2008 British GT season

2008 British GT season
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The 2008 British GT season was the 16th season of the British GT Championship. This was the first season with the new GT4 category, replacing the GTC category of previous years. Both championships were won at the Brands Hatch meeting in July, with Matt Nicoll-Jones and Stewart Linn securing the inaugural GT4 title in round 11, with James Gornall and Jon Barnes clinching the GT3 title, the following day in round 12.

1 Points Scoring
2 Rule changes
3 Calendar
4 Standings
- 4.1 GT3
- 4.2 GT4
5 References
6 External links

Points Scoring

Competitors must have completed 70% of the race distance covered by the class winner to be classified.
If less than six starters compete in a given class, points scoring for that race for that class will be halved.
The points system is as follows, where the team scores the same number of points as one driver:

Position	Points
1st	10
2nd	8
3rd	6
4th	5
5th	4
6th	3
7th	2
8th	1

Rule changes

All cars run on an Avon Tyres soft compound tyre, instead of having the option of a medium compound in 2007.

Calendar

Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Drivers	Winning Team
1	Oulton Park	March 22	Michael Meadows / James Sutton	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Michael Cullen / Paddy Shovlin	CR Scuderia
2	Oulton Park	March 24	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Oliver Morley / Tom Ferrier	Tech 9 Engineering
3	Knockhill	April 12	Jeremy Metcalfe / Luke Hines	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Jeremy Metcalfe / Luke Hines	CR Scuderia
4	Knockhill	April 13	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Michael Cullen / Paddy Shovlin	CR Scuderia
5	Rockingham	May 25	Leo Machitski / Jason Templeman	Piers Johnson / Adam Jones	James Gornall / Jon Barnes	Trimite Brookspeed
6	Rockingham	May 26	Leo Machitski / Jason Templeman	Paul O'Neill / Steve Clark	Paul O'Neill / Steve Clark	Team RPM
7	Snetterton	June 7	Bradley Ellis / Alex Mortimer	Bradley Ellis / Alex Mortimer	James Gornall / Jon Barnes	Trimite Brookspeed
8	Snetterton	June 8	Bradley Ellis / Alex Mortimer	Bradley Ellis / Alex Mortimer	Bradley Ellis / Alex Mortimer	Matech GT Racing
9	Thruxton	June 28	Jeremy Metcalfe / Luke Hines	Aaron Scott / Craig Wilkins	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Christians In Motorsport
10	Thruxton	June 29	Michael Bentwood / Tom Alexander	Steve Clark / Oliver Bryant	James Gornall / Jon Barnes	Trimite Brookspeed
11	Brands Hatch	July 12	Michael Cullen / Paddy Shovlin	Michael Bentwood / Andy Jenkinson	James Gornall / Jon Barnes	Trimite Brookspeed
12	Brands Hatch	July 13	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	Aaron Scott / Craig Wilkins	Michael Cullen / Paddy Shovlin	CR Scuderia
13	Silverstone	August 17	Aaron Scott / Craig Wilkins	Michael Meadows / James Sutton	Michael Meadows / James Sutton	CR Scuderia
14	Donington Park	October 12	Allan Simonsen / Hector Lester	David Jones / Godfrey Jones	Jeremy Metcalfe / Luke Hines	CR Scuderia

