GT Cup Championship

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]

GT Cup Championship
CategoryGran Turismo
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season2007
DriversVaries
TeamsVaries
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championGroup GTO:
Richard Chamberlain
Group GT3:
Marcus Clutton
John Seale
Group GTA:
Joshua Jackson
Simon Orange
Group GTB:
Ben Clayden
Sam Randon
Group GTC:
John Dhillon
Aaron Scott
Phil Quaife
Group GTH:
Steve Ruston
John Whitehouse
Teams' championTeam HARD. Racing
Official website
Current season

Classes
A BMW M3 E92 Evolution (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 2021 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 Marco Pullen Ferrari 360 GTC Team OMG Not awarded
2011 Andy Ruhan Porsche 997 GT3 Cup JMH Automotive
2012 Derek Johnston Ferrari 458 Challenge Greypaul Racing
2013 Jeff Wyatt BMW M3 GTR Geoff Steel Racing FF Corse
2014 Jim Geddie McLaren MP4-12C GT3 United Autosports In2 Racing
2015 Charlie Hollings
Wayne Marrs		 Ferrari 458 Challenge FF Corse FF Corse
2016 Jordan Witt Bentley Continental GT3 Jordan Racing JMH Automotive
2017 Graham Davidson McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Jetstream Motorsport Spy Motorsport
2018 Adam Hatfield
Chris Murphy		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Whitebridge Motorsport Topcats Racing
2019 Steve Ruston
John Whitehouse		 McLaren 570S GT4 JMH Automotive JMH Automotive
2020 Joshua Jackson
Simon Orange		 Ginetta G55 Supercup Team HARD. Racing Team HARD. Racing
2021 Richard Neary
Sam Neary		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Abba Racing Orange Racing powered by JMH

References
  1. "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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