LOGGIE ON THE CUSP OF MAIDEN BRITISH GT TITLE
GT3 and GT4 championships will be resolved in Sunday’s televised Donington finale
A fifth-place finish in Sunday’s British GT Donington Park finale will secure long-time championship leader Ian Loggie his first overall GT3 crown but three other crews remain in title contention.
Loggie in a RAM Mercedes leads the standings by 24.5 points, meaning fifth place at Donington will make the championship his.
Second-in-the-table Barwell Lamborghini pair Adam Balon and Sandy Mitchell, 2 Seas Mercedes duo James Cottingham and Lewis Williamson and Enduro McLaren pair Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton also are in range of top spot. But Balon/Mitchell and Tillbrook/Clutton will at Donington serve success penalties of an additional 15 seconds and 20s respectively in the race’s mandatory pitstop, after finishing in the top three in the previous round at
Brands Hatch, while Loggie has no penalty to serve.
In addition Am driver Loggie’s star driving partner Jules Gounon is expected to return to drive alongside Loggie at Donington having missed Brands with a back injury.
Three crews are in contention for British GT’s overall GT4 crown, with Newbridge Aston Martin pairing Matt Topham and Darren Turner 12.5 points clear of Richard Williams and Sennan
Fielding in a Steller Audi and 20.5 points clear of R Racing Aston pair Josh Miller and Jamie Day. Second place will secure Topham/Turner the crown.
Topham/Turner and Williams/Fielding have success penalties of 20s and 15s respectively. However Williams/Fielding and Miller/Day, as Silver Cup crews, have a 26s longer minimum stop time than Pro-Am’s Topham/Turner.
Sunday’s two-hour race will be televised live on Sky Sports F1, starting at 1300hrs.