2010 British GT Championship

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The 2010 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 18th season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 5 April at Oulton Park and finished on 16 October at Donington Park after thirteen races, twelve held in the United Kingdom as well as a single overseas event at Spa-Francorchamps.

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Sexagenarian David Ashburn prevailed in the GT3 class, taking his Trackspeed car to the championship title after being helped by three different co-drivers during the season. After sharing his car with Siso Cunill and Richard Westbrook – Westbrook would later return to Trackspeed to boost Ashburn's championship challenge, sharing a car with Philip Walker – in one-off appearances scoring a podium with each, it was a driver 43 years his junior that he enjoyed most success with. Porsche Carrera Cup driver Glynn Geddie had competed with Ashburn at his home event at Knockhill but joined him full-time from the Rockingham meeting onwards, [1] and the pairing took four victories in the last eight races to give Ashburn the championship and Geddie the runner-up spot. Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin finished in third place, taking three victories during the season. Also taking three victories were defending champions David and Godfrey Jones, who struggled for reliability in their Ascari, finishing only five races all season. Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen, Tom Ferrier and Dan Brown, and Peter Kox and Marc Hayek were the other race winners.

In the G4 class, Christian Dick and Jamie Stanley were comfortable champions, taking five victories during the season as the Speedworks pair finished 32.5 points ahead of their nearest challengers. Rory Butcher and Benjamin Harvey only contested six of the season's thirteen races, but with a win and three second place finishes, amassed enough points to finish as the closest challengers to Dick and Stanley. Nathan Freke and Vibe Smed finished a point further back with seven podium finishes, with many of those coming where only half points were awarded. Brothers Benji and Freddie Hetherington won three of their five starts in the class, having spent most of the season in the Ginetta G50 Cup, Athanasios Ladas and Michael Mallock swept both races at Rockingham, with single victories going to Daniel Lloyd and Julien Draper, as well as another pair of brothers, Matt and Robert Bell. A GT Cup class was held at the first two meetings, with Phil Dryburgh and John Gaw claiming honours in both races at Oulton Park, and Steve Hunter and Derek Pierce taking a victory and a DNF at Knockhill.

Rule changes

Class restructure and new homologations

On 15 October 2009 the SRO Motorsports Group announced changes to the structure of the 2010 season including a wider variety of circuits, with races broadcast on Channel 4 and viewable again on 4oD. The race coverage was also available on Motors TV. It was also announced that emphasis was placed on the avoidance of clashes with other prominent racing series. [2]

For the 2010 season, the GT3 class had more homologated cars available to compete because homologated models of superseded FIA GT3-spec cars were eligible to race along with the Nationally homologated Mosler. Thirteen marques were available to race. They included Ascari, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW Alpina, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Morgan, Mosler and Porsche.

The G4 class also featured more cars because of the introduction of Supersport-spec cars from last year to the class such as Lotus, KTM and Donkervoort. In addition to the new Supersport cars into the G4 class, most GT4 homologated cars were eligible to race, including Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Gillet, Ginetta, Maserati, Nissan, Opel and Porsche.

The Cup class was reintroduced after a two-year absence. In previous years, it gave amateur race drivers the chance to compete in the highest level of GT racing in the UK and it returned due to heavy demand. The cars eligible were the cars currently used in the Porsche Supercup and Ferrari Challenge series, based on the Porsche 997 and Ferrari F430 road cars. It was only held at the first two meetings, with a single car running at each meeting.

