2025 British GT Championship

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The 2025 British GT Championship is the 33rd British GT Championship, a sports car championship promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group. The season will begin on 6 April and end on 5 October at Donington Park.

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Calendar

The calendar was provisionally unveiled on 28 June 2024. In a change from the 2024 schedule, the season will start and end with a 2-hour round at Donington Park with Oulton Park moving to the third round, at the request of the teams because of weather issues, however, the race will stay on a Bank Holiday but moving from Easter Monday to the Spring bank holiday at the end of May, and Donington Park moving to the penultimate round. The international round will stay at Spa as part of the SRO's Speedweek. [1] Another change from prior seasons is the moving of the media day from Donington Park to Silverstone. [2]

RoundCircuitLengthDate
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park, Leicestershire 120 min5–6 April
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 180 min26–27 April
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oulton Park, Cheshire 60 min24–26 May
460 min
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 180 min21–22 June
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 60 min12–13 July
760 min
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch, Kent 120 min23–24 August
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park, Leicestershire 120 min4–5 October
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Entry list

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversClassRounds
GT3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Optimum Motorsport [3] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum MacLeod [3] PATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Price [3]
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron [4] TBC
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin [4]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport [5] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of None.svg TBA
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steller Motorsport [6] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
GT4
IconClass
SSilver Cup
PAPro-Am Cup
SASilver-Am Cup
AmAm Cup

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