GT Cup Championship
CategoryGran Turismo
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season2007
DriversVaries
TeamsVaries
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championGroup GTO:
United Kingdom Paul Bailey
United Kingdom James Dorlin
United Kingdom Ross Wylie
Group GT3:
United Kingdom Hugo Cook
United Kingdom Sacha Kakad
Group GTC:
United Kingdom Charlotte Gilbert
United Kingdom Warren Gilbert
United Kingdom Sam Neary
United Kingdom Morgan Short
United Kingdom Gilbert Yates
Group GTH:
United Kingdom Chris Hart
United Kingdom Stephen Walton
Teams' championOrange Racing powered by JMH
Official website
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The GT Cup Championship is a sports car racing series based in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Marc Haynes in 2007.[1] The championship supported the short-lived British LMP3 Cup in 2017, following the series to Spa-Francorchamps where it participated alongside the field of prototypes. It will support the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Brands Hatch on 1–2 May. GT Cup Championship events consist of 1 free practice session, 1 qualifying session and 2 races per day; the first being a 25-minute sprint and the second being a 50-minute endurance race with driver changes.[2]

Classes

Solution-F TC 12 (left), an example of a GTO class car. A Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (middle), a GT3 class car. A Ginetta G55 Supercup (right), an example of a GTA class car.
A Porsche 991 GT3 Cup (left), an example of a GTB class car. A Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo (middle), an example of a GTC class car. A McLaren 570S GT4 (right), an example of a GTH class car.

As of the 2022 season, GT Cup has six different classes:[1]

GTO: GT2, GTE, modified cars; silhouettes, replicas.
GT3: Homologated cars running to Group GT3 specifications.
GTA: Lower specification, cup challenge and one-make series cars.
GTB: Early year challenge and cup cars.
GTC: Later year challenge and cup cars.
GTH: Homologated cars running to Group GT4 specifications.

Champions

[3]

Year Champion Car Team Teams' Champion
2010 United Kingdom Marco Pullen Ferrari 360 GTC Team OMG Not awarded
2011 United Kingdom Andy Ruhan Porsche 997 GT3 Cup JMH Automotive
2012 United Kingdom Derek Johnston Ferrari 458 Challenge Greypaul Racing
2013 United Kingdom Jeff Wyatt BMW M3 GTR Geoff Steel Racing FF Corse
2014 United Kingdom Jim Geddie McLaren MP4-12C GT3 United Autosports In2 Racing
2015 United Kingdom Charlie Hollings
United Kingdom Wayne Marrs		 Ferrari 458 Challenge FF Corse FF Corse
2016 United Kingdom Jordan Witt Bentley Continental GT3 Jordan Racing JMH Automotive
2017 United Kingdom Graham Davidson McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Jetstream Motorsport Spy Motorsport
2018 United Kingdom Adam Hatfield
United Kingdom Chris Murphy		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Whitebridge Motorsport Topcats Racing
2019 United Kingdom Steve Ruston
United Kingdom John Whitehouse		 McLaren 570S GT4 JMH Automotive JMH Automotive
2020 United Kingdom Joshua Jackson
United Kingdom Simon Orange		 Ginetta G55 Supercup Team HARD. Racing Team HARD. Racing
2021 United Kingdom Richard Neary
United Kingdom Sam Neary		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Abba Racing Orange Racing powered by JMH
2022 United Kingdom Michael O'Brien
United Kingdom Simon Orange		 McLaren 720S GT3 Orange Racing powered by JMH Orange Racing powered by JMH
2023 United Kingdom Paul Bailey
United Kingdom James Dorlin
United Kingdom Ross Wylie		 Brabham BT62 Competition
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo		 Kendall Developments Orange Racing powered by JMH

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". gtcup.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "2021 GT Cup Championship Calendar". gtcup.co.uk/. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Overall Champions". gtcup.co.uk.
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