ORANGE RACING SEEKS BRITISH GT ENTRY
GT Cup’s championship leader wants to add British GT programme in ’23
Orange Racing’s GT Cup championship-leading duo Simon Orange and Michael O’Brien want to expand into British GT next season with their McLaren 720S GT3.
Orange and O’Brien race as a ProAm duo in GT Cup’s frontrunning GT3 contest and lead the overall standings, having raced separately for Orange Racing in GT Cup last season, Orange in a Ginetta G55 and O’Brien in a McLaren 570S GT4. McLaren factory driver O’Brien fought for 2020’s overall British GT title driving a Team Rocket RJN McLaren GT3.
Orange told Motorsport News: “We’ll probably give British GT a shot as well [in 2023], so we might do both series [British GT and GT Cup] and see if we can give those boys a run for their money.
“I like this [GT Cup] format, it’s so much fun, but I think British GT’s next. We’re excited for it.”
O’Brien added to MN: “Busy year next year, just keep trying to do well, keep winning and try and get those championships.
“I just want to do anything that we can win really. British GT’s a great series, I would be delighted to go back to that, and equally as delighted to do this [GT Cup].
“I feel like the only reason why we’re doing it [British GT] would be to win so there would be no excuses if we didn’t, that’s definitely the goal and the target. We’ve proven ourselves against the British GT race winners and championship leader this year [Ian Loggie], and it’s all looking good.”