The 2023 Intelligent Money British GT Championship will eschew it’s annual trip to Spa Francorchamps (since 2014) and will instead hold its overseas round at the Algarve International Circuit.
Portimao will host a three-hour race in July 2023 and seems an odd choice for the Championship with road mileage to and from the circuit significantly higher than just about any other available alternative.
The circuit though is undoubtedly a favourite with drivers and has attracted a host of major events in recent years including F1, FIA WEC, ELMS, DTM, MotoGP and World Superbike Championship as well as a host of SRO Championships including the FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship
The rest of British GT’s nine-race schedule remains broadly the same as 2022.
As usual, Oulton Park stages two one-hour races over Easter Bank Holiday Weekend before the three-hour Silverstone 500 takes place one month later. That’s followed by the first of Donington’s two rounds, which reverts from 180 to 120 minutes later in May, while Snetterton’s double sprint format precedes Portugal’s debut in mid-July, one week earlier than the slot Spa traditionally held. Two-hour races at Brands Hatch and Donington complete British GT’s 31st season after the August summer break, which has been deliberately avoided.
2023 CALENDAR
April 8 & 10: Oulton Park (2x 1-hour)
May 6/7: Silverstone 500 (1x 3-hour)
May 27/28: Donington Park (1x 2-hour)
June 24/25: Snetterton (2x 1-hour)
July 15/16: Algarve (1x 3-hour)
September 9/10: Brands Hatch (1x 2-hour)
October 14/15: Donington Park (1x 2-hour)