Entry list

The provisional entry list for the championship was released on 24 March 2010. [3]

2010 Entry List
TeamNo.DriversClassChassisEngineRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Preci-Spark1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones [3] GT3 Ascari KZ1-R BMW M62 5.0L V81–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg MTECH Racing [4] 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron [4] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8All
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin [4]
Flag of Denmark.svg Rosso Verde [5] 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester [5] GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V81–5, 8–13
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen [5] 1–2, 5, 8–13
Flag of France.svg Stephane Daoudi [6] 3–4
Flag of the United States.svg RPM Motorsport [7] 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Mortimer [7] GT3 Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.0L V85–10, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Walker [7] 5–7, 9–10, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Bamford [8] 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GT3 Racing [9] 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aaron Scott [9] GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe GT3 Dodge 8.3L V101–10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Wilkins [9]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trackspeed [5] 6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bryant [7] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Morley [7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Walker [8] 8, 11–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook [8]
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn [5] GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0LAll
Flag of Spain.svg Siso Cunill [10] 1–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie [11] 3–4, 6–13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook [12] 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing [13] 8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short [13] GT3 Mosler MT900 R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V86–10, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gregor Fisken [13] 6–7, 9–10, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Beer [14] 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barwell-Beechdean 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Howard [15] GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V128, 11–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner [15] 8
Flag of Russia.svg Leo Machitski [16] 11–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chad Racing [17] 10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Ferrier [18] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V81–8, 11–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Warren [18]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Jelley [19] 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington [19]
11 Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Balbiani [20] GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V81–7
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Garriz [20]
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Kane [21] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V88
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iain Dockerill [21]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Archie Hamilton [22] 11–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Lewis [22]
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Brown [23] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8All
Flag of South Africa.svg Christopher Hyman [23] 1–8, 11–13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Ferrier [24] 9–10
50 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Mallock [13] G4 KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I46–7
Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Ladas [13] 6–8
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kevin Veltman [25] 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Predator CCTV Racing [5] 12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox [26] GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burton [26]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vantage Racing14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Hall [15] GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V128, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Black [15]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barwell-Cadena [5] 18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Bentwood [27] GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V121–2, 5, 8–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Whight [27]
Flag of the United States.svg United Autosports [28] 22 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Guasch [3] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V101–2
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Patterson [3]
23 Flag of the United States.svg Zak Brown [28] GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V101–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Dean [28]
53 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Bell [29] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V68
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Bell [29]
Flag of Germany.svg Reiter Engineering 24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox [7] GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Lamborghini 5.2L V105
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Hayek [7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stark Racing42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Stinton [25] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V68
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Marsh [25]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ABG Motorsport [30] 44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benjamin Harvey [30] G4 KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I41–5, 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rory Butcher [31]
98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Mowle [8] Inv8, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Mowle [8]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ProMotorsport [32] 45 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Palmer Jr. [32] G4 Nissan 350Z Nissan VQ35HR 3.5L V61–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rick Pearson [32]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport [33] 47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nathan Freke [33] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V61–4, 6–13
Flag of Denmark.svg Vibe Smed [33]
57 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington [25] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V68–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Hetherington [25]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Speedworks Motorsport 48 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick [34] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley [34]
92 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Piers Johnson [35] Inv Ginetta G50 Mod Ford Cyclone 3.5L V613
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Johnson [35]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Osborne Racing [36] 49 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Osborne [36] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V61–10, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Osman Yusuf [36] 1–8, 13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Brown [37] 9–10
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Rattenbury [16] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V611–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dean Hawkey [16]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barwell Motorsport51 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julien Draper [38] G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V611–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Lloyd [38]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Piranha Motorsport [39] 55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bialan [39] G4 Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L S/C I41–4, 6–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Mason [39]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Appleby Engineering60 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Appleby [40] G4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 Aston Martin 4.3L V89–10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ant Scragg [40]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Hunter Racing62 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Hunter [41] GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Porsche 3.6L Flat-63–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Pierce [41]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kinfaun Racing81 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Dryburgh [3] GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Porsche 3.6L Flat-61–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Gaw [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reflex Racing91 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Smith [8] Inv Ginetta G50 Mod Ford Cyclone 3.5L V68–10
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matt Smith [8]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chevron Racing Cars97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid [19] Inv Chevron GR8 Ford Cosworth YD 2.0L Turbo I413
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Hart [19]
IconClass
GT3GT3 Class
G4G4 Class
GTCCup Class
InvInvitation Class

