2013 British GT Championship

The 2013 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 21st season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 30 March at Oulton Park and finished on 6 October at Donington Park, after ten rounds held over seven meetings.^[1] Beechdean Motorsport team principal Andrew Howard won the GT3 category in an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, Optimum Motorsport's Ryan Ratcliffe and Rick Parfitt Jr. won the GT4 championship, driving a Ginetta G50 while Paul Bailey and Andy Schulz took the GTC title in a Ferrari 458 Challenge, driving for Horsepower Racing.

The SRO released the entry list on 7 March at the season launch, containing 27 GT3 and 6 GT4 full season entries.

2013 Entry List Team No. Drivers Class Chassis Engine Rounds Beechdean Motorsport[2] 007 Jonathan Adam[2] GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Andrew Howard[2] Omantel Oman Air Motorbase[3] 1 Michael Caine[3] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 All Ahmad Al Harthy[3] Predator CCTV-AMR[4] 2 Adam Wilcox[4] GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 10 Phil Burton[4] Rosso Verde[5] 3 Hector Lester[5] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–2, 4 Allan Simonsen[5] MTECH 4 Adam Wilcox[6] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 4 Phil Burton[6] 21 Matt Griffin[7] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–3 Duncan Cameron[7] 41 Julien Draper GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–2 Derek Johnston[7] 1–7 Jake Rattenbury 3–7 42 Derek Johnston GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 8–10 Luke Hines[8] Team WRT[9] 5 Warren Hughes[9] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2L V10 7–9 Rembert Berg[9] PGF-Kinfaun AMR[10] 6 John Gaw[10] GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Phil Dryburgh[10] 888Optimum[11] 8 Joe Osborne[11] GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Lee Mowle[11] 888 Daniel Brown[11] GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Steve Tandy[11] Von Ryan Racing[12] 9 Grégoire Demoustier[12] GT3 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 3–7, 10 Duncan Tappy[12] M-Sport Racing[13] 10 Warren Hughes[13] Inv GT3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2L V10 1–6 Rembert Berg[13] PE Group Blendini Motorsport[7] 11 Dominic Evans[7] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 1–4, 7, 10 Tom Roche[7] Balfe Motorsport[14] 12 Shaun Balfe[14] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 3 Tommy Erdos[14] AF Corse[15] 13 Aaron Scott[15] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All John Dhillon[15] 28 Steve Wyatt GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 4 Michele Rugolo 29 Matt Griffin GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 4, 7 Duncan Cameron Fortec Motorsports[7] 14 Jason Minshaw[16] GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 All James Walker[16] 1–2 Benji Hetherington[12] 3–10 15 Ollie Hancock GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 1–2 Benji Hetherington Danny Candia[12] 3 Oliver Webb[12] Steve Jans 4 Klaas Hummel Team LNT[17] 16 Mike Simpson GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 All Richard Sykes[17] 1–6 Rob Smith[18] 7–10 Stark Racing 17 Ian Stinton GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 4 Nathan Freke FF Corse[19] 18 Rob Barff[19] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Gary Eastwood[19] 19 Jacques Duyver GTC Ferrari 458 Challenge Ferrari 4.5L V8 4, 7 Charlie Hollings 20 Paul McNeilly GT3B Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 4 Jamie Stanley 26 Jacques Duyver GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 10 Charlie Hollings Preci-Spark Engineering[20] 22 David Jones[20] GT3 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 1–7 Godfrey Jones[20] David Jones[20] GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 10 Godfrey Jones[20] United Autosports[21] 23 Zak Brown[21] GT3 