Kiern Jewiss received the Allan Simonsen Award at the 2025 SRO Awards in Venice, adding to the British GT Drivers’ crown he secured alongside teammate Charles Dawson.
The duo sealed the GT3 Drivers’ and the Teams’ titles for 2 Seas Motorsport at the action-packed Donington Decider on 4-5 October, but the identity of the 13th recipient of the Allan Simonsen award was kept undisclosed until the ceremony on Saturday, 22 November.
Jewiss displayed the same speed and spirit as the greatly missed Danish sensation, who passed away after an accident in the early laps of the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours. In 2025, Jewiss’s three race victories in the #42 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo were a key factor in his recognition with an always emotional award.
Simonsen was a key personality across several British GT seasons with the Rosso Verde team and in Ferrari machinery.
Previous recipients include 2023 champion Dan Harper, four-time champion Jonny Adam, current Corvette works driver Alexander Sims and ‘Mr. Grand Slam’ Nick Tandy.
Jewiss said: “It’s been a rollercoaster two years, so to stand here at the end of it all as British GT champion and the Allan Simonsen Award winner is a little bit surreal.
“A lot of previous recipients, and there are some amazing names on the list, knew, raced against or were friends with Allan, but I was only 10 when he lost his life at Le Mans.
“To be honest, it’s not something that I remember happening, but everyone I’ve spoken to speaks very highly of him, and he was obviously a legend in the British GT paddock.
“So yes, I’m very proud to join the list of winners, and hopefully, like the GT3 title, it’s something I can defend next year.”
The top three crews from each of British GT’s classifications were invited to the ceremony, with Beachdean’s Andrew Howard and Tom Wood having won in the GT3 Silver-Am category.
GT4 champions Marc Warren and Jack Brown also celebrated their success, with Brown becoming British GT’s first GT4 driver to secure back-to-back titles, as their Optimum Motorsport outfit claimed the GT4 Teams’ honours.
Marvin Kirchhöfer and Charlie Robertson were recognised as the fastest GT3 and GT4 drivers after having accumulated the highest number of fastest race laps during the 2025 season.
Other distinguished guests at the ceremony included Pierre Fillon (President, ACO), Frédéric Lequien (CEO, FIA WEC), Masaaki Bandoh (President, Super GT) and ADAC Motorsport Director Thomas Voss.
