RAM TAKES TEAMS’ TITLE
RAM Racing was confirmed as this year’s British GT GT3 teams’ champion ahead of last weekend’s Brands Hatch round, its first-ever overall crown in the championship.
RAM finished second behind Barwell Motorsport in both of the last two seasons, and this year raced two Mercedes-AMGs, including one for title leader Ian Loggie. Calculations prior to Brands showed RAM’s total was unbeatable regardless of Spa’s appeal outcome (see separate story).
RAM boss Dan Shufflebottom told Motorsport News: “I hadn’t even realised we’d already done it until I saw the
British GT press release. With two cars full season it was probably going to be difficult for anyone to beat us because we were the only two-car team.”
Loggie’s driving partner Jules Gounon missed Brands because of a back injury and was replaced by Callum Macleod who also replaced Gounon earlier this season when his commitments clashed. Shufflebottom said: “[Gounon] went off track at VIR [in IMSA] and he thought he jarred his back, but the pain continued. After Hockenheim
[in GTWCE] he decided to get it checked again and they found two cracked vertebrae.”