The bright yellow Cadena Motorsport run Aston Martin DBRS9 will be green in 2008; not because it will have a new coat of paint but because it will run on bio-ethanol in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

GT3 class race winners Barrie Whight and Gavan Kershaw will once again team up for another year and will be looking to challenge for the overall title after Paul Drayson and Jonny Cocker made UK motorsport history in their DBRS9 last season by becoming the first drivers to win a major championship race in a bio fuelled race car.  

“We’re really looking forward to the coming season,” said Barrie Whight.  “Drayson and Cocker proved that you can be competitive and win races using greener fuel and at the end of the season we contacted Prodrive about converting our Aston to run on Bio-Ethanol.  We have also found that team partners find bio-ethanol a very attractive idea, particularly as most businesses wish to improve their corporate responsibility. The car is currently undergoing the conversion and we hope to be testing by the end of the month.” 

The two races of the 14 round Avon Tyres British GT Championship takes place at Oulton Park in Cheshire this Easter (22 & 24 March).  The official media launch of the 2008 season takes place at Silverstone on Thursday 6 March when all of the leading contenders for the British GT and British F3 Championships will gather at the Home of British Motor Racing.

Provisional 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Calendar

24-Mar     Oulton Park (Mon)  (F3/GT)

13-Apr      Knockhill (GT ONLY)

26-May     Rockingham  (F3/GT)

08-Jun      Snetterton (F3/GT)

29-Jun      Thruxton (F3/GT)

13-Jul       Brands Hatch (F3/GT)

17-Aug     Silverstone  (1x 2hour race) (F3/GT)

12-Oct      Donington Park  (1 x 2 hour race) (F3/GT)