The British GT Championship has revealed a capacity grid of 36 cars for the 2018 Championship with 13 cars entered in the premier GT3 category.
In the premier category, Team Parker Racing has entered two Bentley Continental GT3s, the #1 for the GT3 drivers champion Rick Parfitt Jnr and his new driving partner for the season, Ryan Ratcliffe and the #7 for Ian Loggie and Callum Macleod.
Teams champion Barwell Motorsport returns for the new season with a three-car line-up. The #2 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 will be driven by Leo Matchitski and Patrick Kujala, the #33 entry by drivers championship runners-up Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen and the #69 entry by Sam de Haan and Jonny Cocker.
TF Sport has welcomed Aston Martin factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen to join established Am drivers Derek Johnston and Mark Farmer. Thiim will partner with Farmer in the #11 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 while Sorensen will join Johnston in the #17 car.
TF Sport will make up two of five Aston Martins on the GT3 grid in 2018. Jetstream Motorsport has entered the #47 car to be driven by Graham Davidson and Maxime Martin while Wakefield-based Optimum Motorsport returns to the GT3 category with Flick Haigh and double-GT3 champion Jonny Adam.
The fifth V12 Vantage GT3 on the grid will be the returning 2015 drivers champions Beechdean AMR with team owner Andrew Howard being joined by Darren Turner for the season.
Three manufacturers represent the final three entries in the premier category. RJN Motorsport announced on the Media Day that it would be joining the GT3 category with its #24 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 to be driven by Devon Modell and Struan Moore. Woking manufacturer McLaren is represented by a single entry, that of the #101 Balfe Motorsport car to be driven by team owner Shaun Balfe and McLaren development driver Rob Bell.
After Team ABBA by Rollcentre withdrew from the GT3 class at the end of 2017, one Mercedes-AMG GT3 will be on the grid for the season – that of the ERC Motorsport #116 entry to be driven by Lee Mowle and Yelmer Buurman.
The first round of the 2018 British GT Championship will be at Oulton Park on March 31 – April 2.
