2023 British GT Championship

March 14, 2024

The 2023 British GT Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Intelligent Money British GT Championship) is the 31st British GT Championship, a sports car championship promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group. The season began on 8 April at Oulton Park and will end on 22 October at Donington Park.

Calendar edit

The calendar was unveiled on 29 July 2022. In a change from the 2022 schedule, the annual overseas round at Spa was moved to Portimão.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Length	Date
1	Oulton Park, Cheshire	60 min	8–10 April
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	60 min	8–10 April
3	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	180 min	6–7 May
4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	120 min	27–28 May
5	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	60 min	17–18 June
6	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	60 min	17–18 June
7	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal	180 min	22–23 July
8	Brands Hatch, Kent	120 min	9–10 September
9	Donington Park, Leicestershire	120 min	21–22 October

Entry list edit

GT3 edit

Team

Car

Engine

Drivers

Class

Rounds

2 Seas Motorsport^[2]^[3]

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

1

PA

All

Jules Gounon^[4]

1–6, 8–9

7

4

James Cottingham^[6]

PA

All

Jonathan Adam^[6]

1–8

9

Greystone GT^[7]

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

3

Callum MacLeod^[8]

PA

1–6, 8–9

Mike Price^[8]

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

24

Andrey Borodin^[7]

PA

1–7

Oliver Webb^[7]

84

Andrew Gilbert^[9]

PA

3

Fran Rueda^[9]

Team Abba Racing^[10]

Mercedes-AMG GT3
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

8

Richard Neary^[10]

S

1–6, 8–9

Sam Neary^[10]

Paddock Motorsport^[11]

McLaren 720S GT3
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

11

Martin Plowman^[11]

PA

All

Mark Smith^[11]

Race Lab^[12]

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

13

Euan Hankey^[12]

PA

1–7

Lucky Khera^[12]

42

Iain Campbell^[13]

S

All

James Kell^[13]

RAM Racing^[14]

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

15

John Ferguson^[14]

PA

All

Raffaele Marciello^[14]

Blackthorn^[15]

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3

Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8

19

Claude Bovet^[15]

S

3

David McDonald^[15]

Fox Motorsport

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2

Lamborghini 5.2 L V10

25

S

9

John Seale

	Optimum Motorsport^[16]^{[N 1]}
	Inception Racing^[17]^{[N 1]}

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

27

PA

All

Mark Radcliffe^[16]

70

Ben Barnicoat^[17]

PA

3

Brendan Iribe^[17]

Drivetac^[18]

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

50

Chris Hart^[18]

S

3–8

James Wallis^[18]

Team Parker Racing^[19]

Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

64

Charles Bateman^[19]

S

3

Alex Martin^[19]

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)

Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6

66

Nick Jones^[19]

PA

3

Scott Malvern^[19]

Orange Racing powered by JMH^[20]

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

67

Simon Orange^[20]

PA

1–3, 5–6, 7, 9

Michael O'Brien^[20]

Barwell Motorsport^[21]

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2

Lamborghini 5.2 L V10

72

Mark Sansom^[21]

S

All

Will Tregurtha^[21]

78

Shaun Balfe^[22]

PA

All

Sandy Mitchell^[22]

7TSIX^[23]

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8

76

Tim Creswick^[23]

S

7

Konsta Lappalainen^[23]

Enduro Motorsport^[24]

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

77

Marcus Clutton^[24]

PA

1–6, 9

Morgan Tillbrook^[24]

1–4, 9

Matt Topham^[25]

5–6

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3

Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8

Marcus Clutton^[23]

7

Matt Topham^[23]

7

Garage 59^[26]

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8

88

Marvin Kirchhöfer^[26]

PA

1–7

Alexander West^[26]

1–6

7, 9

9

Sky - Tempesta Racing^[27]

93

Chris Froggatt^[27]

S

All

Century Motorsport^[28]

BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6

91

Dan Harper^[28]

