The 2013 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 21st season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 30 March at Oulton Park and finished on 6 October at Donington Park, after ten rounds held over seven meetings. [1] Beechdean Motorsport team principal Andrew Howard won the GT3 category in an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, Optimum Motorsport's Ryan Ratcliffe and Rick Parfitt Jr. won the GT4 championship, driving a Ginetta G50 while Paul Bailey and Andy Schulz took the GTC title in a Ferrari 458 Challenge, driving for Horsepower Racing.
The SRO released the entry list on 7 March at the season launch, containing 27 GT3 and 6 GT4 full season entries.
The 2013 calendar was announced on 13 September 2012. [1] A revised calendar was released on 6 December 2012, with Zandvoort replacing the Nürburgring. [39] All races except Dutch round at Zandvoort, were held in the United Kingdom.
Round | Circuit | Date | Length | Pole Position | GT3 Winner | GT4 Winner |
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1 | Oulton Park | 1 April | 60 mins | No. 15 Fortec Motorsports | No. 33 Trackspeed | No. 43 Century Motorsport |
Ollie Hancock Benji Hetherington | Phil Keen Jon Minshaw | Declan Jones Zoë Wenham | ||||
2 | 60 mins | No. 3 Rosso Verde | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 43 Century Motorsport | ||
Hector Lester Allan Simonsen | Nick Tandy David Ashburn | Declan Jones Zoë Wenham | ||||
3 | Rockingham | 6 May | 120 mins | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 32 Trackspeed | No. 53 Complete Racing AMR |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn | Richard Westbrook Gregor Fisken | Tom Wilson Steve Chaplin | ||||
4 | Silverstone Arena | 26 May | 180 mins | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse | No. 408 PROsport Performance |
Oliver Bryant Marco Attard | Oliver Bryant Marco Attard | Jörg Viebahn Adam Christodoulou | ||||
5 | Snetterton | 16 June | 60 mins | No. 10 M-Sport Racing | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport |
Warren Hughes Rembert Berg | Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
6 | 60 mins | No. 32 Trackspeed | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport | ||
Stephen Jelley Gregor Fisken | Nick Tandy David Ashburn | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
7 | Brands Hatch GP | 11 August | 120 mins | No. 888 888Optimum | No. 007 Beechdean Motorsport | No. 44 Optimum Motorsport |
Daniel Brown Steve Tandy | Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. | ||||
8 | Zandvoort | 7 September | 60 mins | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 1 Oman Air Motorbase | No. 50 Redgate/Lifetime Racing |
Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy | Michael Caine Ahmad Al Harthy | Matt Smith Dan Eagling | ||||
9 | 8 September | 60 mins | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 31 Trackspeed | No. 45 Blendini/Triple-R | |
Nick Tandy David Ashburn | Nick Tandy David Ashburn | Rory Bryant David Barker | ||||
10 | Donington Park | 6 October | 120 mins | No. 8 888Optimum | No. 25 United Autosports | No. 43 Century Motorsport |
Joe Osborne Lee Mowle | Matt Bell Mark Patterson | Declan Jones Nathan Freke |
Length | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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60 mins | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
60+ mins | 37.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 |
Half points are awarded if a class had less than 3 cars |
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