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Category: | Sports car racing |
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Inaugural: | 1993 |
Tyres: | Pirelli |
Champion Driver: | GT3: ![]() ![]() GT4: ![]() ![]() |
Champion Team: | GT3: 2 Seas Motorsport GT4: Century Motorsport |
Manufacturer: | GT3: Mercedes-AMG GT4: BMW |
Website: | britishgt.com |
Current Season: | British GT Championship |
The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports GT Challenge.[1] The series is currently run by the SRO Motorsports Group,[2] while Pirelli began its first season as the championship's official sole tyre supplier in 2016.[3]
Two classes currently compete in the championship: GT3 and GT4. A consolidation of GT regulations and significant manufacturer support saw British GT first introduce a GT3 class in 2005. The category later mirrored FIA Group GT3 and used near-identical regulations to the FIA GT3 European Championship from 2006 onwards. GT3 rules include extensive balance of performance and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal. Cost-saving measures saw the series' previous premier class, GT2, phased out at the end of 2006.
The SRO GT4 class was adopted in 2008 intended as a development class towards GT3. Regulations governing GT4 ensure the cars more closely resemble their road-going counterparts than GT3 machines, to control cost. This replaced the previous unique-to-British GT GTC category. British GT has featured a number of other classes since its inception, including Group GT1.
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 |
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1993 | A | ![]() | Ford Escort RS Cosworth |
B | ![]() | Porsche 911 SC | |
C | ![]() | Porsche 935 K3 009 0003 chassis replica | |
D | Thorkild Thyrring | Lotus Esprit Sport 300 | |
1994 | A | ![]() | Porsche 935 replica |
B | Thorkild Thyrring | Lotus Esprit Sport 300 | |
C | ![]() | Porsche 911 SC Porsche 911 Carrera RS | |
1995 | GT1 | Thorkild Thyrring | De Tomaso Pantera |
GT2 | ![]() | Marcos LM600 | |
1996 | GT1 | ![]() ![]() | McLaren F1 GTR |
GT2 | ![]() ![]() | Marcos LM600 | |
GT3 | ![]() | Darrian T90 | |
1997 | GT1 | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT1 |
GT2 | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT2#993 generation | |
GT3 | ![]() | Marcos LM500 | |
1998 | GT1 | ![]() ![]() | McLaren F1 GTR |
GT2 | ![]() ![]() | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | |
1999 | GT1 | ![]() ![]() | Lister Storm GTL |
GT2 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT2 Lister Storm | |
2000 | GT | ![]() | Marcos LM600 |
GTO | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | |
2001 | GT | ![]() ![]() | Lister Storm |
GTO | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | |
2002 | GT | ![]() ![]() | Saleen S7-R |
GTO | ![]() | Ferrari 360 N-GT | |
2003 | GTO | ![]() | Mosler MT900R |
GT Cup | Matt Griffin![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
2004 | N-GT | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR |
GT Cup | Ni Amorim![]() | Ferrari 360 Challenge | |
2005 | GT2 | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 360 GTC |
GT3 | Dimitris Deverikos![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
2006 | GT2 | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari F430 GT2 |
GT3 | ![]() | Aston Martin DBRS9 | |
GTC | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
2007 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe |
GTC | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
2008 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Dodge Viper Competition Coupe |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G50 | |
2009 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Ascari KZ1-R |
GT4 | ![]() | Ginetta G50 | |
SS | ![]() ![]() | KTM X-Bow | |
2010 | GT3 | ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3 R |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G50 | |
2011 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | KTM X-Bow | |
2012 | GT3 | Daniele Perfetti ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3-R |
GT4 | Ginetta G50 | ||
GTC | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 458 Challenge | |
2013 | GT3 | ![]() | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G50 | |
GTC | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 458 Challenge | |
2014 | GT3 | ![]() | BMW Z4 GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | |
2015 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | |
2016 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G55 GT4 | |
2017 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Bentley Continental GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G55 GT4 | |
2018 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() | BMW M4 GT4 | |
2019 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | |
2020 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | |
GT3 | Dennis Lind![]() | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | BMW M4 GT4 | |
2022 | GT3 | ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | |
2023 | GT3 | ![]() ![]() | BMW M4 GT3 |
GT4 | ![]() ![]() | Ford Mustang GT4 |
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