Monday 19th March 2007

British GT and F3 season preview

Kicking off at Oulton Park in April

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Ascari KZ1

The British F3 and GT championships have been officially launched for the season ahead, with the first round of each championship taking place at Oulton Park on April 9th.

The Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International series has attracted 22 championship class entrants and 10 national class entries - for those competing in older chassis and sealed engines - with drivers representing 19 different countries. Dallara, the dominant chassis manufacturer of the series, faces competition from Lola and the new Mygale chassis, with engines from either Mercedes Benz or Mugen Honda throughout the field.

As ever, the grid is a mixture of proven drivers and aspiring hopefuls, with plenty of past champions from other series - both from inside the UK and as far as Australia - all hoping to progress towards Formula 1 like previous F3 stars Jenson Button and Takuma Sato recently. It should be a fiercely contested year, with races at Spa, Bucharest and Monza as well as the tradition British favourites.

British GTs

Aston Martin

The Avon tyres British GT championship has switched to a different class structure for this season, with the top class now being run to GT3 regulations, once again supported by the GTC category. The new regulations have really opened up the field for this season, with a cracking grid of current supercars in racing guise. Both Damax and team Eurotech will be fielding Ascari KZ1Rs to meet the Italian challenge from Ferrari and for the first time, Lamborghini. They are joined by the Barwell run Aston Martin DBRS9 and, as ever, a phalanx of Porsche GT3s.

The GT championship remains an all-British track series, with two races per weekend. Success ballast is awarded depending on finishing position. 1st, 2nd and 3rd receive 30, 20 and 10kg respectively, with 4th, 5th and 6th or lower having a reduction of 10, 20 and 30kg respectively.

GT3

Mosler

Viper

As official media partner to both championships, we’re aiming to keep you up to date with all the latest news as it happens and hope to see many of you at the races throughout the year.

[996gt3rs]

The gt3 series is looking seriously sweet! I would give my left *?* for one of those ascari's!