The 2007 British GT season consisted of a fourteen-round series of sports car racing in the British GT Championship. Each race meeting consisted of two one-hour endurance races, except for those at Snetterton and Silverstone, which were both single two-hour races. All of the races took place in England in 2007. Two classes raced: the more powerful GT3 and the less powerful GTC class. This was the last time the GTC class raced, before the inception of the FIA GT4 class takes over in 2008.
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Round | Circuit | Date | Length | Pole Position | GT3 Winner | GTC Winner |
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1 | Oulton Park | 7 April | 60 mins | No. 1 Barwell Motorsport | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 81 Team Tiger |
Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson | Hector Lester Tim Mullen | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore | ||||
2 | 9 April | 60 mins | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 9 Tech 9 | No. 81 Team Tiger | |
Hector Lester Tim Mullen | Oliver Bryant Matt Harris | Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore | ||||
3 | Donington Park | 21 April | 60 mins | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 3 Barwell Motorsport | No. 99 Beechdean Motorsport |
Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Ben de Zille Butler Guy Harrington | Andrew Howard Aaron Scott | ||||
4 | 22 April | 60 mins | No. 12 VRS Motor Finance | No. 2 Barwell Motorsport | No. 99 Beechdean Motorsport | |
Phil Burton Adam Wilcox | Tom Alexander Michael Bentwood | Andrew Howard Aaron Scott | ||||
5 | Snetterton | 3 June | 120 mins | No. 1 Barwell Motorsport | No. 1 Barwell Motorsport | No. 50 Team Aero Racing |
Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson | Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson | Keith Ahlers Steve Hyde | ||||
6 | Brands Hatch | 14 July | 60 mins | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 64 Trackspeed |
Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | David Ashburn Phil Keen | ||||
7 | 15 July | 60 mins | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 55 ABG Motorsport | |
Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Colin Broster Peter Morris | ||||
8 | Silverstone | 12 August | 120 mins | No. 12 VRS Motor Finance | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 54 RSS Performance |
Phil Burton Adam Wilcox | Hector Lester Tim Mullen | Graeme Mundy Jamie Smyth | ||||
9 | Thruxton | 25 August | 60 mins | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 1 Barwell Motorsport | No. 54 RSS Performance |
Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson | Graeme Mundy Jamie Smyth | ||||
10 | 26 August | 60 mins | No. 1 Barwell Motorsport | No. 3 Barwell Motorsport | No. 99 Beechdean Motorsport | |
Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson | Ben de Zille Butler Guy Harrington | Andrew Howard Aaron Scott | ||||
11 | Croft | 8 September | 60 mins | No. 22 Team Eurotech – Preci Spark | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 50 Team Aero Racing |
David Jones Godfrey Jones | Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Keith Ahlers Steve Hyde | ||||
12 | 9 September | 60 mins | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 54 RSS Performance | |
Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Graeme Mundy Jamie Smyth | ||||
13 | Rockingham | 29 September | 60 mins | No. 21 Team Modena | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 99 Beechdean Motorsport |
Adam Jones Jason Templeman | Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Andrew Howard Aaron Scott | ||||
14 | 30 September | 60 mins | No. 23 Christians in Motorsport | No. 6 Team RPM | No. 99 Beechdean Motorsport | |
Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Bradley Ellis Alex Mortimer | Andrew Howard Aaron Scott |
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10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Half points were awarded if a class had less than 6 cars |
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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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Position | Team | Points |
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1 | Barwell Motorsport | 109 |
2 | Team RPM | 86 |
3 | Christians in Motorsport | 66 |
4 | Team Eurotech – Preci Spark | 57 |
5 | Tech 9 | 40 |
6 | VRS Motor Finance | 27 |
7 | Team Modena | 12 |
8 | Cadena Motorsport | 10 |
Rollcentre Racing | 10 | |
10 | DAMAX | 6 |
11 | Eclipse | 5 |
12 | Trackspeed | 4 |
13 | Team Berlanga | 3 |
Moore Racing | 3 | |
Team Trimite Brookspeed | 3 | |
16 | Multimatic Motorsport | 2 |
17 | Team 4Car with confused.com | 1 |
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