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 1–7 Glynn Geddie 1–2 Álvaro Parente[21] 3–7 24 Mark Blundell[22] GT3 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 1–4 Roger Wills[23] 1–2 Jody Firth[24] 3–7 Glynn Geddie 5–7 25 Matt Bell[25] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2L V10 All Mark Patterson Vita4One Team Italy[26] 27 Matteo Bobbi[7] GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–4 Jay Palmer[7] Trackspeed 31 Nick Tandy GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 All David Ashburn 32 Richard Westbrook[27] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 1–4, 10 Gregor Fisken[27] All Stephen Jelley 5–9 33 Phil Keen[27] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 All Jon Minshaw[27] IDL Racing with CWS[28] 40 Tom Sharp[28] GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 All Colin White[28] Century Motorsport[29] 43 Declan Jones[29] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All Zoë Wenham 1–7 Nathan Freke 8–10 Optimum Motorsport 44 Ryan Ratcliffe GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All Rick Parfitt Jr. Blendini/Triple-R 45 Rory Bryant GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 4, 7–10 Anthony Rodgers 4, 7 David Barker 8–9 Zoë Wenham 10 Twisted Team Parker[30] 46 Bradley Ellis[30] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 10 Adrian Barwick[30] Prospeed Competition 48 Charles Putman GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 4 Charles Espenlaub Redgate/Lifetime Racing[31] 50 Matt Smith[31] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All Dan Eagling[31] Complete Racing AMR[32] 53 Tom Wilson[32] GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–7, 10 Steve Chaplin[32] Aston Martin Racing[33] 54 Richie Stanaway[33] GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 10 Harry Whale[32] Horsepower Racing[34] 61 Paul Bailey GTC Ferrari 458 Challenge Ferrari 4.5L V8 8–10 Andy Schulz APO Sport[35] 69 Alex Osborne[35] GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All James May[35] Ecurie Ecosse with Barwell Motorsport[36] 78 Piers Johnson[36] GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Ron Johnson[36] Ecurie Ecosse Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull[36] 79 Oliver Bryant[36] GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Marco Attard[36] Barwell Motorsport[37] 80 Mark Poole[37] GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 1–7, 10 Richard Abra[37] JRM Racing[38] 230 Jody Fannin[38] GT3 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8L Turbo V6 1–2 320 Mark Cole[38] 1–2 Ekris Motorsport 401 Ricardo van der Ende GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 4 Bernhard van Oranje 408 Ricardo van der Ende GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 8–9[N 1] Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje 411 Jan Joris Verheul GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 4 Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje Veloso Motorsport 402 Mauro Dias Marques GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4 Fábio Mota Motorground 403 Henry Taylor GT4 Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 4 Nigel Farmer V8Racing8V Las Moras Racing Team 405 Rick Abresch GT4 Chevrolet Camaro SS GT4 Chevrolet 6.2L V8 4 Nicky Pastorelli 406 Luc Braams GT4 Chevrolet Camaro SS GT4 Chevrolet 6.2L V8 4 Duncan Huisman 409 Luc Braams GT4 Chevrolet Camaro SS GT4 Chevrolet 6.2L V8 8–9[N 1] Duncan Huisman 412 Bertus Sanders GT4 Chevrolet Camaro SS GT4 Chevrolet 6.2L V8 8–9[N 1] Frank Wilschut HDI Gerling-Formido Racing 406 Kelvin Snoeks GT4 Corvette C6 GT4 Chevrolet 6.2L V8 8–9[N 1] Marcel Nooren PROsport Performance 408 Jörg Viebahn GT4 Porsche 997 GT4 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 Adam Christodoulou Cor Euser Racing 409 Cor Euser GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 4 Rob Severs Nissan GT Academy by Equipe Verschuur 423 Sandor van Es GT4 Nissan 370Z GT4 Nissan 3.8L V6 8–9[N 1] Dennis van de Laar

Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GT3B GT3B Class GT4 GT4 Class GTC Cup Class Inv Invitation Class

The 2013 calendar was announced on 13 September 2012.^[1] A revised calendar was released on 6 December 2012, with Zandvoort replacing the Nürburgring.^[39] All races except Dutch round at Zandvoort, were held in the United Kingdom.

Round	Circuit	Date	Length	Pole Position	GT3 Winner	GT4 Winner
1	Oulton Park	1 April	60 mins	No. 15 Fortec Motorsports	No. 33 Trackspeed	No. 43 Century Motorsport
				Ollie Hancock Benji Hetherington	Phil Keen Jon Minshaw	Declan Jones Zoë Wenham
2			60 mins	No. 3 Rosso Verde	No. 31 Trackspeed	No. 43 Century Motorsport
				Hector Lester Allan Simonsen	Nick Tandy David Ashburn	Declan Jones Zoë Wenham
3	Rockingham	6 May	120 mins	No. 31 Trackspeed	No. 32 Trackspeed	No. 53 Complete Racing AMR
				Nick Tandy David Ashburn	Richard Westbrook Gregor Fisken	Tom Wilson Steve Chaplin
4	Silverstone Arena	26 May	180 mins	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 408 PROsport Performance
				Oliver Bryant Marco Attard	Oliver Bryant Marco Attard	Jörg Viebahn Adam Christodoulou
5	Snetterton	16 June	60 mins	No. 10 M-Sport Racing	No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase	No. 44 Optimum Motorsport
				Warren Hughes Rembert Berg	Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy	Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.
6			60 mins	No. 32 Trackspeed	No. 31 Trackspeed	No. 44 Optimum Motorsport
				Stephen Jelley Gregor Fisken	Nick Tandy David Ashburn	Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.
7	Brands Hatch GP	11 August	120 mins	No. 888 888Optimum	No. 007 Beechdean Motorsport	No. 44 Optimum Motorsport
				Daniel Brown Steve Tandy	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.
8	Zandvoort	7 September	60 mins	No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase	No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase	No. 50 Redgate/Lifetime Racing
				Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy	Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy	Matt Smith Dan Eagling
9		8 September	60 mins	No. 31 Trackspeed	No. 31 Trackspeed	No. 45 Blendini/Triple-R
				Nick Tandy David Ashburn	Nick Tandy David Ashburn	Rory Bryant David Barker
10	Donington Park	6 October	120 mins	No. 8 888Optimum	No. 25 United Autosports	No. 43 Century Motorsport
				Joe Osborne Lee Mowle	Matt Bell Mark Patterson	Declan Jones Nathan Freke

