Shaun David Balfe (born 4 June 1972) is a British racing car driver from Grantham who won the 2004 Spanish GT Championship. In 2006 he raced a Saleen S7R for Balfe Motorsport in the FIA GT Championship. He currently races in the British GT Championship in a McLaren 720S GT3 with Rob Bell in 2019. He finished third in the GT3 championship that year.
Early life Balfe attended Caythorpe primary schoolSleaford Standard Friday 24 June 1983, page 18 and the Sir William Robertson School, where he gained eight GCSEs, with only English Literature at grade C or above.Sleaford Standard Thursday 15 September 1988, page 4
By 1991, Balfe lived on Rectory Lane in Leadenham, where he took BTEC Building Studies at Grantham College.Sleaford Standard Thursday 23 March 1995, page 21 His father, David Balfe (born 29 September 1951),Lincolnshire Echo Friday 27 September 1991, page 52 owned Fortec Motorsport of Grantham.Lincolnshire Echo Friday 29 March 1991, page 29 He later studied building management at Nottingham Trent University.Grantham Journal Friday 28 May 1993, page 19
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 SIL1 OUL1 SNE1 BRH1 SIL1 DON1 DON2 SIL1 CRO1 SPA1 SIL1 -† 0† 2000 Balfe Motorsport Lotus Esprit GTO THR1 CRO1 OUL1 DON1 SIL1 BRH1 DON1 CRO1 SIL1 SNE1 SPA1 SIL1 28th 10 2001 Paragon/Team Eurotech Porsche 996 GT3-RS GTO SIL1 SNE1 DON1 OUL1 CRO1 ROC1 CAS1 BRH1 DON1 KNO1 THR1 BRH1 SIL1 ? ? 2003 Rollcentre with Balfe Motorsport Mosler MT900R GTO DON1 SNE1 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 CAS1 OUL1 ROC1 THR1 SPA1 BRH1 2nd 182 2004 Balfe Motorsport Mosler MT900R N-GT DON1 DON2 MON1 MON2 SNE1 SNE2 CAS1 CAS2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 29th 10 2005 Eclipse Motorsport Mosler MT900R GT2 DON1 MAG1 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 THR1 THR2 CAS1 CAS2 SIL1 MON1 MON2 SIL1 SIL2 26th 2 2013 Balfe Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 ZAN1 ZAN2 DON1 32nd 1.5 2018 Balfe Motorsport McLaren 650S GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 17th 10 2019 Balfe Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 3rd 126 2020 Balfe Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 NC† 0† 2022 Balfe Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 15th 49 2023 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 ALG1 BRH1 DON1 4th 144 † 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 MAG SIL IMO BRN SPA OSC IST ZHU DUB BAH NC† 0† 2006 Balfe Motorsport Saleen S7-R GT1 SIL BRN OSC SPA PAU DIJ MUG BUD ADR DUB 40th 2 † Not eligible for points as a national championship entry.
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