The 2010 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 18th season of the British GT Championship. The season began on 5 April at Oulton Park and finished on 16 October at Donington Park after thirteen races, twelve held in the United Kingdom as well as a single overseas event at Spa-Francorchamps.

Sexagenarian David Ashburn prevailed in the GT3 class, taking his Trackspeed car to the championship title after being helped by three different co-drivers during the season. After sharing his car with Siso Cunill and Richard Westbrook – Westbrook would later return to Trackspeed to boost Ashburn's championship challenge, sharing a car with Philip Walker – in one-off appearances scoring a podium with each, it was a driver 43 years his junior that he enjoyed most success with. Porsche Carrera Cup driver Glynn Geddie had competed with Ashburn at his home event at Knockhill but joined him full-time from the Rockingham meeting onwards, and the pairing took four victories in the last eight races to give Ashburn the championship and Geddie the runner-up spot. Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin finished in third place, taking three victories during the season. Also taking three victories were defending champions David and Godfrey Jones, who struggled for reliability in their Ascari, finishing only five races all season. Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen, Tom Ferrier and Dan Brown, and Peter Kox and Marc Hayek were the other race winners.

In the G4 class, Christian Dick and Jamie Stanley were comfortable champions, taking five victories during the season as the Speedworks pair finished 32.5 points ahead of their nearest challengers. Rory Butcher and Benjamin Harvey only contested six of the season's thirteen races, but with a win and three second place finishes, amassed enough points to finish as the closest challengers to Dick and Stanley. Nathan Freke and Vibe Smed finished a point further back with seven podium finishes, with many of those coming where only half points were awarded. Brothers Benji and Freddie Hetherington won three of their five starts in the class, having spent most of the season in the Ginetta G50 Cup, Athanasios Ladas and Michael Mallock swept both races at Rockingham, with single victories going to Daniel Lloyd and Julien Draper, as well as another pair of brothers, Matt and Robert Bell. A GT Cup class was held at the first two meetings, with Phil Dryburgh and John Gaw claiming honours in both races at Oulton Park, and Steve Hunter and Derek Pierce taking a victory and a DNF at Knockhill.

Rule changes

Class restructure and new homologations On 15 October 2009 the SRO Motorsports Group announced changes to the structure of the 2010 season including a wider variety of circuits, with races broadcast on Channel 4 and viewable again on 4oD. The race coverage was also available on Motors TV. It was also announced that emphasis was placed on the avoidance of clashes with other prominent racing series.

For the 2010 season, the GT3 class had more homologated cars available to compete because homologated models of superseded FIA GT3-spec cars were eligible to race along with the Nationally homologated Mosler. Thirteen marques were available to race. They included Ascari, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW Alpina, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Morgan, Mosler and Porsche.

The G4 class also featured more cars because of the introduction of Supersport-spec cars from last year to the class such as Lotus, KTM and Donkervoort. In addition to the new Supersport cars into the G4 class, most GT4 homologated cars were eligible to race, including Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Gillet, Ginetta, Maserati, Nissan, Opel and Porsche.

The Cup class was reintroduced after a two-year absence. In previous years, it gave amateur race drivers the chance to compete in the highest level of GT racing in the UK and it returned due to heavy demand. The cars eligible were the cars currently used in the Porsche Supercup and Ferrari Challenge series, based on the Porsche 997 and Ferrari F430 road cars. It was only held at the first two meetings, with a single car running at each meeting.

Entry list The provisional entry list for the championship was released on 24 March 2010.

