The 2013 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 21st season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 30 March at Oulton Park and finished on 6 October at Donington Park, after ten rounds held over seven meetings.[1] Beechdean Motorsport team principal Andrew Howard won the GT3 category in an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, Optimum Motorsport's Ryan Ratcliffe and Rick Parfitt Jr. won the GT4 championship, driving a Ginetta G50 while Paul Bailey and Andy Schulz took the GTC title in a Ferrari 458 Challenge, driving for Horsepower Racing.
Entry list
The SRO released the entry list on 7 March at the season launch, containing 27 GT3 and 6 GT4 full season entries.
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Race calendar and results
The 2013 calendar was announced on 13 September 2012.[1] A revised calendar was released on 6 December 2012, with Zandvoort replacing the Nürburgring.[39] All races except Dutch round at Zandvoort, were held in the United Kingdom.
Round | Circuit | Date | Length | Pole Position | GT3 Winner | GT4 Winner |
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1 | Oulton Park | 1 April | 60 mins | No. 15 Fortec Motorsports | No. 33 Trackspeed | No. 43 Century Motorsport |
Ollie Hancock Benji Hetherington |
Phil Keen Jon Minshaw |
Declan Jones Zoë Wenham | ||||
2 | 60 mins | No. 3 Rosso Verde | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 43 Century Motorsport | ||
Hector Lester Allan Simonsen |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn |
Declan Jones Zoë Wenham | ||||
3 | Rockingham | 6 May | 120 mins | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 32 Trackspeed | No. 53 Complete Racing AMR |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn |
Richard Westbrook Gregor Fisken |
Tom Wilson Steve Chaplin | ||||
4 | Silverstone Arena | 26 May | 180 mins | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse | No. 408 PROsport Performance |
Oliver Bryant Marco Attard |
Oliver Bryant Marco Attard |
Jörg Viebahn Adam Christodoulou | ||||
5 | Snetterton | 16 June | 60 mins | No. 10 M-Sport Racing | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport |
Warren Hughes Rembert Berg |
Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy |
Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
6 | 60 mins | No. 32 Trackspeed | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport | ||
Stephen Jelley Gregor Fisken |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn |
Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
7 | Brands Hatch GP | 11 August | 120 mins | No. 888 888Optimum | No. 007 Beechdean Motorsport | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport |
Daniel Brown Steve Tandy |
Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard |
Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
8 | Zandvoort | 7 September | 60 mins | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 50 Redgate/Lifetime Racing |
Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy |
Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy |
Matt Smith Dan Eagling | ||||
9 | 8 September | 60 mins | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 45 Blendini/Triple-R | |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn |
Rory Bryant David Barker | ||||
10 | Donington Park | 6 October | 120 mins | No. 8 888Optimum | No. 25 United Autosports | No. 43 Century Motorsport |
Joe Osborne Lee Mowle |
Matt Bell Mark Patterson |
Declan Jones Nathan Freke |
Championship standings
- Points are awarded as follows:
Length | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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60 mins | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
60+ mins | 37.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 |
Half points are awarded if a class had less than 3 cars |
GT3/GTC
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GT4
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Notes
References
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- 1 2 3 "Beechdean return to British GT for 2013 title attack". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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- 1 2 3 "Ferrari stalwarts Burton and Wilcox switch to Aston Martin". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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- ↑ "Mtech switch to Ginetta machinery and recruit Hines". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rockingham Round: Provisional Entry List" (PDF). 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 "M-Sport Racing sign-up to British GT with Audi power". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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- ↑ "Sykes out, Smith in as LNT shuffle line-up". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Jones bros to battle Britain in a McLaren". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 "United Autosports sign up for 2013 with McLaren power". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ Pettit, Vince (10 January 2013). "Mark Blundell signs up for full season in British GT Championship". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "Wills to replace injured Meins at season opener". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ↑ "Firth to replace Meins for 2013 season at United Autosports". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "United Autosports add Audi R8 LMS Ultra to 2013 British GT campaign". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ "Vita4One Team Italy expand to British GT". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Fisken and Westbrook complete Trackspeed British GT line-up". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 "IDL RACING WITH CWS ANNOUNCE BRITISH GT ENTRY". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- 1 2 "Declan Jones signs for Century Motorsport in British GT4". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Twisted Team Parker joins British GT Donington Grand Finale". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 "New Ginetta team to contest GT4 in 2013". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Complete Racing announce full season GT4 attack". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- 1 2 "The Donington Decider: 2013 British GT season reaches boiling point". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- 1 2 "Flourishing British GT heads to Zandvoort for double Dutch races". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 "APO Sport back for GT4 title tilt". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Barwell outline three car British GT programme". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Poole and Abra step up to British GT with Barwell-prepared Aston Martin". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 "JRM Racing to join huge Oulton Park GT opener". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ↑ "Revised calendar and rules create exciting 2013 British GT Series". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.