2004 British GT Championship

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12th running of the British sportscar GT Championship

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The 2004 British GT season consisted of an eight-round series of sports car racing in the British GT Championship, with each round consisting of two races.^[1] The series was open to N-GT and GT Cup class cars. Jonathan Cocker won the N-GT Class Driver's Championship, whilst Adam Wilcox and Ni Amorim shared the GT Cup Driver's Championship.

Entry list

N-GT

Entrant	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Emotional Engineering	Holden Monaro	Vauxhall 5.7L V8	31	Aaron Slight	2
				Matt Griffin	2–6, 8
				Matt Manderson	3–5, 8
				Phil Bennett	6
JWR - John Guest/Paragon	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	33	Mark Sumpter	All
				Mike Jordan	1-7
Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	34	Tim Mullen	All
				Chris Niarchos	1–2, 4-8
				Rob Barff	3
	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC		35	Nathan Kinch	All
				Andrew Kirkaldy
Peninsula TVR/JCB	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L V6	36	Graeme Mundy	1, 3-6
				John Hartshorne	1, 3–6, 8
				Dan Eagling	7-8
Rollcentre Racing	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet 5.7L LS1 V8	37	Richard Stanton	1, 3-7
				Bobby Verdon-Roe	1
				Patrick Pearce	3-7
GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	38	Jonathan Cocker	All
				Tim Sugden	1–4, 6-8
				Warren Hughes	5
Tech 9 Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RS		46	Mark Cole	8
				Adam Jones
Damax	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	39	Marco Attard	1
				Nick Adams
RSR Motorsport	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L V6	40	Nigel Greensall	1–4, 6, 8
				Lawrence Tomlinson	1–3, 6, 8
				Jonathan Coleman	4
			41		5–6, 8
				Rob Croydon	5-6
				Michael Caine	8
Balfe Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	Chevrolet 5.7L LS1 V8	42	Shaun Balfe	1, 7
				Nigel Taylor
Vic Lee Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	43	Ian Khan	1
				Peter Kox
Preci Spark	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	44	David Jones	1-7
				Godfrey Jones
Master Motorsport	Ultima GTR	Chevrolet V8	47	Steven Brady	3–6, 8
				Alan Bonner
Bryan Colwell	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	50	Bryan Colwell	8
				Jan Persson
Xero Competition	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 5.7L LS1 V8	51	Ricky Cole	1-7
				Peter Le Bas
Paul Belmondo Racing	Lamborghini Diablo	Lamborghini 5.0L V12	52	Jean-Michel Pappolla	6
				Didier Sommereau
Embassy Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5	Chevrolet 5.7L LS V8	55	Neil Cunningham	All
				Paula Cook	1-6
				Ben Collins	7
				Richard Hay	8
Eclipse Motorsport	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L V6	60	Steve Hyde	1–3, 5–6, 8
				Piers Johnson

