2014 British GT

[andy97]

Originally Posted by andy97

I am a big fan of GT4 and I am continually surprised that it hasn't taken off in its own right in the UK as a good "value for money" series (its all relative!). There are cars out there, particularly in Europe where M3s, Porsche 911 and even Corvette and Camaro etc have representatives racing. One Dutch outfit have built a kit that up-specs a 911 Cup/ SuperCup GT3 to be a GT4 car and that must be a good way to go, given the amount of 911 knowledge and support there is around. It doesn't have to be a Ginetta! Mind you, given that there are at least 4 x second hand Ginetta G50 GT4s available for sale at the moment for £28-35K each then I guess its not surprising that people do choose that car in the UK.

In 2014 the AMOC GT4 cars are going to run at 4 events as a support race; if the GT3 class is as popular as it was in 2013 then maybe at these 4 events they should run the British GT4 class together with the AMOC series to give a stand alone GT4 race.

I see that Blendini Motorsport are to campaign a pair of 997 Cup cars in GT4 in 2014. £50K plus VAT per driver if you have got it! I expect that's an accurate figure as a mate of mine drove in GT4 this year for £60K all in.

It will be interesting to see how they get on against the usual Ginetta G50s and it will be good to see something different in the class.

[Subaru_WRX_STi]

For the Bentley entry, Happy to see it's a customer effort. Britsh GT doesn't need works teams who came and destroy the competition.

[andy97]

Originally Posted by andy97

I see that Blendini Motorsport are to campaign a pair of 997 Cup cars in GT4 in 2014. £50K plus VAT per driver if you have got it! I expect that's an accurate figure as a mate of mine drove in GT4 this year for £60K all in.

It will be interesting to see how they get on against the usual Ginetta G50s and it will be good to see something different in the class.

And now Beachdean have announced that they are planning a Junior team in GT4 with Aston Martins. Good news to have a potential Porsche V Aston Martin V Ginetta battle.

[SALEEN S7R]

Originally Posted by Subaru_WRX_STi

For the Bentley entry, Happy to see it's a customer effort. Britsh GT doesn't need works teams who came and destroy the competition.

Since when have works teams destroyed the competition? I remember when Lister were in British GT with a works entry and they certainly didnt destroy anything, there was strong competition with the GNM Saleen's and works TVR Speed 12s etc. The same applies when the works Rollcentre Moslers were in British GT, they had lots of competition from Scuderia Ecosse and various other strong Porsche entries.

Im not saying that works teams make a championship, but they certainly don't destroy them either in my experince, providing they are kept in check when the need applies, and they do attract attention, I know that myself and friends of mine liked the fact that there were factory teams in British GT back in the day, nice to see top professional teams and drivers in any series.

[Simmi]

Surely BoP and the Pro-Am format stop anyone dominating the championship - works team or not.

[Holymoly]

A works team won the championship last year. Works team will always have an edge, development parts etc. They generally will have bigger budgets allow for extras (more testing, tyres, personal). Every works team will never want to be beaten by a customer team.

Not against works team in BGT at all just it is only an advantage.

[Simmi]

I'm not 100% up on the rules. I know Beechdean were an official customer team. They barely won the title in a razor-close fight.

They will have had a wealth of knowledge to tap into during the year, but what development parts can they run on a frozen spec GT3 car?

[Holymoly]

Although correct that Beechdean won the championship the car is solely ran by Prodrive as is the Gaw (Prodrive MD) and Dryburgh car.

Again correct on the homologation of parts but I know first hand tweaks can be done without rehomologation needed. Easiest ones are remaps of the engine. Exhaust systems are actually very free in terms of redesign.

[Simmi]

Another Aston in the series this year - good to see. TF Sport

https://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=20452

[Simmi]

Some nice news as Hector Lestor returns to the series with Allan's brother Benny.

http://www.britishgt.com/newsitem.php?key=1937

[Rodger Davies]

amazing news, that I would never have predicted. I know who I'll be cheering for at Oulton.

[Sodemo]

Any news on when the media day is?

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by andy97

I see that Blendini Motorsport are to campaign a pair of 997 Cup cars in GT4 in 2014. £50K plus VAT per driver if you have got it! I expect that's an accurate figure as a mate of mine drove in GT4 this year for £60K all in.

It will be interesting to see how they get on against the usual Ginetta G50s and it will be good to see something different in the class.

Has there been an official confirmation of their Porsche program? The last DSC article about the shape of GT4 to come didn't make mention of them.

[andy97]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

Has there been an official confirmation of their Porsche program? The last DSC article about the shape of GT4 to come didn't make mention of them.

Can't remember where I saw it now but it was referring to British GT campaign, not European GT4.

Motorsport News also says today that ABG Motorsport will run a BMW M3 GT4 in the early part of this year in British GT before switching to a BMW 2 Series Coupe.

I really hope that all these GT4 cars do come out to play, and it will be good to see different marques represented.

[KA]

The Gaw/Dryburgh PGF-Kinfaun and Poole/Abra MP Motorsport Astons both confirmed as returning.

The MP car has moved from Barwell Motorsport and will be run by Prodrive alongside the Kinfaun and Beechdean cars, and according to John Gaw in Autosport, there could be more 'factory-run' Astons to come in both GT3 and GT4...

According to the British GT website and Twitter, we're up to 25 cars confirmed so far, and more announcements to come

http://www.britishgt.com/newsitem.php?key=1940
http://www.britishgt.com/newsitem.php?key=1939

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

So many Astons...

...certainly a must see for anyone who likes cars...

[Simmi]

Yep it's going to be awesome. So gee'd up for Easter with ELMS/WEC/Brit GT all back to back. Lots of great spectating.

[kurski]

Morten Dons signs for Century Motorsport to race in British GT.

[airbusA346]

Trackspeed Porsche line-ups.

- Jon Minshaw & Phil Keen
- Warren Hughes & Jody Firth

Hughes and Firth will have to carry 75kg of ballast throughout the season.

[Rodger Davies]

good to see a porsche back, their ranks are really thinning whilst they keep staying silent on the subject of a 991 GT3 - really about time they got around to that...

[Simmi]

Which 10thers will be at Oulton for round one then?

Had a lot of fun last year so will definitely be making the trip.

[Rodger Davies]

Oulton almost certainly, it's my usual "first weekend of the year", although may well be third this year.

Undecided about the Milton Keynes Concrete Jungle WEC round as yet.

[TheNewBob]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Which 10thers will be at Oulton for round one then?

Had a lot of fun last year so will definitely be making the trip.

I'll be there on the Monday. WEC trip on the Sunday, so quite an action packed weekend!

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by TheNewBob

I'll be there on the Monday. WEC trip on the Sunday, so quite an action packed weekend!

Yep doing the same. Sat/Sun/Mon. 12 hours of racing.

[dj choc ice]

I'll probably be at Oulton for the Saturday and Monday with Sunday being reserved for WEC, though I could decide to do ELMS on Saturday and camp for the WEC and just do the Monday. Oulton is my traditional season opener and has been for a very long time now, think this year is the 14th year for me (missed 2006 due to a skiing holiday in Austria, can't have it all.) Looking back all that way things have changed an awful lot, cars may not be a patch on the Lister Storm's, Viper's, Saleen's but the series is in the best shape it has ever been in. Long may it continue.