2020 British GT Championship
The 2020 British GT Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as 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 Porsche Sprint Challenge GB |
Calendar
The season openers at Oulton Park on 2 August and ends at Silverstone on 8 November.[2]
Round | Circuit | Length | Date | ||||
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1 | Oulton Park, Cheshire | 60 min | 1-2 August | ||||
2 | 60 min | ||||||
3 | Donington Park, Leicestershire | 120 min | 15-16 August | ||||
4 | 60 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 | ||||
Cancelled Races | |||||||
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | Cancelled [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
- Originally scheduled for 19 July 2020[3] but was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Entry list
GT3
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GT4
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Driver changes
GT3
Entering/re-entering British GT
- Sam Neary will debut with Team ABBA Racing.[6]
- Yelmer Buurman and Patrick Kujala will return to the series driving for Ram Racing, both having last raced in 2018.[5]
- Franck Perera will debut for WPI Motorsport.[9]
- Martin Berry and Nick Foster will debut for Optimum Motorsport.[17]
- Isa Al-Khalifa will debut for 2 Seas Motorsport.[7]
- Rob Collard will debut for Barwell Motorsport.[20]
- Sandy Mitchell will return to the series driving for Barwell Motorsport, having last raced in 2017.[20]
- Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin will return to the series driving for AF Corse, having last raced in 2017.[14]
- Chris Buncombe will return to the series driving for RJN Motorsport, having last raced in 2018.[4]
- Joe Osborne will return to the series driving for Balfe Motorsport, having last raced in 2018.[12]
- Marcus Clutton will return to the series driving for JMH Automotive, having last raced in 2018.[15]
Changed teams
- Sam de Haan will move from Barwell Motorsport to Ram Racing.[5]
- Angus Fender and Jack Mitchell will move from Century Motorsport to 2 Seas Motorsport.[7][8]
- Ahmad Al Harthy will return to the series driving for TF Sport.[37]
- Jordan Witt will move from Team Parker Racing to 2 Seas Motorsport.[8]
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.[14]
- Kelvin Fletcher and Martin Plowman were set to move from GT4 driving for Beechdean AMR to GT3 driving for JRM Racing.[38] However, team opted to sit out 2020 season on 17 July 2020.
GT4
Entering/re-entering British GT
- Euan Hankey will return to the series driving for Balfe Motorsport, both having last raced in 2018.[26]
- Gus Bowers and Chris Wesemael will debut in the series for HHC Motorsport.[30]
- 2008 GT4 Champion Matt Nicoll-Jones will return to the series driving for Academy Motorsports, both having last raced in 2018.[33]
- James Kell will debut for Speedworks Motorsport.[27]
- James Pickford will return to the series driving for Optimum Motorsport, having last raced in 2011.[36]
- Daniel Vaughan will debut in the series driving for TF Sport.[36]
- Matt Cowley will debut in the series driving for Academy Motorsport.[34]
- Luke Sedzikowski and David Whitmore will debut in the series driving for Team Tegiwa.[28]
Changed teams
- Ben Hurst will move from Academy Motorsports to Century Motorsport.[29]
- Jordan Albert will move from HHC Motorsport to Academy Motorsports.[33]
- Connor O'Brien will move from Optimum Motorsport to TF Sport.[35]
- Sam Smelt will move from RACE Performance to Speedworks Motorsport.[27]
- Jamie Caroline will move from HHC Motorsport to TF Sport.[36]
- Jordan Collard will move from Tolman Motorsport to HHC Motorsport.[31]
- Patrik Matthiesen will move from Optimum Motorsport to HHC Motorsport.[31]
Class changes GT4 to GT3
- Nick Jones and Scott Malvern will move from GT4 driving for Team Parker Racing to GT3 driving for the same team.[16]
- Dean MacDonald will move from GT4 driving for HHC Motorsport to GT3 driving for 2 Seas Motorsport.[7]
- Tom Canning will move from GT4 driving for TF Sport to GT3 driving for the same team.[37]
- Stewart Proctor will move from GT4 driving for Balfe Motorsport to GT3 driving for the same team.[12]
Team Changes
GT3
- Steller Performance will enter GT3 running an Audi R8 LMS Evo.[13]
- 2019 GT Cup champions JMH Automotive will switch to a full-season entry still running a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo.[15]
- Ram Racing will expand to two-car entry, running a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos.[5]
- WPI Motorsport will switch to running a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo.[9]
- Optimum Motorsport will switch from running an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 to running a McLaren 720S GT3.[17]
- G-Cat Racing will switch to a full season entry still running a Porsche 911 GT3 R.[22]
- 2 Seas Motorsport will debut entering a trio of McLaren 720S GT3s.[7]
- Beechdean AMR will expand to a two-car entry in GT3, running two Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3s.[21]
- Oman Racing with TF Sport will not run in GT3 after factors of the COVID-19 Pandemic forced them to withdraw, but their GT4 entries remain.[14]
- AF Corse will return entering a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo.[14]
- RJN Motorsport will return entering a McLaren 720S GT3.[4]
GT4
- Optimum Motorsport will switch from running two Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 to running a pair of McLaren 570S GT4s.[39]
- Balfe Motorsport will expand to a full-season two-car entry in GT4, running a pair of McLaren 570S GT4s[24]
- Academy Motorsports will run Multimatic Motorsports' pair of Ford Mustang GT4s.[32]
- 2010 GT4 Champions Speedworks Motorsport will return entering a new Toyota GR Supra GT4.[27]
- Invictus Games Racing will leave the series.
