Sebastian "Seb" Morris (born 30 November 1995) is a professional racing driver from
Marford
Marford is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, near the Wales-England border.
Marford covers some , where the hills of north-east Wales meet the Cheshire Plain. Distant landmarks that can be seen clearly from Marford include Eaton Hall ...
, who lives in Chester, Cheshire. He won the 2017
British GT Championship
The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports GT ...
. 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
The Caterham F1 Team was a Malaysian, later British owned Formula One team based in the United Kingdom which raced under a Malaysian licence. The Caterham brand competed in the Formula One World Championship from to , following the acquisiti ...
Academy and was selected by
Jack Wills
Jack Wills is a British clothing brand founded in Salcombe, Devon, in 1999.
History
Peter Williams and Robert Shaw founded the brand in 1999. Williams was 23 when the first store opened at 22 Fore Street, Salcombe, and it was created with  ...
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
Hillspeed is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the GB3 Championship and the GB4 Championship.
The team was founded in 1970 in order to run the British Saloon Car Championship entry of Morgan Oller ...
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
Hillspeed is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the GB3 Championship and the GB4 Championship.
The team was founded in 1970 in order to run the British Saloon Car Championship entry of Morgan Oller ...
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
British Formula Renault Championship referred to one of two Formula Renault championships that were held in the United Kingdom. The main series was Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship which was held from 1989 to 2011 and was ge ...
driving for the
Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton.
Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, ...
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
Motorsport UK, formerly known as the Motor Sports Association (MSA), is a national membership organisation and governing body for four-wheel motorsport in the United Kingdom. Legally, it is a not-for-profit private company limited by guarantee.
...
Academy and also named a
British Racing Drivers' Club
The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) is an exclusive invitation-only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Except under exceptional circumstances, me ...
Rising Star.
In addition
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports F1 is a television channel created exclusively for Sky's UK and Ireland coverage of Formula One, with Sky having a package of rights from the 2012 season to the 2029 season. From 2012 to 2029, Sky Sports F1 has the exclusive rights ...
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
The GB3 Championship is a single seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The championship is the UK's premier single-seater category, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from FIA Formula 4 championships or Karting. Ha ...
for the
Hillspeed
Hillspeed is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the GB3 Championship and the GB4 Championship.
The team was founded in 1970 in order to run the British Saloon Car Championship entry of Morgan Oller ...
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
The Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award is an award set up in 1989 to reward and recognise young racing drivers from the UK. As its names suggest, the award is backed by Aston Martin, motorsport magazine Autosport, and the British Racing Drivers' Cl ...
. 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
The Caterham F1 Team was a Malaysian, later British owned Formula One team based in the United Kingdom which raced under a Malaysian licence. The Caterham brand competed in the Formula One World Championship from to , following the acquisiti ...
team as a member of their racing academy.
Formula Renault NEC
Morris has again teamed up with
Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton.
Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, ...
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
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...
opening round, the
24 Hours of Daytona
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layou ...
. 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.
Personal life
Morris was privately educated at
Abbey Gate College and
King's School, Chester
The King's School, Chester, is a British co-educational independent day school for children aged 4 to 18. It is one of the seven 'King's Schools' established (or re-endowed and renamed) by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the Dissolution of t ...
. In 2018, he participated in the
fourth season of
Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wi ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete GP3 Series results
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Complete British GT Championship results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
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 1Sky Sports F1 Britain's Next F1 Star – part 2Autosport Show InterviewBBC Radio Leicester InterviewSky Sports F1 article – Caterham F1 sign Seb MorrisFormula 4 seasonInterview for caledonistaBella Howard images of Morris from Jack Wills photoshootGinetta news articleFortec Motorsports NEC page
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Wrexham
Welsh racing drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers
FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers
GP3 Series drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
British GT Championship drivers
Ginetta Junior Championship drivers
24H Series drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
Formula Renault BARC drivers
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
International GT Open drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers
Status Grand Prix drivers
Action Express Racing drivers
GT4 European Series drivers
M-Sport drivers