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GT3Closely reflecting their road-going equivalents to keep maintenance costs to a minimum, GT3 specification racecars allow limited alterations to suspension, engine and bodywork. Including such cars as Ferrari 430, Viper, Aston Martin DBRS9, Porsche Cup S GT3, Audi R8… |
G4New for 2010, the G4 category amalgamates GT4-homologated cars and Supersport-type machines. The former category provides the exciting cars which form the mainstay of the GT4 European Cup – like the Nissan 370Z, BMW M3, Aston Martin N24 and Ginetta G50 – while the latter division encompasses such exotica as the KTM XBOW and Lotus 2-Eleven. Soon to be homologated the new Lotus Evora, joining the class later in the season. |
GTCThis class is generally made of one make championship cars, such as the Porsche Cup and the Ferrari Challenge, regulated by power to weight ratio. Changes of bodywork material and sizes may be granted, for example rear wings may be fitted, subject to the eligibility scrutineer’s approval. |
INVITATIONThis class will be for cars selected by the organisers that do not comply with the regulations GT3, G4 or GTC. |
Championship points
The Avon Tyres British GT Championship features three separate scoring classes for 2010 – GT3 (which class will decide the overall British GT Championship title), G4 and GTC. Points are awarded as follows in each class:
1st 10, 2nd 8, 3rd 6, 4th 5, 5th 4, 6th 3, 7th 2, 8th 1
Success ballast
Success ballast will be added/subtracted as follows, up to a maximum of 100kg:
1st +20kg, 2nd +15kg, 3rd +10kg, 4th -10kg, 5th -15kg, 6th or lower -20kg
Licence requirement & driver grades
All drivers must hold a racing licence of at least International C grade. Drivers are categorized into groups A, B, C or D according to their experience and successes. Grade A drivers may partner only with drivers from categories D or C (with a 45-second penalty added to the mandatory pit stop time). Grade B drivers may partner only with drivers from categories D or C (with a 30-second penalty added to the mandatory pit stop time). All other pairing combinations are permitted.
Race distances
Twin-race meetings will feature two separate one-hour races, with two endurance events each hosting a single two-hour race and the Spa meeting a 2.5-hour race.
Pit stops
All races feature a mandatory ‘driver change’ pit stop. In the one-hour races it must be carried out between 23 and 37 minutes and will be of a minimum specified duration. In the two-hour races, where stops would usually include refuelling, the pit stop will be of a longer minimum duration; teams are free to call when to stop, but no one driver may spend longer than 90 minutes on track. The Spa 2.5-hour race will feature two pit stops.
Tyres
All cars must use Avon tyres; each car is restricted to a maximum of eight slick tyres per meeting. There is no restriction on the number of wet-weather tyres.
Fuel
All cars must run on a control Sunoco Racing Fuel supplied through Anglo American Oil Company.
Cooper Tires
British F3 International Series
British F3 Championship the leading single-seater championship in the UK and the world’s top Formula 3 series.
Young drivers come from all over the world to race in British F3 and compete against the finest young racing drivers of our generation. The 2010 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series will be contested over 30 races at 10 race meetings, seven of them in the UK and three overseas on Grand Prix circuits in Belgium, France and Germany. Win in British F3 and you are marked as a driver to watch. Around the world, no other race series has produced as many Grand Prix winners and World Champions.
Since its inception in 1964, British F3 has provided more graduates to Formula 1 than any other single-seater series worldwide. The list of former British F3 Champions who have gone on to become Grand Prix greats includes Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Gunnar Nilsson, Nelson Piquet, Derek Warwick, Stefan Johansson, Johnny Herbert, JJ Lehto, Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello.
However, it is not just in Formula 1 that former British F3 drivers excel. The Roll of Honour includes the names of drivers who have gone on to win in Indy cars, GP2 and at Le Mans.
To let the driver’s skill come to the fore, all the cars have a similar technical specification, with engines from Mercedes-Benz, Mugen-Honda and Volkswagen producing similar power – around 210 bhp. Current F3 cars have limited aerodynamic downforce, so that winning speed is produced from the combination of intelligent car design, the skills of the driver and the expertise and professionalism of the team. The final ingredient is the tyres, and these are supplied by one manufacturer, Cooper Tires, to ensure quality, durability and a level playing field.
Since its inception in 1964, British Formula 3 has been the breeding ground of champions. One of the earliest British F3 title-winners was Jackie Stewart; within five years of taking the F3 crown the Great Scot had claimed the first of his three World Championship titles, establishing a pattern being repeated to this day by talented young drivers from across the globe. British F3 Champions who have gone on to be crowned World Champion
Many other race-winning British F3 drivers have gone on to claim motor sport’s greatest achievement, including James Hunt, Jody Scheckter, Alan Jones, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and the 2009 F1 World Champion, Jenson Button. In fact, British F3 has bred more World Champions than any other single-seater series worldwide. British F3 Champions who went on to win Grands Prix include Carlos Pace, Gunnar Nilsson, Johnny Herbert and Rubens Barrichello. The Formula 1 grid in the last three seasons would have been a poorer place without British F3 graduates such as Nelson Piquet Jr, Mark Webber, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson, Scott Speed and, of course, Jaime Alguersuari, who won the 2008 British F3 title and who, within months, was propelled on to the Grand Prix grid as the world’s youngest-ever F1 racer at 19 years and 125 days old. There are of course plenty more British F3 Champions who went on to achieve greatness in other motor-sporting endeavours, including:
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