The GT Cup Championship will be at Brands Hatch this weekend on the same programme as the global Superleague Formula.
The GT Cup is rapidly becoming the most popular place to seriously race a GT car in the UK.. The organisers are expecting over 40 cars on the grid for the two 25 minute races over the weekend. This is ‘multi-marque’ GT racing at its very best.. with some of the most prestigious GT machinery represented on the grid .. Ferrari, Porsche, TVR, Lotus, KTM, BMW, Venturi and Ginetta will all be out there racing against each other in three ‘Groups.’ These Groups are decided by the overall performance of the cars concerned. All the cars will be running on Pirelli tyres who are the sole suppliers to the Championship.
There are eight rounds in the 2010 GT Cup Championship and this is round four.
The overall points situation couldn’t be closer with Keith Webster and his #10 Group Two BMW M3 E36 in first place with 146 points ... just two points behind him is Alex Martin in his Group One #87 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car and then one point behind him is Danny Winstanley in his Group One #78 TVR Tuscan.
In Group One this weekend Alex Martin in his #87 Porsche GT3 Cup car will be feeling the pressure because there is everything to play for with Andy Ruhan back in terrific form with a win under his belt at Snetterton. But also back in the reckoning will be Jim Geddie in his #79 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup who missed the last round. But don’t ignore third place man Gary Eastwood who is now totally at one with his Ferrari 430 GTC and challenging for a podium place. To add to the excitement in Group One is the return of Chris Randall in his #89 Lotus Europa, this is a very quick car but it has not yet fully delivered its full promise! Phil Dryburgh is back with GT Cup in his #81 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car and he is capable of giving the other Porsches a run for their money! But for pure excitement watch Danny Winstanley in his wild, lurid green TVR Tuscan.. He may be young but he is a star and often to be seen hopping kerbs on 2 wheels!
In Group Two Keith Webster in his #10 BMW M3 E36 has, by GT Cup standards, a modest lead of 13 points over Michael Dwane and his #67 Ferrari 360 Challenge. But Dwane is only one point ahead of KTM XBow of Colin and Sam Mowle. Group Two has given us some sensationally close racing all season and one man who is out to top up his points tally will be Marco Pullen in his #13 Ferrari 360 Challenge . he didn’t finish one of the races at Snetterton so fell off the leader board.. but with some excellent earlier results and entrants able to drop 2 scores for the season he is a serious Championship contender so he needs a win here.
In Group Three Tom Andrew leads in his #7 KTM XBow.. this is very nimble and reliable car and he will be facing a serious challenge from Dan Norris-Jones in his equally nimble #77 Lotus Exige. With plenty of points on offer this weekend he could easily close the 15 point gap.
A good spot to watch from might be at Paddock Bend when all 42 cars come streaming over that brow after the rolling start!
