# Sebastián Montoya

Sebastián "Sebas" Montoya Freydell (born 11 April 2005) is a Colombian and American racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Prema Racing.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team, he is the son of the former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2023 and 2024 for Hitech Pulse-Eight and Campos Racing respectively.

## Career
### Karting career

Montoya started his competitive karting career in 2013, racing in the Rotax Micro Max class of the Florida Winter Tour when he was just eight years old. He proceeded to race in that series for the following four years, where he achieved a best result of fifth in 2016. Montoya then moved to Europe to compete in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship in 2017. Montoya spent a total of three years in the European Karting scene, twice driving in the Karting World Championship and three times in the European Championship. In his time in karts Montoya only won one championship at an international level; this being the Rok the Rio competition in 2018.

### Formula 4
#### 2020

In 2020 Montoya made his single-seater debut with Prema Powerteam, racing full-time in the Italian F4 Championship and competing in two rounds of the ADAC F4 Championship. Unfortunately for Montoya, he was unable to score any podiums throughout the year, and finished eleventh in his main campaign, behind his three teammates Gabriele Minì, Dino Beganovic and Gabriel Bortoleto.

#### 2021

Montoya re-signed with Prema for the 2021 season, returning to the Italian and German F4 series. He would run a part-time campaign in the latter, finishing second thrice in the six races he competed in, putting him ninth in the standings, ahead of three full-time competitors. Montoya's Italian campaign would be just as fruitful: netting nine podiums but no wins, Montoya finished fourth at the end of the year, being narrowly beaten by teammate Kirill Smal due to a spin in safety car conditions at the final race of the season in Monza.

### Formula Regional
#### 2022

At the start of 2022 Montoya made his debut in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons India Racing. After scoring pole position for the first race, Montoya scored his first car racing win of his career in a lights-to-flag victory. Montoya took his second win during the third round at the Dubai Autodrome, also from pole position. He was ultimately unable to finish the season, but ended the championship in 7th place with 92 points.
Montoya moved up to the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing. Montoya started his season strongly, taking two eighth places and a fourth place in the opening three races. Just before his weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, Montoya announced that he had started receiving backing and sponsorship from Red Bull, marking him as a Red Bull athlete. However, he failed to score a single point during the final eight races, and finished 13th in the standings with 44 points.

#### 2023

At the start of 2023, Montoya competed the full season in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. Montoya finished the season 21st in the standings, scoring only two points finishes.

### FIA Formula 3 Championship
#### 2022

Due to Oliver Goethe's Euroformula Open commitments, Montoya replaced him and made his first F3 appearance in Zandvoort, driving for Campos Racing whilst Hunter Yeany recovered from a wrist injury. Following free practice in which he ended 17th, Montoya stated that "the car is a massive step" and "it's been quite good though." He qualified seventh as a red flag thwarted his rivals attempts to improve their lap times. Montoya finished both races in eighth place, being the only one in the Campos team to score points during the weekend. Montoya was ranked 21st in the final standings classification.
In late September, Montoya partook in the post-season test that year with Hitech Grand Prix at Jerez.

