2015 British GT Championship

The 2015 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 23rd season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 6 April at Oulton Park and finished on 13 September at Donington Park, after nine rounds held over seven meetings. Beechdean Motorsport won both the GT3 and GT4 drivers championships. Team owner Andrew Howard won his second title with Jonathan Adam in GT3 while Jamie Chadwick and Ross Gunn claimed honours in GT4.

Entry list

2015 Entry List Team No. Drivers Class Chassis Engine Rounds Driver Car Beechdean-AMR[1] 007 Jonathan Adam[1] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Andrew Howard[1] 407 Jamie Chadwick[2] S GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All Ross Gunn[2] Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull[3] 1 Marco Attard[3] PA GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Alexander Sims[3] Oman Racing Team[4] 2 Ahmad Al Harthy[4] S GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Daniel Lloyd[4] 1–6 Alex MacDowall[5] 7–9 4 Mat Jackson[6] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 1–2 Phil Dryburgh[6] 6 Rory Butcher[4] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Liam Griffin[4] Von Ryan Racing[7] 10 Ross Wylie[7] S GT3  McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 All Andrew Watson[7] 12 Euan Hankey[7] PA GT3  McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 3.8L Turbo V8 1–3, 7–9 Salih Yoluç[7] Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[8] 4 Gilles Vannelet[8] 22GT Racing[9] 11 Jon Barnes[9] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Mark Farmer[9] TF Sport[10] 17 Matt Bell[10] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Derek Johnston[10] 27 Jody Fannin[11] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 All Andrew Jarman[11] FF Corse[12] 18 Gary Eastwood[12] PA GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–8 Adam Carroll[12] 1–3, 6–8 Richard Lyons[13] 4 Ollie Hancock[14] 5 Rosso Verde 21 Hector Lester PA GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–2, 5–6, 9 Benny Simonsen Preci-Spark 22 David Jones AA GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 All Godfrey Jones Team Parker Racing[13] 24 Callum MacLeod[13] PA GT3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2L V10 4 Ian Loggie[13] RAM Racing[15] 30 Lewis Plato[15] PA GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG 6.2L V8 1–8 Alistair MacKinnon[15] Lewis Plato[16] S 9 Bradley Ellis[16] Trackspeed[13] 31 Norbert Siedler[13] PA GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 4 David Ashburn[13] Team LNT[17] 32 Mike Simpson[17] PA GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 All Steve Tandy[17] 44 Rick Parfitt Jr.[18] PA GT3 Ginetta G55 GT3 Ginetta 4.3L V8 All Tom Oliphant[18] 1–6, 9 Ryan Ratcliffe[19] 7–8 University of Bolton 41 Rob Garofall PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 3–9 Anna Walewska Marc VDS & Friends Racing for Cancer[14] 42 Bas Leinders[14] PA GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 5 Pascal Witmeur[14] PROsport Performance[20] Adam Christodoulou[20] PA Inv Porsche 981 Cayman SP GT4 Porsche 3.4L Flat-6 9 Henry Hassid[20] Century Motorsport[21] 43 Aleksander Schjerpen[21] S GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–9 James Birch[21] 1–6 Fredrik Blomstedt[5] 7–9 73 Nathan Freke[22] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 9 Ian Stinton[22] Twisted Team Parker[23] 46 Bradley Ellis[23] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–6 Adrian Barwick[23] JWB Motorsport[24] 47 Jake Giddings[24] PA GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–9 Kieran Griffin[24] Fox Motorsport[25] 48 Jamie Stanley[25] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 1–6, 9 Paul McNeilly[25] Jamie Stanley[25] S 7–8 Fulvio Mussi[26] AmDtuning.com[27] 49 Graham Coomes[27] PA GT4 Porsche 997 GT4 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1–6, 9 Shaun Hollamby[27] 1–2 Jake Hill[28] 3–6, 9 Graham Coomes[5] AA 7–8 Shaun Hollamby[5] Professional Motorsport World Expo racing with Optimum[29] 50 Graham Johnson[29] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 All Mike Robinson[29] 55 Charlie Hollings[30] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 4 Alistair Barclay[30] Stratton Motorsport[31] 51 Jade Edwards[31] PA GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–3, 7–8 Chloé Edwards[31] 1–2 George White 3 David Tinn[32] 7–8 UltraTek Racing[33] 53 Richard Taffinder[33] PA GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 All Martin Plowman 1–2 James Nash[33] 3–9 54 Jamie Wall[33] PA GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 All Tim Eakin[33] Tolman Motorsport[34] 56 David Pattison[34] PA GT4 Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7L V6 All Luke Davenport[34] Academy Motorsport[35] 61 Will Moore[35] PA GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All Dennis Strandberg[35] 62 Chris Webster[35] PA GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All James Harrison[35] 1–3 Matt Nicoll-Jones 4 Mike Hart 5–8 Daniel Lloyd 9 Team Russia by Barwell Racing with Demon Tweeks[36] 63 Phil Keen[36] PA GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Jon Minshaw[36] Quantamatic Racing[37] 71 Terry Langley[37] S GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–4 Mike Hart[37] Track Group[38] 72 Ben Clucas[38] PA GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 5 Adam Balon[38] ISSY Racing[39] 77 Gavan Kershaw[39] PA GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 All Oz Yusuf[39] GPRM[40] 86 Stefan Hodgetts[40] PA Inv GT4 Toyota GT86 GT4 Toyota 2.0L Flat-4 1–4, 7–9[N 1] Richard Williams Stefan Hodgetts[40] S 6 James Fletcher Leonard Motorsport-AMR[14] 87 Michael Meadows[14] S GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 5 Stuart Leonard[14] Aston Martin Brussels[14] 100 Tim Verbergt[14] PA GT3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 5 Michael Schmetz[14] Triple Eight Racing[41] 888 Lee Mowle[41] PA GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4L V8 All Joe Osborne[41] Notes ^ GPRM competed at rounds 1–2 as an invitational entry and therefore was ineligible to score points. From round 3 onwards, GPRM are competing in the GT4 class.

