After what felt like the longest winter the sun finally shone over the East Midlands circuit and the spectators arrived in large numbers to witness some spectacular racing from these GT thoroughbreds.
No fewer than 5 Pitlane News photographers attended the events over the weekend to cover all bases making it our biggest event attended so far including 2 from our PLN Junior squad.
The 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Charles Dawson and Kiern Jewiss dominated the first British GT Championship Qualifying of 2025 to secure pole position ahead of the sister Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO of Maximilian Gotz, his effort in the sister 2-Seas Mercedes ensured that himself and Kevin Tse start second on the grid, followed by the Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini of Sandy Mitchell and Alex Martin.
Charles Dawson and Kiern Jewiss continued their great form and secured a lights-to-flag victory in the British GT Championship race at Donington Park on Sunday afternoon. The pair piloted their 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to a faultless win after seeing off the threat of the Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini of Alex Martin and Sandy Mitchell.
The distinctly-liveried #42 2 Seas Motorsport car led away from pole position into Redgate corner following a dominant qualifying display on Saturday, with the second-place sister 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes losing a position to the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 of Alex Martin, moving down to third place.
Charles Dawson pulled out an early lead of three seconds in the 2 Seas Motorsport Machine as the sister Mercedes-AMG pressured the second-place Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2.
The safety car was required in the first half of the race after the Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, piloted by Giacomo Petrobelli, made contact with the GT4 Lotus Emira of Ian Duggan and Joe Wheeler while lapping the Mahiki Racing machine, leaving the Lotus stranded in the gravel.
GT4 honours went to the Optimum Motorsport McLaren Artura of Marc Warren and Jack Brown, ahead of the Century Motorsport BMW of Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson.
British GT Championship, Donington Park, Race 1
- Dawson/Jewiss, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2
- Martin/Mitchell, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, +1.106s
- Tse/Gotz, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, +11.131s
- Tillbrook/Kirchhofer, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +13.996s
- Neary/Neary, Team ABBA Racing, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, 2m51.285s, +23.818s
- Topham/Cook, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, +36.047s
- Orange/Clutton, Orange Racing by JMH, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +50.103s
- Howard/Wood, Beechdean Motorsport LTD, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, +56.458s
- Smith/Plowman, Paddock Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +1m10.654s
- Price/Macleod, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +1m13.383s
The British GT calendar continues with round two, taking place at the home of British motorsport, Silverstone, from April 25th to 27th. The race will be held on the 3.66-mile iconic racetrack.
Will anyone be able to break the track record set by Garage 59’s McLaren 720 GT3 in 2022, which stands at 1m 58.304 seconds. ..
