GT CUP CHAMPS SET FOR BRITISH GT BOW
Newly crowned GT Cup champion duo Simon Orange and Michael O’Brien of Orange Racing will join British GT’s grid at Donington Park this weekend in their McLaren 720S GT3.
The effort sealed GT Cup’s overall and GT3 drivers’ championships plus the teams’ title at last weekend’s Snetterton finale. O’Brien alongside James Baldwin in a Team Rocket RJN McLaren fought for the British GT3 title in 2020. O’Brien and Orange, having last year driven separately for Orange Racing in lower GT Cup classes, paired up in a 720S this season. They told MN in July they were eyeing a 2023 British GT campaign.
Orange said of Donington: “It will be a good test of where we are in our first year of GT3 racing and to race against the other great drivers, and teams, in the UK’s elite GT series is really exciting.”
O’Brien added: “Having followed it [British GT] closely over the course of the season
I was delighted when the opportunity opened up for us to race at the Donington Decider. Despite this being our first British GT appearance, the expectation of myself and the team is very high; we’re here to win and that’s very much the objective for Donington.”