The 2021 GT Cup Championship is the 15th GT Cup Championship, a British sports car championship. The season began on April 10th at Donington Park and end on 3 October at Snetterton Circuit, after twenty-six races held over seven meetings.[1]
Calendar
The calendar was announced on 14 October 2020. The championship will support the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Brands Hatch.[1] The Brands Hatch round has been postponed and will be rescheduled.[2] It was later announced that the Brands Hatch event would be held over the course of 1 May, with only 2 50-minute races taking place.[3]
Round | Circuit | Length | Date |
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1 | Donington Park National, Leicestershire | 25 min | 10–11 April |
2 | 50 min | ||
3 | 25 min | ||
4 | 50 min | ||
5 | Brands Hatch GP, Kent | 50 min | 1 May |
6 | 50 min | ||
7 | Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk | 25 min | 5–6 June |
8 | 50 min | ||
9 | 25 min | ||
10 | 50 min | ||
11 | Oulton Park, Cheshire | 25 min | 3 July |
12 | 50 min | ||
13 | 25 min | ||
14 | 50 min | ||
15 | Silverstone GP, Northamptonshire | 25 min | 14–15 August |
16 | 50 min | ||
17 | 25 min | ||
18 | 50 min | ||
19 | Donington Park GP, Leicestershire | 25 min | 18–19 September |
20 | 50 min | ||
21 | 25 min | ||
22 | 50 min | ||
23 | Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk | 25 min | 2–3 October |
24 | 50 min | ||
25 | 25 min | ||
26 | 50 min | ||
Teams and drivers
Classes[4]:
Group GTO: Open specification (GT2, GTE, modified) cars
Group GT3: Homologated GT3 cars
Group GTA: Lower spec, challenge cars
Group GTB: Early year challenge and cup cars
Group GTC: Later year challenge and cup cars
Group GTH: Homologated GT4 cars
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Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning GTO | Winning GT3 | Winning GTA | Winning GTB | Winning GTC | Winning GTH | |
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1 | R1 | Donington Park National | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 7 RAW Motorsport | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 80 Scott Sport | No. 3 Topcats Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 52 Deranged Motorsport |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Steve Burgess Ben Dimmack |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Aaron Scott Craig Wilkins |
Charlotte Gilbert | Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Ben Barnwell Matthew Lewis | |||
R2 | No. 18 WPI Motorsport | No. 55 JMH Automotive | No. 18 WPI Motorsport | No. 67 Orange Racing powered by JMH | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 96 Stanbridge Motorsport | No. 1 Orange Racing powered by JMH | |||
Michael Igoe Phil Keen |
Abbie Eaton John Seale |
Michael Igoe Phil Keen |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Stuart Hall Chris Kemp |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange | ||||
R3 | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 5 CTR Developments | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 67 Orange Racing powered by JMH | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 82 Feathers Motorsport | ||
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Chamberlain | Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
James Guess Darren Turner | |||
R4 | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 7 RAW Motorsport | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 67 Orange Racing powered by JMH | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 82 Feathers Motorsport | |||
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Steve Burgess Ben Dimmack |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
James Guess Darren Turner | ||||
2 | R5 | Brands Hatch GP | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 55 JMH Automotive | No. 36 Balfe Motorsport | No. 80 Scott Sport | No. 38 Geoff Steel Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 1 Orange Racing powered by JMH |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Abbie Eaton John Seale |
Lewis Proctor Stuart Proctor |
Aaron Scott Craig Wilkins |
Sam Allpass | Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange | |||
R6 | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 5 CTR Developments | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 106 Century Motorsport | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 96 Stanbridge Motorsport | No. 1 Orange Racing powered by JMH | |||
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Chamberlain | Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Henry Dawes | Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Stuart Hall Chris Kemp |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange | ||||
3 | R7 | Snetterton Circuit | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 7 RAW Motorsport | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 212 Makehappenracing | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 1 Orange Racing powered by JMH |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Steve Burgess Ben Dimmack |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Chris Hart Stephen Walton |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange | |||
R8 | No. 28 SB Race Engineering | No. 28 SB Race Engineering | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 67 Orange Racing powered by JMH | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 26 Paddock Motorsport | |||