#### 2023

In January 2023, Montoya was announced as a Hitech Pulse-Eight driver for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. The season opener in Bahrain proved successful, advancing to tenth in the sprint race from 14th. He continued to score points in the feature race, securing ninth place. In Melbourne, Montoya qualified on reverse pole in 12th. He would finish in third after losing the lead to Franco Colapinto and Zak O'Sullivan, but nevertheless it was his maiden podium in F3. However, race winner Colapinto was disqualified post-race, promoted Montoya to second place. In the feature race, he was involved in a race-ending collision with Nikola Tsolov, where the Colombian's suspension broke upon contact. In Monaco, Montoya showed promising pace, qualifying sixth and ending seventh in the sprint race. The feature race looked set for another good result, however when fighting over fifth place with Caio Collet, he made contact and damaged his front wing. Montoya would be penalised for the incident and was later disqualified post-race after a left tyre was found to have been used on the wrong side during his pit stop.
In Barcelona, Montoya fought with Paul Aron for fourth until they made contact, the former coming out with a puncture and dropping to the back of the field, and was later given a penalty for failing to follow race director's instructions, which was to go on the left of the bollards. He made up for lost points during the feature race, by finishing seventh. In Austria, after finishing ninth in the sprint, Montoya charged up from 15th to contending for a podium position. On the final lap, Montoya tried to snatch third place from Colapinto, but collided with him instead and fell to tenth, before being further penalised for that incident. In Silverstone, Montoya led the race early on from reverse pole for the first 13 laps, and was hit from behind by Taylor Barnard following the safety car restart, which dropped him out of the top 10. He eventually crossed the line in eighth place. He finished to eleventh place in the feature race, before benefitting two positions from Collet and Tommy Smith's penalties to move into tenth place.
Hungary was the first weekend where he failed to score points, but rebounded in Spa-Francorchamps with sixth place in the feature race, having started on the correct wet tyres on a damp track. In Monza, he ended his season in disappointment after being punted into the gravel and was out. Overall, Montoya ended the season in a disappointing 16th place in the standings, with 37 points. During the post-season test, he tested for Campos Racing for the Jerez. He then took part in the Macau Grand Prix for the team, but was unable to make the start and finished the race a few laps down.

#### 2024

Montoya reunited with Campos Racing for the 2024 season, where he partners Mari Boya and fellow Red Bull junior Oliver Goethe. Failing to score points in Bahrain after qualifying 29th due to ill health, but earned his first points of the season with a charge to eighth from 15th in the sprint race. He made an even bigger comeback on Sunday, finishing in sixth place. Another comeback came in the Imola feature race, where Montoya charged from 23rd all the way to tenth. Montoya qualified in the top 10 for the first time in Barcelona, but had his lap time deleted and was relegated to 27th. He made comebacks in both races, finishing 12th in the feature but collided with Gabriele Minì in the earlier sprint which took both out. A strong qualifying followed with eighth in Austria, but had a heavy crash during the sprint race after making contact with Alex Dunne. His miserable weekend continued as Tim Tramnitz hit him from behind early on, causing Montoya to retire.
In Silverstone, Montoya qualified 17th, but again made one of his customary comebacks to finish seventh. In the feature race, Montoya was unlucky to be a victim of a collision from a spinning Joshua Dufek. He earned his best F3 qualifying result in Spa-Francorchamps securing fourth. In the sprint race, Montoya fought multiple battles and finished eighth, but was promoted to fifth following post-race penalties. A strong start in the feature race moved him to second, but was ultimately to challenge leader Callum Voisin and ultimately settled on taking his first podium of the year. Qualifying sixth for the Monza finale, Montoya fought hard with Santiago Ramos in the sprint to finish in second again. However, Montoya was penalised and demoted to 11th due to forcing Ramos off-track. Contact with teammate Boya deprived Montoya of points in the feature race. The Colombian finished the year 17th in the standings, scoring 40 points.

### FIA Formula 2 Championship
#### 2025

In December 2024, it was announced that Montoya would be promoted to the Formula 2 with Prema Racing, partnering his former Formula 3 teammate Gabriele Minì.

### Formula One

Montoya was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team for the 2023 season.

## Other racing
### Endurance racing
#### 2022

Montoya tested an endurance racing car for the first time during the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test.
Montoya made his endurance debut during the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, partaking in selected rounds for DragonSpeed Racing alongside his father. He was initially supposed to partake in the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona during late January, but was scrapped due to his clashing commitments in the Formula Regional Asian Championship.

#### 2023

Montoya competed in the 2023 European Le Mans Series, driving for DragonSpeed USA in the LMP2 category alongside his father again. He finished seventh in the standings.

