2022 GT Cup Championship


The 2022 GT Cup Championship is the 16th GT Cup Championship, a British sports car championship. The season began on 9 April at Donington Park and end on 9 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 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Brands Hatch.[1]

Round Circuit Length Date Supporting
1 Donington Park National, Leicestershire 25 min 9–10 April
2 50 min
3 25 min
4 50 min
5 Brands Hatch GP, Kent 25 min 30 April–1 May GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6 50 min
7 25 min
8 50 min
9 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 25 min 11–12 June
10 50 min
11 25 min
12 50 min
13 Oulton Park, Cheshire 50 min 9 July
14 50 min
15 Silverstone GP, Northamptonshire 25 min 30–31 July
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 8–9 October
24 50 min
25 25 min
26 50 min

Teams and drivers

Classes:[2]

Class Notes
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
Group GTO Open specification (GT2, GTE, modified) cars
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
GT3
Tecserv UK Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Nissan VR38DETT 3.5 L V6 4 Grahame Tilley 1–8
Will Tregurtha
Team ABBA Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 Richard Neary 1–4
Sam Neary
Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 11 Callum MacLeod 1–8
Mike Price
16 Ian Loggie 1–8
TBA TBA
Greystone GT McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 Iain Campbell 1–8
Oliver Webb
24 Andrey Borodin 1–4
Ed Pead
G-Cat Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 Greg Caton 1–4
Shamus Jennings
Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 44 Steve Ruston 1–8
John Whitehouse
Scott Sport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 61 Andrea Amici 1–8
John Dhillon
Enduro Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Marcus Clutton 1–8
Morgan Tillbrook
Orange Racing powered by JMH McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 67 Michael O'Brien 1–8
Simon Orange
GTO
CTR Developments Porsche 935 Porsche 3.3 L Flat-6 5 Richard Chamberlain 1–8
TBA TBA
RAW Motorsport Radical RXC GT3 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 7 Steve Burgess 1–8
Ben Dimmack
SB Race Engineering McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Cam Am McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 28 Paul Bailey 1–4, 7–8
Ross Wylie
Brabham BT62 Competition Ford Modular 5.4 L V8 Paul Bailey 5–6
Ross Wylie
Simpson Motorsport Ford Mustang MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 38 Sacha Kakad 1–4
James Kaye
GTA
GTB
Simpson Motorsport BMW M3 GTR BMW 4.0 L V8 12 Jason Garrett 5–8
Sacha Kakad
Saxon Motorsport BMW 150 GTR BMW 5.0 L V10 20 Tom Barrow 5–8
TBA TBA
Geoff Steel Racing BMW Evolution BMW 4.0 L V8 138 Sam Allpass 5–8
TBA TBA
GTC
Topcats Racing with Hex.com Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 3 Charlotte Birch 1–8
Charlotte Gilbert
9 Warren Gilbert 1–8
Jensen Lunn
Century Motorsport Ginetta G56 GT4 GM LS3 6.2 L V8 6 James Kellett 1–8
Alex Stevenson
Motus One Team HARD. Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 Chris Murphy 1–4
James Taylor
Team Webb Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 13 James Webb 1–8
Tom Webb
24/7 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 42 Adrian Watt 5–8
TBA TBA
FF Corse Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 56 Roy Millington 1–8
Benny Simonsen
Rac3lab Ferrari 488 Challenge Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 247 Lucky Khera 1–8
David McDonald 5–8
GTH
Motus One Team HARD. Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 10 Callum Jenkins 5–8
Danny Krywyj
Greystone GT McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 14 Michael Broadhurst[3] 1–8
Phil Carter[3]
77 Euan Hankey[4] 1–8
Mark Hopton[4]
80 Jon Lancaster[5] 1–8
Ron Trenka[5]
Orange Racing powered by JMH McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 17 Patrick Collins 1–8
Will Dendy
Russell Lindsay
Paddock Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 25 Tehmur Chohan 1–8
Tom Roche
26 Adam Hatfield 1–8
Kavi Jundu
Make Happen Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 30 Neil Burroughs 1–4
Greg Evans
Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 69 Chris Hart 1–8
Stephen Walton
96 Jon Currie 1–8
TBA TBA
Track Focused Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 39 Darren Kell 1–8
James Kell
Make Happen Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 50 Sam Maher-Loughnan 1–8
James Wallis
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 Cameron Fenton 1–8
Neil MacLennan
52 Chris Bates 1–8
Darren Burke
Vector Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 57 Peter Jackson 1–4
TBA TBA
Fox Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 78 Jordan Albert 1–8
Tim Docker
Caffeine Six by Parr Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Tim Creswick 1–8
Chris Dymond
24/7 Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 91 David Frankland 1–4
Adriano Medeiros
Source:[6][7]

References

  1. "2022 GT Cup Championship Calendar". gtcup.co.uk/. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. "GT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP". www.msvracing.com.
  3. "CARTER AND BROADHURST JOIN GREYSTONE GT LINE-UP FOR GT CUP". 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "MARK HOPTON AND EUAN HANKEY PAIR-UP FOR GT CUP ASSAULT WITH GREYSTONE GT". 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. "DRIVER CHANGE FOR GREYSTONE GT FOR EARLY-SEASON GT CUP EVENTS". 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. "Rds: 1-4 Donington Park National". www.gtcup.co.uk.
  7. "Rds: 5-8 Brands Hatch GP (supporting GT World Challenge Europe)". www.gtcup.co.uk.
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