2007 Britcar 24 Hour

The 2007 Britcar 24 Hour or 2007 24 Hours of Silverstone was an automobile endurance race, organised by Britcar, held from 8 to 9 September 2007 at Silverstone Circuit. It was the 3rd edition of the Britcar 24 Hour event. The race was won by Duller Motorsport, running a BMW Z4, driven by Dieter Quester, Dirk Werner, Tim Mullen and Jamie Campbell-Walter.

The race is also well known for having been featured on Top Gear, Season 10, Episode 9, in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May along with The Stig (Ben Collins) participated. Future Top Gear presenter Chris Harris participated in the event as well.

Entry list 60 Cars were entered into the event.

Team Car Engine Drivers GT3 (11 entries) Duller Motorsport BMW Z4 M Coupé BMW 3.2 L I6 1 Jamie Campbell-Walter Dieter Quester Johannes Stuck Dirk Werner Rollcentre Racing with Deutsche Bank Mosler MT900R GT3 Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 2 Stuart Hall Andy Neate Martin Short Team Solutions ProSport LM3000 Ford Cosworth 3.0 L V6 3 Neil Clark Peter Hobday Ian Stinton Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR GT3 Jaguar 4.2 L V8 4 Michael Neuhoff Chris Ryan Stuart Scott J & S Accessories Porsche 993 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 5 Peter Cook Franck Pelle Paul Hogarth Paul Livesey KTF Group Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 6 Phil Bennett Mark Dwyer Ken Finneran Robert Huff Eclipse Motorsport Mosler MT900R GT3 Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 8 Del Delaronde George Haynes Martin Rich Adam Sharpe Chad Motorsport Mosler MT900R GT3 Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 10 Michael McInerney Sean McInerney Michael Vergers Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 15 Iain Dockerill Nigel Greensall Bo McCormick Chesterton Commercial Holdings Marcos Mantis GT3 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 12 Grahame Bryant Oliver Bryant Howard Spooner Trackpower Motorsport TVR Sagaris TVR 5.0 L V8 16 Michael Caine Richard Hay Richard Stanton Stuart Turvey GTC (17 entries) Topper Team Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 11 Graham Coombes Dirk Schulz Jan Marc Schulz Jan Willems Tischner Motorsport BMW M3 E46 CSL BMW 3.2 L I6 19 Ulrich Becker Marco Schelp Matthias Tischner Michael Tischner 911virgin.com Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 Henry Firman Peter Morris Steve Rance Craig Wilkins EDM Motorsport BMW M3 E46 GTR BMW 4.0 L V8 22 Peter Hardman Nick Leventis Christian Vann Topcats Racing Marcos Mantis Ford 5.0 L V8 24 Jon Harrison Dominic Lesniewski Luc Paillard Gerry Taylor GTS Motorsport BMW M3 E46 CSL BMW 3.2 L I6 26 David Leslie Joe Macari Rob Wilson Stuart Wright Marcos Racing International Marcos Mantis Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 27 José Luis Bermúdez de Castro Jan de Wit Cor Euser Richard Thorne Motorsport Morgan Aero 8 BMW N62 4.8 L V8 28 Glyn Davis Tom Jones Russell Paterson Tom Shrimpton Racing Box SRL BMW M3 E46 GTR BMW 4.0 L V8 29 Marco Cioci Roberto del Castello Giuseppe Perazzini Buddha Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage N24 Aston Martin 4.3 L V8 30 Jan Kalmar Chris Porritt Henrik Moller Sørensen Jacob Tackman-Thomson ISL Motorsport Marcos Mantis Ford 5.0 L V8 31 Charles Bateman Alun Edwards Robin Jones Duller Motorsport BMW M3 E46 GTR BMW 4.0 L V8 32 Luca Cappellari Marcel Fässler Gabriele Gardel Fabrizio Gollin Moore International Motorsport BMW M3 E36 GTR BMW 3.0 L I6 34 Ryan Hooker Willie Moore Peter Seldon Paul White CTR Alfatune Porsche 993 RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 35 Phil Brough John Clonis Malcolm MacAdam Paul White Jemco Racing Marcos Mantis Ford 5.0 L V8 36 Kevin Hancock Nigel Rata Nick Reynolds Leigh Smart Paragon Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 