British GT Championship

Annual sports car racing series in the UK

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British GT ChampionshipCategory| Sports car racing

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Country|  United Kingdom
Inaugural season| 1993
Tyre suppliers| Pirelli
Drivers' champion| GT3:
Ricky Collard
Rob Collard
GT4:
Jack Brown
Zac Meakin
Makes' champion| GT3: Lamborghini
GT4: McLaren
Teams' champion| GT3: Barwell Motorsport
GT4: Optimum Motorsport
Official website| britishgt.com
Current season

The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports GT Challenge.[1] The series is currently run by the SRO Motorsports Group,[2] while Pirelli began its first season as the championship's official sole tyre supplier in 2016.[3]

Two classes currently compete in the championship: GT3 and GT4. A consolidation of GT regulations and significant manufacturer support saw British GT first introduce a GT3 class in 2005. The category later mirrored FIA Group GT3 and used near-identical regulations to the FIA GT3 European Championship from 2006 onwards.[citation needed] GT3 rules include extensive balance of performance and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal. Cost-saving measures saw the series' previous premier class, GT2, phased out at the end of 2006.

The SRO GT4 class was adopted in 2008 intended as a development class towards GT3. Regulations governing GT4 ensure the cars more closely resemble their road-going counterparts than GT3 machines, to control cost. This replaced the previous unique-to-British GT GTC category. British GT has featured a number of other classes since its inception, including Group GT1.

## Champions

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The following drivers have previously won the British GT championships in their respective classes. An overall championship for all classes combined was also awarded until 1998, and those champions are marked with italics.

