About GT

In 2011, Michael is racing with Scuderia Vittoria in a Ferrari 458 GT3 car in the British GT championship alongside his team mate Charlie Bateman.

The Avon Tyres British GT championship showcases the most prestigious and stylish sportscar grid of any national motorsport championship. The 2011 season will visit six UK venues and there will be one international event, held at Spa-Francorchamps.

For the fans, the British GT Championship offers a spectacular motorsport experience. With glamorous supercars racing bumper-to-bumper, ground-shaking noise, breathtaking speeds and all the drama of pit stops and driver changeovers, the race experience is one not to be missed.

The classes:

GT3
Closely reflecting their road-going equivalents to keep maintenance costs to a minimum, GT3 specification racecars allow limited alterations to suspension, engine and bodywork. Including such cars as Ferrari 458 and Ferrari 430 Scuderia, Aston Martin DBRS9, Porsche Cup S GT3, Audi R8, Corvette, Mercedes SLS…

From 2011 GT3 B class has been introduced to allow for slightly older spec GT3 machinery to compete. Including such cars as Ferrari 430, Aston Martin DBRS9….…

GT4
The GT4 category amalgamates GT4-homologated cars and Supersport-type machines. The former category provides the exciting cars which form the mainstay of the GT4 European Cup – like the Lotus Evora GT4, Nissan 370Z, BMW M3, Aston Martin N24, Ginetta G50… – while the latter division encompasses such exotica as the KTM XBOW and Lotus 2-Eleven.

Championship points
The Avon Tyres British GT Championship features four separate scoring classes for 2011 – GT3 (the class that will decide the overall British GT Championship title), GT3 B, GT4 and GTC. Points are awarded as follows in each class:

1st 25, 2nd 18, 3rd 15, 4th 12, 5th 10, 6th 8, 7th 6, 8th 4, 9th 2, 10th 1

Time Penalty
Time Penalty will be added to the first three cars in each class after each race. It will be applied during the mandatory Pit stop in the following race.

1st 15 seconds (+5 seconds for races longer than 1 hr)
2nd 10 seconds (+5 seconds for races longer than 1 hr)
3rd 5 seconds (+5 seconds for races longer than 1 hr)