39 Chris Harris Andrew Purdie Adrian Slater Mark Sumpter RJN Motorsport Nissan 350Z Nissan VQ35HR 3.5 L V6 40 Alex Buncombe Owen Mildenhall Anthony Reid Kurt ThiimClass 1 (14 entries) Team Scandal Lotus Exige Rover 1.8 L K-series I4 41 Martin Dower Scott Fitzgerald Chris Randall Simon Scuffham www.red-motorsport.de Lotus Exige Rover 1.8 L K-series I4 42 Jerome Bruhat Martin Richter Martin Roos Wilfried Schawohl Mirco Schultis Geoff Steel Racing BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 43 Steve Bell Gareth Howell Simon Leith Michael Symons CWS Racing BMW M3 E46 CSL BMW 3.2 L I6 45 Frank Nohring Matthew Truelove Colin White Intersport Racing BMW M3 E46 CSL BMW 3.2 L I6 46 Kevin Clarke Andrew Donaldson Ian Donaldson Mark Donaldson Duke Video BMW M3 E36 GTR BMW 3.0 L I6 47 Peter Duke Alan Gow Adrian Watt Chris Wilson GP Motorsport BMW M3 E36 GTR BMW 3.0 L I6 49 Hamish Irvine John Irvine Ed Lovett Guy Povey Simmons Printers BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 51 David Back Robert Day Paul Phipps Stephen Shanly Windrush Motorsport BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 52 Raun Austin Alan Bonner Mich Millett Adam Wiseberg Simply Racing Porsche 964 RS Porsche 3.3 L Flat-6 54 James Brodie Andreas Demetriou Gregor Fisken Piers Masarati Torquespeed Motorsport BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 55 Rob Barff Phil Cutts Dominic Jackson Steve Warburton RJN Motorsport Nissan 350Z Nissan VQ35HR 3.5 L V6 57 John Backer Jethro Bovindon Michael Mallock Richard Meaden Moore Racing BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 58 Will Curtis Paul Fenton Mike Gardiner Sarah Reader Phatgixer Racing BMW M3 E36 BMW 3.0 L I6 59 Phil Bennett Angus Dawe Michael Richardson Jason WhiteClass 2 (7 entries) ELR Honda Civic Type R Honda 2.0 L K20A I4 62 Dave Allan Mark Hein Peter Venn Moore Racing Honda Civic Type R Honda 2.0 L K20A I4 63 Jonathan Berney Gary Coulson Hubert Hinklehoffer Miles Hulford TJH Motorsport Honda Civic Type R Honda 2.0 L K20A I4 65 Paul Collis Simon Mason Jonathan Ridley-Holloway Paul Taft Shawn Taylor Racing Nissan 350Z Nissan VQ35HR 3.5 L V6 69 Tom Ballentyne Stuart Brooks Andrew Radford Shawn Taylor County EMC Team Porsche 968 Porsche 3.0 L I4 70 Art Atwal Peter Erceg Peter Garrod Marc Stanford 71 Lali Atwal Ceiron Brewer Frank Cortes Alex Eacock Mardi Gras Motorsport Honda Integra Type-R (DC5) Honda 2.0 L K20A I4 76 Stephen Day Richard Meins Desmond SmailClass 3 (6 entries) Pete Daniels Motorsport Honda Civic Type R Honda 2.0 L K20A I4 67 David Abbott Jamie Ackers Malcolm Edeson Michael Hartley David Nye 68 Peter Daniels Malcolm Edeson Michael Hartley Fiona Leggate OJP Sport Racing Honda Civic Honda 2.0 L K20A2 I4 72 Chris Davies Michael Nippers Mat Perkins Steve Griffiths Team Thrush Honda Integra Type-R (DC2) Honda 1.8 L K20A2 I4 73 Ian Bankhurst Richard Ince Nick Padmore Austin Reynolds DC Motorsport MG ZR 190 MG 1.8 L K-Series I4 74 Doug Cole Mats Wahlgren Robin Walker Intecnly Racing Honda Integra Type-R (DC2) Honda 1.8 L K20A2 I4 75 Darren Anley Paul Armitage David Joseph Ian KilpatrickClass 4 (5 entries) Marcos Racing International BMW 120d BMW 2.0 L I4 77 Rupert Douglas-Pennant Tony Rodriguez Mark Smith Team Top Gear BMW 330d BMW 3.0 L I6 78 Jeremy Clarkson "The Stig" James May Richard Hammond TH Motorsport Volkswagen Golf Diesel Volkswagen 1.9 L I4 79 John George Ken Lark Tim Saunders Nick Starkey Saxon Motorsport BMW 330d BMW 3.0 L I6 80 Clint Bardwell Nick Barrow Richard Corbett David Mountain Racing Box SRL BMW 330d BMW 3.0 L I6 81 Riccardo Azzoli Alessandro Bonetti Riccardo Cinti Fernando GeriSource:

Qualifying The grid for the race was decided by times set in day qualifying. Night qualifying was held as a practice event ahead of the actual race's night segment.

