Optimum Motorsport

Optimum Motorsport

Founded	2007
Base	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Team principal(s)	Shaun Goff Bas Leinders
Current series	Asian Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe Creventic 24H British GT Championship International GT Open IMSA SportsCar Championship
Noted drivers	Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, Graham Johnson, Will Moore, Ryan Ratcliffe, Mike Robinson, Flick Haigh, Joe Osborne, Frank Stippler
Drivers' Championships	2013 British GT4 Class, Dubai 24H, Mugello 24H

Optimum Motorsport is a British sports car racing team based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that primarily competes with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Optimum also race under the Inception Racing banner with Ferrari. Their record includes championship wins in 2013 British GT4, class wins at 2012 and 2015 Dubai 24H, 2017 24h Series class champions, and most recently several British GT, GT Open, and AsLMS podiums and championships.

Overview

Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 of Nick Moss and Joe Osborne at the Red Bull Ring

Optimum Motorsport is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. In 2022, it is taking part in:

• FIA World Endurance Championship in collaboration with Project 1
• IMSA Sportscar Championship ^[1] (as Inception)
• Le Mans Cup making their debut ^[2] in prototype racing with a Duqueine D-08
• Asian Le Mans Series (as both Optimum and Inception, one car apiece)
• International GT Open (as Inception Racing)
• British GT Championship ^[3] in GT3 with McLaren customer cars (and historically, Optimum have additionally run Aston Martin in the GT4 class)

In previous years Optimum have campaigned in Creventic 24H ^[4] endurance series.

British GT results

British GT results
Year	Car	Class	Drivers	Wins	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2012	Ginetta G55	GT3	George Murrells David McDonald Luke Hines Mike Simpson John Hartshorne		3	28.5
	Ginetta G50	GT4	Lee Mowle Ryan Ratcliffe George Murrells Gary Simms		1	60
2013	Ginetta G50	GT4	Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.	3	7	173	1st	1st
2014	Ginetta G55	GT4	Matt Draper Tania Mann Ryan Ratcliffe Jade Edwards		1	131	9th	8th
2015	Ginetta G55	GT4	Mike Robinson Graham Johnson	2	5	131	2nd	3rd
			Charlie Hollings Alistair Barclay
2016	Audi R8 LMS GT3	GT3	Ryan Ratcliffe Will Moore	2	2	97	1st	1st
	PMW Expo Ginetta G55	GT4	Mike Robinson Graham Johnson			36	9th	9th

  2016 current season running

Creventic 24H results

Optimum Motorsport competes in the A6 Class.

Round	Event	Venue	Date	Points
1	24H Dubai	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	14–16 January	24
2	12H Italy-Mugello	Mugello Circuit, Mugello, Italy	18–19 March	11
3	24H Silverstone [5]	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom	1–3 April	n/a
4	12H Zandvoort	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	6–7 May
5	24H Paul Ricard	Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France	15–17 July
6	24H Barcelona - Fermín Vélez Trophy	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	2–4 September
7	12H Epilog Brno	Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic	14–15 October

  Race is part of both the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series and is only open for non-GT cars.

References

1. "Inception Racing ready to roar at Daytona 24 debut - Optimum Motorsport". www.optimum-motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
2. "Optimum Add LMP3 Programme For 2022 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
3. "Optimum Motorsport, teams' profile". British GT.
4. Creventic, 24H Series. "24H Series". 24H Series. 24H Series Media.
5. "After Dubai, action continues in the 24H Series". Motorsport.com. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

External links

• Website