| Year  | Class  | Champion  | Car

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1993 | A  |  Charlie Cox | Ford Escort RS Cosworth
B  |  Nigel Barrett  | Porsche 911 SC
C  |  John Greasley | Porsche 935 K3 009 0003 chassis replica
D  |  Thorkild Thyrring | Lotus Esprit Sport 300
1994 | A  |  Ross Hyett  | Porsche 935 replica
B  |  Thorkild Thyrring | Lotus Esprit Sport 300
C  |  Nigel Barrett  | Porsche 911 SC
Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1995 | GT1  |  Thorkild Thyrring | De Tomaso Pantera
GT2  |  Chris Hodgetts | Marcos LM600
1996 | GT1  |  Ian Flux
Jake Ulrich  | McLaren F1 GTR
GT2  |  David Warnock
Robert Schirle  | Marcos LM600
GT3  |  Ken Thomson  | Darrian T90
1997 | GT1  |  John Morrison
John Greasley  | Porsche 911 GT1
GT2  |  Steve O'Rourke
Tim Sugden | Porsche 911 GT2
GT3  |  Simon Tate  | Marcos LM500
1998 | GT1  |  Steve O'Rourke
Tim Sugden | McLaren F1 GTR
GT2  |  Kurt Luby
Richard Dean | Chrysler Viper GTS-R
1999 | GT1  |  Julian Bailey
Jamie Campbell-Walter | Lister Storm GTL
GT2  |  David Warnock  | Porsche 911 GT2
Lister Storm
2000 | GT  |  Calum Lockie  | Marcos LM600
GTO  |  Mark Sumpter  | Porsche 911 GT3-R
2001 | GT  |  David Warnock
Mike Jordan | Lister Storm
GTO  |  Kelvin Burt
Marino Franchitti | Porsche 911 GT3-RS
2002 | GT  |  Ian McKellar
Thomas Erdos | Saleen S7-R
GTO  |  Jamie Davies | Ferrari 360 N-GT
2003 | GTO  |  Tom Herridge  | Mosler MT900R
GT Cup  |  Matt Griffin
Patrick Pearce  | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2004 | N-GT |  Jonathan Cocker | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
GT Cup  |  Ni Amorim
Adam Wilcox | Ferrari 360 Challenge
2005 | GT2  |  Andrew Kirkaldy
Nathan Kinch  | Ferrari 360 GTC
GT3  |  Dimitris Deverikos
Piers Masarati  | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2006 | GT2  |  Chris Niarchos
Tim Mullen | Ferrari F430 GT2
GT3  |  Leo Machitski  | Aston Martin DBRS9
GTC  |  Matt Allison
Jonny Lang  | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2007 | GT3  |  Bradley Ellis
Alex Mortimer  | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
GTC  |  Jamie Smyth
Graeme Mundy  | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2008 | GT3  |  James Gornall
Jon Barnes  | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
GT4  |  Matt Nicoll-Jones
Stewart Linn  | Ginetta G50
2009 | GT3  |  David Jones
Godfrey Jones | Ascari KZ1-R
GT4  |  Jody Firth | Ginetta G50
SS  |  Marcus Clutton
Phil Keen | KTM X-Bow
2010 | GT3  |  David Ashburn | Porsche 997 GT3 R
GT4  |  Christian Dick
Jamie Stanley | Ginetta G50
2011 | GT3  |  Glynn Geddie
Jim Geddie | Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3
Ferrari 458 Italia
GT4  |  Peter Belshaw
Marcus Clutton | KTM X-Bow
2012 | GT3  |  Daniele Perfetti
Michael Caine | Porsche 997 GT3-R
GT4  |  Jody Fannin
Warren Hughes | Ginetta G50
GTC  |  Gary Eastwood
Ryan Hooker | Ferrari 458 Challenge
2013 | GT3  |  Andrew Howard | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT4  |  Rick Parfitt Jr.
Ryan Ratcliffe | Ginetta G50
GTC  |  Andy Schulz
Paul Bailey | Ferrari 458 Challenge
2014 | GT3  |  Marco Attard | BMW Z4 GT3
GT4  |  Jake Giddings
Ross Wylie | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4
2015 | GT3  |  Andrew Howard
Jonathan Adam | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT4  |  Jamie Chadwick
Ross Gunn | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4
2016 | GT3  |  Derek Johnston
Jonathan Adam | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT4  |  Graham Johnson
Mike Robinson | Ginetta G55 GT4
2017 | GT3  |  Rick Parfitt Jr.
Seb Morris | Bentley Continental GT3
GT4  |  Stuart Middleton
William Tregurtha | Ginetta G55 GT4
2018 | GT3  |  Jonathan Adam
Flick Haigh | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT4  |  Jack Mitchell | BMW M4 GT4
2019 | GT3  |  Jonathan Adam
Graham Davidson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
GT4  |  Tom Canning
Ashley Hand | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
2020 | GT3  |  Rob Collard
Sandy Mitchell | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo
GT4  |  Jamie Caroline
Daniel Vaughan | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
2021 | GT3  |  Dennis Lind
Leo Machitski | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo
GT4  |  Will Burns
Gus Burton | BMW M4 GT4
2022 | GT3  |  Ian Loggie | Mercedes-AMG GT3
GT4  |  Sennan Fielding
Richard Williams | Audi R8 LMS GT4
2023 | GT3  |  Darren Leung
Dan Harper | BMW M4 GT3
GT4  |  Matt Cowley
Erik Evans | Ford Mustang GT4
2024 | GT3  |  Ricky Collard
Rob Collard | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
GT4  |  Jack Brown
Zac Meakin | McLaren Artura GT4

| #  | Manufacturer (after 2024 season)

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16  |  Porsche
10  |  Aston Martin
7  |  Ferrari
Ginetta
4  |  Marcos
BMW
3  |  Lamborghini
McLaren

2  |  KTM
Lotus
Dodge
Ford

## See also

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* British Formula Three Championship
* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
* GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
* GT World Challenge Asia
* European Le Mans Series
* FIA World Endurance Championship
* Asian Le Mans Series

## References

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1. ^ "BRSCC | BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP".
2. ^ "Stephane Ratel outlines plans for 2021 and beyond during Total 24 Hours of Spa press conference". britishgt.com. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
3. ^ "SRO Motorsports Group and Pirelli extend long-standing partnership with new five-year agreement". Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. October 1, 2023.

