Century Motorsport

Last updated

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport
2023 British GT Championship Brands Hatch (53187303875).jpg
Founded1995
Base Fenny Compton, Warwickshire
Team principal(s) Nathan Freke, Clive Freke
Current series Ginetta GT Supercup
British GT Championship
Ginetta GT5 Challenge
Creventic 24 hour series
Noted driversJamie Orton, Tom Oliphant, Martin Poole, Zoë Wenham, Declan Jones, Nathan Freke, Guy Wenham, Anna Walewska, Ben Green, Ben Tuck, Jack Mitchell, Ricky Collard, Aleksander Schjerpen, Dean Macdonald, David Holloway, Phil Ingram, Piers Johnson, Max Bird, James Kellett, Michael Crees, Angus Fender, Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke, Jacob Mathiassen, Ollie Hancock, Ruben Anakhasyan
Drivers'
Championships
Nathan Freke, 2009 Ginetta G50 Cup
2015 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Dubai 24 Hours
Dubai Proto Series
Jack Mitchell, 2018 British GT4
James Kellett, 2018 GT5 Challenge
Michael Crees, 2018 GT4 Supercup Am Class

Century Motorsport is a professional motor racing team based in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, the British GT Championship, the Ginetta GT5 Challenge Championship, G50 Cup and the Creventic 24 Hour Series. [1]

Contents

The team was founded in 1995.

Racing Record

Complete British GT Championship results

YearEntrantClassNoChassisEngineDrivers123456789Class Pos.Class PtsTeams Pos.Teams

Pts

2020 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport GT4 Silver42 BMW M4 GT4 BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke OUL
1

OUL
2

DON
1

DON
2

BRH
1

2
DON
1

SNE
1

7
SNE
2

4
SIL
1

8th834th150
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Green11th27
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Tuck SNE
1

7
SNE
2

4
12th18
GT4 Pro-Am Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Wheldon
SIL
1

1
2nd18.75
GT4 Silver43 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Hurst OUL
1

6
OUL
2

3
DON
1

7
DON
2

7
BRH
1

5
DON
1

Ret
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

7
SIL
1

5
9th78
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke8th83
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Hatfield BRH
1

5
DON
1

Ret
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

7
SIL
1

5
10th40
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport GT4 Pro-Am9 BMW M4 GT4 BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Salkeld
BRH
1
SIL
4
DON
1
5th931st313.5
GT4 Silver SPA
4
SNE 1
Ret
SNE 2
2
OUL 1
Ret
OUL 2
8
DON
7
8th49
57 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Burns
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Burton
BRH
1
SIL
2
DON
1
SPA
2
SNE 1
2
SNE 2
5
OUL 1
1
OUL 2
1
DON
3
1st229.5
GT4 Pro-Am71 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Ellis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Holloway
BRH SIL DON SPA SNE 1 SNE 2 OUL 1 OUL 2 DON
3
NC
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport GT3 Silver-Am91 BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Betty Chen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Angus Fender
OUL 1
DNS
OUL 2
5
SIL
6
DON
5
9th428th66
GT3 Pro-Am Flag of the Republic of China.svg Betty Chen SNE 1
9
SNE 2
11
22nd3
Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Eriksson SPA
7
19th12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Holloway20th9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Dawes BRH
3
17th22.5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims DON
1
12th60
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Leung15th37.5
GT4 Silver9 BMW M4 GT4 BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Rawlings
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Salkeld
OUL 1
10
OUL 2
8
SIL
5
DON
8
SNE 1
4
SNE 2
8
SPA
8
BRH DON
4
10th664th150
90 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Burns
OUL 1
5
OUL 2
2
SIL
4
DON
2
SNE 1
7
SNE 2
1
SPA
7
BRH
6
DON
5
4th140
GT4 Pro-Am21 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Ellis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Holloway
OUL 1 OUL 2 SIL
2
DON SNE 1 SNE 2 SPA BRH DON NC
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Century Motorsport GT3 Pro-Am91 BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Harper
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Leung
OUL 1
6
OUL 2
6
SIL
1
DON
5
SNE 1
2
SNE 2
5
ALG
5
BRH
1
DON
2
1st1762nd176
GT4 Pro-Am14 BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Johnston
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Salkeld
OUL 1
3
OUL 2
3
SIL
4
DON
3
SNE 1
1
SNE 2
5
ALG
1
BRH
1
DON
5
1st2031st223.5
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Cavers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Plato
OUL 1
2
OUL 2
5
SIL
3
DON
2
SNE 1
2
SNE 2
1
ALG
Ret
BRH
2
DON
2
3rd179
21 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Ellis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Holloway
OUL 1 OUL 2 SIL
2
DON SNE 1 SNE 2 ALG BRH DON NC

