RAM Racing has announced that it will add to the 2019 British GT Championship’s GT3 class with a single Mercedes AMG GT3 for Callum Macleod and Ian Loggie, new drivers to the Silverstone-based team.
The last time RAM Racing appeared in a British GT season as a full-time was back in 2015 (below, with Lewis Plato, Alistair MacKinnon and for one race,Bradley Ellis), though it has been in the championship as recently as this year, in a one-off run at Spa.
Ram Racing has been racing with SRO since its last campaign in the British GT Championship. This year team ran a Mercedes in the Blancpain Endurance Cup’s Pro-Am class with Euan Hankey, Darren Burke and Salih Yoluc.
“The British GT Championship is one of the world’s top national GT3 series and we’re delighted to be back on the grid in 2019. It’s extremely competitive but Callum and Ian have shown race and championship-winning pace over the last few years and both did a great job at the test earlier this month,” said team principal Dan Shufflebottom.
“The Mercedes AMG GT3 is a great car for the British circuits – it’s nimble and well-suited to the tight and twisty sections that we see at Oulton Park, for example, but able to stretch its legs at tracks such as Silverstone. Mercedes AMG factory driver Yelmer Buurman, who raced with us in Barcelona 24 Hours, showed last season what the car is capable of and we’re excited to go and see what we can do.”
As a driver pairing, Macleod and Loggie have been racing together since 2015, when they scored a memorable class victory at the Spa 24 Hours. They have been no stranger to the British GT Championship since then, racing with Team Parker Racing with a Bentley Continental GT3 the past two seasons (below), taking one win, Race 2 at Spa in 2017.
“We’ve had three fantastic seasons in the Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 and I’m sure this isn’t the end of our relationship with the team or brand. But Ian is here to learn as a driver so it’s good to try different machinery.
“We tested the RAM Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 and were impressed with the car and the team, so we decided to see what we can do together in 2019. Over the last two years in British GT I’d say we haven’t had the results we perhaps deserved so we’re looking forward to giving it another go!” Macleod said.
Ian Loggie added: “It’s been an absolute pleasure to race with Team Parker Racing in the Bentley for the last three years, but I was keen to make sure my skill sets develop. After testing the Mercedes AMG GT3, I think there’s a lot I can learn from it. I also think it’s a car that will do well in British GT.
“RAM Racing are an incredibly impressive team – extremely professional and everything is well-prepared. I’m looking forward to a new chapter in my racing and can’t wait to get to Oulton Park in April.”
