^ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 27 September 1991, page 52
^ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 29 March 1991, page 29
^ Grantham Journal Friday 28 May 1993, page 19
^ This race consisted of FIA GT and British GT Championship cars. Balfe competed in the FIA GT series at the time.

External links

"FIA GT Championship profile: Shaun Balfe". FIA GT Championship official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.

[1] "FIA GT Championship profile: Shaun Balfe". FIA GT Championship official website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

[2] "Balfe team ready for new Welsh circuit". Grantham Journal. 14 May 2008.

[3] "SGTC: Balfe Motorsport Catalunya Summary". Motorsport.com. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011..

[4] "Balfe Motorsport To Race 720S GT3 In British GT". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[5] Sleaford Standard Friday 24 June 1983, page 18

[6] Sleaford Standard Thursday 15 September 1988, page 4

[7] Sleaford Standard Thursday 23 March 1995, page 21

[8] Lincolnshire Echo Friday 27 September 1991, page 52

[9] Lincolnshire Echo Friday 29 March 1991, page 29

[10] Grantham Journal Friday 28 May 1993, page 19

[11] This race consisted of FIA GT and British GT Championship cars. Balfe competed in the FIA GT series at the time.

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