Britcar team offers drive
Hawthorns cuts fees for the right racer
Hawthorns' BMW Z3 takes off
There are two seats available in addition to the car's two regular drivers, making four in all. The seats will be offered subject to status, to those who are interested in buying the drive, have the necessary skill levels and the budget, together with physical fitness to support six hours of racing each, plus testing and qualifying.
History
Hawthorns Motorsport ran a Z3-based M Coupe GT3 car in the 2005 British GT series from the beginning of the race season until June 2005 when the prospect of huge potential costs to make the car a GT3 contender loomed. The team then chose to transfer to the less financially demanding EERC Britcar series, which the team said operates a much fairer race car classification system for competitors with sensible or limited budgets.
The car's origins are in 6/12/24hr endurance racing, and will be entered in the Britcar 24-hour Willhire Race. Having successfully entered and completed the 2002 Nürburgring 24 Hours, the 2002 and the 2003 Bathurst 24-hour races, the team reckoned car is highly suited for the job.
The team is fully supported by its preparation team partners, Moore Racing. With their help and advice, the car will be fully prepared for the event. Moore Racing has years of expertise in endurance racing, and Hawthorns said it expects a high level of reliability and therefore a fantastic value for money racing experience for the drivers involved.
Fees and insurance
An accident damage deposit payment of £2,500 is payable in advance and will be held against any damaged caused by the individual driver, and are fully re-fundable in the event that the driver has no accident damage claims. Hawthorns requires all drivers to sign a full indemnity document with personal guarantees or in combination/instead of, supply an insurance cover policy/letter to cover up to the full cost of totally re-building the car. That's some £35,000. A group policy is a cheaper option if all drivers agree.
The non-refundable fee is an all inclusive figure, apart from insurance and VAT.
woof said:
sounds expensive to me
I got offered a top GT drive for Combe for £5k
ok - 1hr race as opposed to a 24hr race but still
Are you serious??
So for an additional £1,295 you're getting another 5hrs racing, plus testing and qualifying. and that's expensive???? This deal works out to £1,049.16 per hour without the insurance deposit or £1465,83 with. Even adding on the VAT and the insurance it's £1,722.35 per hour of racing. OK not cheap but you were offered 1hr for 5k 3 times the price per hour!!! OMG man are you mad??? expensive he says......... 
And I don't even work for the team and would say it's a good deal.
Edited to add: Nice 930 Turbo by the way not really a fan of Porsche but that looks nice.
>> Edited by d_drinks on Wednesday 15th June 13:43
woof said:
sounds expensive to me
I got offered a top GT drive for Combe for £5k
ok - 1hr race as opposed to a 24hr race but still
and very 
5k=1hr 
or 6.295k=6hrs plus testing of approx 2hrs, SO!!!!!! which is the MUCH better deal 
I know I'm a touch bias but really, I have to wonder at the thought processes sometimes.
Just noticed, D Drinks beat me to it, thanks mate
>> Edited by Racing Rod on Wednesday 15th June 18:28
d_drinks said:
Just noticed, D Drinks beat me to it, thanks mate
>> Edited by Racing Rod on Wednesday 15th June 18:28
No worries, good luck with finding the right drivers who agree that the price is a very fair one. Though not enough luck to see you up with our Marcos!
Don't worry, we would have to fit a turbo
to get on pace with you guy's, we are in class 2 at present but I don't think we will be there buy the end of the Brands test day, we should be where we belong, class 3 
d_drinks said:
Just noticed, D Drinks beat me to it, thanks mate
>> Edited by Racing Rod on Wednesday 15th June 18:28
No worries, good luck with finding the right drivers who agree that the price is a very fair one. Though not enough luck to see you up with our Marcos
Racing Rod said:
d_drinks said:
Racing Rod said:
Just noticed, D Drinks beat me to it, thanks mate
>> Edited by Racing Rod on Wednesday 15th June 18:28
No worries, good luck with finding the right drivers who agree that the price is a very fair one. Though not enough luck to see you up with our Marcos
Don't worry, we would have to fit a turbo
Naaaaa..
GT cup class cars are class 1
>> Edited by scuffham on Saturday 18th June 15:24
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