## Personal life

Montoya's father is Juan Pablo Montoya, a seven-time Formula One Grand Prix winner and former IndyCar driver. He has two sisters, Paulina and Manuela.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2013 | Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Micro Max | | 24th |
| 2014 | Florida Winter Tour — AM Racing Kart Formula TaG Cadet | | 18th |
| 2014 | Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Micro Max | AM | 7th |
| 2015 | Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Micro Max | | 5th |
| 2015 | Florida Winter Tour — Mini ROK | | 9th |
| 2016 | Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Mini Max | | 5th |
| 2016 | Florida Winter Tour — Mini ROK | | 8th |
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Colombia — Mini Max | | 13th |
| 2016 | SKUSA SuperNationals XX — Mini Swift | Team Montoya | 14th |
| 2016 | ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK | Birel Art Racing | 28th |
| 2017 | SKUSA SuperNationals XXI — X30 Junior class | Team Montoya | 5th |
| 2017 | Florida Winter Tour — Junior ROK | | 9th |
| 2017 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | | 55th |
| 2018 | AMR Motorplex Karting Challenge — TaG Junior | | 9th |
| 2018 | Florida Winter Tour — Junior ROK | | 30th |
| 2018 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | | 20th |
| 2018 | ROK the Rio — Junior ROK | Team Montoya | 1st |
| 2018 | SKUSA SuperNationals XXII — X30 Junior class | Team Montoya | 11th |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Junior Championship — OKJ | Tony Kart Racing Team | 43rd |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — Junior | Tony Kart Racing Team | 30th |
| 2018 | 23° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Tony Kart Racing Team | 28th |
| 2019 | ROK the Rio — Senior ROK | Team Montoya | 32nd |
| 2019 | Florida Winter Tour — Senior ROK | Team Montoya | 33rd |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 24th |
| 2019 | FIA Karting World Championship — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 28th |
| 2019 | WSK Euro Series — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 31st |
| 2019 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 18th |
| 2019 | 24° South Garda Winter Cup — OK | Tony Kart Racing Team | 31st |
| 2020 | Florida Winter Tour — Shifter ROK | Team Montoya | 20th |
| 2020 | SKUSA Winter Series — X30 Senior | | — |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2020 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17th |
| 2020 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11th |
| 2021 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 9th |
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 194 | 4th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | Mumbai Falcons India Racing | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 7th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | Prema Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13th |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | DragonSpeed - 10 Star | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 893 | 13th |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Campos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21st |
| 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 16th |
| 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21st |
| 2023 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am | DragonSpeed USA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7th |
| 2023 | Macau Grand Prix | Campos Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Campos Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 17th |
| 2025 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Prema Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3* | 6th* |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete ADAC Formula 4 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2020 | Prema Powerteam | LAU1 1 | LAU1 2 | LAU1 3 | NÜR1 1 8 | NÜR1 2 8 | NÜR1 3 11 | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 Ret | HOC 3 9 | NÜR2 1 | NÜR2 2 | NÜR2 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | LAU2 1 | LAU2 2 | LAU2 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | 17th | 10 |
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 7 | RBR 3 7 | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 8 | ZAN 3 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC1 1 | HOC1 2 | HOC1 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | HOC2 1 | HOC2 2 | HOC2 3 | | | | 9th | 72 |

### Complete Italian F4 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2020 | Prema Powerteam | MIS 1 8 | MIS 2 5 | MIS 3 5 | IMO1 1 Ret | IMO1 2 14 | IMO1 3 7 | RBR 1 9 | RBR 2 28 | RBR 3 7 | MUG 1 Ret | MUG 2 10 | MUG 3 7 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 8 | MNZ 3 6 | IMO2 1 6 | IMO2 2 26† | IMO2 3 7 | VLL 1 25 | VLL 2 C | VLL 3 13 | 11th | 81 |
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | LEC 1 35† | LEC 2 4 | LEC 3 5 | MIS 1 6 | MIS 2 2 | MIS 3 3 | VLL 1 2 | VLL 2 Ret | VLL 3 2 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 8 | IMO 3 3 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 Ret | RBR 3 Ret | MUG 1 3 | MUG 2 2 | MUG 3 28 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 2 | MNZ 3 Ret | 4th | 194 |

