GT Opener at Brands
24th May 2021
The Intelligent Money GT Championship roared into Brands Hatch over the weekend of 23rd / 24th May with an awesome display of GT3 and GT machinery competing for season's glory. Reigning champion Sandy Mitchell has plenty of history to overcome if he is to retain his title this year, a fear which has only ever been achieve once before by Jonny Adam.
The British GT Championship 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. The series is currently run by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Motorsport, while Pirelli began its first season as the championship's official sole tyre supplier in 2016.
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 that of the FIA GT3 European Championship and has used near-identical regulations from 2006 onwards. GT3 rules include extensive performance balancing and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal.
The FIA GT4 class was adopted in 2008 as a stepping stone towards GT3. Regulations governing GT4 ensure the cars more closely resemble their road-going counterparts than GT3 machines. This replaced the unique GTC category.
The weekend started with a parade of the vehicles in all their splendour in the pit lane on Friday evening, before two hour long practice sessions Saturday, a warm up Sunday morning before the Opening round on Sunday Afternoon.
A selection of images can, including galleries from the test day on Friday, the parade, Practice and Qualifying, together with the race action can be viewed at www.raylawphoto.co.uk
The British GT Championship 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. The series is currently run by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Motorsport, while Pirelli began its first season as the championship's official sole tyre supplier in 2016.
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 that of the FIA GT3 European Championship and has used near-identical regulations from 2006 onwards. GT3 rules include extensive performance balancing and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal.
The FIA GT4 class was adopted in 2008 as a stepping stone towards GT3. Regulations governing GT4 ensure the cars more closely resemble their road-going counterparts than GT3 machines. This replaced the unique GTC category.
The weekend started with a parade of the vehicles in all their splendour in the pit lane on Friday evening, before two hour long practice sessions Saturday, a warm up Sunday morning before the Opening round on Sunday Afternoon.
A selection of images can, including galleries from the test day on Friday, the parade, Practice and Qualifying, together with the race action can be viewed at www.raylawphoto.co.uk