2011 British GT Championship

The 2011 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 19th season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 25 April at Oulton Park and finished on 8 October at Silverstone, after ten races at seven meetings.^[1]

2011 British GT Championship

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On 22 November 2010, the SRO Motorsports Group announced changes to the structure of the 2011 season including a reduced calendar, however still with the inclusion of an overseas event. TV coverage continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 with the option to view again on 4oD and also on Motors TV.

Rule changes

Class restructure and new homologations

For the 2011 season, the GT3 class was brought right up to date with the inclusion of new FIA homologated cars. This gave teams the options to run the new Ferrari 458 Italia or the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 as well as the currently homologated cars. New to 2011 season was the introduction of the GT3B class catering for older, GT3 spec cars which do not conform to the latest FIA homologations. This should allow the running of cars such as the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe or Ferrari F430.

For the second year in a row, the GT4 class was a merger of Supersport-spec cars and GT4 homologated cars. Despite an unsuccessful return the previous year, the Cup class is to be continued. The cars eligible are the cars currently used in the Porsche Supercup and Ferrari Challenge series, based on the Porsche 997 and Ferrari F430 road cars. It is hoped that the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain's using updated cars will increase entries.

The ballast penalty system has been dropped in favour of a pit-stop time penalty formula where more successful driver pairings will be held during pit-stops for a longer time in order to level the competition. There are also plans for the development of a "Gentleman's Trophy", new logo and rebranding of the championship.

Entry list

A list of expected entries was released on 8 March 2011 after the championship's Media Day at Silverstone.^[2]

