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All teams are British-registered.
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Fortec Motorsports | 3 | Johnathan Hoggard [2] | All |
33 | Manuel Maldonado [3] | All | |
35 | Kris Wright [4] | All | |
Chris Dittmann Racing | 7 | Nazim Azman [5] | All |
12 | Ayrton Simmons [6] | All | |
Carlin | 8 | Kaylen Frederick [7] | All |
17 | Clément Novalak [8] [lower-alpha 1] | All | |
22 | Lucas Petersson [9] | All | |
Douglas Motorsport | 20 | Benjamin Pedersen [10] | 1–7 |
55 | Ulysse de Pauw [11] | All | |
87 | Kiern Jewiss [12] | All | |
Lanan Racing | 16 | Andreas Estner [13] | 3, 5 |
21 | Joshua Mason [14] | All | |
Double R Racing | 24 | Hampus Ericsson [15] | All |
26 | Neil Verhagen [16] | All | |
28 | Pavan Ravishankar [17] | All | |
Hillspeed | 25 | Nicolás Varrone [18] | 3, 5, 7 |
79 | Sasakorn Chaimongkol [19] | All |
The calendar was revealed on 8 November 2018. The series supports British GT at all events, excluding the 17-18 August round at Silverstone Circuit. [1]
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.
Races | Position, points per race | |||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
Races 1 & 3 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Race 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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