Calendar

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionGT3 WinnerG4 Winner
1 Oulton Park 5 April#1 Team Preci-Spark#2 MTECH Racing#48 Speedworks Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley
2#3 Rosso Verde#2 MTECH Racing#44 ABG Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benjamin Harvey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rory Butcher
3 Knockhill 9 May#1 Team Preci-Spark#1 Team Preci-Spark#48 Speedworks Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley
4#12 Predator CCTV#1 Team Preci-Spark#48 Speedworks Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley
5 Spa-Francorchamps 5 June#24 Reiter Engineering #24 Reiter Engineering #48 Speedworks Motorsport
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Hayek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Hayek
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley
6 Rockingham 18 July#8 Rollcentre Racing#7 Trackspeed#50 Chad Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gregor Fisken
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Mallock
Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Ladas
7#7 Trackspeed#7 Trackspeed#50 Chad Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Mallock
Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Ladas
8 Silverstone 15 August#6 Trackspeed#7 Trackspeed#53 United Autosports
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Walker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Bell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Bell
9 Snetterton 30 August#1 Team Preci-Spark#21 Chad Racing#57 Century Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Ferrier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Hetherington
10#12 Predator CCTV#2 MTECH Racing#57 Century Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Hetherington
11 Brands Hatch 26 September#1 Team Preci-Spark#7 Trackspeed#57 Century Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Hetherington
12#3 Rosso Verde#1 Team Preci-Spark#51 Barwell Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julien Draper
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Lloyd
13 Donington Park 16 October#3 Rosso Verde#3 Rosso Verde#48 Speedworks Motorsport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Dick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Stanley

Standings

Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for 60 minute races, with double points awarded for the endurance races. Half-points were given in certain races of the G4 class, and in all GT Cup races due to a lack of entries. Drivers in bold indicate pole position, while drivers in italics indicate fastest lap.

GT3

PosDriver OUL KNO SPA ROC SIL SNE BRH DON Pts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ashburn 533Ret211149152107
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glynn Geddie 3Ret1114915281
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron 112Ret652108166375
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin 112Ret6521081663
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hector Lester 227Ret10226RetDNS165
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen 2210226RetDNS163
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Walker 53Ret43723850
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burton 676378589†544547
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilcox 676378589†5445
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Ferrier 76Ret4Ret4Ret1112Ret241
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Jones RetRet11DNSDNSDNS7Ret3Ret140
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Godfrey Jones RetRet11DNSDNSDNS7Ret3Ret1
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook 242340
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Mortimer 53Ret537834
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short 210126†4429
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gregor Fisken 2106†44
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Brown 911†RetDNS894912RetDNSRet26
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Bentwood 3Ret4135103Ret26
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Whight 3Ret4135103Ret
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Warren 76Ret4Ret4Ret11Ret223
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox 120
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Hayek 1
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aaron Scott DNSDNS57†Ret73Ret7819
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Wilkins DNSDNS57†Ret73Ret78
25 Flag of Argentina.svg José Manuel Balbiani 10†Ret4296Ret16
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Garriz 10†Ret4296Ret
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Howard 35Ret16
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bryant 312
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Morley 3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner 3
31 Flag of Spain.svg Siso Cunill 5310
32 Flag of the United States.svg Zak Brown 4410
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Dean 44
34 Flag of South Africa.svg Christopher Hyman 911†RetDNS8949RetDNSRet8
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Bamford 58
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Black 1666
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Hall 166
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iain Dockerill 66
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Kane 6
40 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Guasch 855
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Patterson 85
42 Flag of Russia.svg Leo Machitski 5Ret4
43 Flag of France.svg Stephane Daoudi 7Ret2
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benji Hetherington13†2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Jelley 13†
46 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Beer 120
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Archie Hamilton DNSDNS0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Lewis DNSDNS
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Hart 70
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid 7
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Piers Johnson 100
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Johnson 10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Mowle 1490
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Mowle 149
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Smith 2015150
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matt Smith 201515
PosDriver OUL KNO SPA ROC SIL SNE BRH DON Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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