PA

All

Darren Leung^[28]

Beechdean Motorsport^[29]

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3

Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8

97

Andrew Howard^[29]

PA

All

1–6, 8–9

Nicki Thiim^[23]

7

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am Cup
S	Silver-Am Cup

GT4 edit

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Paddock Motorsport^[30]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	7	Kavi Jundu^[30]	PA	All
				Tom Rawlings^[30]		1–8
				Tom Gamble		9
One Motorsport^[31]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	12	Michael Broadhurst^[31]	PA	1–7
One Motorsport^[31]				Ed McDermott^[31]		1–7
Team Abba Racing				Michael Broadhurst		8–9
Team Abba Racing				Ed McDermott		8–9
Century Motorsport^[32]	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	14	Michael Johnston^[33]	PA	All
			14	Chris Salkeld^[33]	PA	All
			22	Carl Cavers^[33]	PA	All
			22	Lewis Plato^[33]	PA	All
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	21	Bradley Ellis^[18]	PA	3
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	21	David Holloway^[18]	PA	3
Enduro Motorsport^[34]^[23]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	17	Harry George^[34]	S	1–6
				Harry Nunn^[34]		1–2
				Darren Burke^[18]		3–6
	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8		Darren Burke^[23]		7–9
	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8		Harry George^[23]		7–9
Team Parker Racing^[35]	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	18	Zac Meakin^[35]	S	1–6
	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		Dan Vaughan^[35]	S	1–6
	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6		Zac Meakin^[35]	S	7–9
	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6		Dan Vaughan^[35]	S	7–9
R Racing^[36]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	23	Josh Miller^[36]	S	All
R Racing^[36]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	23	Seb Hopkins^[36]	S	All
Race Lab^[37]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	29	Ian Gough^[37]	PA	All
Race Lab^[37]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	29	Tom Wrigley^[37]	PA	All
MKH Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	31	Tom Ingram	PA	9
MKH Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	31	Ron Johnson	PA	9
DTO Motorsport^[38]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	36	Aston Millar^[38]	S	All
DTO Motorsport^[38]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	36	Josh Rowledge^[38]	S	All
Simpson Motorsport^[18]	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	38	James Kaye^[18]	PA	3
Simpson Motorsport^[18]	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	38	Vasily Vladykin^[18]	PA	3
Drivetac^[39]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	50	Sam Maher-Loughnan^[39]	S	1–2
Drivetac^[39]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	50	James Wallis^[39]	S	1–2
Raceway Motorsport^[40]	Ginetta G56 GT4	GM LS3 6.2 L V8	55	Thomas Holland^[41]	PA	1–3, 5–6
				Michael Crees^[41]	PA	1–3, 5–6
				Thomas Holland^[41]	S	4, 7–9
				Ben Short^[42]		4
				Ignacio Zanon		7
				Morgan Short		8
				Ben Collins		9
			56	Stuart Middleton^[40]	S	All
			56	Freddie Tomlinson^[40]	S	All
Academy Motorsport^[43]	Ford Mustang GT4	Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8	61	Matt Cowley^[43]	S	All
			61	Erik Evans^[43]	S	All
			62	Will Moore^[43]	S	All
			62	Matt Nicoll-Jones^[43]	S	All
Team BRIT^[44]	McLaren 570S GT4	McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8	68	Aaron Morgan^[44]	PA	1–3, 8
Team BRIT^[44]	McLaren 570S GT4	McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8	68	Bobby Trundley^[44]	PA	1–3, 8
Toro Verde GT^[45]	Ginetta G56 GT4	GM LS3 6.2 L V8	80	Esmee Hawkey^[46]	S	1–4
				Joe Wheeler^[46]	S	1–4
				Ian Duggan^[47]	PA	5–9
				Joe Wheeler^[46]	PA	5–9
			86	Ian Duggan^[47]	Am	1–4
				James Townsend^[47]	Am	1–4
				Mike Simpson	PA	5–9
				James Townsend^[47]	PA	5–9
Optimum Motorsport^[48]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	90	Jack Brown^[48]	S	All
Optimum Motorsport^[48]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6	90	Charles Clark^[48]	S	All

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am Cup
S	Silver Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race results edit

Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).