2011 Entry List Team No. Drivers Class Chassis Engine Rounds Trackspeed[3] 1 David Ashburn[4] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L All Richard Westbrook[5] 1–2, 5–6, 10 Phil Keen[6] 3, 7–8 Stephen Jelley[7] 4, 9 2 Gregor Fisken[4] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L All Tim Bridgman[8] Rosso Verde[8] 3 Allan Simonsen[8] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–8 Hector Lester[8] All Gordon Shedden[9] 9–10 Chad Racing[10] 4 Iain Dockerill[10] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–6 Steven Kane[10] 1–3 Tom Ferrier[11] 4–6 Scuderia Vittoria[12] 5 Charles Bateman[13] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Michael Lyons[13] 50 Dan Denis[14] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All David McDonald[2] Speedworks Motorsport[15] 6 Piers Johnson[15] GT3 Corvette Z06.R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8 All Ron Johnson[15] Beechdean Motorsport[16] 7 Jonathan Adam[16] GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Andrew Howard[16] Vantage Racing[6] 8 Tom Black[6] GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 3–4 Stuart Hall[6] 3 Alan Bonner[7] 4 RPM 9 Peter Bamford[11] GT3 Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.0L V8 4, 10 Thomas Mutsch[11] 4 Bradley Ellis[17] 10 CRS Racing[18] 10 Glynn Geddie[18] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Jim Geddie[18] 11 Alex Mortimer[18] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–2, 4–10 Andrew Tate[18] All Tim Mullen[6] 3 Predator CCTV Racing[19] 12 Adam Wilcox[19] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Phil Burton[19] MTECH Racing[20] 13 Aaron Scott[20] GT3B Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 All John Dhillon[20] 14 Paul Hogarth[7] GT3B Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 4 James Pickford[7] 20 Julien Draper[9] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 9–10 David Back[9] 9 Matthew Draper[21] 10 21 Duncan Cameron[20] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Matt Griffin[20] Barwell Motorsport[17] 15 Andy Ruhan[17] GT3B Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 10 Paul Whight[17] Rollcentre Racing 18 Matt Nicoll-Jones[22] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 7–9 Martin Short[22] Tom Sharp[23] 9–10 Andrew Jordan[21] 10 Team Preci-Spark[24] 22 David Jones[24] GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 All Godfrey Jones[24] United Autosports[25] 23 Michael Guasch[26] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 All Matt Bell[26] 24 John Bintcliffe[27] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 All Jay Palmer[27] 29 Zak Brown[21] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 10 Joe Osborne[21] Stark Racing 25 Ian Stinton[28] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 All Michael Simpson[28] 1–8, 10 Stefan Hodgetts[23] 9 JHR Developments 26 Stefan Hodgetts[29] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–2 Adam Morgan[29] ThePlayer.co.uk LNT Century Motorsport[30] 27 Andrew Jordan[31] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–2 Colin White[28] Florian Renauer[32] 3 Michael Drabing[32] 28 Freddie Hetherington[30] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–6, 9 Julien Draper[28] 1–6 Jody Firth[33] 7–8 Stefan Hodgetts[33] 7–8, 10 Benji Hetherington[23] 9 Steve Quick[21] 10 42 Josh Wakefield[34] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All Jake Rattenbury[8] 22GT Racing[2] 32 Tom Alexander[2] GT3B Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 4 Adrian Willmott[2] Backdraft Motorsport[17] 33 Simon Atkinson[17] GT3B Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Lamborghini 5.2L V10 10 James Pickford[17] Aston Martin Belgium 43 Arnold Herreman[11] GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4 Jean-Paul Herreman[11] ABG Motorsport[2] 44 Marcus Clutton[8] GT4 KTM X-Bow GT4 Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 All Peter Belshaw[8] 45 Michael Mallock[35] GT4 KTM X-Bow GT4 Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 1–6 Athanasios Ladas[35] Secure Racing[36] 47 Peter Erceg[36] GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4–6, 9–10 Chris Holmes[36] 4–6 Alan Hellmeister[9] 9 Sergio Lagana[9] Tiff Needell[17] 10 CM Consolidated[37] Lotus Sport UK 48 Ollie Jackson[38] GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 2GR-FE 4.0L V6 1–8 Jack Drinkall[8] 1–3 Phil Glew[7] 4–10 James Nash[9] 9 Chris Holmes[17] 10 49 Leyton Clarke[37] GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 2GR-FE 4.0L V6 All Freddy Nordström[39] Magic Racing[40] 51 Stewart Linn[17] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 10 Chris Midmark[17] 63 Bjorn Gustavson[40] GTC Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 4 Anders Gustavson[40] McLaren GT[41] 59 Chris Goodwin[41] Inv McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8L Turbo V8 5–6 Andrew Kirkaldy[41] JRM[42] 90 Alex Buncombe[42] Inv Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8L Turbo V6 9 Nick Catsburg[42] Chevron Racing Cars[43] 96 Ray Grimes[17] GTC Chevron GR8 GT4 Ford Cosworth YD 2.0L Turbo I4 10 David Witt[17] 97 Anthony Reid[43] GTC Chevron GR8 GT4 Ford Cosworth YD 2.0L Turbo I4 1–4, 9–10 Jordan Witt[43]

Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GT3B GT3B Class GT4 GT4 Class GTC Cup Class Inv Invitation Class

Calendar

A provisional 12-race calendar was announced on 22 November 2010.^[1] This was then refined on 16 February 2011.^[44] All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.