Standings

GT3

Pos	Driver(s)	OUL 1	OUL 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	ROC 1	ROC 2	SNE 1	SNE 2	THR 1	THR 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	SIL	DON	Pts
1	Jon Barnes James Gornall	21	6	2	2	1	13	1	2	3	1	1	7	Ret	8	76
3	Jeremy Metcalfe Luke Hines	10	Ret	1	8	5	6	3	7	7	2	9	2	3	1	62
5	Michael Cullen	1	4	DSQ	1	8	16	11	4	8	4	4	1	Ret	2	60
6	Paddy Shovlin	1	4	DSQ	1	8	16			8	4	4	1	Ret	2	55
7	Allan Simonsen	3	5	15	DSQ	12	2	9	5	1	5	2	Ret		3	50
8	Hector Lester	3	5	15	DSQ	12	2	9	5	1	5	2	Ret	Ret	3	50
9	James Sutton Michael Meadows	DNS	2	Ret	10	3	3	6	3	9	3	Ret	13	1	Ret	47
11	Aaron Scott Craig Wilkins	9	10	3	3	7	18	15	9	2	Ret	5	3	2	Ret	40
13	Steve Clark	5	3	Ret	DSQ	Ret	1	14	10	11	Ret	3	8			27
14	Nick Foster	6	9	17	DSQ	4	4	12	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	4	Ret	22
15	Oliver Bryant	6	9	17	DSQ	4	4	12	8	11	Ret	3	8			21
16	Paul O'Neill	5	3	Ret	DSQ	Ret	1	14	10							20
17	Michael Bentwood	8	8	6	DSQ	6	12	Ret	12	5	8	8	4	Ret	Ret	19
18	Bradley Ellis							2	1							18
19	Alex Mortimer							2	1	DNS	DNS					18
20	Oliver Morley	20	1	Ret	4	10	21	13	13						6	18
21	Tom Ferrier	20	1	Ret	4	10	21	13	13	Ret	DNS				6	18
22	Piers Johnson	DNS	DNS			2	9	8	Ret	4	DNS	DNS	5	Ret	DNS	18
23	Matt Griffin Peter Bamford	7	18	8	5	11	5	10	22	6	9			Ret	5	18
25	Adam Wilcox Phil Burton	2	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	10	7	10	14	11		17
27	Adam Jones	DNS	DNS			2	9	8	Ret	4	DNS				DNS	14
28	David Ashburn	4	19	4	11	9	7									13
29	Leo Machitski	DNS	DNS	5	DSQ	Ret	DSQ	4	6	Ret	DNS					12
30	Richard Williams	4	19	4	11											11
31	Andy Jenkinson											8	4	10		10
32	Gavan Kershaw	DNS	DNS					Ret	DNS	Ret	6	7	Ret	10		9
33	Jonathan Cocker							4	6							8
34	Nigel Redwood									Ret	DNS	Ret	6	4	Ret	8
35	David Jones Godfrey Jones	DNS	7	14	DSQ	Ret	DNS							Ret	4	7
37	Tom Alexander	8	8					Ret	12	5	8				Ret	7
38	Adrian Wilmott			6	DSQ	6	12									6
39	Marco Mapelli							11	4							5
40	Ben de Zille Butler Guy Harrington	11	17	7	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
42	Barrie Whight	DNS	DNS					Ret	DNS	Ret	6	7	Ret			5
43	Jason Templeman	20	11	5	DSQ	Ret	DSQ									4
44	Rachel Green											DNS	5	Ret		4
45	Richard Marsh Anthony Reid					15	8	7	11							3
47	Tim Harvey					9	7									2
48	Duncan Cameron Nigel Greensall														7	2
50	Steve Tandy Richard Evans														10	0
52	Clint Bardwell	20	11													0
	Henry Fletcher Phil Keen														Ret	0
	Jamie Davies													Ret		0
	David Pinkney	DNS	DNS													0
	Mike Gardiner									DNS	DNS					0

GT4

Pos	Driver(s)	OUL 1	OUL 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	ROC 1	ROC 2	SNE 1	SNE 2	THR 1	THR 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	SIL	DON	Pts
1	Matt Nicoll-Jones Stewart Linn	13	12	10	6	13	11	18	14	12	11	13	9	5	9	124
3	Hunter Abbott Rob Austin	DNS	DNS	9	Ret	14	10	16	15	14	DSQ	12	11	7	11	80
5	Joe Osborne	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	14	22	16	Ret	10	14	10	6	Ret	61
6	Fulvio Mussi	14	13	11	7	16	14	17	17	13	DNS					61
7	Phil Bailey	18	16	13	9	17	15	20	20	16	12	15	12	9	Ret	56
8	Steve Tandy	18	16	13	9			20	20	16	12	15	12	9		46
9	Ian Stinton	16	17	16	12	DNS	20	19	21	15	13	16	Ret	8	Ret	42
10	Nigel Moore							22	16	Ret	10	11	15	Ret	12	38
11	Neil Clark	16	17	16	12	DNS	20	19	21	15	13	16	Ret			37
12	Nigel Redwood			11	7	19	19	17	17							34
13	Richard Evans					17	15					14	10	6		31
14	Andrew Howard Jamie Smyth	15	14	12	DSQ	18	DNS	23	18							25
16	Charles Hollings	14	13													14
17	Michael Broadhurst	12	Ret													10
18	Derek Palmer							21	19	DNS	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10
19	Bradley Ellis									13	DNS				Ret	8
20	Mark Thomas Peter Snowdon	19	15													7
22	Colin Willmott					19	19									7
23	Jamie Robinson														12	6
24	Paul Marsh													8	Ret	5
25	Maxi Jazz									DNS	14				Ret	4
	Rick Pearson													Ret		0
	Tom Kimber-Smith													Ret		0
	Alex Mortimer			Ret	Ret										Ret	0

References

External links

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