British GT - Brands Hatch - 2024
The final round of the 2024 British GT Championship and our own one and only visit to Brands Hatch this year.
Rob and Ricky Collard, and Jack Brown and Zac Meakin were crowned 2024 British GT champions at Brands Hatch where Team RJN won for the first time since 2020 thanks to Josh Caygill and Al Buncombe.
Their McLaren finished just 0.524s ahead of Alex Martin and Sandy Mitchell who scored maximum points due to RJN’s pre-event driver change but lost the title by five to their Barwell co-drivers who crossed the line sixth but were subsequently classified fifth following Mark Radcliffe and Tom Gamble's drive time penalty.
Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton completed the overall podium in Garage 59’s 720S.
But the afternoon also belonged to Optimum’s Brown and Meakin who overturned their 3.5-point deficit in emphatic fashion by claiming a fourth win of the season. Title rivals Jamie Day and Mikey Porter (Forsetti) finished second in class and bagged the Silver crown, while RACE LAB’s Callum Davies and Sai Sanjay scored their best result of the year in third.
The outcome provided redemption of sorts for Optimum and Meakin who fell just short last year.
Further back, early retirement for Marc Warren and Will Orton effectively handed GT4’s Pro-Am title to Team Parker’s Charles Dawson and Seb Morris.
Results -
GT3 -
1 - Team RJN - Caygill/Buncombe - McLaren 720s GT3 Evo
2 - Barwell Motorsport - Martin/Mitchell - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2
3 - Garage 59 - Tillbrook/Clutton - McLaren 720s GT3 Evo
GT4 -
1 - Optimum Motorsport - Meakin/Brown - McLaren Artura GT4
2 - Forsetti Motorsport - Day/Porter - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo
3 - Race Lab - Davies/Sanjay - McLaren Artura GT4
And just like that, the 2024 British GT season is over, we now wait until Media Day, 2025.
Ourselves, we now have a long break before our next confirmed event, the Gulf 12hr in December. Hopefully something might come in before then….