I attended the Intelligent Money British GT Championship - Silverstone 500 on June 27th 2021.
This was the 10th anniversary of the longest and most prestigious event in this championship.
A field of over 30 GT3 and GT4 cars slogged it out on the track for three hours of wheel to wheel racing for the class win and overall win.
There were no pit windows, three diver changes to be made during the race and with a very overcast day, would rain also affect the outcome of the race? All of this made a great afternoon of racing.
I was based at Copse Grandstand, below are my photo's from the event.
Cars take their places on the grid.
And they're off.
The No.77 Enduro Motorsport driven by Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clatton leaves the pits.
The No.66 Team Parker Racing Porsche driven by Nick Jones and Scott Malvern.
The No.21 Team Rocket RJN McLaren driven by Mia Flewett and Euan Hankey.
The No.90 Balfe Motorsport McLaren driven by Jack Brown and Ashley Marshall.
The No.1 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini driven by Adam Balon and Sandy Mitchell. This car would claim 2nd place overall.
Charging down the Pit Straight, this is the No.38 TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Giacomo Petrobelli and Charlie Eastwood.
The No.40 Fox Motorsport McLaren driven by Nick Halstead and Jamie Stanley
The No.25 Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport Mercedes leaving the pits.
The No.42 Stellar Motorsport Audi driven by Richard Williams and Sennan Fielding re-joins the race.
The No.11 Paddock Motorsport Bentley driven by Kelvin Fletcher and Martin Plowman.
The Bentley stalking the Aston Martin down the Pit Straight.
The No.18 WPI Motorsport Lamborghini driven by Michael Igoe and Phil Keen.
The No.69 Ram Racing Mercedes driven by James Cottingham and Sam De Haan.
The No.38 TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Giacomo Petrobelli and Charlie Eastwood exits the pits as No.6 Ram Racing Mercedes driven by Ian Loggie and Yelmer Buurman passes on track. In the background is the McLaren Safety Car.
Cars 6 and 11 racing for position.
No.6 (GT3 Class) about to overtake the GT4 No.90.
The No.14 2 Seas Motorsport driven by Hunter Abbott and Martin Kodric. This car would claim victory in this race.
The No.8 Team Abba Racing driven by Richard Neary and Sam Neary leaving the pits.
The No.70 Inception Racing McLaren driven by Brendan Iribe and Ollie Milroy turn on to the Pit Straight following No 14.
Car No.33 G-Cat Racing Porsche driven by Shamus Jennings and Greg Caton chasing the No.7.
Car No.57 Century Motorsport BMW driven by Will Burns and Gus Burton chase the No.27 Newbridge Motorsport Aston Martin driven by Matt Topham and Darren Turner. The No.27 would go on to be the first of the finishers in the GT4 Class.
No.56 Assetto Motorsport driven by Mark Sansom and Charlie Robertson.
The 95 TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Bonamy Grimes and Marco Sorensen chasing No18.
The No.3 Team Rocket RJN McLaren driven by Alain Valente and Michael Benyahia.
The No.2 Team Rocket RJN McLaren driven by James Kell and Jordan Collard.
No.61 Academy Motorsport Ford Mustang driven by Will Moore and Matt Cowley follows No.7 around Copse corner.
The No.15 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driven by John Fergusson and Scott McKenna.
The No.4 Team Rocket RJN McLaren driven by Harry Hayek and Katie Milner re-joins the race.
The No.9 Century Motorsport BMW driven by Chris Salkeld and Andrew Gordon-Colebrook rounding Copse Corner.
No.38 looking to pass No.27
After a hard battle the No.63 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini driven by Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind would finish in 3rd place.
The No.5 Balfe Motorsport McLaren driven by Stewart Proctor and Lewis Proctor.
If you can get to one of these races, it's well worth it. To see supercars battling for supremacy on track wheel to wheel is fantastic. Then there is the noise, not overly loud from where I was sat but still fantastic to hear these cars at full throttle. Although there were spins, the safety car was not deployed during the race.
There were support races that I did not get to see due to time, they were:
Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge.
BRDC British F3 Championship.
Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge.
4 races series for around £20 a ticket and under 16's are free made for great value.
I will hopefully be back at this event in the future.
To watch the race in full, please follow the below link
For more information about the Intelligent Money British GT Championship, please visit
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