Avon Tyres British GT Championship 2011

[Joe Finnerty]

Hi Motorsport Fans,

Started up a new British GT site for the 2011 season with exclusive driver interviews and general news from the British GT series.

Have a look and check back for updates throughout the week as more drivers give their views on the season ahead and the official driver entry list is announced.

http://britishgt.wordpress.com/

Any feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[EavesFan09]

Hi Joe,

Thought I was the only Brtish GT fan in this country!

Love the site btw. I now grasp the new time penalty rule thanks to it. It should be employed in the BTCC. May give it extra spice. Because it certainly will with the British GT series. Round 3 I think will be especially interesting because it is the first race over the 1hr (2hrs). So whoever will be classified 3rd at Oulton Park (round 2) will have the same time period of 10secs going to Spa (round 3) as that driver who goes into a race 1hr or under who finished the last race 2nd. And the driver who finishes 2nd at the end of round 2 will go into the first of the two Spa races with the same time (15secs) as a driver going into a race 1hr or under who won the last race.

So nobody will really escape scot free.

Only one issue for me. Driver pairings. Just read more on it and a Grade A and a Grade C pair are allowed but with +40kg. What if a team cannot get another Grade of driver?

[Joe Finnerty]

Thanks, glad you like it, another interview with Aaron Scott going up this afternoon so check back to read that if you are interested.

As far as the driver pairings go I'm not exactly sure how black and white the grading system is.

I think they'd much rather have a full grid and would sort something out, but there are so many drivers out there that I can't imagine it being that tough to find a suitable pairing.

[EavesFan09]

Indeed. It always does. But we do have a series that has attracted names noted for doing the BTCC or it's support series. Glynn Geddie (ex-Porsche Carrera Cup GB), John Bintcliffe, Frank Wrathall (ex-Ginetta G50) and Jonathan Adam (ex Motorbase Performance and SEAT Cupra racer). All of them in the GT3 class where the cars are better. And of course Anthiny Reid who is a legend in the BTCC doing the GTC.

Some good racing is in store methinks.

[Priciyana123]

Thanks for this information, people will really appreciate you.

[Joe Finnerty]

Thanks for the great feedback. There have been lots of new posts over the last few weeks including one about the Snetterton corner names.

I would be really grateful if you could leave a comment or two on the site about what you think of the new season etc. Only takes a second or two and it would really help me out!

http://britishgt.wordpress.com/

I will be reporting from the first race at Oulton Park so expect video, slideshow of pics and driver interviews from trackside!

[EavesFan09]

We still have a way to go. We need to find out who will be running the Scuderia Vittoria cars (The GT3 Ascari and the G4 Maserati Trofero), the pairing in the GT3 Mtech class Ferari 458 Italia and the teams GT3B Ferarri F430's, who will be running alongside Dan Eagling in the WSM Racing DBRS9 in the GT3 class and in the G4 class, the drivers for Lotus Motorsport, Peter Erceg's partner at Barwell and the pair for ABG Motorsport.

[Joe Finnerty]

British GT Championship entry list – Round 1, Oulton Park
1 David Ashburn / Richard Westbrook, Trackspeed, Porsche 997 GT3 R (GT3)
2 Gregor Fisken / Tim Bridgman, Trackspeed, Porsche 997 GT3 R (GT3)
3 Hector Lester / Allan Simonsen, Rosso Verde, Ferrari 430 Scuderia (GT3)
4 Iain Dockerill / Steven Kane, Chad Racing, Ferrari 430 Scuderia (GT3)
5 Michael Lyons / Charles Bateman, Scuderia Vittoria, Ferrari 458 (GT3)
6 Piers Johnson / Ron Johnson, Speedworks Motorsport, Chevrolet Corvette (GT3)
7 Andrew Howard / Jonathan Adam, Beechdean Motorsport, Aston Martin DBRS9 (GT3)
10 Glynn Geddie / Jim Geddie, CRS Racing, Ferrari 458* (GT3)
11 Andrew Tate / Alex Mortimer, CRS Racing, Ferrari 458 (GT3)
12 Adam Wilcox / Phil Burton, Predator CCTV Racing, Ferrari 430 Scuderia (GT3)
13 John Dhillon / Aaron Scott, MTECH Racing, Ferrari 430 (GT3B)
21 Matt Griffin / Duncan Cameron, MTECH Racing, Ferrari 458 (GT3)
22 David Jones / Godfrey Jones, Team Preci-Spark, Mercedes AMG SLS (GT3)
23 Mike Guasch / Matt Bell, United Autosports, Audi R8 LMS (GT3)
24 Jay Palmer / John Bintcliffe, United Autosports, Audi R8 LMS (GT3)
25 Ian Stinton / Michael Simpson, Stark Racing, Ginetta G55 (GT3)
26 Adam Morgan / Stefan Hodgetts, JHR Developments, Ginetta G55 (GT3)
27 Colin White / Tom Sharp, Team LNT, Ginetta G55 (GT3)
28 Julien Draper / Freddie Hetherington, Century Motorsport, Ginetta G55 (GT3)
42 Jake Rattenbury / Josh Wakefield, Century Motorsport, Ginetta G50 (GT4)
44 Peter Belshaw / Marcus Clutton, ABG Motorsport, KTM X-bow (GT4)
45 Athanasios Ladas / Michael Mallock, ABG Motorsport, KTM X-box (GT4)
48 Jack Drinkall / Ollie Jackson, Lotus Sport UK, Lotus Evora (GT4)
49 Leyton Clarke / Freddy Nordstrom, Lotus Sport UK, Lotus Evora (GT4)
50 David McDonald / Dan Denis, Scuderia Vittoria, Ginetta G50 (GT4)
97 Jordan Witt / Anthony Reid, Chevron Racing, Chevron GR8 (GTC)


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