Optimum Motorsport
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Base | Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
| Team principal(s) | Shaun Goff Bas Leinders |
| Current series | Asian Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe Creventic 24H British GT Championship International GT Open IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| Noted drivers | Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, Graham Johnson, Will Moore, Ryan Ratcliffe, Mike Robinson, Flick Haigh, Joe Osborne, Frank Stippler |
| Drivers' Championships | 2013 British GT4 Class, Dubai 24H, Mugello 24H |
Optimum Motorsport is a British sports car racing team based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that primarily competes with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Optimum also race under the Inception Racing banner with Ferrari. Their record includes championship wins in 2013 British GT4, class wins at 2012 and 2015 Dubai 24H, 2017 24h Series class champions, and most recently several British GT, GT Open, and AsLMS podiums and championships.
Overview
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Optimum Motorsport is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. In 2022, it is taking part in:
- FIA World Endurance Championship in collaboration with Project 1
- IMSA Sportscar Championship[1] (as Inception)
- Le Mans Cup making their debut[2] in prototype racing with a Duqueine D-08
- Asian Le Mans Series (as both Optimum and Inception, one car apiece)
- International GT Open (as Inception Racing)
- British GT Championship[3] in GT3 with McLaren customer cars (and historically, Optimum have additionally run Aston Martin in the GT4 class)
In previous years Optimum have campaigned in Creventic 24H[4] endurance series.
British GT results
[edit | edit source]| British GT results | ||||||||
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| Year | Car | Class | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2012 | Ginetta G55 |
GT3 | United Kingdom George Murrells United Kingdom David McDonald United Kingdom Luke Hines United Kingdom Mike Simpson United Kingdom John Hartshorne |
3 | 28.5 | |||
| Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | United Kingdom Lee Mowle United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe United Kingdom George Murrells United Kingdom Gary Simms |
1 | 60 | ||||
| 2013 | Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe United Kingdom Rick Parfitt Jr. |
3 | 7 | 173 | 1st | 1st |
| 2014 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | United Kingdom Matt Draper New Zealand Tania Mann United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe United Kingdom Jade Edwards |
1 | 131 | 9th | 8th | |
| 2015 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | United Kingdom Mike Robinson United Kingdom Graham Johnson |
2 | 5 | 131 | 2nd | 3rd |
| United Kingdom Charlie Hollings United Kingdom Alistair Barclay |
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| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
GT3 | United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe United Kingdom Will Moore |
2 | 2 | 97 | 1st | 1st |
| PMW Expo Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | United Kingdom Mike Robinson United Kingdom Graham Johnson |
36 | 9th | 9th | |||
2016 current season running
Creventic 24H results
[edit | edit source]Optimum Motorsport competes in the A6 Class.
| Round | Event | Venue | Date | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24H Dubai | United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 14–16 January | 24 |
| 2 | 12H Italy-Mugello | Italy Mugello Circuit, Mugello, Italy | 18–19 March | 11 |
| 3 | 24H Silverstone[5] | United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom | 1–3 April | n/a |
| 4 | 12H Zandvoort | Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 6–7 May | |
| 5 | 24H Paul Ricard | France Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France | 15–17 July | |
| 6 | 24H Barcelona - Fermín Vélez Trophy | Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 2–4 September | |
| 7 | 12H Epilog Brno | Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic | 14–15 October |
Race is part of both the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series and is only open for non-GT cars.
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