British GT, Oulton Park: Transmission's Top 20: Rain Meisters

By Steve Hindle•April 4, 2024•In Endurance & GT, Motorsport•1 Minutes

There was double delight for Barwell Motorsport at Oulton Park last weekend after Alex Martin and Sandy Mitchell repeated Rob & Ricky Collard’s earlier pole-to-flag victory to take an early one-two lead at the top of the GT3 standings.

Former Barwell pro Phil Keen helped guide 2 Seas’ Ian Loggie to a brace of podiums to establish their championship credentials, whilst in GT4, Seb Morris stamped his intent to follow former partner Rick Parfitt jr’s achievement of winning both GT4 and GT3 titles with an outstanding series of drives in the Team Parker Racing Mercedes, alongside Charles Dawson, whilst the all-silver pairing of Jamie Day and Mikey Porter showed that they’re more than up for the fight by winning Race 1 and chasing hard in the second encounter.

Here are 20 of our favourite images from the weekend, brilliantly captured by Howard Fielding who braved wind, rain, mud and flying gravel to get himself into the right place at the right time.

It was double-top for Barwell, the Huracan GT3 Evo2 of Alex Martin & Sandy Mitchell reflecting their squad's dominance in conditions that tested more than the limits of adhesion.
Both Collards were in outstanding form. Pairing with Ricky has pushed dad Rob to drive at his very best. We're only one weekend in but already, an epic title battle is in the making.
It was Easter weekend, and it was Oulton Park; of course it was going to rain.
Charles Dawson & Seb Morris weren't just the top of the GT4 Pro-Am pairings, they were top full-stop. Here they are, fighting-off the attention of Race 1 winners Jamie Day & Mikey Porter.
The 2 Seas Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Ian Loggie & Phil Keen lines-up a run on the Greystone car of Mike Price & Callum MacLeod.
The Garage 59 Balfe / Smalley McLaren earned two top-five finishes overall and won the GT3 Silver-Am class on each attempt.
We hadn't expected to see Michael Johnston team-up with last year's GT3 champion Dan Harper, but we're sure glad they did!
Also out in the BMW were RAM's John Ferguson & Raffaele Marciello. Raffa is one of the most outstanding GT drivers of any right now; sadly, the same can't be said for his partner or team.
It's great to have the Buncombes and Team RJN back. All we need now is Jenson ...
The new Mustang GT4 made its British GT race debut. Erik Evans pushed as hard as he could, but he and the Academy squad are clearly missing Matt Cowley.
Another debutant was Beechdean's Evo-spec Aston Martin Vantage. AMR have paired Jess Hawkins to race with former champion Andrew Howard. The young pro is going to have to do better next time out at Silverstone as she was well-off the pace here.
The transformation of 'Skully' from fast-paced GT4 teen into GT3 grown-up proved to be a little premature. Matt Topham still has plently to learn if he's to replicate his past successes - Oulton Park showed him just how costly mistakes at this level can be.
On track, or on the dance floor, you can always rely on Colin White to lead a Conga.
Kavi Jundu found himself in the barrier at the exit of Shell Oils whilst under a Full-Course-Yellow
... and then in Race 2, the McLaren of Morgan Tillbrook & Marcus Clutton stopped out on track and couldn't be quickly recovered, leaving the race to end with a short, unchallenged sprint to the line.
We loved Louis Sharp in British F4; we love him just as much in GB3. A win and a P2 at Oulton Park have sent the young New Zealander straight to the top of the rankings.
John Bennett was another winner. His pace suggests that all the hard work of past seasons is now paying off.
Hitech always produce a good car. Here's China's Gerrard Xie, leading teammate and Race 3-winner Will MacIntyre
Yet another international entry was Germany's Hugo Schwarze, bringing a splash of colour to the grid.
Seb Murray worked hard to race to P7 in race 3 during his debut weekend with Chris Dittman Racing.
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Steve Hindle
Steve Hindle

Steve has lived his life with motor sport; from childhood years as a fan, to racing around the greatest tracks in Europe, first as a driver and later as a team principal. Today he's a familiar sight trackside and in the pit lane, notebook in one hand, camera in another, capturing moments and contributing to some of the leading titles in motor sport and automotive media.

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