Garage 59 back to British GT in bumper Silverstone entry
Garage 59 will make its first British GT appearance since 2020 at Silverstone this weekend, with co-owner Alexander West joined by Mclaren factory driver Marvin Kirchhofer aboard the team’s 720S GT3.
Swede West, who won the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Pro-am title in 2020, was on the grid for the 2020 Silverstone round in the team’s Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
West has since raced with British GT debutant Kirchhofer during the Asian Le Mans Series. “We have no championship to worry about so we can just go for it and give it our best shot,” said Kirchhofer.
In total, 21 GT3 cars will be present on the 35-car Silverstone grid, the largest for the top class since Donington Park 2014.
New entries in the GT4 class include a Century Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage for David Holloway and Bradley Ellis, who contested last year’s Donington finale with the team, while Motus One’s Mclaren 570S GT4 makes its first appearance of the season, after skipping the opening round, with Ed Mcdermott and former Fox Mercedes driver Michael Broadhurst.