Sebastián Montoya
Colombian-American racing driver
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2025 | Racing in FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing, currently 9th in the championship with 2 podium finishes. |
May 2025 | Montoya was announced to join Fernando Alonso's management team, A14 Management, marking a significant step in his professional development. |
2024 | At Imola, made a notable comeback from 23rd to tenth place in the feature race. |
2024 | At Silverstone, qualified 17th but finished seventh, and was later a victim of a collision with Joshua Dufek in the feature race. |
2024 | At Monza finale, qualified sixth. Finished second in sprint race but was penalized and demoted to 11th for forcing Santiago Ramos off-track. Missed points in feature race after contact with teammate Mari Boya. |
2024 | At Barcelona, qualified in top 10 but had lap time deleted, starting 27th. Finished 12th in feature race and collided with Gabriele Minì in sprint race. |
2024 | At Austria, qualified eighth but experienced a heavy crash in sprint race after contact with Alex Dunne, and was later hit by Tim Tramnitz, forcing retirement. |
2024 | Concluded the FIA Formula 3 Championship season in 17th place, scoring a total of 40 points. |
2024 | At Bahrain, qualified 29th due to ill health but earned first points of the season by finishing eighth in the sprint race and sixth in the Sunday race. |
2024 | At Spa-Francorchamps, secured best F3 qualifying result of fourth. Finished eighth in sprint race (promoted to fifth) and achieved his first podium in the feature race, finishing second. |
2024 | Competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing team. |
2024 | Currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Prema Racing team. |
December 2024 | Sebastián Montoya was announced as a driver for Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the 2025 season, partnering with his former Formula 3 teammate Gabriele Minì. |
2023 | Competed in FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight, participating in 18 races and achieving 1 podium finish. |
2023 | Participated in European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 Pro-Am class with DragonSpeed USA, racing in 6 events and securing 1 podium finish. |
2023 | Sebastián Montoya became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team for the 2023 season. |
2023 | Competed full season in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Hitech Grand Prix, finishing 21st in the standings with only two points finishes. |
November 2023 | Montoya participated in the post-season test with Campos Racing at Jerez and took part in the Macau Grand Prix, though he was unable to start the race properly and finished several laps down. |
August 2023 | At Spa-Francorchamps, Montoya secured a sixth place in the feature race by strategically starting on the correct wet tyres on a damp track. |
May 2023 | At the Monaco Grand Prix, Montoya qualified sixth and finished seventh in the sprint race, but was later disqualified from the feature race due to a pit stop irregularity. |
March 2023 | In Melbourne, Montoya achieved his maiden F3 podium, initially finishing third and later promoted to second place after race winner Franco Colapinto was disqualified. |
January 2023 | Sebastián Montoya was announced as a Hitech Pulse-Eight driver for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. |
2022 | Raced in FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing, finishing 21st overall with 7 points. |
2022 | Competed in Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons India Racing, finishing 7th overall with 92 points and winning 2 races with 3 pole positions. |
2022 | Participated in IMSA SportsCar Championship in the LMP2 class with DragonSpeed - 10 Star, completing 3 races and securing 1 podium finish. |
2022 | Sebastián Montoya replaced Oliver Goethe at Campos Racing for FIA Formula 3 Championship races at Zandvoort, driving while Hunter Yeany was recovering from a wrist injury. |
2022 | Competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing, finishing 13th in the standings with 44 points. |
2022 | Took his second win during the third round at the Dubai Autodrome, also from pole position, finishing 7th in the championship with 92 points. |
2022 | Montoya made his debut in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons India Racing, scoring his first car racing win in a lights-to-flag victory and pole position. |
2022 | Announced receiving backing and sponsorship from Red Bull, becoming a Red Bull athlete. |
September 2022 | Participated in the post-season test with Hitech Grand Prix at Jerez circuit in late September. |
2021 | Competed in ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Prema Powerteam, improving to 9th place with 72 points and achieving 3 podiums. |
2021 | Sebastián Montoya tested an endurance racing car for the first time during the FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test. |
2021 | Montoya re-signed with Prema, continuing in the Italian and German F4 series. In the German F4 series, he ran a part-time campaign, finishing second three times in six races and placing ninth overall. In the Italian F4 Championship, he secured nine podiums and finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a higher position due to a spin during the final race at Monza. |
2020 | Participated in Italian F4 Championship, finishing 11th overall with 81 points. |
2020 | Competed in ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Prema Powerteam, finishing 17th overall with 10 points. |
2020 | Sebastián Montoya made his single-seater debut with Prema Powerteam, competing full-time in the Italian F4 Championship and participating in two rounds of the ADAC F4 Championship. He did not score any podiums and finished eleventh in his main campaign. |
2018 | Won 1st place in ROK the Rio - Junior ROK competition representing Team Montoya |
2018 | Won the Rok the Rio competition, his sole international karting championship. |
2017 | Achieved 5th place in SKUSA SuperNationals XXI in the X30 Junior class while racing for Team Montoya |
2017 | Moved to Europe to compete in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. |
2016 | Competed in multiple karting series including Florida Winter Tour, Rotax Max Challenge Colombia, SKUSA SuperNationals XX, and ROK Cup International Final |
2016 | Achieved his best result of fifth place in the Florida Winter Tour Rotax Micro Max class. |
2015 | Participated in Florida Winter Tour in Rotax Micro Max and Mini ROK categories, achieving 5th and 9th positions respectively |
2014 | Competed in Florida Winter Tour in AM Racing Kart Formula TaG Cadet and Rotax Micro Max categories, finishing 18th and 7th respectively |
2013 | Began his competitive karting career in the Rotax Micro Max class of the Florida Winter Tour at eight years old. |
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