2011 British GT Championship
The 2011 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 19th season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 25 April at Oulton Park and finished on 8 October at Silverstone, after ten races at seven meetings.[1]
On 22 November 2010, the SRO Motorsports Group announced changes to the structure of the 2011 season including a reduced calendar, however still with the inclusion of an overseas event. TV coverage continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 with the option to view again on 4oD and also on Motors TV.
Rule changes
[edit]Class restructure and new homologations
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For the 2011 season, the GT3 class was brought right up to date with the inclusion of new FIA homologated cars. This gave teams the options to run the new Ferrari 458 Italia or the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 as well as the currently homologated cars. New to 2011 season was the introduction of the GT3B class catering for older, GT3 spec cars which do not conform to the latest FIA homologations. This should allow the running of cars such as the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe or Ferrari F430.
For the second year in a row, the GT4 class was a merger of Supersport-spec cars and GT4 homologated cars. Despite an unsuccessful return the previous year, the Cup class is to be continued. The cars eligible are the cars currently used in the Porsche Supercup and Ferrari Challenge series, based on the Porsche 997 and Ferrari F430 road cars. It is hoped that the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain's using updated cars will increase entries.
The ballast penalty system has been dropped in favour of a pit-stop time penalty formula where more successful driver pairings will be held during pit-stops for a longer time in order to level the competition. There are also plans for the development of a "Gentleman's Trophy", new logo and rebranding of the championship.
Entry list
[edit]A list of expected entries was released on 8 March 2011 after the championship's Media Day at Silverstone.[2]
Calendar
[edit]A provisional 12-race calendar was announced on 22 November 2010.[1] This was then refined on 16 February 2011.[44] All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Length | Pole Position | GT3 Winner | GT4 Winner |
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| 1 | Oulton Park | 25 April | 60 mins | No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria | No. 1 Trackspeed | No. 44 ABG Motorsport |
 Charles Bateman Michael Lyons
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David Ashburn Richard Westbrook
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Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
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| 2 | 60 mins | No. 1 Trackspeed | No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria | No. 42 Century Motorsport | ||
| David Ashburn Richard Westbrook
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Charles Bateman Michael Lyons
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Jake Rattenbury Josh Wakefield
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| 3 | Snetterton 300 | 15 May | 120 mins | No. 10 CRS Racing | No. 23 United Autosports | No. 44 ABG Motorsport |
| Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie
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Matt Bell Michael Guasch
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Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
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| 4 | Brands Hatch | 19 June | 120 mins | No. 21 MTech | No. 2 Trackspeed | No. 44 ABG Motorsport |
Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin
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Tim Bridgman Gregor Fisken
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Peter Belshaw Marcus Clutton
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| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps | 9 July | 60 mins | No. 59 McLaren GT | No. 1 Trackspeed | No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria |
| Chris Goodwin Andrew Kirkaldy
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David Ashburn Richard Westbrook
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Dan Denis David McDonald
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| 6 | 60 mins | No. 1 Trackspeed | No. 21 MTech | No. 48 Lotus Sport UK | ||
| David Ashburn Richard Westbrook
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Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin
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Phil Glew Ollie Jackson
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| 7 | Rockingham | 4 September | 60 mins | No. 23 United Autosports | No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport | No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria |
| Matt Bell Michael Guasch
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Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard
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Dan Denis David McDonald
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| 8 | 60 mins | No. 2 Trackspeed | No. 11 CRS Racing | No. 50 Scuderia Vittoria | ||
| Tim Bridgman Gregor Fisken
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Alex Mortimer Andrew Tate
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Dan Denis David McDonald
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| 9 | Donington Park | 25 September | 180 mins | No. 1 Trackspeed | No. 5 Scuderia Vittoria | No. 48 Lotus Sport UK |
| David Ashburn Stephen Jelley
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Charles Bateman Michael Lyons
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Phil Glew James Nash
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| 10 | Silverstone Arena | 8 October | 120 mins | No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport | No. 7 Beechdean Motorsport | No. 48 Lotus Sport UK |
| Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard
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Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard
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Phil Glew Chris Holmes
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Championship standings
[edit]- Points were awarded as follows:
| Length | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| 60 mins | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 60+ mins | 37.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Half points were awarded if a class had less than 3 cars | ||||||||||
GT3/GT3B/GTC
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
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Historic racing ace Michael Lyons has switched his modern focus from Formula Renault UK to British GT in a Scuderia Vittoria Ferrari 458. Lyons, 20, finished 12th in Formula Renault UK last year with CRS Racing. He will contest the full season with Charlie Bateman, who moves to GT after four seasons in the Porsche Carrera Cup.
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