2013 British GT Championship


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.

Entry list

The SRO released the entry list on 7 March at the season launch, containing 27 GT3 and 6 GT4 full season entries.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 calendar was announced on 13 September 2012. A revised calendar was released on 6 December 2012, with Zandvoort replacing the Nürburgring. All races except Dutch round at Zandvoort, were held in the United Kingdom.
RoundCircuitDateLengthPole PositionGT3 WinnerGT4 Winner
1Oulton Park1 April60 minsNo. 15 Fortec MotorsportsNo. 33 TrackspeedNo. 43 Century Motorsport
1Oulton Park1 April60 mins Ollie Hancock
Benji Hetherington
Phil Keen
Jon Minshaw
Declan Jones
Zoë Wenham
2Oulton Park1 April60 minsNo. 3 Rosso VerdeNo. 31 TrackspeedNo. 43 Century Motorsport
2Oulton Park1 April60 mins Hector Lester
Allan Simonsen
Nick Tandy
David Ashburn
Declan Jones
Zoë Wenham
3Rockingham6 May120 minsNo. 31 TrackspeedNo. 32 TrackspeedNo. 53 Complete Racing AMR
3Rockingham6 May120 mins Nick Tandy
David Ashburn
Richard Westbrook
Gregor Fisken
Tom Wilson
Steve Chaplin
4Silverstone Arena26 May180 minsNo. 79 Ecurie EcosseNo. 79 Ecurie EcosseNo. 408 PROsport Performance
4Silverstone Arena26 May180 mins Oliver Bryant
Marco Attard
Oliver Bryant
Marco Attard
Jörg Viebahn
Adam Christodoulou
5Snetterton16 June60 minsNo. 10 M-Sport RacingNo. 1 Oman Air MotorbaseNo. 44 Optimum Motorsport
5Snetterton16 June60 mins Warren Hughes
Rembert Berg
Michael Caine
Ahmad Al Harthy
Ryan Ratcliffe
Rick Parfitt, Jr.
6Snetterton16 June60 minsNo. 32 TrackspeedNo. 31 TrackspeedNo. 44 Optimum Motorsport
6Snetterton16 June60 mins Stephen Jelley
Gregor Fisken
Nick Tandy
David Ashburn
Ryan Ratcliffe
Rick Parfitt, Jr.
7Brands Hatch GP11 August120 minsNo. 888 888OptimumNo. 007 Beechdean MotorsportNo. 44 Optimum Motorsport
7Brands Hatch GP11 August120 mins Daniel Brown
Steve Tandy
Jonathan Adam
Andrew Howard
Ryan Ratcliffe
Rick Parfitt, Jr.
8Zandvoort7 September60 minsNo. 1 Oman Air MotorbaseNo. 1 Oman Air MotorbaseNo. 50 Redgate/Lifetime Racing
8Zandvoort7 September60 mins Michael Caine
Ahmad Al Harthy
Michael Caine
Ahmad Al Harthy
Matt Smith
Dan Eagling
9Zandvoort8 September60 minsNo. 31 TrackspeedNo. 31 TrackspeedNo. 45 Blendini/Triple-R
9Zandvoort8 September60 mins Nick Tandy
David Ashburn
Nick Tandy
David Ashburn
Rory Bryant
David Barker
10Donington Park6 October120 minsNo. 8 888OptimumNo. 25 United AutosportsNo. 43 Century Motorsport
10Donington Park6 October120 mins Joe Osborne
Lee Mowle
Matt Bell
Mark Patterson
Declan Jones
Nathan Freke

Championship standings

GT4