GT Cup

Entrant	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team Jedi Racing	Lotus Elise Sport	Rover 1.8L I4	61	Rob Horsfield	All
				Frazer Corbyn	1–3, 6-8
				Ian Stinton	4-5
DRM Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	62	Adam Wilcox	All
				Ni Amorim
			67	Lourenço da Veiga	1–2, 7
				Stephen Moore	1-2
				Jamie Smyth	7-8
				Rob Croydon	8
Jensen Motorsport	Chevrolet Corvette C5	Chevrolet 5.7L LS1 V8	63	Ryan Hooker	1-7
				Dominic Lesniewski	1-3
				Andrew Ward	4-5
				Paul Horton	6-7
Atlanta Motorsport	Renault Clio	Renault 3.0L V6	64	Darren Malkin	1, 3
				Alan Bonner	1
				Enzo Mucci	3
Team Jedi Racing	Lotus Elise Sport	Rover 1.8L I4	65	Dean Lanzante	1-2
				Chris Yandell	1-2
JWR - Chambers Runfold PLC	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	66	Peter Chambers	1-7
				Graeme Langford	1-4
				Michael Caine	5-7
Bintec	ProSport 3000	Ford Cosworth 3.0L V6	69	Barry Murphy	1-2
				Jon Lee
ABG Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	70	Colin Broster	2, 4-6
				Paul Mace	2
				Tony Brown	4-6
Lester/Glenvarigill Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	71	Hector Lester	1–2, 5, 8
				Keith Robinson	1-2
				Allan Simonsen	5, 8
Rollcentre Racing	Noble M12 GTO3R	Ford 3.0L V6	73	Fanny Duchateau	1-5
				Simon Pullan	1-4
				Martin Short	5-7
				Harvey Death	6
				David Mason	7
Tech 9 Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	74	David Wandless	7-8
				Mark Cole	7
				Phiroze Bilmoria	8
GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport			76	Jonathan Rowland	1-4
				Phil Hindley	1
				Adam Sharpe	2-8
				Dominic Lesniewski	5-8
Colin Blower Motorsport	Vauxhall VX220	Vauxhall 2.0L I4	75	Dan Eagling	1-5
				Rob Croydon	1-2
				Colin Blower	3-5
JWR-Cambridge Business Travel	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	77	Steve Wood	All
				Stuart Scott
Damax	Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	78	Marco Attard	3, 6, 8
				Nick Adams
			79	David Back	1
				Chris Catt
Team Tiger	Marcos Mantis	Ford 4.6L V8	81	Chris Beighton	All
				Jon Finnemore
VRS Motor Finance	Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge	Ferrari 3.6L V8	84	Phil Burton	8
				Ian Flux
Gavan Kershaw Racing	Lotus Elise Sport	Rover 1.8L I4	88	Gavan Kershaw	All
				Barrie Whight
Team Aero Lewis Racing	Morgan Aero 8 GT	BMW N62 4.8L V8	99	Keith Ahlers	All
				Aaron Scott

Calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	NGT Winners	GTC Winners
1	Donington Park	3 April	No. 33 JWR-John Guest/Paragon Mark Sumpter Mike Jordan[2]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Rowland Phil Hindley[2]
2		4 April	No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[3]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Rowland Phil Hindley[3]
3	Mondello Park	8 May	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Tim Sugden[4]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Rowland Adam Sharpe[4]
4		9 May	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Tim Sugden[5]	No. 88 Gavan Kershaw Racing Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw[5]
5	Snetterton	5 June	No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[6]	No. 81 Team Tiger Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore[6]
6			No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[7]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Adam Sharpe Jonathan Rowland[7]
7	Castle Combe	19 June	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Tim Sugden[8]	No. 88 Gavan Kershaw Racing Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw[8]
8		20 June	No. 33 JWR-John Guest/Paragon Mark Sumpter Mike Jordan[9]	No. 88 Gavan Kershaw Racing Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw[9]
9	Oulton Park	17 July	No. 60 Eclipse Motorsport Piers Johnson Steve Hyde[10]	No. 88 Gavan Kershaw Racing Barrie Whight Gavan Kershaw[10]
10		18 July	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Warren Hughes[11]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Adam Sharpe Dominic Lesniewski[11]
11	Silverstone	14 August	No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[12]	No. 62 DRM Racing Adam Wilcox Ni Amorim[12]
12		15 August	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Tim Sugden[13]	No. 78 Damax Marco Attard Nick Adams[13]
13	Thruxton	29 August	No. 34 Scuderia Ecosse Tim Mullen Chris Niarchos[14]	No. 81 Team Tiger Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore[14]
14		30 August	No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[15]	No. 81 Team Tiger Chris Beighton Jon Finnemore[15]
15	Brands Hatch	1 October	No. 38 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Jonathan Cocker Tim Sugden[16]	No. 78 Damax Marco Attard Nick Adams[16]
16		3 October	No. 35 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Andrew Kirkaldy[17]	No. 76 GruppeM/Tech 9 Motorsport Adam Sharpe Dominic Lesniewski[17]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

