Sebastián "Sebas" Montoya Freydell (born 11 April 2005) is a Colombian-American racing driver who is currently competing for

Prema Racing Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainl ...

in the

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and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for

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. He is the son of

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race winner

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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

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and thrice 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

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, racing full-time in the

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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

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and

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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

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Formula Regional

2022

At the start of 2022 Montoya made his debut in the

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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 was ultimately unable to finish the season, but ended the championship in 7th place with 92 points. Montoya moved up to the

with

. Montoya started his season strongly, taking two eighth places and a fourth place. Just before his weekend at

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, Montoya announced that he had started receiving backing and sponsorship from

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, marking him as a

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 is set to do the full season in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with

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FIA Formula 3 Championship

Due to Oliver Goethe's Euroformula Open commitments, Montoya replaced him and made his first F3 appearance in

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, driving for

whilst Hunter Yeany is still injured. 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 in a brilliant seventh place as a red flag thwarted his rivals attempts to improve their lap times. In a track where it is tough to pass, Montoya finished both races in eighth place, having to defend against title contender Jak Crawford. Additionally, he was 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

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Endurance racing

Montoya made his endurance racing debut during the

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, partaking in selected rounds for DragonSpeed Racing alongside his father.

Formula One

At the start of 2023, Montoya was announced to be joining the

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Personal life

Montoya's father is

, a seven-time Formula One Grand Prix winner and current

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driver. He has two sisters, Paulina and Manuela.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record