The record-breaking 38-car British GT entry list has been revealed

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The record-breaking entry list for the 2019 British GT Championship has been revealed today at the Media Day at Donington Park. 38 crews were announced as full-time entrants and they are forming the biggest-ever grid in championship’s 27-year history.

Ten manufacturers will be represented over three classes (GT3, GTC and GT4): Aston Martin, Bentley, McLaren, Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ford and KTM. For the first time, there are no Ginetta cars. Only circuit restrictions have prevented British GT from accepting even more cars this year.

The GT3 class will have fourteen cars built by seven manufacturers. Five of those models – the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT3, Bentley Continental GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo, McLaren 720S GT3 and Porsche 911 GT3 R – are available to customers for the first time this year, while the BMW M6 GT3 also makes its British GT debut in 2019. Only the Mercedes-AMG GT3 has previously raced in the UK’s national GT championship.

British GT championship GT4

Twenty-three cars will race in the GT4 class

The GTC class returns full-time to British GT for the first time since 2013 courtesy of a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and WPI Motorsport, which will evaluate its GT3 graduation as the season progresses.

The GT4 grid will consist of 23 cars from eight manufacturers. Four models – the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4, Ford Mustang GT4, KTM X-Bow GT4 and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport – are either brand-new for 2019 or have never previously contested a British GT round.

British GT Porsche

Porsche will be represented in all three classes

On the top of drivers’ list is reigning GT3 champion Jonny Adam who will drive the #47 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT3 for TF Sport, sharing a car with Graham Davidson. Adam’s last year’s partner Flick Haigh is not returning to the championship. Jonny Adam is starting the season with fourteen British GT wins on his account while Aston Martin has 32 victories, just one behind Porsche’s record of 33 wins.

Last year’s GT4 champion Jack Mitchell and runner-up Ben Green both graduated to GT3 class and they will drive two different BMW M6 GT3s for Century Motorsport.

Same as last year, the 2019 calendar features seven events with nine races. Rockingham Motor Speedway dropped out of the calendar and it was replaced by Donington Park, which will host Roud 6 in June and Round 9 in September.

The other circuits are Oulton Park, Snetterton, Silverstone, Spa and Brands Hatch. The championship will kick-off at Oulton Park on Easter Bank Holiday Weekend (April 20-22).

The British GT Championship has been established in 1993

The British GT Championship has been established in 1993

2019 British GT Championship entry list

ClassTeamCarNumberDrivers
GT3TF SportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT32Mark Farmer, Nicki Thiim
TF SportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT347Jonny Adam, Graham Davidson
Century MotorsportBMW M6 GT33Dominic Paul, Ben Green
Century MotorsportBMW M6 GT39Adrian Willmott, Jack Mitchell
RAM RacingMercedes-AMG GT36Ian Loggie, Callum MacLeod
Team Parker RacingBentley Continental GT37Glynn Geddie, Ryan Ratcliffe
Team ABBA RacingMercedes-AMG GT38Richard Neary, Adam Christodoulou
Balfe MotorsportMcLaren 720S GT322Shaun Balfe, Rob Bell
JRM RacingBentley Continental GT331Seb Morris, Rick Parfitt Jr
G-Cat RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R33Shamus Jennings, Greg Caton
Barwell MotorsportLamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo69Sam De Haan, Jonny Cocker
Barwell MotorsportLamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo72Adam Balon, Phil Keen
Optimum MotorsportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT396Oliver Wilkinson, Bradley Ellis
Beechdean AMRAston Martin V8 Vantage GT399Andrew Howard, Marco Sorensen
GTCWPI MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 Cup18Michael Igoe, Adam Wilcox
GT4Tolman MotorsportMcLaren 570S GT44James Dorlin, Josh Smith
Tolman MotorsportMcLaren 570S GT45Jordan Collard, Lewis Proctor
Beechdean AMRAston Martin V8 Vantage GT411Kelvin Fletcher, Martin Plowman
Multimatic MotorsportsFord Mustang GT415Scott Maxwell, Seb Priaulx
Multimatic MotorsportsFord Mustang GT419Bill Johnson, TBA
Balfe MotorsportMcLaren 570S GT420Graham Johnson, Michael O'Brien
RACE PerformanceFord Mustang GT423Sam Smelt, Aron Taylor-Smith
Track FocusedKTM X-Bow GT432Mike McCollum, Sean Cooper
Optimum MotorsportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT435Connor O'Brien, Jack Butel
Optimum MotorsportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT475Mike Robinson, Patrick Matthiesen
Century MotorsportBMW M4 GT442TBA
Century MotorsportBMW M4 GT443Angus Fender, Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke
Invictus Games RacingJaguar F-Type SVR GT444Steve McCulley, Paul Vice, Matthew George
HHC MotorsportMcLaren 570S GT457Callum Pointon, Dean Macdonald
HHC MotorsportMcLaren 570S GT458Tom Jackson, Luke Williams
Academy MotorsportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT461Micah Stanley, Ben Hurst
Academy MotorsportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT462Alex Toth-Jones, Will Moore
Team Parker RacingMercedes-AMG GT466Nick Jones, Scott Malvern
Fox MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT477Mark Murfitt, Michael Broadhurst
GT MarquesPorsche 718 Cayman GT488Chris Car, Dino Zamparelli
Steller PerformanceTBA89TBA
TF SportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT495Patrick Kibble, Josh Price
TF SportAston Martin V8 Vantage GT497Tom Canning, Rory Collingbourne

Photos: Jakob Ebrey Photography,

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