GT Cup Championship, Silverstone

1–2 August 2026

Heat and haze hung over Silverstone as the GT Cup Championship arrived at the Northamptonshire circuit for its latest round of the 2026 season.

Founded in 2007 by Marc Haynes, GT Cup has established itself as a firm fixture on the British motorsport calendar. Built around a simple “by racers, for racers” philosophy, the championship brings together an eclectic mix of GT machinery and sporting drivers, combining serious competition on track with a noticeably relaxed and welcoming paddock away from it.

That balance remains one of GT Cup’s defining strengths. The racing is competitive, the cars are spectacular and the standards are professional, but the championship has retained the accessibility and community feel that has been part of its identity from the beginning.

For the 1–2 August weekend, attention turned to Silverstone. Under hot, hazy skies, the grid prepared for another busy programme of racing around one of Britain’s fastest circuits, with championship points, class honours and plenty of unfinished business still at stake as the season moved into its latter stages.

Saturday, Round 11

Saturday’s action began with Round 11, a 50-minute pit-stop race, ahead of Sunday’s longer 100-minute contest.

A 28-car field had been entered for the weekend, although one car would be missing when the grid formed. Team Parker Racing’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 was withdrawn after driver Adam Knight suffered a broken heel, reducing the field to 27 cars for the opening race.

Gilbert Yates started from pole position in the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, but any thoughts of a measured opening quickly disappeared.

The opening lap was chaotic. Frank Morris ran wide and spun the Lamborghini at Copse, while Sean Ram’s Ferrari also found itself facing the wrong way. There was further drama through Becketts as Rob Garofall and Yates both lost control, potentially caught out by cold tyres as the field pushed hard from the start. Both escaped without a major incident, but the disruption allowed Jamie Falvey to emerge with the race lead in the No. 68 Team BRIT BMW.

Falvey’s Team BRIT stablemate Noah Crosby was less fortunate. His No. 69 BMW suffered contact and damage to the front-left corner, leaving him limping back towards the pits with smoke coming from the car. Charlie Benson’s Ginetta also sustained heavy damage around its left-rear tyre.

And the incidents kept coming. Peter Erceg spun the No. 9 PB Racing with JMH Audi R8 on the approach to Club before Johnny Ingram put the No. 37 Jolt Racing car into the gravel.

With barely four minutes of the 50-minute race completed, the Safety Car was deployed. Marshals initially attempted to push the stranded Jolt Racing car clear, but with the car requiring a tow, the field was forced to bunch up behind the Safety Car.

There was also an intriguing strategic twist just before the caution. Yates had dived into the pit lane in the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren moments before the Safety Car was called, potentially putting the polesitter on a very different strategy as the race settled down after its frantic opening.

The opening exchanges had completely reshuffled the order. Several of those who had started towards the front were now fighting their way back through the field, while others had taken full advantage of the chaos. None more so than Michael McInerney, who had started 17th on the grid but emerged from the opening exchanges in second place.

The Safety Car period continued for around ten minutes before, with 35 minutes remaining, the red flags came out. Race Control confirmed fluid on the circuit around Luffield and towards the pit-lane entrance, with marshals using the stoppage to clear the affected section of track.

After the clean-up, the race was reset for a 30-minute restart, initially behind the Safety Car. Jamie Falvey remained at the head of the field in the No. 68 Team BRIT BMW and led them away as racing resumed.

With the earlier incidents having scrambled the order and effectively shortened the contest, there was little time to settle into a rhythm. The field was soon tightly packed, with drivers fighting hard to recover lost ground or capitalise on the positions they had gained during the chaotic opening phase.

As the mandatory pit window unfolded, several cars headed for the pits and the order shifted once again. When the stops cycled through, Erceg emerged at the head of the race in the No. 9 Audi R8, with Yates recovering to second in the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren and early leader Falvey dropping to third in the No. 68 Team BRIT BMW.

That order held to the chequered flag. After an eventful race that had included an early spin of his own, Peter Erceg completed a remarkable recovery to take the Round 11 victory for PB Racing with JMH, sharing the No. 9 Audi R8 with Marcus Clutton.

Gilbert Yates and Bradley Yates took second for Greystone GT, while Jamie Falvey and Aaron Fullik completed the podium for Team BRIT. Michael McInerney and Phil Keen finished fourth for Team Parker Racing, an impressive outcome after McInerney had started the race from 17th on the grid.