Round	Circuit	Date	Length	Pole Position	GT3 Winner	GT4 Winner
1	Oulton Park	25 April	60 mins	No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria	No. 1 Trackspeed	No. 44 ABG Motorsport
				Charles Bateman Michael Lyons	David Ashburn Richard Westbrook	Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
2			60 mins	No. 1 Trackspeed	No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria	No. 42 Century Motorsport
				David Ashburn Richard Westbrook	Charles Bateman Michael Lyons	Jake Rattenbury Josh Wakefield
3	Snetterton 300	15 May	120 mins	No. 10 CRS Racing	No. 23 United Autosports	No. 44 ABG Motorsport
				Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie	Matt Bell Michael Guasch	Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
4	Brands Hatch	19 June	120 mins	No. 21 MTech	No. 2 Trackspeed	No. 44 ABG Motorsport
				Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin	Tim Bridgman Gregor Fisken	Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
5	Spa-Francorchamps	9 July	60 mins	No. 59 McLaren GT	No. 1 Trackspeed	No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria
				Chris Goodwin Andrew Kirkaldy	David Ashburn Richard Westbrook	Dan Denis David McDonald
6			60 mins	No. 1 Trackspeed	No. 21 MTech	No. 48 Lotus Sport UK
				David Ashburn Richard Westbrook	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin	Phil Glew Ollie Jackson
7	Rockingham	4 September	60 mins	No. 23 United Autosports	No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport	No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria
				Matt Bell Michael Guasch	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Dan Denis David McDonald
8			60 mins	No. 2 Trackspeed	No. 11 CRS Racing	No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria
				Tim Bridgman Gregor Fisken	Alex Mortimer Andrew Tate	Dan Denis David McDonald
9	Donington Park	25 September	180 mins	No. 1 Trackspeed	No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria	No. 48 Lotus Sport UK
				David Ashburn Stephen Jelley	Charles Bateman Michael Lyons	Phil Glew James Nash
10	Silverstone Arena	8 October	120 mins	No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport	No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport	No. 48 Lotus Sport UK
				Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Phil Glew Chris Holmes

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Length	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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 were awarded if a class had less than 3 cars

GT3/GT3B/GTC

Pos Driver OUL SNE BRH SPA ROC DON SIL Pts GT3 Class 1 Glynn Geddie 8 5 2 3 3 6 12 2 5 3 144 Jim Geddie 8 5 2 3 3 6 12 2 5 3 2 David Ashburn 1 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 3 6 4 2 130 3 Charles Bateman 6 1 18† 5 19 9 7 4 1 7 116.5 Michael Lyons 6 1 18† 5 19 9 7 4 1 7 4 Duncan Cameron 7 Ret 16† 2 2 1 11 3 3 9 116.5 Matt Griffin 7 Ret 16† 2 2 1 11 3 3 9 5 Jonathan Adam 3 DNS 7 20 5 3 1 9 Ret 1 113.5 Andrew Howard 3 DNS 7 20 5 3 1 9 Ret 1 6 Matt Bell 2 3 1 Ret 6 5 10 5 7 22 110.5 Michael Guasch 2 3 1 Ret 6 5 10 5 7 22 7 Tim Bridgman 23† 10 Ret 1 7 2 DNS DNS 2 4 107.5 Gregor Fisken 23† 10 Ret 1 7 2 DNS DNS 2 4 8 David Jones 5 2 4 6 10 Ret 2 7 DNS 5 98 Godfrey Jones 5 2 4 6 10 Ret 2 7 DNS 5 9 Richard Westbrook 1 4 1 Ret 2 89 10 Hector Lester 4 7 3 4 11 8 6 8 6 11 88.5 11 Allan Simonsen 4 7 3 4 11 8 6 8 76.5 12 Andrew Tate Ret 6 Ret 7 4 Ret 15 1 Ret 10 55.5 Alex Mortimer Ret 6 7 4 Ret 15 1 Ret 10 13 Phil Burton 10 8 13† 9 8 Ret 8 15 8 DNS 23.5 Adam Wilcox 10 8 13† 9 8 Ret 8 15 8 DNS 14 Phil Keen Ret 3 6 23 15 John Bintcliffe Ret 11 5 8 Ret 10 14 DSQ DNS 14 23 Jay Palmer Ret 11 5 8 Ret 10 14 DSQ DNS 14 16 Stephen Jelley Ret 4 18 17 John Dhillon 15 17 8 13 DNS 12 5 10 11 Ret 18 Aaron Scott 15 17 8 13 DNS 12 5 10 11 Ret 18 Iain Dockerill 9 Ret 6 Ret DNS DNS 14 Steven Kane 9 Ret 6 19 Piers Johnson 11 19† DNS Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 9 13 13 Ron Johnson 11 19† DNS Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 9 13 20 Stefan Hodgetts 14 Ret 4 Ret Ret 27† 12 Jody Firth 4 Ret 21 Gordon Shedden 6 11 12 22 Zak Brown 6 12 Joe Osborne 6 23 Julien Draper 13 9 15 16 Ret DNS 17 8 8 24 Matthew Draper 8 6 25 Michael Simpson 22 16 Ret 10 Ret DNS 9 Ret 17 3.5 Ian Stinton 22 16 Ret 10 Ret DNS 9 Ret Ret 17 26 Florian Renauer 12 3 Michael Drabing 12 27 Freddie Hetherington 13 9 15 16 Ret DNS DNS 2 28 Matt Nicoll-Jones DNS DNS 10 1.5 Martin Short DNS DNS 10 Tom Sharp 10 Ret 29 Peter Bamford Ret 12 0 Bradley Ellis 12 30 Adam Morgan 14 Ret 0 31 Andrew Jordan 17 Ret Ret 0 Colin White 17 Ret 32 Tom Black 17† Ret 0 33 Stuart Hall 17† 0 34 David Back 17 0 35 Tom Alexander 19 0 Adrian Willmott 19 36 Simon Atkinson 26 0 James Pickford NC 26 37 Steve Quick 27† 0 Paul Hogarth NC 0 Tom Ferrier Ret DNS DNS 0 Tim Mullen Ret 0 Thomas Mutsch Ret 0 Alan Bonner Ret 0 Andy Ruhan Ret 0 Paul Whight Ret Benji Hetherington DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Chris Goodwin 12 4 0 Andrew Kirkaldy 12 4 0 Alex Buncombe 20† 0 Nick Catsburg 20† 0 GT3B Class 1 John Dhillon 15 17 8 13 DNS 13 5 10 11 Ret 137.5 Aaron Scott 15 17 8 13 DNS 13 5 10 11 Ret 2 Simon Atkinson 26 37.5 James Pickford NC 26 3 Tom Alexander 19 27 Adrian Willmott 19 Paul Hogarth NC 0 Andy Ruhan Ret 0 Paul Whight Ret GTC Class 1 Anthony Reid 12 12 19 12 12 15 100 Jordan Witt 12 12 19 12 12 15 2 Ray Grimes 21 13.5 David Witt 21 3 Anders Gustavson 23 13.5 Bjorn Gustavson 23 Pos Driver OUL SNE BRH SPA ROC DON SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

