Shaun Balfe is a racing driver from Portugal who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Garage 59. Balfe has recorded 8 wins and 12 podiums from 26 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,989 ranks Balfe 1533th of 13,650 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Shaun Balfe is a driver competing for Portugal who currently races for Garage 59 in the GT World Challenge Europe. Originally from Grantham, he built his early reputation in club and national GT racing, winning the Spanish GT Championship in 2004, and went on to run his own Saleen S7R entry through Balfe Motorsport in the FIA GT Championship in 2006. He later became a fixture of British GT competition, campaigning a McLaren 720S GT3 alongside Rob Bell and finishing third in the GT3 standings in 2019, experience that has carried through into his present GT World Challenge Europe program.[1]
Across his logged career in GT World Challenge Europe, Balfe has started 26 races, taking 8 wins and 12 podiums without yet securing a championship title. His Racer Rating of 3,532 places him 735th among active drivers on a scale where the sport's elite sit between roughly 10,000 and 11,500, reflecting a solid if unspectacular competitive standing within the field. In the 2026 season he has made one appearance so far, without a win or podium, sitting P223 in the standings, and he remains an active entrant with Garage 59 as his campaign continues.[2]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe | Garage 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P224 | +2 | 2,989 |
| 2024 | British GT Championship | Garage 59 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +191 | 2,987 |
| GT World Challenge Europe | Optimum Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P211 | −3 | ||
| 2023 | British GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +84 | 2,800 |
| 2022 | British GT Championship | Balfe Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +5 | 2,716 |
| 2020 | British GT Championship | Balfe Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P48 | −19 | 2,711 |
| 2019 | British GT Championship | Balfe Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +30 | 2,711 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Ian Loggie | 3,178 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin Plowman | 2,592 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 94% |
| 🇲🇴 Kevin Tse | 2,714 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 88% |
| 🇬🇧 Andrew Howard | 2,588 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69% |
| 🇬🇧 Sam Neary | 2,788 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% |
| 🇬🇧 Richard Neary | 2,179 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% |
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Harper | 4,078 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Marcus Clutton | 3,079 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark Smith | 2,203 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 93% |
| 🇬🇧 Jonny Adam | 4,250 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% |