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18 Facts About Seb Morris

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Sebastian "Seb" Morris was born on 30 November 1995 and is a professional racing driver from Marford, who lives in Chester, Cheshire.

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Seb Morris 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.

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Seb Morris led the race for three hours in his stint.

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Seb Morris began his motorsport career in 2007 when he competitively raced karts.

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Seb Morris progressed to Ginetta Juniors in 2010 where he raced for Hillspeed and became the youngest ever podium finisher.

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Seb Morris then followed this by competing in and winning the winter series at 14 years old.

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In 2012 Seb 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.

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Seb Morris then followed this with racing in and becoming the 2012 Winter Series Champion.

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Also during 2012 Seb Morris was selected as a member of the Motor Sports Association Academy and named a British Racing Drivers' Club Rising Star.

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Seb Morris's talent was further recognised as he was featured in the Prodigies section of the first edition of the Formula magazine.

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Seb Morris was then signed by the Caterham F1 team as a member of their racing academy.

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Seb Morris has again teamed up with Fortec Motorsport to race in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season.

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On 9 March 2015, Seb Morris was confirmed as a driver for Status Grand Prix and made his debut in the 2015 season.

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For 2016 it was decided that Seb 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.

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In 2017, Seb Morris won the title in the very last race.

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Seb Morris is currently racing for Action Express in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opening round, the 24 Hours of Daytona.

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Seb Morris was announced as a BRDC Super Star in February 2017.

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Seb Morris was privately educated at Abbey Gate College and King's School, Chester.