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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