2020 Britcar Endurance Championship


The 2020 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars and sportscars held across England. The championship's field consists of varying types of cars from sportscar to GT and touring cars that compete in four classes, depending on horsepower, momentum, etc. It is the 18th season of a Britcar championship, the 9th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship and the 5th run as the Dunlop Britcar Endurance Championship. It will be the first Dunlop Endurance Championship run without Class 5 and below, after the formation of the Britcar Trophy Championship. The season was supposed to begin at Donington Park on 10 April and is currently scheduled to end on 10 October at Silverstone Circuit. There will also be a non-championship round at the Spa-Francorchamps in support of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship, where Endurance category competitors will participate in two races with the Trophy Category cars.[1] The championship will also support the first round of the 2020-21 FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone.

2020 Britcar Endurance Championship season
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Feeder Series:
2020 Britcar Trophy Championship
SB Race Engineering and Paul Bailey are the reigning champions.

SB Race Engineering and Paul Bailey enter the championship as the reigning overall champions, VR Motorsport are the reigning Class 1 champions, Mark and Peter Cunningham are the reigning Class 3 champions with SG Racing and Tim Docker enters in the championship with Maximum Motorsport as the reigning Class 4 champions.

Calendar

The opening rounds at Donington Park which were supposed to be held on 10 April 2020 and non-championship round at Spa-Francorchamps postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] [4] The Spa-Francorchamps round was moved to 15 August.[5]

Round Circuit Length Date Supporting
1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire (Grid combined with Britcar Trophy) 60 min 11–12 July
60 min
2 Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, Kent 60 min 1 August
60 min
NC Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 60 min 15 August 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship
60 min
3 Oulton Park, Cheshire 60 min 12 September
60 min
4 Silverstone International, Northamptonshire 60 min 10 October
60 min
5 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300), Norfolk 60 min 1 November
60 min
Source: [6]

Teams and drivers

Cars are assigned classed based on speed, horsepower, momentum, equipment fitted to the car and the car's model;
Class 1: GT3, Prototype cars
Class 2: GT4, Cup (one-make series) cars
Class 3: Cup (one-make series) cars
Class 4: GT4, Cup and TCR cars

Class 1
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
MacG Racing Taranis 3 Jonny MacGregor TBA
Ben Sharich
Motus One Racing TBA 11 Will Powell TBA
TBA
RAW Motorsports Radical RXC GT3 21 Steve Burgess TBA
Ben Dimmack
SB Race Engineering[7] Brabham BT62[7] 28 Paul Bailey[7] TBA
Ross Wylie[7]
VR Motorsport[8][9] Praga R1T Evo[8][9] 84 Jack Fabby[9] TBA
Garry Townsend[8][9]
85 Danny Harrison[9] TBA
Jem Hepworth[9]
Class 1 Invitation
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Team ABBA Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 8 Richard Neary TBA
Sam Neary
Class 2
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Moss Motorsport BMW 1M E82 18 Mike Moss TBA
Superformance Ferrari 458 Challenge 26 Colin Sowter TBA
VR Motorsport[8][9] Praga R1S[8][9] 86 Martyn Compton[8][9] TBA
Warren McKinlay[8][9]
In2 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup TBA Will Goff TBA
Simon Green Motorsport Ferrari 458 Challenge TBA Lee Frost TBA
Lucky Khera
TBA Ferrari 488 Challenge TBA Charlie Hollings TBA
Wayne Marrs
Class 3
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
ALP Racing Saker RAPX 30 Alan Purbrick TBA
David Brise
SG Racing Porsche 997 Cup 32 Mark Cunningham TBA
Peter Cunningham
Bespoke Cars Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 69 Dave Benett TBA
Marcus Fothergill
Team HARD[10][11] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[10][11] TBA Harry Mailer[10][11] TBA
Nick Scott-Dickeson[10][11]
Class 3 Invitation
Track Focused McLaren 650s GT3 TBA Ross McEwen TBA
Sandy McEwen
KTM X-Bow GT4 TBA Mike McCollum TBA
Class 4
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
County Classics[12] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[12] 9 Peter Ecreg[12] TBA
Autobahn Motorsport BMW M4 14 Andy Marston TBA
DigiPlat Racing BMW M3 GTR 23 Nathan Wells TBA
CTR Alfatune[13] SEAT León TCR[13] 24 Alex Day[13] TBA
William Foster[13]
TBA John Clonis TBA
Chris Bentley
CRH Racing[14] BMW M3 E46[14] 35 Jonathan Evans[14] TBA
Peter Morris[14]
EDF Motorsport[15] CUPRA León TCR[15] 60 Martin Byford[15] TBA
Ashley Woodman[15]
EDF/Paul Calladine Motorsport[16] Ginetta G50 GT4[16] 92 Paul Calladine[16] TBA
Graham Roberts[16]
Team BRIT[17] Aston Martin Vantage GT4[17] 68 Bobby Trundley[17] TBA
Aaron Morgan
Skiset Wengen / Team Merlin Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 70 Colin Willmott TBA
Oliver Willmott
Whitebridge Motorsport[18] Aston Martin Vantage GT4 72 Chris Murphy[18] TBA
Steve Birt
101 Mal Sandford[18] TBA
Forelle Estates Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 74 Michael Price TBA
Maximum Motorsport[19] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[19] 78 Tim Docker[19] TBA
CUPRA León TCR 95 Stewart Lines TBA
Newbarn Racing Jaguar F-Type S 88 Adam Thompson TBA
Callum Thompson
Reflex Racing Ligier JS2 R TBA Luke Davenport TBA
Marcus Vivian
Source:[20]

