2003 GT Championship

Longer races, more cars, more fun!

By PH Staff / Tuesday, 5 November 2002 / Loading comments

The 2003 series of the British GT Championship should will see a number of changes that should help to regain credibility amongst the viewing public.

The 11 round Championship will feature a standard race length of 75 minutes to increase the amount of track time for teams, drivers and spectators and to recognise the 75th Anniversary year of the BRDC. Typically the races will start at 2:30pm on the Sunday.

The BRDC are also considering the option of introducing of several longer/variable style races: - Castle Combe/Knockhill 2 x 40 mins “Supersprints”, a 2 hour race at Snetterton and a 3 hour dusk race at Silverstone for the British Empire Trophy. Also under consideration is a Spa 1000km race.

The Open GT class is to remain and cars will be able to run to 2002 regulations. The performance between GT and GTO cars is to be equalised through pit stops.

The most exciting news though is the new entry level British GT Cup class. This is a class for high-performance sports cars running below GTO specification and will allow manufacturers to enter cars that the man in the street will recognise.

The class will encompass Porsche Cup cars, Ferrari and TVR one-make championship cars, other potential vehicle types could even include Audi TTs, Vauxhall VX220s, Morgan Aeros, Lotus Elise and BMW M3s.

Performance will be equalised by close technical control based around the power to weight ratio of each car.