- Team Tegiwa will debut entering a BMW M4 GT4, prepared by Century Motorsport.[28]
Race Results
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).
GT3
Event | Circuit | Pole Position | Pro-Am Winners | Silver Winners | Am Winners |
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1 | Oulton Park | No Entrants | |||
2 | |||||
3 | Donington Park | No Entrants | |||
4 | |||||
5 | Brands Hatch | ||||
6 | Donington Park | ||||
7 | Snetterton | ||||
8 | |||||
9 | Silverstone | ||||
GT4
Event | Circuit | Pole Position | Pro-Am Winners | Silver Winners | Am Winners |
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1 | Oulton Park | ||||
2 | |||||
3 | Donington Park | No Entrants | |||
4 | |||||
5 | Brands Hatch | ||||
6 | Donington Park | ||||
7 | Snetterton | ||||
8 | |||||
9 | Silverstone | ||||
Championship Standings
Points are awarded as follows:
Length | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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1 hour | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
2+ hours | 37.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 |
Drivers' Championships
Overall
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Bold indicates pole position |
Pro-Am Cup
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
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GT3 | ||||||||||||
1 | 7 | 1 | 43 | |||||||||
2 | 6 | 8 | 40 | |||||||||
3 | 13 | 7 | 24 | |||||||||
4 | 11 | 9 | 20 | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Ret | 15 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Ret | 12 | |||||||||
7 | 10 | Ret | 10 | |||||||||
GT4 | ||||||||||||
1 | 20 | 10 | 25 | |||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
Silver Cup
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
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GT3 | ||||||||||||
1 | 4 | 2 | 37 | |||||||||
2 | 1 | 6 | 35 | |||||||||
3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | |||||||||
5 | 12 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Ret | 15 | |||||||||
GT4 | ||||||||||||
1 | 16 | 11 | 40 | |||||||||
2 | 15 | 12 | 36 | |||||||||
3 | 14 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||
4 | 19 | 13 | 23 | |||||||||
5 | 18 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||
6 | 22 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
7 | 17 | Ret | 12 | |||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
Am Cup
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
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GT3 | ||||||||||||
GT4 | ||||||||||||
1 | 21 | 15 | 25 | |||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
Teams' Championship
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | No. | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
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GT3 | |||||||||||||
1 | Lamborghini | 72 | 7 | 1 | 61 | ||||||||
78 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Mercedes-AMG | 6 | 6 | 8 | 37 | ||||||||
69 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | McLaren | 2 | 1 | 6 | 33 | ||||||||
4 | McLaren | 96 | 2 | 5 | 28 | ||||||||
5 | McLaren | 9 | 3 | Ret | 27 | ||||||||
10 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||
6 | Lamborghini | 55 | 13 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | Mercedes-AMG | 8 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
8 | Ferrari | 51 | 9 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||
9 | Lamborghini | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
10 | Bentley | 66 | 10 | Ret | 1 | ||||||||
GT4 | |||||||||||||
1 | Aston Martin | 95 | 1 | Ret | 58 | ||||||||
97 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||||
2 | McLaren | 57 | 18 | 14 | 53 | ||||||||
58 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||||
3 | BMW | 33 | 21 | 15 | 32 | ||||||||
42 | 19 | 13 | |||||||||||
4 | McLaren | 21 | 20 | 10 | 31 | ||||||||
5 | Toyota | 23 | 17 | Ret | 12 | ||||||||
6 | Ford | 61 | 22 | 16 | 8 | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | No. | OUL | DON | BRH | DON | SNE | SIL | Points | |||
1 – Car No. 33 entered as Team Tegiwa and Car No. 42 entered as Century Motorsport.
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