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Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour

Sports car race in endurance racing

Summary

Sports car race in endurance racing

FieldValue
Race titleGBR Silverstone 24 Hour
Track map[[File:Circuit Silverstone 2011.svg200px]]
Series long24H Series
VenueSilverstone Circuit
First race2005
Duration24 hours
Most wins driverJamie Campbell-Walter, Dieter Quester, Dirk Werner, Mark Poole, Martin Short, Richard Abra (2)
Most wins teamDuller Motorsport, Rollcentre Racing (2)
Most wins manufacturerBMW (4)

The Silverstone 24 Hour was a sports car race in endurance racing, held annually at Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom until 2018.

The race was originally organised by Britcar. The 2009 race was shortened to 500 miles due to the recession. In 2011 the race used the new arena section for the first time. In 2010 the race continued to use the bridge section that the race had used in previous years despite other racing series already switching to the new layout. The 2013 edition was shortened to 1000 km. For 2015 the race was called the Dunlop 24hr at Silverstone for sponsorship reasons.

On October 2, 2015 Creventic, the promoter and organiser of the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series, announced they would organise the Silverstone 24-Hour race in 2016. It was the third round of the 2016 24H Series season and the first round of the 2016 Touring Car Endurance Series season. Every round of the 24H Series can be entered with a GT car, but this race is only open to non-GT cars.

Winners

YearDriversTeamCarLaps / Distance2005200620072008200920102011201220132015201620172018
GBR Martin Short
GBR Shaun Balfe
GBR Jamie Derbyshire
GBR Nick JacobsGBR Balfe Motorsport/Rollcentre RacingMosler MT900R603 / 3100.023 km
AUT Dieter Quester
DEU Dirk Werner
GBR Tim Mullen
GBR Jamie Campbell-WalterAUT Duller MotorsportBMW Z4 (E85)595 / 3058.895 km
AUT Dieter Quester
DEU Dirk Werner
DEU Johannes Stuck
GBR Jamie Campbell-WalterAUT Duller MotorsportBMW Z4 (E85)596 / 3064.036 km
GBR Mark Sumpter
GBR Adrian Slater
GBR Andy PurdieGBR Paragon PorschePorsche 997 GT3-RSR603 / 3100.023 km
GBR Andrew Beaumont
GBR Pat Gormley
GBR Ben ClucasGBR Topcats RacingMosler MT900R156 / 801.996 km500 mile distance
POL Witt Gamski
GBR Keith Robinson
GBR John Gaw
GBR Phil DryburghGBR MJC LtdFerrari F430 GTC565 / 3334.065 km
GBR Michael McInerney
GBR Sean McInerney
GBR Phil KeenGBR Eclipse MotorsportFerrari F430 GTC573 / 3375.543 km
GBR Michael Symons
GBR Clint Bardwell
GBR Richard Abra
GBR Mark PooleGBR MP Motorsport/JCAMBMW M3 E46 GTR564 / 3322.524 km
GBR Richard Abra
GBR Mark PooleGBR Barwell MotorsportAston Martin Vantage GT3158 / 930.778 km1000 km distance
GBR Andrew Howard
GBR Jonathan Adam
GBR Jamie Chadwick
GBR Ross Gunn
GBR Harry WhaleGBR Beechdean AMRAston Martin Vantage GT4529 / 3116.256 km
GBR Charles Lamb
GBR Richard Neary
GBR "Richard Roberts"
GBR Martin ShortGBR Team ABBA with Rollcentre RacingBMW M3 E46 GTR512 / 3016.192 km
NED Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
NED Melvin de Groot
NED Rene Steenmetz
GBR Robert SmithNED Team BleekemolenSEAT León TCR V2 SEQ549 / 3233.61 km
NED Ivo Breukers
NED Rik Breukers
LAT Konstantīns CalkoNED Red Camel-Jordans.nlSEAT LCR TCR V3 DSG411 / 2420.79 km

Participants

Many big name teams have taken part in the race such as Rollcentre Racing, Jet Alliance Motorsport and Duller Motorsport. As of the end of the 2016 race, Duller Motorsport and Rollcentre Racing are the only teams that have won this event more than once.

Factory effort teams have also attempted it such as Ginetta, Mazda and Nissan.

In 2007, Top Gear took part in this race using a diesel BMW 3 series for a Top Gear Challenge. They finished the race, third in class, ahead of one of their rival teams who were also competing with a diesel BMW 3 Series.

In 2012, a team of ex-servicemen took part under the Mission Motorsport banner in a Nissan 370Z. They finished in 17th overall, scoring a top ten class result.

In 2015, the Ginetta Nissan LMP3 took its debut 24 hour race start with the factory Team LNT squad. Among the driver roster was six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy. 2015 also marked the first year for a female scoring outright victory; Jamie Chadwick aboard the #35 Beechdean Aston Martin.

Since 2016, the race is restricted to touring cars and 24H-Specials.

References

References

  1. "24 Hour racing in England is BACK! - Britcar".
  2. (October 5, 2015). "Announcement Hankook 24H Silverstone received with great enthusiasm". Creventic.
  3. "Silverstone Britcar 24 Hour". [[Britcar]].
  4. "Motorsport.com: News channel".
  5. "Galleries by trackside".
  6. "Paragon Porsche at Britcar Silverstone 24 Hour 2008".
  7. Timing Solutuions Ltd.. (22 September 2013). "Britcar 1000k". Britcar.
  8. Timing Solutuions Ltd.. (26 April 2015). "Dunlop 24hr Race". Britcar.
  9. Creventic. (3 April 2016). "24H Series". Creventic.
  10. Creventic. (2 April 2017). "24H Series". Creventic.
  11. Creventic. (11 March 2018). "24H TCE Series". Creventic.
  12. "BBC One - Top Gear, Series 10, Episode 9".
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