* Season still in progress

Related Research Articles

Nathan Freke is a racing driver. He was the 2006 British Formula Ford Champion. Freke has held four British Kart Racing Championship Titles and in 2005 became the only driver ever to win an FIA/CIK Superkart Race in a Division 2 Kart against Division 1 Karts,.

The 2010 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup was the third Ginetta G50 Cup. The season began at Thruxton on 4 April and finished after 28 races over 10 rounds at Brands Hatch on 10 October, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

The 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece.

The Ginetta GT5 Challenge, currently known as the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge for sponsorship reasons is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom. The series uses the Ginetta G40 and Ginetta G20 race cars and thus has a two class system. The cars use a sealed Ford Zetec 1.8-litre engine and tubular steel chassis, full integral FIA approved roll cage and fibre- glass shell which ensures safe, controlled racing.

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. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ginetta G55</span> Motor vehicle

The Ginetta G55 is a specialist sports car, which has been built by Ginetta Cars since 2011. It is built to the FIA GT3 regulations, and the cars are raced in a one-make series; the Ginetta GT Supercup. In addition to this, they are also used in the GT3 class of competitions such as the British GT Championship. It was an evolutionary update of the Ginetta G50, which is a GT4-class car.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Moore (racing driver)</span> British racing driver

Sarah Moore is a British racing driver. She won the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2009 and competed in the InterSteps Championship in 2011. She was awarded the Rising Star status by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 2009. Moore was the first female racing driver to win a TOCA-sanctioned race, and the first to win a junior mixed-gender, national-level series in the UK. She is the first female to have won the Britcar Endurance Championship.

The 2014 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup was a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the fourth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-seven races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Declan Jones</span> British racing driver (born 1995)

Declan Jones is a British racing driver. In 2018 Declan competes in Historic Racing, driving for Kelvin Jones Motorsport in the "Tatty Turner"

The 2017 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Ginetta G55s that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the seventh Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concludes on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-two races held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season.

Will Burns is a British racing driver, currently competing in the British GT series with Century Motorsports.

The 2018 Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It is the twelfth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 April 2018 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 30 September 2018 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 25 races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ginetta G60-LT-P1</span> Non-hybrid Le Mans Prototype racing car

The Ginetta G60-LT-P1 is a non-hybrid Le Mans Prototype built by Ginetta for use in the LMP1 category for the FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The G60-LT-P1 had its competition debut at the 2018 24 Hours Of Le Mans, after financial issues led to the withdrawal of the car at the initial round of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours Of Spa Francorchamps.

The 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It was the thirteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, and the first with new title sponsor Michelin, commencing on 6 April 2019 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 13 October 2019 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.

The 2019 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Ginetta G55s that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the ninth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concludes on 30 September at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-two races held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Esmee Hawkey</span> British racing driver

Esmee Anna Hawkey is a British racing driver, who previously competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

The 2020 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Ginetta G55s that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the tenth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 2 August at Donington Park and concludes on 15 November at Brands Hatch, utilising the Indy circuit, after nineteen races held at seven meetings, all in support of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship.

The 2020 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It was the fourteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 1 August 2020 at Donington Park and concluding on 15 November 2020 at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit. After nine meetings, all in support of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship, Tom Lebbon was crowned champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry King (racing driver)</span> British racing driver

Harry King is a British racing driver, who currently competes in the Porsche Supercup for BWT Lechner Racing. King has previously competed in full seasons of the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, winning the series championship in the latter, in 2019. In 2020, King won twelve out of sixteen races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, to take the series title with a round to spare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith Donegan</span> Irish racing driver

Keith Donegan, is an Irish racing driver and team owner who last drove in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship for Race Performance Motorsport. He is the owner of the team, having purchased the assets of RP Motorsport in February 2022. Following Round 5 of the championship, Donegan stepped back from driving to continue as just the owner.

References

  1. "Team Century | Century Motorsport". 7 June 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2023.