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH ZAN DON Pts GT3 Class 1 Andrew Howard Ret 22† 7 2 4 5 1 11 4 4 125.5 2 Matt Bell 9 2 3 17 5 3 6 7 10 1 124 Mark Patterson 9 2 3 17 5 3 6 7 10 1 3 Oliver Bryant 6 3 DSQ 1 Ret 7 3 5 6 5 122 Marco Attard 6 3 DSQ 1 Ret 7 3 5 6 5 4 Jonathan Adam Ret 22† 7 2 4 5 1 11 4 4 119.5 5 Michael Caine 4 9 6 8 1 8 7 1 9 12 97 Ahmad Al Harthy 4 9 6 8 1 8 7 1 9 12 6 Nick Tandy 2 1 Ret Ret 23† 1 DSQ Ret 1 Ret 93 7 Daniel Brown 20† 5 Ret 3 14 2 4 2 Ret Ret 86.5 Steve Tandy 20† 5 Ret 3 14 2 4 2 Ret Ret 8 Rob Barff 11 7 5 12 9 15 Ret 3 2 2 83 Gary Eastwood 11 7 5 12 9 15 Ret 3 2 2 9 David Ashburn 2 1 Ret Ret 23† 1 DSQ Ret 1 Ret 81 10 Benji Hetherington 3 23† 4 13 6 6 5 15 12 13 64 11 Richard Westbrook DSQ 12 1 Ret 3 60 Gregor Fisken DSQ 12 1 Ret Ret 24† Ret 14 11 3 12 Jason Minshaw Ret 6 4 13 6 6 5 15 12 13 57 13 Duncan Tappy 9 32 3 11 2 7 54 Grégoire Demoustier 9 32 3 11 2 7 14 Phil Keen 1 DSQ 21† Ret 7 Ret 13 6 3 9 48 Jon Minshaw 1 DSQ 21† Ret 7 Ret 13 6 3 9 48 15 Warren Hughes 17 14 2 11 2 10 14 9 Ret 48 Rembert Berg 17 14 2 11 2 10 14 9 Ret 16 Aaron Scott 7 13 14 7 15 9 8 Ret 5 6 45 John Dhillon 7 13 14 7 15 9 8 Ret 5 6 17 Hector Lester 5 4 10 DNS DNS 23.5 Allan Simonsen 5 4 10 DNS DNS 18 Lee Mowle 14 19† 11 Ret 16 4 10 8 7 26† 23.5 Joe Osborne 14 19† 11 Ret 16 4 10 8 7 26† 19 Matt Griffin 8 Ret 4 21† 22 Duncan Cameron 8 Ret 4 21† 20 John Gaw 10 Ret 13 16 12 12 9 4 8 Ret 20 Phil Dryburgh 10 Ret 13 16 12 12 9 4 8 Ret 21 Ollie Hancock 3 23† 15 22 Richard Abra 22† 5 Ret Ret 20† 11 15 Mark Poole 22† 5 Ret Ret 20† 11 23 Michele Rugolo 6 12 Steve Wyatt 6 24 James Walker Ret 6 8 25 Tom Sharp 15 24† 15 15 11 Ret 12† Ret 13 8 6 Colin White 15 24† 15 15 11 Ret 12† Ret 13 8 26 Jake Rattenbury 8 Ret 24† Ret Ret 6 Derek Johnston Ret 26† 8 Ret 24† Ret Ret 12 16 Ret 27 Glynn Geddie 24† 10 8 14 Ret 5 28 David Jones 13 8 12 DNS 13 13 Ret Ret 4 Godfrey Jones 13 8 12 DNS 13 13 Ret Ret 29 Jody Firth DSQ DSQ 8 14 Ret 4 30 Charles Putman 9 3 Charles Espenlaub 9 31 Zak Brown 24† 10 Ret 19 10 18 Ret 2 32 Thomas Erdos 10 1.5 Shaun Balfe 10 33 Charlie Hollings 10 1.5 Jacques Duyver 10 34 Piers Johnson 16 17 16 Ret 17 17 11 10 21 14 1 Ron Johnson 16 17 16 Ret 17 17 11 10 21 14 35 Álvaro Parente Ret 19 10 18 Ret 1 Jody Fannin 12 11 0 Stephen Jelley Ret 24† Ret 14 11 0 Luke Hines 12 16 Ret 0 Mike Simpson Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 13 14 Ret 0 Rob Smith Ret 13 14 Ret Klaas Hummel 14 0 Steve Jans 14 Phil Burton 18 15 0 Adam Wilcox 18 15 Matteo Bobbi 23† 15 Ret 27† 0 Jay Palmer 23† 15 Ret 27† Dominic Evans 18 18 17 20† Ret 16 0 Tom Roche 18 18 17 20† Ret 16 Richard Sykes Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 16 0 Mark Cole Ret 16 0 Paul McNeilly 22 0 Jamie Stanley 22 Julien Draper Ret 26† 0 Danny Candia Ret 0 Oliver Webb Ret Nathan Freke Ret 0 Ian Stinton Ret Mark Blundell DNS DNS DSQ DSQ 0 Roger Wills DNS DNS GTC Class 1 Paul Bailey 18 15 17 43.75 Andy Schulz 18 15 17 2 Charlie Hollings 21 19 37.5 Jacques Duyver 21 19 Pos Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH ZAN DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Pos Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH ZAN DON Pts 1 Ryan Ratcliffe 21 21 Ret 25 18 19 15 Ret DNS 20 173 Rick Parfitt Jr. 21 21 Ret 25 18 19 15 Ret DNS 20 2 Declan Jones 19 20 19 34 20 23 22 24 DSQ 18 171 3 Dan Eagling DNS DNS 20 30 21 21 17 22 23 21 146.5 Matt Smith DNS DNS 20 30 21 21 17 22 23 21 4 Alex Osborne 22 25† Ret 28 22 20 16 23 Ret 23 133 James May 22 25† Ret 28 22 20 16 23 Ret 23 5 Zoë Wenham 19 20 19 34 20 23 22 24† 130.5 6 Tom Wilson Ret Ret 18 29 19 22 18 22 115.5 Steve Chaplin Ret Ret 18 29 19 22 18 22 7 Nathan Freke 24 DSQ 18 52.5 8 Rory Bryant 35† Ret 25† 22 24† 49 9 Adam Christodoulou 23 37.5 Jörg Viebahn 23 10 David Barker 25† 22 37 11 Ricardo van der Ende 24 17 Ret 27 Bernhard van Oranje 24 12 Cor Euser 26 18 Rob Severs 26 13 Henry Taylor 31 6 Nigel Farmer 31 14 Duncan Huisman 33† 16 17 3 Luc Braams 33† 16 17 Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje Ret 17 Ret 0 Anthony Rodgers 35† Ret 0 Mauro Dias Marques Ret 0 Fábio Mota Ret Jan Joris Verheul Ret 0 Rick Abresch DNS 0 Nicky Pastorelli DNS Guest drivers ineligible for points Marcel Nooren 20 18 0 Kelvin Snoeks 20 18 Bertus Sanders 19 19 0 Frank Wilschut 19 19 Richie Stanaway 19 0 Harry Whale 19 Dennis van de Laar 21 20 0 Sandor van Es 21 20 Adrian Barwick 25 0 Bradley Ellis 25 Pos Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH ZAN DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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