Mitchell and Tuck fight for BMW factory spots
Reigning British GT4 champion Jack Mitchell and runner-up Ben Tuck have been invited by BMW motorsport to a simulator shootout with the chance of joining the marque’s junior programme.
Held in Munich the evaluation commenced on Monday and was due to finish today (Wednesday), with the Century Motorsport team-mates pitched against a group of 20 drivers who had raced with BMW customer teams in 2018.
Observed by BMW factory ace Philipp Eng, they would be whittled down to four after a series of mental and physical tests with a simulator shootout deciding the winner.
On offer is a full-season drive for the works-affiliated ROAL Motorsport team in the Italian GT championship.
Century Motorsport team boss Nathan Freke said: “We work incredibly hard at Century Motorsport to help develop young drivers and make them into a factoryready product. To have this pathway and direct links to one of the automotive giants should be a very attractive prospect for any young aspiring pro drivers looking to make a career out of driving.
“It’ll be an amazing experience for both Ben and Jack and I really believe they both have what it takes to come away with the prize.”
Angus Fender and Andrew Gordon-colebrooke will step up from Century’s Ginetta GT4 Supercup roster to drive one of its M4 GT4S in British GT this season.
Both drivers were new to the British Touring Car Championship-support series last year.