Michael Meadows and James Sutton took their maiden Avon Tyres British GT Championship win at
Silverstone, ending the two-hour race ahead of the ABG Motorsport Viper of Craig Wilkins and Aaron Scott to help secure the British GT team title for CR Scuderia.
In a race of attrition only nine cars took the chequered flag but the lack of finishers didn't detract from the action packed racing throughout the 120 minute race. GT4 Champions Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn took their sixth class win in fifth overall to secure the team title for their IMS Motorsport team.
Craig Wilkins in the ABG Motorsport Viper led the 21 car grid towards the first corner at Copse with David Jones challenging in the Ascari. Wilkins held the inside line to emerge from the first corner still in the lead with Michael Bentwood now up to third in the Aston Martin. Phil Burton and Hector Lester were now fighting over 4th place as Michael Cullen joined in the fray. Burton's Ferrari emerged under Bridge travelling very slowly with a puncture as did Cullen's
Ferrari, with both cars returning to the pits for new rubber.
Newly crowned British GT Champion James Gornall was forced to start at the back of the grid in the Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper after a blown engine in free practice forced the him and Jon Barnes to sit out Saturday's 30-minute qualifying session. However Gornall was soon scything his way through the field and was up to sixth by the end of the opening lap and then gained a further two places by the end of lap two by forcing his way past Nigel Redwood in the Team RPM Viper and the Ferrari of Luke Hines.
Meanwhile Wilkins was still holding onto the top spot as David Jones was coming under pressure from Michael Bentwood and on lap three the Aston Martin moved ahead of the Ascari, with Gornall passing Jones on the next lap at Maggotts to move into a podium position from the back of the grid. David Jones lost further ground on lap six as Meadows and Redwood both passed the Ascari.