## External links

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* Official British GT website

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British GT Championship seasons (1993–present)

* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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Motorsport in the UK

International|

* Formula racing
* Formula One (British Grand Prix, European Grand Prix)
* Formula E (London ePrix)
* A1GP
* Superleague Formula (SF round UK)

* Sports car racing
* FIA WSC / FIA WEC (RAC Tourist Trophy, Brands Hatch 1000, 6 Hours of Silverstone)
* ELMS (4 Hours of Silverstone)
* GTWCE (Endurance Cup, World Challenge Europe)
* IGTO
* 24H Series (24H Silverstone)
* FIA GT1 Championship (RAC Tourist Trophy)

* Touring car racing
* FIA WTCC (WTCC Race of UK)
* 24H TCE Series (24H Silverstone)

* Stock car racing
* NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (American Speedfest)

* Rallying
* FIA WRC (Rally GB)
* FIA WRX (World RX of Great Britain)

* Motorcycling
* MotoGP (British motorcycle Grand Prix)
* WSBK (Donington Park)

* Motorcycle speedway
* Speedway Grand Prix (Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain)

* Radio-controlled racing
* IFMAR Worlds (1:12 Elec. Track, 1:10 Elec. Off-Road, 1:8 IC Off-Road)
* EFRA Euros

Open Wheel|

* GB3 Championship
* Monoposto Racing Club
* F4 British Championship
* GB4 Championship
* MSV Formula 3 Cup
* British Formula One Championship
* British Formula 3000
* British Formula 3
* Formula Ford
* Walter Hayes Trophy
* Formula Renault UK
* Formula BMW
* Formula Palmer Audi

Saloon/Sports Car|

* British Touring Car Championship
* British GT Championship
* Britcar
* Ginetta GT4 Supercup
* Ginetta GT5 Challenge
* Ginetta Junior Championship
* Kumho BMW Championship
* MaX5 Racing Championship
* Renault Clio Cup
* Pickup Truck Racing
* Porsche Carrera Cup GB
* TVR Tuscan Challenge
* Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship
* BRDC Sportscar Championship
* SEAT Cupra Championship

Motorcycle|

* British Superbike Championship
* British Supersport Championship
* Isle of Man TT
* North West 200
* Thruxton 500

Rally|

* British Rally Championship
* British Rallycross Championship
* Scottish Rally Championship

Hill Climb|

* British Hill Climb Championship
* Goodwood Festival of Speed

Endurance|

* Britcar (Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour) • Willhire 24 Hour • 2CV 24 Hour Race

Karting|

* British Schools Karting Championship
* British Universities Karting Championship
* Formula A
* ICA
* Junior ICA

Stock Car (Full/Short Oval)|

* ASCAR Racing Series
* BriSCA F1
* BriSCA F2
* Banger racing
* National Hot Rods
* Superstox
* V8 Hotstox

Grass Track|

* Autograss
* Grasstrack Speedway
* Lawn mower racing

Drifting|

* European Drift Championship
* British Drift Championship
* JDM Allstars

Historics|

* Goodwood Revival
* Oulton Park International Gold Cup
* Silverstone Classic
* VSCC

Motorcycle speedway|

* British Speedway Championship
* British Speedway Under 21 Championship
* British Speedway Under-19 Championship
* Speedway Elite League
* Elite League Knockout Cup Craven Shield
* Speedway Elite League Riders' Championship
* Elite League Pairs Championship
* Speedway Premier League
* Premier League Knockout Cup
* Speedway Premier Trophy
* Speedway Premier League Riders' Championship
* Speedway Premier League Pairs Championship
* Speedway Premier League Four-Team Championship
* Speedway Conference League
* Speedway Conference League Riders' Championship
* Speedway Conference League Four-Team Championship

R/C racing|

* BRCA National Championships

Defunct championships / races are indicated in italics
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