Meyrick leads Assetto jump to GT3 with Bentley
Assetto Motorsport will step up to the GT3 class of the British GT Championship this year with a Bentley Continental for Andy Meyrick and team regular Mark Sansom.
The squad run by Simon Traves and
Jim Edwards Jr has predominantly raced Ginettas, winning back-to-back G40
Cup titles in 2018 and 2019. It stepped into British GT’S GT4 class last season, with Ginetta factory driver Charlie Robertson joining Sansom. The pair almost won on the G56 GT4’S competition debut at Brands Hatch, but were denied by a late puncture.
Sansom, who finished third in the GT4 Pro-am standings last year, is making the step up to GT3 alongside Meyrick, who raced as a Bentley factory driver in the Blancpain GT Series in 2014 and 2015, and has experience of the second-generation Continental with Team Parker in the 2019 Spa 24 Hours and 2021 Gulf 12 Hours.
The 36-year-old director of the BRDC Superstars programme has raced sportscars internationally since 2009, including spells in LMP1 in Audi, Aston Martin and Deltawing machinery, but has never competed in British GT.
“I’ve wanted to race in it myself but haven’t had the opportunity, so I’m really looking forward to getting out on track,” said Meyrick, who finished fourth at the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours in an ORECA, the best non-audi entry.
“I am confident that my previous experience will give us the best chance of starting on the front foot.”
Meanwhile, British GT race winners Marcus Clutton and Morgan Tillbrook will continue with their Enduro Motorsport Mclaren 720S GT3 this year. GT3 newcomer Tillbrook improved considerably during his maiden campaign last season and, together with hard charger Clutton, won the Donington Park finale. The team has also acquired a second GT3 Mclaren with the intent to run customers.