Day qualifying Stuart Hall set the fastest time of the session in the Rollcentre Mosler MT900R GT3, a 1:54.027 on the car's 14th flying lap. In GTC, the #32 Duller BMW had set the fastest lap, Intersport's #46 car had qualified on pole in Class 1 with TJH Motorsport on Class 2 pole, Team Thrush set the pace in Class 3 as Saxon Motorsport put their BMW 330d 6 places ahead of the next Class 4 car, in 47th overall. Simply Racing's Porsche 964 hadn't set a time as the engine had failed and the KTF Chrysler hadn't met noise levels with certain restrictions in place so it could not take part.

Fastest in class in bold. Class Team Time 1 GT3 2 Rollcentre Racing with Deutsche Bank 1:54.027 2 GT3 1 Duller Motorsport 1:54.219 3 GT3 10 Chad Motorsport 1:56.004 4 GTC 32 Duller Motorsport 1:57.602 5 GT3 15 Chad Motorsport 1:58.341 6 GT3 16 Trackpower Motorsport 1:59.177 7 GT3 8 Eclipse Motorsport 1:59.214 8 GTC 26 GTS Motorsport 1:59.892 9 GTC 26 EDM Motorsport 2:00.257 10 GTC 24 Topcats Racing 2:00.453 11 GTC 39 Paragon Motorsport 2:00.816 12 1 46 Intersport Racing 2:01.592 13 GT3 12 Chesterton Commercial Holdings 2:01.620 14 GT3 5 J & S Accessories 2:01.644 15 1 41 Team Scandal 2:01.834 16 1 43 Geoff Steel Racing 2:02.091 17 GTC 40 RJN Motorsport 2:02.322 18 GTC 29 Racing Box SRL 2:03.651 19 GT3 4 Apex Motorsport 2:03.749 20 GTC 20 911virgin.com 2:03.798 21 GTC 34 Moore International Motorsport 2:04.747 22 GT3 11 Topper Team 2:05.135 23 GTC 19 Tischner Motorsport 2:05.147 24 GTC 30 Buddha Motorsport 2:05.858 25 GTC 27 Marcos Racing International 2:06.018 26 1 58 Moore Racing 2:06.212 27 GTC 36 Jemco Racing 2:06.229 28 1 47 Duke Video 2:06.445 29 GTC 31 ISL Motorsport 2:07.745 30 1 42 www.red-motorsport.de 2:07.865 31 1 55 Torquespeed Motorsport 2:08.211 32 2 65 TJH Motorsport 2:08.786 33 1 45 CWS Racing 2:08.815 34 GT3 3 Team Solutions 2:10.346 35 GTC 35 CTR Alfatune 2:11.026 36 1 57 RJN Motorsport 2:11.306 37 1 51 Simmons Printers 2:11.893 38 2 62 ELR 2:12.328 39 3 73 Team Thrush 2:12.328 40 2 76 Mardi Gras Motorsport 2:12.337 41 GTC 28 Richard Thorne Motorsport 2:12.621 42 1 59 Phatgixer Racing 2:13.582 43 3 74 DC Motorsport 2:15.119 44 3 68 Pete Daniels Motorsport 2:15.562 45 1 49 GP Motorsport 2:15.641 46 1 52 Windrush Motorsport 2:15.832 47 4 80 Saxon Motorsport 2:16.985 48 3 75 Intecnly Racing 2:17.832 49 2 71 County EMC Team 2:17.946 50 2 69 Shawn Taylor Racing 2:18.410 51 3 67 Pete Daniels Motorsport 2:19.281 52 3 70 County EMC Team 2:20.242 53 4 81 Racing Box SRL 2:20.393 54 4 36 Moore Racing 2:20.840 55 4 77 Marcos Racing International 2:21.021 56 4 78 Team Top Gear 2:21.769 57 4 79 TH Motorsport 2:24.796 58 3 72 OJP Sport Racing 2:25.165 59 1 54 Simply Racing No time 60 GT3 7 KTF Group Source:

Night qualifying This session required every driver in each car to do at least 3 laps. In the second session, a Mosler was yet again at the top of the times, this being the #10 Chad Motorsport car of Michael Vergers and Michael and Sean McInerney. In GTC and Class, BMWs were again on top, with Duller Motorsport and Intersport dominating their classes. This was followed by TJH Motorsport yet again beating ELR to the fastest time in Class 2. The Boston Bowl MG ZR 190 of Cole, Wahlgren and Walker had finished the session over a session quicker than Team Thrush's Honda Integra. Team Top Gear, completely new to endurance racing but supported by John Thorne's Thorney Motorsport, had put their car in 1st in Class 4, with Ben Collins, otherwise known as The Stig, setting a 2:18.296. Woes would strike the newcomers though, as during May's stint, the turbo and clutch had gone, putting their start of the race in serious doubt.

Fastest in class in bold.