Paul Bailey Ross Wylie |
Paul Bailey Ross Wylie |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Tom Rawlings Moh Ritson | ||||
R9 | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No starters | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 6 Century Motorsport | No. 35 Valluga Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 90 Balfe Motorsport | ||
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
James Kellett Alex Stevenson |
Sean Doyle Nick Phelps |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Callum MacLeod Mike Price | ||||
R10 | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No finishers | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 67 Orange Racing powered by JMH | No. 35 Valluga Racing | No. 9 Topcats Racing | No. 90 Balfe Motorsport | |||
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Joshua Jackson Simon Orange |
Sean Doyle Nick Phelps |
Warren Gilbert Jensen Lunn |
Callum MacLeod Mike Price | |||||
4 | R11 | Oulton Park | No. 88 Team ABBA Racing | No. 18 WPI Motorsport | No. 28 SB Race Engineering | No. 18 WPI Motorsport | No. 80 Scott Sport | No. 34 Team HARD. Racing | No. 247 Simon Green Motorsport | No. 90 Balfe Motorsport |
Richard Neary Sam Neary |
Michael Igoe Phil Keen |
Paul Bailey Ross Wylie |
Michael Igoe Phil Keen |
Aaron Scott Craig Wilkins |
Richard Marsh Sam Randon |
Lucky Khera | Callum MacLeod Mike Price | |||
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5 | R15 | Silverstone GP | ||||||||
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R18 | ||||||||||
6 | R19 | Donington Park GP | ||||||||
R20 | ||||||||||
R21 | ||||||||||
R22 | ||||||||||
7 | R23 | Snetterton Circuit | ||||||||
R24 | ||||||||||
R25 | ||||||||||
R26 | ||||||||||
Overall championship standings
Points are awarded as follows:
System | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | PP | Fastest Lap |
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3+ | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
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Class championship standings
Points are awarded as follows:
System | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | PP | Fastest Lap |
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3+ | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
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Notes
References
- 1 2 "2021 GT Cup Championship Calendar". gtcup.co.uk/. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE AT BRANDS HATCH TO BE RESCHEDULED". news.brandshatch.co.uk. 8 March 2021. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ "GT Cup Headlines Brands Hatch GP". gtcup.co.uk/. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ↑ "GT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP". www.msvracing.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Take Two – Orange Racing's unique two-pronged title attack". gtcup.co.uk/. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Counting Down to the 2021 Season - Introducing Group GTH". gtcup.co.uk/. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Counting Down to the 2021 Season - Introducing Group GTA". gtcup.co.uk/. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Counting down to the 2021 Season -Introducing Group GT3". gtcup.co.uk/. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "THE SECRET'S OUT AND WE ARE SOOOO READY FOR RACING IN 2021!". topcatsracing.com. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Counting Down to the 2021 Season - Introducing Group GTB". gtcup.co.uk/. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Counting Down to the 2021 Season - Introducing Group GTC". gtcup.co.uk/. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Counting Down to the 2021 Season - Introducing Group GTO". gtcup.co.uk/. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Stevenson and Kellett return to GT Cup with Century". www.centurymotorsport.com. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Century to enter 2021 GT Cup in Aston Martin GT4 with Holloway and Hatfield". www.centurymotorsport.com. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Neary to compete in 2021 GT Cup". www.teamabbaracing.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "GREYSTONE GT RACE TEAM TO DEBUT IN GT CUP WITH GT4 MCLARENS IN 2021". www.centurymotorsport.com. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 "Greystone Add A Third Star Name To GT Cup Roster For Season Opener". Dailysportscar. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2021 RACE SEASON WITH BRABHAM". sbraceengineering.co.uk. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Taming the Tiger – Andy Robey's Baptism of Fire". gtcup.co.uk/. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Turner goes back to his roots with Feathers Motor Sport". www.darrenturner007.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Driver Directory". www.gtcup.co.uk.
- ↑ "Team Directory". www.gtcup.co.uk.
- ↑ "Record-breaking grid sets the stage for incredible season opener at Donington Park". gtcup.co.uk/. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "Forty-six entries to take on Super Saturday at Brands Hatch". gtcup.co.uk/. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ↑ "GT Cup Arrives in Norfolk for Snetterton Spectacular". gtcup.co.uk/. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.