Rob Collard and Hugo Cook of Barwell Motorsport secured a vital win in the British GT Championship at Donington Park to take charge in the GT3 title race heading into the Brands Hatch finale.
A surprise pre-race downpour led to a mix of tyre strategies between the GT3 and GT4 packs. That didn’t prevent Collard from snatching the lead from Century Motorsport’s Jonathon Beeson into Redgate, though. Drivers' championship leader Morgan Tillbrook found himself forced wide, and lost four positions, dropping to seventh.
The first victim of the tricky conditions would be Rodin Motorsport’s Cameron Campbell, who spun and found himself facing the wrong way. One lap later, Simon Orange became the first driver to make a pit stop, but the Orange Racing by JMH competitor was handed a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
More drama would follow when the other Barwell Motorsport car, driven by Alex Martin, found himself in the gravel after tangling with the Rodin Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo that was a lap down on the leaders. Martin lost more than a minute as he dragged his car out of the gravel and resumed in 10th place with an hour and a half still to play. The stewards later decided that he was worthy of a 10-second time penalty, to be served during his driver change with Jarrod Waberski.
A cycle of pit stops saw the 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Charles Dawson graduate to second place, just one second shy of the first-placed Collard.
In GT4, Paddock Motorsport’s Blake Angliss held a 13-second lead over Century Motorsport’s Jack Collins, with the top-three separated by nearly 30 seconds with an hour and 20 minutes still to go. A surging Marc Warren then made his way past Dawson and into second place among the GT3 competitors, before a strong snap of oversteer at the Melbourne hairpin nearly landed him in the gravel.
Just a lap later, chaos would unfold at the same corner as Optimum Motorsport’s Tillbrook received a snap under braking that he couldn’t recover and careered into the side of Century Motorsport’s Beeson. The resulting damage took the former out of the race, and left the BMW M4 GT3 Evo 10 laps down.
After a brief safety car period, the top-three found themselves separated by just three seconds heading into second round of pit stops. Following the application of success penalties, Cook resumed at the head of the field from 2 Seas Motorsport’s Aaron Walker, who jumped past Optimum Motorsport’s Jack Brown and into second once more.
Revie Lake picked up where his Paddock Motorsport teammate Angliss left off after the GT4 pit stop window, and sat 25 seconds ahead of Branden Templeton’s BMW M4 GT4 Evo with 50 minutes to go.
Eyes would soon turn to the other 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Chris Lulham, who despite having a quiet race, began to set the fastest pace in the GT3 field. With 40 minutes to go, he found himself just eight seconds shy of Brown in third, with a podium in sight.
At the front, Cook’s lead grew to 15 seconds as Lulham closed to within just two seconds of the third-placed Brown. The latter was then handed a drive-through penalty for a pit stop infringement, taking him out of contention for any silverware.
Brown then lost third to Lulham after an overambitious move on a lapped GT4 car. After failing to serve the drive-through, Brown’s penalty was converted to a stop-go. He lost positions to Beechdean Motorsport Ltd’s Ross Gunn, Barwell Motorsport’s Waberski and Orange by JMH’s Marcus Clutton, as he plummeted to seventh.
The two 2 Seas Motorsport cars in second and third respectively, were free to fight with no one else around them for the remaining 20 minutes, and fight they did, swapping positions several times before Lulham came out on top.
Cook eventually crossed the line to win with a 15-second advantage over Lulham in second. Walker completed an excellent day for 2 Seas Motorsport in third, followed by Beechdean Motorsport Ltd’s Gunn in fourth.
Waberski recovered to fifth in his Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 for Barwell Motorsport, with Clutton coming home in sixth after an uneventful race for Orange Racing by JMH. After having his drive-through penalty upgraded, Brown managed seventh, ahead of the fellow Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720s GT3 Evo of Callum Macleod in eighth.
Rounding out the top-10 were Joshua Buchan of Rodin Motorsport and Charles Clark of Century Motorsport – the pole-sitters nine laps down after their mid-race collision with Optimum’s Tillbrook.
In GT4, Paddock Motorsport claimed their first victory of the year with Lake and Angliss. Century Motorsport’s Collins and Templeton were second, with Innovation Racing’s Simpson and Holland completing the rostrum in third.
Grange Racing with FSR's Daniel Lavery and Darren Turner were crowned GT4 Pro-Am champions for 2026 after finishing fourth in their Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo.
British GT Championship, GT3 Race Result, Donington Park
1. Collard/Cook, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2
2. Tse/Lulham, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, +15.595s
3. Dawson/Walker, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, +34.035s
4. Howard/Gunn, Beechdean Motorsport Ltd, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, +1m07.236s
5. Martin/Waberski, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, +1m29.323s
6. Orange/Clutton, Orange Racing by JMH, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +1 lap
7. Warren/Brown, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +1 lap
8. Price/Macleod, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, +2 laps
9. Campbell/Buchan, Rodin Motorsport, Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, +3 laps
10. Beeson/Clark, Century Motorsport, BMW M4 GT3 Evo, +9 laps
British GT Championship, GT4 Race Result, Donington Park
1. Angliss/Blake, Paddock Motorsport, McLaren Artura GT4
2. Collins/Templeton, Century Motorsport, BMW M4 GT4 Evo
3. Simpson/Holland, Innovation Racing, Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo
4. Lavery/Turner, Grange Racing with FSR, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo
5. Branston/Wareing, Innovation Racing, Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo
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