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Weekend Race Highlights
2 Seas dominates Snetterton to widen overall GT3 title battle
2 Seas Motorsport proved untouchable at Snetterton, with both their #42 and #18 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos claiming pole positions and victories across the double-header sprint races.
Following two intense 1-hour contests, the gap over the championship’s key title rivals has grown to 18 points, up from 4 after the Spa-Francorchamps enduro.
Kiern Jewiss and reigning GT4 Pro-Am champion Charles Dawson won Round 6 (Race 1) unchallenged and followed up with P8 in Round 7 (Race 2), where they served a 10-second pit stop compensation time due to their earlier victory.
The #42 pairing of Jewiss and Dawson earned 29 points across the weekend, retaining their spot at the top of the standings on 118 points.
Close behind, with 110, is the #18 sister car of Mercedes-AMG factory driver Maximilian Götz and Kevin Tse, who finished second and first across the two races.
Götz impressed with two identical fastest laps in qualifying (1:45.282) and then built a crucial seven-second buffer during Race 2 to absorb his pit stop compensation without losing the lead.
His performance was aided by the tight battle for the final podium places behind him, involving Sandy Mitchell’s #78 Barwell Lamborghini and Marvin Kirchhöfer’s #77 Optimum McLaren.
Blackthorn stays in contention after Petrobelli-Tillbrook clash
Only one point behind 2 Seas’ #18 is the #7 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, piloted by Giacomo Petrobelli and four-time champion and AMR factory driver Jonny Adam.
Adam, fresh from his record-setting 20th British GT win at Spa, remains central to the title fight. In Race 1, he notably engaged in a prolonged battle with Porsche works driver Sven Müller.
In Race 2, Morgan Tillbrook (#77 Optimum) was battling Sandy Mitchell when Petrobelli, close behind, made slight contact at Bomb Hole corner, spinning Tillbrook.
Though he recovered to finish fifth, stewards handed Petrobelli an 11-second penalty, promoting Tillbrook to P4 in the final classification.
All laps across both races were completed under green flag conditions.
Snetterton’s forgiving run-off areas, even at sweeping corners like Coram and Turn 1 (Riches), meant drivers were able to engage and push flat-out near one another without triggering any full-course yellows or safety cars.
Weather: Cooler but sticky conditions on race day
Track temperatures dropped slightly on Sunday, hovering in the low 30s °C during Race 2, compared to Saturday’s highs in the upper 30s. Despite cloud cover, humidity increased to 55%, adding to the physical challenge for drivers.
British GT’s rule mandating four fresh tyres at each mandatory pit stop reduced the impact of tyre degradation compared to Spa. In response to the conditions, Article 33.25 of the sporting regulations was temporarily modified, allowing teams to use fans or blowers directed only at drivers, not at mechanical components.
Marcus Clutton penalised for aggressive driving
Marcus Clutton (#67 Orange Racing by JMH McLaren) drew attention in Race 1 after spinning Hugo Cook’s #1 Barwell Lamborghini following contact, earning a 10-second time penalty and a five-place grid drop for Race 2.
Despite starting ninth in Race 2, Clutton remained aggressive, pushing Martin Plowman (#9 Paddock Motorsport McLaren) off-track at Turn 1, and later making contact with Joe Wheeler’s #88 Mahiki Racing Ginetta GT4.
Initially penalised again, Clutton’s 10-second penalty was rescinded after stewards reviewed CCTV footage and ruled the incident a racing incident. Nonetheless, Clutton picked up another penalty point, bringing his season total to three.
Ginetta GT2 displayed among GT4 and Junior machinery
Fresh off its unveiling at Spa’s 24 Hours last month, Ginetta displayed its new G56 GT2 model trackside at Snetterton.
Powered by an in-house 6.3L supercharged V8, the GT2 targets ‘gentleman drivers’ and international customers, in line with Ginetta’s push beyond the UK, mirroring their LMP3 ambitions in the European Le Mans Series.
Also celebrating 20 years of the Ginetta Junior Championship, the manufacturer showcased its deep British motorsport roots. The Junior series has been instrumental in developing talents like Lando Norris, Tom Ingram, and Seb Morris, the latter of whom currently leads the GT4 Endurance Cup with Ed McDermott for Team Parker Racing.
With strong representation in British GT and supporting championships, Ginetta demonstrated its commitment across three tiers of GT machinery – GT2, GT4 SuperCup, and G56 GT4 Evo.
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