### Complete Formula Regional Asian 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2022 | Mumbai Falcons India Racing | ABU 1 1 | ABU 2 4 | ABU 3 10 | DUB 1 3 | DUB 2 Ret | DUB 3 19 | DUB 1 1 | DUB 2 9 | DUB 3 4 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | 7th | 92 |

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
| 2022 | DragonSpeed - 10 Star | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY | SEB 8 | LGA | MDO | WGL 5 | ELK | ATL 2 | 13th | 893 |

### Complete Formula Regional European 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 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Prema Racing | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 8 | IMO 1 4 | IMO 2 Ret | MCO 1 17 | MCO 2 14 | LEC 1 11 | LEC 2 11 | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 4 | HUN 1 16 | HUN 2 8 | SPA 1 16 | SPA 2 13 | RBR 1 32 | RBR 2 17 | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 15 | MUG 1 12 | MUG 2 20 | 13th | 44 |

### Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Campos Racing | BHR SPR | BHR FEA | IMO SPR | IMO FEA | CAT SPR | CAT FEA | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | RBR SPR | RBR FEA | HUN SPR | HUN FEA | SPA SPR | SPA FEA | ZAN SPR 8 | ZAN FEA 8 | MNZ SPR | MNZ FEA | | | 21st | 7 |
| 2023 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | BHR SPR 10 | BHR FEA 9 | MEL SPR 2 | MEL FEA Ret | MON SPR 7 | MON FEA DSQ | CAT SPR 26 | CAT FEA 7 | RBR SPR 9 | RBR FEA 20 | SIL SPR 8 | SIL FEA 10 | HUN SPR Ret | HUN FEA 24 | SPA SPR Ret | SPA FEA 6 | MNZ SPR 12 | MNZ FEA Ret | | | 16th | 37 |
| 2024 | Campos Racing | BHR SPR 18 | BHR FEA 17 | MEL SPR 8 | MEL FEA 6 | IMO SPR 25 | IMO FEA 10 | MON SPR 18 | MON FEA 15 | CAT SPR Ret | CAT FEA 12 | RBR SPR Ret | RBR FEA Ret | SIL SPR 7 | SIL FEA Ret | HUN SPR 19 | HUN FEA 19 | SPA SPR 5 | SPA FEA 2 | MNZ SPR 11 | MNZ FEA 21 | 17th | 40 |

### Complete Formula Regional Middle East 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 | Hitech Grand Prix | DUB1 1 15 | DUB1 2 17 | DUB1 3 18 | KUW1 1 Ret | KUW1 2 Ret | KUW1 3 16 | KUW2 1 12 | KUW2 2 6 | KUW2 3 13 | DUB2 1 14 | DUB2 2 8 | DUB2 3 12 | ABU 1 12 | ABU 2 16 | ABU 3 21† | 21st | 12 |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2023 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 7 | LEC 7 | ARA 7 | SPA 7 | ALG 5 | ALG 5 | 7th | 44 |

### Complete Macau Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
| 2023 | Campos Racing | Dallara F3 2019 | 23rd | 18th | NC† |

### Complete FIA Formula 2 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | Prema Racing | MEL SPR 6 | MEL FEA C | BHR SPR | BHR FEA | JED SPR | JED FEA | IMO SPR | IMO FEA | MON SPR | MON FEA | CAT SPR | CAT FEA | RBR SPR | RBR FEA | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | SPA SPR | SPA FEA | HUN SPR | HUN FEA | MNZ SPR | MNZ FEA | BAK SPR | BAK FEA | LSL SPR | LSL FEA | YMC SPR | YMC FEA | 6th* | 3* |