Icon Class Drivers PA Pro-Am S Silver Cup AA Am-Am Car GT3 GT3 Class GT3B GT3B Class GT4 GT4 Class GTC Cup Class Inv Invitation Class

Race calendar

The provisional 2015 calendar was announced on 5 November 2014.^[42] Spa-Francorchamps will host a two-hour endurance race as opposed to two hour-long races in 2014. All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.

Round	Circuit	Date	Length	Pole Position	GT3 Winner	GT4 Winner
1	Oulton Park	6 April	60 mins	No. 6 Oman Racing Team	No. 6 Oman Racing Team	No. 50 Optimum Motorsport
				Rory Butcher Liam Griffin	Rory Butcher Liam Griffin	Graham Johnson Mike Robinson
2			60 mins	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 77 ISSY Racing
				Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Gavan Kershaw Oz Yusuf
3	Rockingham	3 May	120 mins	No. 1 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 1 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 407 Beechdean-AMR
				Marco Attard Alexander Sims	Marco Attard Alexander Sims	Jamie Chadwick Ross Gunn
4	Silverstone Arena	31 May	180 mins	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 12 Von Ryan Racing	No. 407 Beechdean-AMR
				Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Gilles Vannelet	Jamie Chadwick Ross Gunn
5	Spa-Francorchamps	11 July	120 mins	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 77 ISSY Racing
				Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Gavan Kershaw Oz Yusuf
6	Brands Hatch GP	2 August	120 mins	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 1 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 56 Tolman Motorsport
				Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Marco Attard Alexander Sims	David Pattison Luke Davenport
7	Snetterton	23 August	60 mins	No. 27 TF Sport	No. 6 Oman Racing Team	No. 77 ISSY Racing
				Jody Fannin Andrew Jarman	Rory Butcher Liam Griffin	Gavan Kershaw Oz Yusuf
8			60 mins	No. 1 Ecurie Ecosse	No. 007 Beechdean-AMR	No. 48 Fox Motorsport
				Marco Attard Alexander Sims	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard	Jamie Stanley Fulvio Mussi
9	Donington Park	13 September	120 mins	No. 27 TF Sport	No. 17 TF Sport	No. 62 Academy Motorsport
				Jody Fannin Andrew Jarman	Matt Bell Derek Johnston	Daniel Lloyd Chris Webster

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

Drivers' championships

GT3

Pos Driver OUL ROC SIL SPA BRH SNE DON Points 1 Jonathan Adam Ret 1 7 5 1 4 4 1 5 156.5 Andrew Howard 2 Alexander Sims 6 3 1 3 4 1 8 10 Ret 143.5 Marco Attard 3 Joe Osborne 3 5 6 2 Ret 2 5 5 4 129 Lee Mowle 4 Rory Butcher 1 4 3 6 5 6 1 14 DSQ 123.5 Liam Griffin 5 Matt Bell Ret DNS 5 Ret 7 3 3 6 1 107 Derek Johnston 6 Phil Keen Ret Ret 8 Ret 2 8 12 2 3 79.5 Jon Minshaw 7 Andrew Jarman 8 12 9 8 Ret Ret 2 9 2 60 Jody Fannin 8 Ahmed Al Harthy 10 13 2 4 11 Ret 9 7 9 57 9 Daniel Lloyd 10 13 2 4 11 Ret 9 7 54 10 Steve Tandy 7 2 Ret 10 6 12 14 DNS 7 46.5 Mike Simpson 11 Gary Eastwood 2 6 DSQ Ret 10 5 11 DNS 42.5 12 Adam Carroll 2 6 DSQ 5 11 DNS 41 13 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 1 37.5 Gilles Vannelet 14 Mark Farmer Ret 7 10 Ret 9 13 7 3 8 37.5 Jon Barnes 15 Benny Simonsen 5 11 13 7 6 31 Hector Lester 16 Andrew Watson Ret 9 Ret 7 8 10 6 13 10 28 Ross Wylie 17 Lewis Plato Ret 8 4 DSQ Ret 9 10 11 12 26 18 Alistair MacKinnon Ret 8 4 DSQ Ret 9 10 11 26 19 Michael Meadows 3 22.5 Stuart Leonard 20 Rick Parfitt Jr. 9 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 4 13 14 21 Mat Jackson 4 10 13 Phil Dryburgh 22 Ryan Ratcliffe Ret 4 12 23 Euan Hankey DSQ DNS DSQ DSQ 8 4 Salih Yoluç 24 Alex MacDowall 9 3 25 David Jones 11 Ret 9 11 13 12 11 3 Godfrey Jones 26 Tom Oliphant 9 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 2 27 Ollie Hancock 10 1.5 28 Tim Verbergt 12 0 Michael Schmetz 29 Bradley Ellis 12 0 30 Bas Leinders 14 0 Pascal Witmeur 31 Ian Loggie Ret 0 Callum MacLeod 32 Richard Lyons Ret 0 33 Norbert Siedler Ret 0 David Ashburn

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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)

References

External links

• British GT website

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