Rodin Motorsport delivered its first major success in its debut British GT Championship campaign with a maiden GT3 Silver-Am pole position and class victory at Snetterton last month.
For an outfit well-known in junior single-seater racing but new to modern sports car racing, their podium finishes in both Snetterton sprint races were the results the team needed as they approach the end of a challenging 2026 season, which concludes at Brands Hatch next week.
Their 2026 British GT pursuit has been more about a learning process than scoring results, but finally winning in a competitive GT3 Silver-Am category underlined progress for one of the select debuting teams in one of Europe’s most distinguished GT racing championships.
Rodin came away from Snetterton’s Race 2 with the first win for the #13 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo shared by reigning three-time TCR Australia champion Josh Buchan and his teammate Cameron Campbell.
“It’s been a big learning curve,” British GT team manager Ricky Taylor tells DSC.
“From a team that’s done predominantly single-seaters, there’s been a lot to learn in the GT format. But we brought some good guys in from GT racing to help us get on top of stuff a little bit more quickly.
“Regarding the Ferrari, it’s a great car. You have to work hard to get that last little bit out of it. With the BoP and the other sides of things, I think we’re alright; we’re in the ballpark.”
The United Kingdom-based New Zealand racing outfit is a regular fixture in junior single-seater racing. Rodin has over 30 championship titles and 500 race victories, including those from before Rodin’s full takeover in 2024; beforehand, they were known as Rodin Carlin.
Sports car racing presents several new elements to learn; for instance, the team must understand the characteristics of running a GT3 car, which differ from those of smaller, formula-style single-seaters. Additionally, the sport involves complex pit stops that include refuelling, driver changes, and tyre changes. Rodin has also integrated into British GT’s unique multi-class spectacle, where both GT3 and GT4-specification cars compete for their respective wins, sharing the same tarmac.
The last time a Ferrari scored a British GT podium was the 2017 Silverstone 500, when Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin finished third outright and second in the GT3 Pro-Am category in a Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3.
Rodin has made headway since the Silverstone 500 season opener, where the team qualified 15th out of 18 GT3 cars and tangled with a GT4 car during the race, resulting in a retirement.
They reached the chequered flag in all races since and scored consistent results along the way before their podiums, despite being tangled in more incident drama at Oulton Park (Race 2) and the penultimate Donington Park round.
“The biggest thing is that all the stars have to align to win races,” Taylor explains.
“It’s not just one single thing that you’re strong at that guarantees that you’re going to turn that into [strong] race results.
“We can sit up here, and we can pinpoint every round so far of ‘If that wouldn’t have happened, we would have been in a good position to score’. But that’s motor racing. All the stars have to align to get the result.”
To maximise Rodin’s learning with the Ferrari package, Buchan and Campbell have been competing in the GT World Challenge Australia season with Zagame Autosport, where they claimed their first Pro-Am podium at the Hidden Valley Raceway at the end of July.
Their Ferrari 296 GT3 machinery ‘down under’ is of the previous generation and does not utilise the Evo kit introduced this year. In addition to the data sharing between the two teams, the drivers have leveraged additional mileage from behind the wheel.
“There are bits that we do cross-reference,” adds Taylor.
“Obviously, their Ferrari in Australia isn’t an Evo. The two cars have similar characteristics, but some bits differ.
“Not knowing the full characteristics of the other (non-Evo) car, we haven’t come from a pre-gen car to an Evo car. Ferrari tried to make it better in the areas where it wasn’t so strong.
“As a whole, we listen to what they have to say in Australia about their feedback, and some of it does transpire to what we do here.”
Many teams see British GT as an approachable introduction to sports car racing, offering a real taste of what it is like to compete in a reputable championship following SRO rules and regulations.
Rodin was unfazed by the new challenges, and when Buchan landed GT3 Silver-Am pole position, it was the team’s best qualifying performance with P4 overall on the grid for Race 2.
They started third in GT3 Silver-Am for Race 1 and successfully converted that into a podium result, followed up by Race 2’s pole-to-win success.
Taylor specified that a victory would indicate success for the British GT programme in its infancy, and that it was “the box they needed to tick” before doing just that in Snetterton’s Race 2.
Following their unfortunate incident at Donington, where Barwell Motorsport’s Alex Martin collided with Campbell’s Rodin Ferrari, the team managed to reach the chequered flag. However, another two-hour endurance race awaits at Brands Hatch this weekend.
This will be Rodin’s final opportunity this year to add a second GT3 Silver-Am victory to their tally.
“Results-wise, it’s been very difficult,” Taylor admits.
“We haven’t really come away with anything major [speaking before their GT3 Silver-Am win] to give us that extra little boost, but we’ll keep chiselling on with it all.
“The ideal would be to win races and for next year either we do British GT again, or maybe it’s a case that we look for something a little bit more challenging.
“But at the moment, we need to master the GTs before we move on to other stuff.”
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