GT Cup Championship

GT Cup Championship
Category	Gran Turismo
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
	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]

Classes

Solution-F TC 12 (left), an example of a GTO class car. A Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (middle), a GT3 class car. A Ginetta G55 Supercup (right), an example of a GTA class car.

A Porsche 991 GT3 Cup (left), an example of a GTB class car. A Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo (middle), an example of a GTC class car. A McLaren 570S GT4 (right), an example of a GTH class car.

As of the 2022 season, GT Cup has six different classes:[1]

GTO: GT2, GTE, modified cars; silhouettes, replicas.
GT3: Homologated cars running to Group GT3 specifications.
GTA: Lower specification, cup challenge and one-make series cars.
GTB: Early year challenge and cup cars.
GTC: Later year challenge and cup cars.
GTH: Homologated cars running to Group GT4 specifications.

Champions

[3]

Year	Champion	Car	Team	Teams' Champion
2010	Marco Pullen	Ferrari 360 GTC	Team OMG	Not awarded
2011	Andy Ruhan	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	JMH Automotive
2012	Derek Johnston	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Greypaul Racing
2013	Jeff Wyatt	BMW M3 GTR	Geoff Steel Racing	FF Corse
2014	Jim Geddie	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	United Autosports	In2 Racing
2015	Charlie Hollings Wayne Marrs	Ferrari 458 Challenge	FF Corse	FF Corse
2016	Jordan Witt	Bentley Continental GT3	Jordan Racing	JMH Automotive
2017	Graham Davidson	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	Jetstream Motorsport	Spy Motorsport
2018	Adam Hatfield Chris Murphy	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	Whitebridge Motorsport	Topcats Racing
2019	Steve Ruston John Whitehouse	McLaren 570S GT4	JMH Automotive	JMH Automotive
2020	Joshua Jackson Simon Orange	Ginetta G55 Supercup	Team HARD. Racing	Team HARD. Racing
2021	Richard Neary Sam Neary	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Abba Racing	Orange Racing powered by JMH
2022	Michael O'Brien Simon Orange	McLaren 720S GT3	Orange Racing powered by JMH	Orange Racing powered by JMH
2023	Paul Bailey James Dorlin Ross Wylie	Brabham BT62 Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Kendall Developments	Orange Racing powered by JMH

References

"About Us". gtcup.co.uk.
"2021 GT Cup Championship Calendar". gtcup.co.uk/. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
"Overall Champions". gtcup.co.uk.

External links

Official website

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[GT_CupMSVR-1] "About Us". gtcup.co.uk.

[GTCup-2] "2021 GT Cup Championship Calendar". gtcup.co.uk/. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[3] "Overall Champions". gtcup.co.uk.