GT3 edit

Event	Circuit	Pole Position	Pro-Am Winners	Silver-Am Winners
1	Oulton Park	#4 2 Seas Motorsport	#4 2 Seas Motorsport	#42 Race Lab
1		Jonathan Adam James Cottingham	Jonathan Adam James Cottingham	Ian Campbell James Kell
2		#1 2 Seas Motorsport	#1 2 Seas Motorsport	#42 Race Lab
2		Jules Gounon Ian Loggie	Jules Gounon Ian Loggie	Ian Campbell James Kell
3	Silverstone	#8 Team Abba Racing	#91 Century Motorsport	#72 Barwell Motorsport
3	Silverstone	Richard Neary Sam Neary	Daniel Harper Darren Leung	Mark Sansom Will Tregurtha
4	Donington	#78 Barwell Motorsport	#4 2 Seas Motorsport	#93 Sky - Tempesta Racing
4	Donington	Shaun Balfe Sandy Mitchell	Jonathan Adam James Cottingham	Chris Froggart Kevin Tse
5	Snetterton	#78 Barwell Motorsport	#78 Barwell Motorsport	#93 Sky - Tempesta Racing
5		Shaun Balfe Sandy Mitchell	Shaun Balfe Sandy Mitchell	Chris Froggart Kevin Tse
6		#97 Beechdean Motorsport	#15 RAM Racing	#93 Sky - Tempesta Racing
6		Andrew Howard Ross Gunn	John Ferguson Raffaele Marciello	Chris Froggart Kevin Tse
7	Portimão	#88 Garage 59	#4 2 Seas Motorsport	#72 Barwell Motorsport
7	Portimão	Miguel Ramos Marvin Kirchhöfer	James Cottingham Jonathan Adam	Mark Sansom Will Tregurtha
8	Brands Hatch	#4 2 Seas Motorsport	#91 Century Motorsport	#50 Drivetac
8	Brands Hatch	Jonathan Adam James Cottingham	Daniel Harper Darren Leung	James Wallis Chris Hart
9	Donington	#97 Beechdean Motorsport	#78 Barwell Motorsport	#72 Barwell Motorsport
9	Donington	Andrew Howard Ross Gunn	Shaun Balfe Sandy Mitchell	Mark Sansom Will Tregurtha

GT4 edit

Event	Circuit	Pole Position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	Oulton Park	#90 Optimum Motorsport	#62 Academy Motorsport	#55 Raceway Motorsport	#86 Toro Verde GT
1		Jack Brown Charles Clark	Will Moore Matt Nicoll-Jones	Michael Crees Thomas Holland	Ian Duggan James Townsend
2		#90 Optimum Motorsport	#90 Optimum Motorsport	#29 Race Lab	#86 Toro Verde GT
2		Jack Brown Charles Clark	Jack Brown Charles Clark	Ian Gough Tom Wrigley	Ian Duggan James Townsend
3	Silverstone	#18 Team Parker Racing	#90 Optimum Motorsport	#12 One Motorsport	#86 Toro Verde GT
3	Silverstone	Zac Meakin Dan Vaughan	Jack Brown Charles Clark	Michael Broadhurst Ed McDermott	Ian Duggan James Townsend
4	Donington	#36 DTO Motorsport	#90 Optimum Motorsport	#29 Race Lab	No Finishers
4	Donington	Aston Millar Josh Rowledge	Jack Brown Charles Clark	Ian Gough Tom Wrigley	No Finishers
5	Snetterton	#56 Raceway Motorsport	#56 Raceway Motorsport	#55 Raceway Motorsport	No Entries
5		Stuart Middleton Freddie Tomlinson	Stuart Middleton Freddie Tomlinson	Michael Crees Thomas Holland
6		#90 Optimum Motorsport	#90 Optimum Motorsport	#22 Century Motorsport
6		Jack Brown Charles Clark	Jack Brown Charles Clark	Carl Cavers Lewis Plato
7	Portimão	#23 R Racing	#17 Enduro Motorsport	#14 Century Motorsport
7	Portimão	Josh Miller Seb Hopkins	Harry George Darren Burke	Michael Johnston Chris Salkeld
8	Brands Hatch	#36 DTO Motorsport	#61 Academy Motorsport	#14 Century Motorsport
8	Brands Hatch	Aston Millar Josh Rowledge	Erik Evans Matt Cowley	Michael Johnston Chris Salkeld
9	Donington	#23 R Racing	#61 Academy Motorsport	#29 Race Lab
9	Donington	Josh Miller Seb Hopkins	Erik Evans Matt Cowley	Ian Gough Tom Wrigley

