Category | Gran Turismo |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Inaugural season | 2007 |
Drivers | Varies |
Teams | Varies |
Tyre suppliers | Pirelli |
Drivers' champion | Group GTO: Paul Bailey James Dorlin Ross Wylie Group GT3: Hugo Cook Sacha Kakad Group GTC: Charlotte Gilbert Warren Gilbert Sam Neary Morgan Short Gilbert Yates Group GTH: Chris Hart Stephen Walton |
Teams' champion | Orange Racing powered by JMH |
Official website | [1] |
Current season |
The GT Cup Championship is a sports car racing series based in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Marc Haynes in 2007.[1] The championship supported the short-lived British LMP3 Cup in 2017, following the series to Spa-Francorchamps where it participated alongside the field of prototypes. It will support the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Brands Hatch on 1–2 May. GT Cup Championship events consist of 1 free practice session, 1 qualifying session and 2 races per day; the first being a 25-minute sprint and the second being a 50-minute endurance race with driver changes.[2]