N-GT

Pos Driver DON MON SNE CAS OUL SIL THR BRH Pts 1 Jonathan Cocker 3 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 6 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 125 2 Tim Sugden 3 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 112 3 Nathan Kinch 7 1 4 3 1 1 Ret Ret 2 2 1 3 6 1 Ret 1 98 3 Andrew Kirkaldy 7 1 4 3 1 1 Ret Ret 2 2 1 3 6 1 Ret 1 98 4 Mark Sumpter 1 7 10 2 Ret 4 3 1 3 4 10 Ret 10 4 4 5 66 5 Mike Jordan 1 7 10 2 Ret 4 3 1 3 4 10 Ret 10 4 WD WD 57 6 Tim Mullen 14 9 3 5 4 6 5 6 DNS 5 3 4 1 8 5 Ret 55 7 Chris Niarchos 14 9 3 5 5 6 DNS 5 3 4 1 8 5 Ret 47 8 Piers Johnson 9 Ret 9 Ret 5 5 1 3 7 7 3 4 39 8 Steve Hyde 9 Ret 9 Ret 5 5 1 3 7 7 3 4 39 9 Richard Stanton 6 6 6 7 4 3 5 6 6 Ret 3 9 38 10 Neil Cunningham 10 4 6 6 9 DNS Ret DNS Ret 7 5 5 5 2 6 Ret 36 10 Godfrey Jones 5 Ret 2 NC 3 3 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 2 9 7 36 10 David Jones 5 Ret 2 NC 3 3 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 2 9 7 36 11 Nigel Greensall 8 2 5 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 2 Ret 35 12 Patrick Pearce 6 7 4 3 5 6 6 Ret 3 9 32 13 Lawrence Tomlinson 8 2 5 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 31 14 Ricky Cole 12 8 7 7 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 8 5 23 14 Peter Le Bas 12 8 7 7 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 8 5 23 15 Paula Cook 10 4 6 6 9 DNS Ret DNS Ret 7 5 5 21 16 Steven Brady WD WD WD WD Ret Ret 6 4 DNS 9 DNS DNS Ret 2 16 16 Alan Bonner Ret Ret 6 4 DNS 9 DNS DNS Ret 2 16 16 John Hartshorne 13 Ret 7 8 DNS 7 4 8 WD WD 7 6 16 17 Ian Khan 2 3 14 17 Peter Kox 2 3 14 18 Warren Hughes 6 1 13 19 Ben Collins 5 2 12 20 Graeme Mundy 13 Ret 7 8 DNS 7 4 8 WD WD 11 21 Nigel Taylor 4 Ret 4 DNS 10 21 Shaun Balfe 4 Ret 4 DNS 10 21 Dan Eagling 7 6 7 6 10 22 Rob Barff 4 6 8 23 Bobby Verdon-Roe 6 6 6 23 Matt Griffin 8 8 Ret 9 Ret 8 7 12 Ret DNS 8 Ret 6 24 Jonathan Coleman Ret 5 8 DNS 9 Ret DNS Ret 5 25 Matt Manderson Ret 9 Ret 8 7 12 8 Ret 4 26 Richard Hay 6 Ret 3 27 Aaron Slight 8 8 2 27 Jan Persson DNS 7 2 27 Brian Colwell WD WD DNS 7 2 28 Rob Croydon 8 DNS 9 Ret 1 Jean-Michel Pappolla 11 Ret 0 Didier Sommereau 11 Ret 0 Mark Cole Ret Ret 0 Adam Jones Ret Ret 0 Phil Bennett Ret DNS 0 Michael Caine DNS Ret 0 Pos Driver DON MON SNE CAS OUL SIL THR BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap.

Points were awarded as follows: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 from first to eighth.

