# Sebastian Murray

Sebastian Murray (born 2 April 2007) is a Scottish racing driver. He most recently competed for Chris Dittmann Racing in the 2024 GB3 Championship. He is set to contest the 2025 Indy NXT season with Andretti Cape Indy NXT.

## Career
### Karting

Murray had a karting career which was mostly based in the UAE. He competed in Europe in the IAME Euro Series, however, taking a best race result of 17th in the series.

### Formula 4
#### 2022

Murray made his car racing debut at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in the Formula 4 UAE Trophy Round, driving for Xcel Motorsport. He finished 8th and 9th in the two races respectively.

#### 2023

It was confirmed that Murray would drive for Italian team Cram Motorsport for the full 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship season. Murray would go on to get a best result of 13th place at Kuwait Motor Town as he finished 30th in the drivers' standings. Over the course of the year, Murray made some sporadic F4 appearances whilst dedicating the year to testing Formula 4 cars. He drove two rounds of the 2023 GB4 Championship with Graham Brunton Racing and driving a single round of the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship for Saintéloc Racing.

#### 2024

On 24 November 2023, Hitech Pulse-Eight announced that Murray would be driving one of their four cars for the 2024 Formula 4 UAE season. This proved to be a breakthrough season for Murray, as he scored twelve points with a best result of 5th at the Yas Marina Circuit on his way to 19th in the drivers' championship.

### GB3 Championship

On 26 February 2024, Murray announced his graduation from Formula 4 to the GB3 Championship, as he moved to Chris Dittmann Racing for the full 2024 season. Murray had a strong debut, with a best result of 7th at Oulton Park in Cheshire, against more experienced opposition. However, Murray had a tough remainder of the season, and did not better this result as he finished 18th in the standings, although he finished ahead of his Filipino teammate Flynn Jackes.

### Indy NXT

In 2025, Murray switched stateside for his racing programme, competing in the Indy NXT with Andretti Cape Indy NXT.

## Personal life

His younger brother Max is currently karting in the UAE.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2017-18 | IAME Series UAE - Cadet | | 15th |
| 2018-19 | IAME Series UAE - Cadet | | 16th |
| 2019-20 | IAME Series UAE - X30 Junior | | 3rd |
| 2020-21 | IAME Series UAE - X30 Junior | | 7th |
| 2021 | IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior | KR-Sport | 35th |
| 2021-22 | IAME Series UAE - X30 Senior | | 9th |
| 2022 | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior | KR-Sport | 55th |
| 2022-23 | IAME Series UAE - X30 Senior | | 8th |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round | Xcel Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2023 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Cram Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| 2023 | GB4 Championship | Graham Brunton Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 17th |
| 2023 | F4 Spanish Championship | Saintéloc Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th |
| 2024 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th |
| 2024 | GB3 Championship | Chris Dittmann Racing | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 18th |
| 2025 | Indy NXT | Andretti Cape Indy NXT | | | | | | | TBD |

### Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | Cram Motorsport | DUB1 1 35 | DUB1 2 35 | DUB1 3 26 | KMT1 1 21 | KMT1 2 26 | KMT1 3 32 | KMT2 1 27 | KMT2 2 13 | KMT2 3 26 | DUB2 1 21 | DUB2 2 24 | DUB2 3 24 | YMC 1 30† | YMC 2 Ret | YMC 3 25 | 30th | 0 |
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | YMC1 1 18 | YMC1 2 12 | YMC1 3 18 | YMC2 1 15 | YMC2 2 14 | YMC2 3 Ret | DUB1 1 30 | DUB1 2 14 | DUB1 3 10 | YMC3 1 10 | YMC3 2 5 | YMC3 3 21 | DUB2 1 20 | DUB2 2 25 | DUB2 3 16 | 19th | 12 |

### Complete GB4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | Graham Brunton Racing | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | DON1 1 | DON1 2 | DON1 3 | DON1 4 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | BRH 1 11 | BRH 2 11 | BRH 3 9$^3$ | DON2 1 11 | DON2 2 9 | DON2 3 9$^3$ | 17th | 62 |

### Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Chris Dittmann Racing | OUL 1 15 | OUL 2 13 | OUL 3 7 | SIL1 1 19 | SIL1 2 Ret | SIL1 3 C | SPA 1 16 | SPA 2 8 | SPA 3 DSQ | HUN 1 17 | HUN 2 15 | HUN 3 Ret | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 7 | ZAN 3 Ret | SIL2 1 14 | SIL2 2 13 | SIL2 3 14 | DON 1 13 | DON 2 20 | DON 3 16$^3$ | BRH 1 15 | BRH 2 18 | BRH 3 13$^2$ | 18th | 111 |

### American open–wheel racing results
#### Indy NXT

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with $^L$ indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2025 | Andretti Cape | STP 17 | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | GMP | RDA | MDO | IOW | LAG | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | 17th* | 13* |
* Season still in progress.