Driver changes

Entering/re-entering Britcar

Class 1

  • Garry Townsend, Danny Harrison and Jem Hepworth will debut for VR Motorsport.[8][9]
  • Will Powell will debut for Motus One Racing.

Class 2

  • Will Goff will debut for In2 Racing
  • Colin Sowter will debut for Superformance.

Class 3

  • Harry Mailer will debut for Team HARD.[10][11]
  • Mike McCollum, Ross and Sandy McEwen will return to the series driving for Track Focused, all having last raced in 2018 for the same team.

Class 4

  • Aaron Morgan and Bobby Trundley will debut for Team BRIT.[17]
  • Alex Day will return to the series driving for CTR Alfatune, having last raced in 2018 for Reflex Racing.[13]
  • Nathan Wells will debut for DigiPlat Racing.
  • Mal Sandford will return to the series driving for Whitebridge Motorsport, having last raced in 2018 for the same team.[18]
  • Jonathan Evans and Peter Morris will debut for CRH Racing.[14]
  • Luke Davenport and Marcus Vivian will return to the series driving for Reflex Racing, Vivian having last raced in 2017 and Davenport last in 2018 both for the same team.
  • Adam and Callum Thompson will debut for Newbarn Racing.
  • Colin and Oliver Willmott will return to the series driving for Skiset Wengen, both having last raced in 2018 for the same team.
  • Andy Marston will debut for Autobahn Motorsport.

Team changes

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

  • Bespoke Cars Racing will switch from running a Porsche 997 Cup in Class 4 to running a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup in Class 3.
  • ALP Racing will move from Class 2 to Class 3 running the same Saker RAPX as 2019.

Driver class and team changes

Class 1

  • Ross Wylie will move from Class 2 driving for FF Corse to Class 1 driving for SB Race Engineering.[7]
  • Steve Burgess and Ben Dimmack will move from Class 3 driving for RAW Motorsports to Class 3 driving for the same team.

Class 2

  • Martyn Compton and Warren McKinlay will move from Class 4 driving for Team BRIT to Class 2 to VR Motorsport.[8][9]

Class 3

  • Dave Benett and Marcus Fothergill will move from Class 4 driving for Bespoke Cars Racing to Class 3 driving for the same team.

Class 4

  • Chris Murphy will move from Class 5 driving for Whitebridge Motorsport to Class 4 driving for the same team.[18]
  • Peter Ecreg will move from Class 4 driving for Forelle Estates driving in the same class for County Classics.[12]

References
  1. Wood, Steve. "Britcar Supports FIA WEC at Spa 2020". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "Opening Rounds Postponed". Britcar Endurance. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "WEC Spa Postponed". Britcar Endurance. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Trophy Category". Britcar Endurance.
  5. "Revised Date for Spa Non-Championship Event". Britcar Endurance. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. "Endurance Category Calendar". Britcar Endurance.
  7. "2019 BRITCAR CHAMPION TO RACE HIS BRABHAM BT62 FOR 2020 CAMPAIGN". Brabham Automotive. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. Hedley, Claire (15 December 2019). "Another Multi-Car Signup for Britcar". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  9. "Praga Czech Mates". Britcar Endurance. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  10. "Mailer and Scott-Dickeson for Endurance in Porsche GT3 Cup". Britcar Endurance. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  11. "Mailer and Scott-Dickeson to Enter Dunlop Endurance Championship in Porsche 911 GT3 Cup". Team HARD. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  12. Wood, Steve (12 March 2020). "Upgrade for Erceg". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  13. Wood, Steve (6 March 2020). "New Seat for Foster and Day". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  14. "CRH Racing aim for Double Championship Title". Britcar Endurance. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  15. Wood, Steve (6 December 2019). "Ashley Woodman Commits to a Full Endurance Season". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  16. Fletcher, Richard (29 November 2019). "Calladine confirms for Britcar 2020". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  17. Sheehan, Lucy (5 December 2019). "Team BRIT Announces Bumper Entries in Britcar 2020". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  18. Hedley, Claire (12 February 2020). "Sandford Doubles Up for 2020". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  19. "Docker targets multiple wins this season, doubling up with Britcar and TCR-UK". Maximum Motorsport. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  20. "Endurance Category Teams". Britcar Endurance.
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