British GT Championship

British GT Championship

Category	Gran Turismo
Country or region	United Kingdom
Inaugural season	1993
Drivers' champion	GT3: David Jones Godfrey Jones GT4: Jody Firth SS: Marcus Clutton Phil Keen
Teams' champion	GT3: Team Preci-Spark GT4: Team WFR SS: ABG Motorsport
Makes' champion	GT3: Ascari GT4: Ginetta SS: KTM
Official website	britishgt.com
Current season

The Avon Tyres British GT Championship (previously known as the BRDC GT Championship) is a sports car racing series currently based in the United Kingdom, although they have had select races outside of Britain in the past few years. The series was created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and for its first two seasons was called the National Sports GT Challenge. The series is currently run by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation in conjunction with the British Formula Three Championship, and sponsored by Avon Tyres.

As part of the evolution of the series, the GT3 class of cars were introduced in 2005. This class later became identical to the FIA GT3 European Championship class, using nearly identical rules from 2006 onward. GT3 rules include extensive performance balancing and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal. Due to the cost-saving measures in the class, the faster GT2 class was phased out at the end of 2006. The new FIA GT4 class will be adapted in 2008, replacing the unique GTC class that had previously been used. For 2010, the G4 category amalgamates GT4-homologated cars and Supersport-type machines.

Champions

The following drivers have previously won the British GT championships in their respective classes. An overall championship for all classes combined was also awarded until 1998, and those champions are marked with italics.

Year	Class	Champion	Car
1993	A	Charlie Cox	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
	B	Nigel Barrett	Porsche 911 Carrera SC
	C	John Greasley	Porsche 935 Replica
	D	Thorkild Thyrring	Lotus Esprit S300
1994	A	Ross Hyett	Porsche 935 Replica
	B	Thorkild Thyrring	Lotus Esprit S300
	C	Nigel Barrett	Porsche 911 Carrera SC Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1995	GT1	Thorkild Thyrring	De Tomaso Pantera
	GT2	Chris Hodgetts	Marcos LM600
1996	GT1	Ian Flux Jake Ulrich	McLaren F1 GTR
	GT2	David Warnock Robert Schirle	Marcos LM600
	GT3	Ken Thompson	Darrian T90
1997	GT1	John Morrison John Greasley	Porsche 911 GT1
	GT2	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT2
	GT3	Simon Tate	Marcos LM500
1998	GT1	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden	McLaren F1 GTR
	GT2	Kurt Luby Richard Dean	Chrysler Viper GTS-R
1999	GT1	Julian Bailey Jamie Campbell-Walter	Lister Storm GTL
	GT2	David Warnock	Porsche 911 GT2 Lister Storm
2000	GT	Calum Lockie	Marcos LM600
	GTO	Mark Sumpter	Porsche 911 GT3-R
2001	GT	David Warnock Mike Jordan	Lister Storm
	GTO	Kelvin Burt Marino Franchitti	Porsche 911 GT3-RS
2002	GT	Ian MacKellar Thomas Erdos	Saleen S7-R
	GTO	Jamie Davies	Ferrari 360 N-GT
2003	GTO	Tom Herridge	Mosler MT900R
	GT Cup	Matt Griffin Patrick Pearce	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2004	N-GT	Jonathan Cocker	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
	GT Cup	Ni Amorim Adam Wilcox	Ferrari 360 Challenge
2005	GT2	Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch	Ferrari 360 GTC
	GT3	Piers Masarati Dimitris Deverikos	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2006	GT2	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2
	GT3	Leo Machitski	Aston Martin DBRS9
	GTC	Matt Allison Jonny Lang	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2007	GT3	Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
	GTC	Jamie Smyth Graeme Mundy	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2008	GT3	James Gornall Jon Barnes	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
	GT4	Matt Nicoll-Jones Stewart Linn	Ginetta G50
2009	GT3	David Jones Godfrey Jones	Ascari KZ1-R
	GT4	Jody Firth	Ginetta G50
	SS	Marcus Clutton Phil Keen	KTM X-Bow
2010	GT3	David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3 R
	GT4	Christian Dick Jamie Stanley	Ginetta G50
2011	GT3	Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie
	GT4	Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton

See also

• British Formula Three Championship

External links

• Official British GT website