2010 Entry List Team No. Drivers Class Chassis Engine Rounds Team Preci-Spark 1 David Jones GT3 Ascari KZ1-R BMW M62 5.0L V8 1–12 Godfrey Jones MTECH Racing 2 Duncan Cameron GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Matt Griffin Rosso Verde 3 Hector Lester GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 1–5, 8–13 Allan Simonsen 1–2, 5, 8–13 Stephane Daoudi 3–4 RPM Motorsport 4 Alex Mortimer GT3 Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.0L V8 5–10, 13 Philip Walker 5–7, 9–10, 13 Peter Bamford 8 GT3 Racing 5 Aaron Scott GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe GT3 Dodge 8.3L V10 1–10 Craig Wilkins Trackspeed 6 Oliver Bryant GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L 5 Oliver Morley Philip Walker 8, 11–12 Richard Westbrook 7 David Ashburn GT3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0L All Siso Cunill 1–2 Glynn Geddie 3–4, 6–13 Richard Westbrook 5 Rollcentre Racing 8 Martin Short GT3 Mosler MT900 R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8 6–10, 13 Gregor Fisken 6–7, 9–10, 13 Adrian Beer 8 Barwell-Beechdean 9 Andrew Howard GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 8, 11–12 Darren Turner 8 Leo Machitski 11–12 Chad Racing 10 Tom Ferrier GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 1–8, 11–12 Paul Warren Stephen Jelley 13 Benji Hetherington 11 José Manuel Balbiani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 1–7 Juan Garriz 15 Steven Kane GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.3L V8 8 Iain Dockerill Archie Hamilton 11–12 Ryan Lewis 21 Daniel Brown GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Christopher Hyman 1–8, 11–13 Tom Ferrier 9–10 50 Michael Mallock G4 KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 6–7 Athanasios Ladas 6–8 Kevin Veltman 8 Predator CCTV Racing 12 Adam Wilcox GT3 Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 All Phil Burton Vantage Racing 14 Stuart Hall GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 8, 13 Tom Black Barwell-Cadena 18 Michael Bentwood GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 1–2, 5, 8–12 Paul Whight United Autosports 22 Michael Guasch GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 1–2 Mark Patterson 23 Zak Brown GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 1–2 Richard Dean 53 Matt Bell G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 8 Robert Bell Reiter Engineering 24 Peter Kox GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Lamborghini 5.2L V10 5 Marc Hayek Stark Racing 42 Ian Stinton G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 8 Paul Marsh ABG Motorsport 44 Benjamin Harvey G4 KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 1–5, 8 Rory Butcher 98 Colin Mowle Inv 8, 13 Sam Mowle ProMotorsport 45 Derek Palmer Jr. G4 Nissan 350Z Nissan VQ35HR 3.5L V6 1–2 Rick Pearson Century Motorsport 47 Nathan Freke G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1–4, 6–13 Vibe Smed 57 Benji Hetherington G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 8–12 Freddie Hetherington Speedworks Motorsport 48 Christian Dick G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 All Jamie Stanley 92 Piers Johnson Inv Ginetta G50 Mod Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 13 Ron Johnson Team Osborne Racing 49 Joe Osborne G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1–10, 13 Osman Yusuf 1–8, 13 Rob Brown 9–10 52 Jake Rattenbury G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 11–12 Dean Hawkey Barwell Motorsport 51 Julien Draper G4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 11–12 Daniel Lloyd Piranha Motorsport 55 Chris Bialan G4 Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L S/C I4 1–4, 6–12 Simon Mason Appleby Engineering 60 James Appleby G4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 Aston Martin 4.3L V8 9–10 Ant Scragg Jamie Hunter Racing 62 Steve Hunter GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3–4 Derek Pierce Kinfaun Racing 81 Phil Dryburgh GTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1–2 John Gaw Reflex Racing 91 Peter Smith Inv Ginetta G50 Mod Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 8–10 Matt Smith Chevron Racing Cars 97 Anthony Reid Inv Chevron GR8 Ford Cosworth YD 2.0L Turbo I4 13 Chris Hart Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class G4 G4 Class GTC Cup Class Inv Invitation Class

Calendar All rounds were 60 minutes in duration, with the exception of the round at Spa-Francorchamps – a 150-minute race held in conjunction with Belcar – as well as the two-hour races at Silverstone and Donington Park. A GT Cup class ran at the first two meetings with Kinfaun Racing winning twice at Oulton Park and Jamie Hunter Racing winning at Knockhill. All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit Date Pole position GT3 winner G4 Winner 1 Oulton Park 5 April #1 Team Preci-Spark #2 MTECH Racing #48 Speedworks Motorsport Godfrey Jones David Jones Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Christian Dick Jamie Stanley 2 #3 Rosso Verde #2 MTECH Racing #44 ABG Motorsport Hector Lester Allan Simonsen Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Benjamin Harvey Rory Butcher 3 Knockhill 9 May #1 Team Preci-Spark #1 Team Preci-Spark #48 Speedworks Motorsport Godfrey Jones David Jones Godfrey Jones David Jones Christian Dick Jamie Stanley 4 #12 Predator CCTV #1 Team Preci-Spark #48 Speedworks Motorsport Phil Burton Adam Wilcox Godfrey Jones David Jones Christian Dick Jamie Stanley 5 Spa-Francorchamps 5 June #24 Reiter Engineering #24 Reiter Engineering #48 Speedworks Motorsport Peter Kox Marc Hayek Peter Kox Marc Hayek Christian Dick Jamie Stanley 6 Rockingham 18 July #8 Rollcentre Racing #7 Trackspeed #50 Chad Racing Martin Short Gregor Fisken David Ashburn Glynn Geddie Michael Mallock Athanasios Ladas 7 #7 Trackspeed #7 Trackspeed #50 Chad Racing David Ashburn Glynn Geddie David Ashburn Glynn Geddie Michael Mallock Athanasios Ladas 8 Silverstone 15 August #6 Trackspeed #7 Trackspeed #53 United Autosports Philip Walker Richard Westbrook David Ashburn Glynn Geddie Matt Bell Robert Bell 9 Snetterton 30 August #1 Team Preci-Spark #21 Chad Racing #57 Century Motorsport Godfrey Jones David Jones Tom Ferrier Dan Brown Benji Hetherington Freddie Hetherington 10 #12 Predator CCTV #2 MTECH Racing #57 Century Motorsport Phil Burton Adam Wilcox Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Benji Hetherington Freddie Hetherington 11 Brands Hatch 26 September #1 Team Preci-Spark #7 Trackspeed #57 Century Motorsport Godfrey Jones David Jones David Ashburn Glynn Geddie Benji Hetherington Freddie Hetherington 12 #3 Rosso Verde #1 Team Preci-Spark #51 Barwell Motorsport Hector Lester Allan Simonsen Godfrey Jones David Jones Julien Draper Daniel Lloyd 13 Donington Park 16 October #3 Rosso Verde #3 Rosso Verde #48 Speedworks Motorsport Hector Lester Allan Simonsen Hector Lester Allan Simonsen Christian Dick Jamie Stanley

Standings Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for 60 minute races, with double points awarded for the endurance races. Half-points were given in certain races of the G4 class, and in all GT Cup races due to a lack of entries. Drivers in bold indicate pole position, while drivers in italics indicate fastest lap.

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