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded as follows:

Length	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1 hour	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
2+ hours	37.5	27	22.5	18	15	12	9	6	3	1.5

Drivers' championships edit

Overall edit

Pos.	Drivers	Team	OUL		SIL	DON	SNE		ALG	BRH	DON	Points
GT3
1	Darren Leung Dan Harper	Century Motorsport	6	6	1	5	2	5	5	1	2	176
2	James Cottingham	2 Seas Motorsport	1	4	11	1	6	2	1	3	10	163.5
3	Jonathan Adam	2 Seas Motorsport	1	4	11	1	6	2	1	3		162
4	Shaun Balfe Sandy Mitchell	Barwell Motorsport	12	7	2	7	1	9	3	5	1	144
5	Ian Loggie	2 Seas Motorsport	4	1	7	3	7	3	6	4	5	134.5
6	Jules Gounon	2 Seas Motorsport	4	1	7	3	7	3		4	5	122.5
7	John Ferguson Raffaele Marciello	Ram Racing	5	2	5	Ret	8	1	4	Ret	4	108
8	Andrew Howard	Beechdean AMR	2	5	4	4	17	15	Ret	2	6	103
8	Ross Gunn	Beechdean AMR	2	5	4	4	17	15		2	6	103
9	Mark Radcliffe	Optimum Motorsport	7	10	3	8	3	11	2	7	7	95.5
10	Rob Bell	Optimum Motorsport	7	10	3	8	3	11	2	7		86.5
11	Marcus Clutton	Enduro Motorsport	3	Ret	14	23	10	7	11		3	46
12	Morgan Tillbrook	Enduro Motorsport	3	Ret	14	23					3	37.5
13	Kevin Tse Chris Froggatt	Sky Tempesta Racing	13	15	12	6	4	8	9	10	12	35.5
14	Mark Sansom Will Tregurtha	Barwell Motorsport	14	16	6	9	9	16	8	8	11	32
15	Lucky Khera Euan Hankey	Race Lab	8	11	Ret	2	14	12	13			31
16	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Garage 59 Optimum Motorsport	11	3	33	Ret	16	WD	Ret		7	24
17	Simon Orange Michael O'Brien	Orange Racing powered by JMH	33	9	Ret		11	4		Ret	8	20
18	Alexander West	Garage 59	11	3	33	Ret	16	WD				15
19	Chris Hart James Wallis	Drivetac			9	24	18	17	14	6		15
20	Martin Plowman Mark Smith	Paddock Motorsport	9	8	17	10	12	10	12	9	9	14.5
21	Callum MacLeod Mike Price	Greystone GT	17	14	8	Ret	13	6		12	Ret	14
22	Phil Keen	2 Seas Motorsport							6			12
23	Richard Neary Sam Neary	Team ABBA Racing	Ret	13	13	Ret	5	14		Ret	14	10
24	Matt Topham	Enduro Motorsport					10	7	11			8.5
25	Iain Campbell James Kell	Race Lab	10	12	31	12	15	13	10	11	Ret	4
26	Philip Ellis	2 Seas Motorsport									10	1.5
-	Miguel Ramos	Garage 59							Ret		13	0
-	Jonny Edgar	Garage 59									13	0
-	Andrey Borodin Oliver Webb	Greystone GT	15	20	18	11	19	28	15			0
-	Nicki Thiim	Beechdean AMR							Ret			0
Drivers ineligible to score points
