2020 British GT Championship

The 2020 Intelligent Money British GT Championship[1] is the 28th British GT Championship, a sports car championship promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season will begin on 2 August at Oulton Park and finish on 8 November at Silverstone, after nine races held over seven meetings.

2020 British GT Championship
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Support series:
BRDC British Formula 3
Jonathan Adam & Graham Davidson are the reigning GT3 Drivers' Champions for TF Sport.

Calendar

The season openers at Oulton Park on 2 August and ends at Silverstone on 8 November.[2]

Round Circuit Length Date
1 Oulton Park, Cheshire 60 min 1-2 August
2 60 min
3 Donington Park, Leicestershire 60 min 15-16 August
4 120 min
5 Brands Hatch, Kent 120 min 29-30 August
6 Donington Park, Leicestershire 180 min 19-20 September
7 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 60 min 3-4 October
8 60 min
9 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 180 min 7-8 November

Entry list

GT3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Car Driver
Ram Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[3] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 6 Yelmer Buurman[3] GT3 PA TBA
Ian Loggie[3]
69 Sam De Haan[3] GT3 S TBA
Patrick Kujala[3]
Team ABBA Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 Richard Neary[4] GT3 PA TBA
Sam Neary[4]
2 Seas Motorsport[5] McLaren 720S GT3[5] McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 Angus Fender[5] GT3 S TBA
Dean MacDonald[5]
10 Isa Al-Khalifa[5] GT3 S TBA
TBA[5]
JRM Racing[6] Bentley Continental GT3[6] Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 11 Kelvin Fletcher[6] GT3 PA TBA
Martin Plowman[6]
WPI Motorsport[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[7] Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 18 Dennis Lind[7] GT3 PA TBA
Franck Perera[7]
Balfe Motorsport[8] McLaren 720S GT3[8] McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 Shaun Balfe[8] GT3 PA TBA
Rob Bell[8]
G-Cat Racing[9] Porsche 911 GT3 R[9] Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 Greg Caton[9] GT3 Am TBA
Shamus Jennings[9]
AF Corse[10] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo[10] Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 51 Duncan Cameron[10] GT3 TBA TBA
Matt Griffin[10]
JMH Automotive[11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[11] Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 55 John Seale[11] GT3 PA TBA
Jordan Witt[12]
Team Parker Racing[13] Bentley Continental GT3[13] Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Nick Jones[13] GT3 PA TBA
Scott Malvern[13]
Optimum Motorsport[14] McLaren 720S GT3[14] McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 68 Martin Berry[14] GT3 PA TBA
Nick Foster[14]
Barwell Motorsport[15] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[15] Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 72 Adam Balon[15] GT3 PA TBA
Phil Keen[15]
78 Rob Collard[16] GT3 S TBA
Sandy Mitchell[16]
Beechdean AMR[17] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[17] Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 98 Valentin Hasse-Clot[17] GT3 S TBA
Jack Mitchell[17]
99 Ross Gunn[17] GT3 PA TBA
Andrew Howard[17]
Steller Performance[18] Audi R8 LMS Evo[18] Audi 5.2L V10 TBA TBA[18] GT3 TBA TBA
TBA[18]
Icon Class
Car
GT3 GT3 Cars
GTC GTC Cars
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
S Silver Cup
Am Am Cup

GT4
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Tolman Motorsport[19] McLaren 570S GT4[19] McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 4 Michael Benyahia[19] S TBA
Alain Valente[19]
5 Harry Hayek[19] S TBA
Katie Milner[19]
Balfe Motorsport[20] McLaren 570S GT4[20] McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 20 Michael O'Brien[21] PA TBA
Graham Johnson[21]
21 Mia Flewitt[22] PA TBA
Euan Hankey[22]
Speedworks Motorsport[23] Toyota GR Supra GT4[23] BMW B58B30 2.9L Twin-Turbo I6 23 James Kell[23] S TBA
Sam Smelt[23]
Optimum Motorsport[24] McLaren 570S GT4[24] McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 27 Nick Moss[25] PA TBA
James Pickford[25]
88 Brendan Iribe[25] PA TBA
Ollie Millroy[25]
Steller Performance[18] Audi R8 LMS GT4[18] Audi 5.2L V10 29 TBA[18] TBA TBA
TBA[18]
Century Motorsport[26] BMW M4 GT4[26] BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 42 Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke[26] S TBA
Ben Hurst[26]
43 TBA[26] TBA TBA
TBA[26]
HHC Motorsport[27] McLaren 570S GT4[27] McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 57 Gus Bowers[27] S TBA
Chris Wesemael[27]
58 TBA[27] TBA TBA
TBA[27]
Academy Motorsports[28] Ford Mustang GT4[28] Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8 61 Jordan Albert[29] S TBA
Matt Cowley[30]
62 Will Moore[29] S TBA
Matt Nicoll-Jones[28]
TF Sport[31] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[31] Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Connor O’Brien[31] S TBA
Patrick Kibble[31]
97 Jamie Caroline[25] S TBA
Daniel Vaughan[25]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
S Silver Cup
Am Am Cup

Driver changes

GT3

  • JMH Automotive were initially going to run John Seale and Jamie Stanley in a Lamborghini but on 2 March 2020 the latter was replaced by Adam Hatfield and Jordan Witt on a revised driver line-up, Witt will race at the Oulton Park, Donington, Spa and Brands Hatch rounds while Hatfield will race at Snetterton and Silverstone.[12]

Entering/re-entering British GT

Changed teams

Leaving British GT

  • Rick Parfitt, Jr. will leave the series.
  • Jonathan Adam, Ahmad Al Harthy, Tom Canning and Graham Davidson will not participate after Oman Racing with TF Sport were forced to withdraw its' GT3 entries.[10]

GT4

Entering/re-entering British GT

  • Euan Hankey will return to the series driving for Balfe Motorsport, both having last raced in 2018.[22]
  • Michael Benyahia, Harry Hayek, Katie Milner and Alain Valente will debut in the series driving for Tolman Motorsport, although the driver pairings have not been announced yet.[19]
  • Gus Bowers and Chris Wesemael will debut in the series for HHC Motorsport.[27]
  • 2008 GT4 Champion Matt Nicoll-Jones will return to the series driving for Academy Motorsports, both having last raced in 2018.[29]
  • James Kell will debut for Speedworks Motorsport.[23]
  • Ollie Millroy will return to the series driving for Optimum Motorsport, having last raced in 2012.
  • James Pickford will return to the series driving for Optimum Motorsport, having last raced in 2011.[25]
  • Brendan Iribe will debut in the series driving for Optimum Motorsport.[25]
  • Daniel Vaughan will debut in the series driving for TF Sport.[25]
  • Matt Cowley will debut in the series driving for Academy Motorsport.[30]

Changed teams

Class changes GT4 to GT3

Team Changes

GT3

GT4

References
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