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Joe Marshall looks to continue run at Knockhill

(Words and images by Samm Lynch)  Porsche Sprint Challenge GB driver Joe Marshall is enjoying a dominant lead heading into the third weekend of the year at Knockhill in Scotland. Back at Oulton park he claimed the feat of being the “most winningist driver” in Porsche Sprint Challenge GB history, on countback to last season […]

Barwell and Optimum share spoils at Oulton Park

 (Words and images by Samm Lynch)As ever the Oulton Park round of British GT delivered on all of our favourites; close racing between classes, safety car drama leading to changing pit strategies and last lap fights for the win. It was Rob Collard & Hugo Cook that took the victory in race 1, with Collard […]

Aaron Taylor Smith takes Brands Hatch win

 Aron Taylor-Smith claimed a rather unexpected victory in race 2 at Brands Hatch Indy for the second meeting of the year. With ever changing conditions over this weekend, a last minute rainfall left many drivers struggling for grip on slicks. It became quite a wild and memorable race with many drivers falling off the circuit, […]

Jewiss and Dawson fight through to extend their lead over team mates.

Kirchhöfer was applying the pressure but 2 Seas Motorsport’s Jewiss  withstood the pressure and managed to extend their lead in the championship. The race came down to a ten-minute sprint after the third and final safety car. Jewiss absorbed Kirchhöfer’s attacks towards the flag to extend the pair’s British GT Championship lead. Dawson set up […]

Stunning performance puts Gotz and Tse on pole

2 Seas Motorsport’s Kevin Tse and Maximillian Götz  have laid down the marker and claimed pole ahead of British GT at Brands Hatch.  Kevin Tse Gradually brought his car and tires up to temp and ended up quickest in the his session with a 1:23.971. Maximillian Götz then rounded off this performance by setting a […]

Le Mans 24 Hours 2025 Gallery

The 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours is over, it was a blast overall. Nothing compares to this event, have a look at our Gallery from Mike Widdowson of MJW Media.

Silverstone closer to WEC calendar Return

Silverstone returning to the WEC calendar? As we approached Le Mans when we know the calendar would be confirmed for 2026, multiple sources had hinted that it could be the year we see Silverstone return, some even saying there is a deal in place. With the ever growing popularity of the World Endurance Championship and sportscar […]

Porsche and Creventic combine for GT3 Oppurtunity

Creventic have joined forces with Porsche with a new partnership initiative, designed to encourage competitors in their Michelin 992 Endurance Cup powered by Porsche Motorsport to take the next step up into GT3. The initiative will see the four fastest drivers (measured by taking their best ten average lap times) in the Porsche-only enduro race […]

2026 British GT Calendar Revealed

A new-look, streamlined schedule will underpin Season 34 of the British GT Championship in 2026. The calendar, which was revealed during SRO Motorsports Group’s annual press conference ahead of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, features the same six venues as this year. However, and in line with preventative cost-saving measures, each will hold just […]

GRT claims Lamborghini’s Maiden Spa 24H win

Mirko Bortolotti, Jordan Pepper and Luca Engstler took a long-awaited maiden victory for Lamborghini in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as GRT Grasser Racing Team triumphed in the 78th running of the Ardennes endurance classic. The No. 63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 came out on top in a late-race strategic battle with the No. […]

Blackthorn blows away opposition to take win at Spa Whilst Adam Breaks British GT Records.

Jonny Adam has become the most successful driver of the British GT3 era after helping Giacomo Petrobelli and the Blackthorn AMR team to their breakthrough championship victory at Spa, and in doing so recorded his 20th career win in the category. The milestone result moves Adam one clear of Phil Keen in the all-time GT3 […]

SRO with Peter Auto roll back the year with the GT3 Revival Series

Peter Auto and SRO Motorsports Group have joined forces to establish the GT3 Revival Series. Announced at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, the series will be reserved for the first wave of FIA GT3 cars homologated from 2006 through to 2013. The timing of this new series is significant. 2026 marks the 20th anniversary […]

AF Corse Conquers 2025 Le Mans

Ferrari’s satellite 499P scored victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a late charge from Porsche denied the Italian manufacturer a clean sweep of the podium. Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson came through aboard the No. 83 AF Corse car to beat the factory Ferraris in a race that was mostly […]

Tse and Götz run clear in changeable conditions.

  Light drizzle and greasy conditions saw every car start on wet tyres – a decision that would ultimately prove correct despite some teams switching to slicks in the opening laps. The Tse/Götz side of 2 Seas’ garage had most to lose by lining up on pole, but the duo were exemplary throughout after the […]

Cook claims victory in Race 1 for Barwell

Hugo Cook claimed his maiden British GT Championship victory and Barwell its ninth with Lamborghini at Oulton in the first of bank holiday Monday’s two sprint races this morning, while Optimum’s Marc Warren and Jack Brown clinched their second GT4 win in three starts. Cook, who shared the winning Huracan with reigning champion Rob Collard, […]

Race 2 won by Engel and Auer

Maro Engel and Lucas Auer converted pole position to claim their first GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup victory of the season during Race 2 at Brands Hatch. Auer, piloting the No. 48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, crossed the line 1.308 seconds ahead of the No. 32 Team WRT BMW M4 […]

Ferrari undercut their way to Victory

AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors secured the opening Sprint Cup victory of 2025 in what proved to be a fiercely contested one-hour race at Brands Hatch.  The #51 Ferrari of Alessio Rovera and Vincent Abril took the chequered flag less than a second clear of the #59 Garage 59 McLaren, while just eight seconds separated […]

Paradine perform perfectly to take Silverstone 500

Dan Harper aboard the No.91 Paradine Competition BMW holds off 2 Seas Mercedes in the dying moments to take second win for Harper and Leung in the Blue Riband Silverstone 500 Darren Leung and Dan Harper have notched up a second Silverstone 500 win in 3 years, the pair played the strategy using safety cars […]

Optimum smash records to set pole for Silverstone 500

Marvin Kirchhöfer set the fastest-ever British GT lap at Silverstone to help Optimum and Morgan Tillbrook bag pole position for Sunday’s three-hour 500. GT4 also has a new qualifying benchmark thanks to Jack Mitchell, but that wasn’t enough to deny Mahiki team-mates Josh Miller and Aiden Neate who start up front tomorrow. Optimum’s McLaren began […]

WRT Battle to Victory Circuit Paul Ricard

Team WRT fought from ninth on the grid to take a stunning victory in the six-hour race at Circuit Paul Ricard to open up their GT World Challenge Powered by AWS campaign. The Belgian squad’s #32 car was not a serious contender in qualifying but began to make up positions as soon as the action […]

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