GT Cup

Pos Driver DON MON SNE CAS OUL SIL THR BRH Pts 1 Adam Wilcox 2 2 3 4 3 Ret 6 4 Ret 6 1 3 4 2 4 2 86 1 Ni Amorim 2 2 3 4 3 Ret 6 4 Ret 6 1 3 4 2 4 2 86 2 Adam Sharpe 1 5 DNS 1 7 3 7 1 2 9 6 3 Ret 1 71 3 Barrie Whight 3 Ret 5 1 4 Ret 1 1 1 2 Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret 11 70 3 Gavan Kershaw 3 Ret 5 1 4 Ret 1 1 1 2 Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret 11 70 4 Chris Beighton Ret Ret DNS 6 1 Ret 2 2 2 10 8 5 1 1 DNS 7 64 4 Jon Finnemore Ret Ret DNS 6 1 Ret 2 2 2 10 8 5 1 1 DNS 7 64 5 Jonathan Rowland 1 1 1 5 DNS 1 7 3 54 6 Pete Chambers 5 10 8 7 2 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 Ret 2 5 4 WD WD 46 7 Aaron Scott 6 3 4 12 Ret 4 4 9 6 8 5 8 DNS DNS 3 3 45 7 Keith Ahlers 6 3 4 12 Ret 4 4 9 6 8 5 8 DNS DNS 3 3 45 7 Dominic Lesniewski Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 3 7 1 2 9 6 3 Ret 1 45 8 Marco Attard 6 5 3 1 1 9 33 8 Nick Adams 6 5 3 1 1 9 33 9 Colin Broster 6 3 5 7 3 3 4 Ret 32 9 Rob Croydon 9 Ret DNS DNS 3 4 7 6 32 10 Stuart Scott 8 6 7 9 5 7 Ret 10 5 7 6 10 8 5 6 8 30 10 Steven Wood 8 6 7 9 5 7 Ret 10 5 7 6 10 8 5 6 8 30 11 Fanny Duchateau 4 8 2 2 DNS Ret 9 6 Ret Ret 25 11 Simon Pullan 4 8 2 2 DNS Ret 9 6 25 12 Graeme Langford 5 10 8 7 2 2 Ret 8 24 12 Tony Brown 5 7 3 3 4 Ret 23 13 Michael Caine Ret 4 Ret 2 5 4 WD WD 22 13 Hector Lester DNS DNS 9 11 4 5 2 4 22 13 Allan Simonsen 4 5 2 4 22 14 Phil Hindley 1 1 20 15 Ryan Hooker Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 3 8 11 8 9 7 6 Ret 6 16 16 David Wandless 2 Ret 6 5 15 17 Dan Eagling 9 Ret DNS DNS Ret 6 3 5 DNS Ret WD WD 13 17 Colin Blower Ret 6 3 5 DNS Ret WD WD 13 18 Paul Mace 6 3 9 18 Lourenço da Veiga 7 4 Ret DNS WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD 7 Ret 9 19 Martin Short Ret Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 8 19 Mark Cole 2 Ret 8 19 Paul Horton 7 6 Ret 6 8 20 Stephen Moore 7 4 Ret DNS 7 20 Phiroze Bilmoria 6 5 7 20 Jamie Smyth 7 Ret 7 6 7 21 David Mason 3 Ret 6 22 Dean Lanzante Ret 5 Ret 8 WD WD 5 22 Chris Yandell Ret 5 Ret 8 WD WD 5 23 Ian Flux 5 10 4 23 Phil Burton 5 10 4 24 David Back Ret 7 WD WD 2 24 Christopher Catt Ret 7 2 24 Harvey Death Ret 7 2 24 Andrew Ward 8 11 8 9 2 25 Rob Horsfield 10 9 10 10 DNS DNS Ret NC Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 25 Frazer Corbyn 10 9 10 10 DNS DNS WD WD Ret DNS Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 Keith Robinson DNS DNS 9 11 0 Darren Malkin 11 Ret WD WD DNS DNS 0 Alan Bonner 11 Ret 0 Ian Stinton Ret NC Ret Ret 0 Barry Murphy Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 Jon Lee Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 Enzo Mucci DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver DON MON SNE CAS OUL SIL THR BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap.

Points were awarded as follows: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 from first to eighth.

References

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