It brought an end to a frantic contest in which spins, damaged cars, a Safety Car, a red flag and the mandatory pit stops had repeatedly reshuffled the order. From the chaos of the opening lap to Erceg’s eventual victory, Saturday’s race had rarely settled before the chequered flag fell.

Sunday, Round 12

Sunday brought a different challenge with the weekend’s longer 100-minute race. A 23-car field lined up, with the starting order determined by a separate qualifying session on Sunday morning rather than Saturday’s race result.

Team BRIT’s Paul Fullick put the BMW on pole, with Saturday winner Peter Erceg alongside in the PB Racing with JMH Audi R8.

The longer format also brought a different strategic element. The mandatory pit window would not open until 47-and-a-half minutes into the race and would remain open until the 62-and-a-half-minute mark, with minimum stationary pit-stop times varying according to the car and driver combination.

But before strategy could come into play, Bradley Yates wasted no time in making his presence felt.

Sharing the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren with his father Gilbert, Yates made an audacious move around the outside of the pack at the start, running well away from the conventional racing line as he swept past the cars ahead and emerged with the race lead.

Once the opening exchanges settled, Yates began to establish himself at the front, although Saturday winner Erceg initially remained firmly in touch. With just over 78 minutes remaining, only 3.2 seconds separated the pair, while they had already opened a sizeable gap over the battle behind.

There was trouble further back at Brooklands when Frank Morris’s No. 63 Lamborghini and Sean Ram’s No. 85 AF Corse Ferrari made contact. The Lamborghini was sent spinning backwards into the gravel, where Morris initially struggled to restart the car. He eventually managed to get going again, but the incident dropped him down the order.

At the front, Erceg’s pursuit of the leading McLaren then began to unravel. A minor spin initially cost the Saturday winner around six seconds, before worse followed shortly afterwards. The No. 9 Audi spun for a second time and went backwards deep into the gravel, effectively ending Erceg’s challenge at the front.

With his closest rival removed from contention, Yates suddenly had breathing room. By the time the race reached 68 minutes remaining, the No. 33 McLaren had established a substantial advantage and the focus behind shifted towards the battle for the remaining podium places.

Team BRIT’s race also began to unravel. Paul Fullick put the No. 68 BMW into the gravel with around 61 minutes remaining but was recovered and able to continue. Four minutes later he spun again at Brooklands, this time with a rear puncture. Fullick nursed the damaged BMW back to the pits for a tyre change, but the unscheduled visit came before the mandatory pit window had opened and the delays dropped the car several laps from the leaders.

As the race approached its halfway point, the mandatory pit window finally opened and the strategies began to play out.

Championship leaders Felix Livesey and Charlie Digby then suffered their own setback when the No. 4 Triple M Motorsport Lamborghini picked up a puncture, forcing Digby back into the pits.

Yet while incidents and pit stops continued to change the order behind, the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren remained firmly in control.

Livesey and Digby recovered impressively from their puncture and began climbing back through the field. With just under eight minutes remaining they had fought their way into second, but the gap to the Yates McLaren was by then too large to realistically challenge for the victory.

There was one final moment of drama when Mark Kemp spun the No. 117 TrueMix Racing KTM at the exit of The Loop with eight minutes remaining, although he recovered without losing fourth position.

At the front there would be no such late drama.

Bradley and Gilbert Yates completed a commanding performance to take the Round 12 victory for Greystone GT, Bradley’s bold opening move having established a lead that the father-and-son pairing never surrendered.

Behind them, championship leaders Felix Livesey and Charlie Digby completed an impressive recovery from their earlier puncture to finish second for Triple M Motorsport. Bertie Bream and Fraser Fenwick brought the Topcats Racing entry home in third, completing Sunday’s podium.

Tom Walpole and Mark Kemp recovered from Kemp’s late spin to take fourth for TrueMix Racing, with Sean Ram and Josh Steed fifth for AF Corse. Frank Morris and Jamie Pickford recovered from their earlier Brooklands incident to finish sixth for JMH Automotive, ahead of Team Parker Racing’s Michael McInerney and Phil Keen in seventh.

It was a very different race from Saturday’s stop-start encounter. Where Round 11 had been defined by an explosive opening, a Safety Car and a red flag, Sunday became a race of attrition and strategy. Punctures, spins and the mandatory pit window all played their part, but at the front the outcome was shaped within the opening moments.

Bradley Yates took his opportunity at the start. From there, the No. 33 Greystone GT McLaren never looked back.