-	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe	Inception Racing			10							0
-	Charles Bateman Alex Martin	Team Parker Racing			15							0
-	Claude Bovet David McDonald	Blackthorn			16							0
-	Nick Jones Scott Malvern	Team Parker Racing			32							0
-	Andrew Gilbert Fran Rueda	Greystone GT			Ret							0
-	Tim Creswick Konsta Lappalainen	7TSIX							7			0
-	Abbie Eaton John Seale	Fox Motorsport									Ret	0
GT4
1	Erik Evans Matt Cowley	Academy Motorsport	18	24	21	18	DSQ	DSQ	21	13	15	145.5
2	Jack Brown Charles Clark	Optimum Motorsport	23	18	19	14	25	18	24	Ret	25	124.5
3	Ian Gough Tom Wrigley	Race Lab	32	17	35	13	28	23	19	23	16	117.5
4	Michael Johnston Chris Salkeld	Century Motorsport	21	27	26	17	22	25	16	15	23	117
5	Josh Rowledge Aston Millar	DTO Motorsport	25	19	23	Ret	24	19	18	21	17	111
6	Carl Cavers Lewis Plato	Century Motorsport	20	32	24	15	23	21	Ret	17	18	106.5
7	Josh Miller Seb Hopkins	R Racing	Ret	21	28	22	21	20	25	14	22	84
8	Harry George	Enduro Motorsport	Ret	WD	29	16	32	26	17	19	20	69.5
8	Darren Burke	Enduro Motorsport			29	16	32	26	17	19	20	69.5
9	Will Moore Matt Nicoll-Jones	Academy Motorsport	16	29	34	Ret	26	27	29	16	19	65
10	Freddie Tomlinson Stuart Middleton	Raceway Motorsport	29	25	DSQ	21	20	Ret	22	20	26	47
11	Michael Broadhurst Ed McDermott	One Motorsport Rounds 1-7 Team ABBA Racing Round 8-9	26	26	20	20	29	24	26	Ret	24	44.5
12	Kavi Jundu	Paddock Motorsport	22	28	27	19	31	Ret	Ret	22	21	33.5
13	James Townsend	Toro Verde GT	30	31	36	Ret	27	Ret	20	18	Ret	31
13	Mike Simpson	Toro Verde GT					27	Ret	20	18	Ret	31
14	Zac Meakin Dan Vaughan	Team Parker Racing	24	23	25	DNS	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	28	30
15	Tom Rawlings	Paddock Motorsport	22	28	27	19	31	Ret	Ret	22		24.5
16	Thomas Holland	Raceway Motorsport	19	34	30	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	28	24	Ret	15
16	Michael Crees	Raceway Motorsport	19	34	30		DSQ	DSQ				15
17	Joe Wheeler	Toro Verde GT	31	30	Ret	Ret	30	22	27	Ret	Ret	10
17	Ian Duggan	Toro Verde GT	30	31	36	Ret	30	22	30	Ret	Ret	10
18	Sam Maher-Loughnan James Wallis	Drivetac powered by Track Focused	27	22								10
19	Tom Gamble	Paddock Motorsport									21	9
-	Aaron Morgan Bobby Trundley	Team BRIT	28	33	DSQ					25		0
-	Morgan Short	Raceway Motorsport								24		0
-	Ignazio Zanton	Toro Verde GT							28			0
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