GT4

Pos Driver OUL SNE BRH SPA ROC DON SIL Pts 1 Peter Belshaw 16 Ret 9 11 17 12 19 12 15 18 205.5 Marcus Clutton 16 Ret 9 11 17 12 19 12 15 18 2 Dan Denis 18 Ret Ret 15 13 20 13 11 16 19 164 David McDonald 18 Ret Ret 15 13 20 13 11 16 19 3 Leyton Clarke 21 14 10 14 15 16 16 14 18† 24† 164 Freddy Nordström 21 14 10 14 15 16 16 14 18† 24† 4 Jake Rattenbury 20 13 Ret 17 14 14 18 13 14 20 157 Josh Wakefield 20 13 Ret 17 14 14 18 13 14 20 5 Phil Glew 21† 16 10 17 Ret 13 16 139 6 Ollie Jackson Ret 15 11 21† 16 10 17 Ret 101.5 7 Chris Holmes 18 18 13 16 75.5 8 Peter Erceg 18 18 13 19 25 59 9 Athanasios Ladas 19 18 14 24† DNS DNS 51 Michael Mallock 19 18 14 24† DNS DNS 10 James Nash 13 37.5 11 Jack Drinkall Ret 15 11 37.5 12 Stewart Linn 23 15 Chris Midmark 23 13 Alan Hellmeister 19 12 Sergio Lagana 19 14 Arnold Herreman 22 9 Jean-Paul Herreman 22 15 Tiff Needell 25 9 Pos Driver OUL SNE BRH SPA ROC DON SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)