British GT Titles on the Line as Brands Hatch Beckons

The 2025 British GT Championship reaches its penultimate stop this Bank Holiday weekend at the flowing Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, where both GT3 and GT4 titles could be wrapped up ahead of the 'Donington Decider'. Birch-backed Dailysportscar’s coverage with Mo Rehman continues.

In GT3, 2 Seas Motorsport’s Mercedes-AMG squad has momentum after a pair of victories at Snetterton. Charles Dawson and Kiern Jewiss hold an eight-point advantage over teammates Kevin Tse and Maximilian Götz, while Blackthorn’s Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam lurk just one point further.

But history adds extra intrigue: no Mercedes-AMG has ever taken an outright win at Brands in British GT. Pulling it off this weekend could seal the crown for Dawson and Jewiss with a race to spare.

Elsewhere, don’t overlook Alex Martin, who returns with Patrick Kujala in Barwell’s #78 Lamborghini, or the Silver-Am crews from Beechdean AMR and Bridger Motorsport. They could pull an upset and deny the favourites an easy run.

The only omission from the class entry is Spirit of Race's Ferrari. Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin will miss out on the action as they look to fight for the ELMS LMGT3 title in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps during the weekend.

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GT4’s battle is equally compelling, albeit less finely balanced. Optimum Motorsport’s Marc Warren and Jack Brown sit 23.5 points clear of Century Motorsport’s Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson. With a recent win in Race 1 at Snetterton, another strong showing could see Optimum crowned early — and Brown etched into the history books as British GT4’s first-ever two-time overall champion. The #90 combination also has the chance to become the first Pro-Am crew to win outright since Optimum oversaw Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson’s 2016 triumph.

The rest of the class competitors are becoming more and more desperate to take a win after Optimum and Century's showing across the season so far. Might we see Mahiki finally break through with one of its Ginettas? Blake Angliss, who is keen to impress the team in the remaining races, certainly thinks so.

The two-hour format at Brands will echo the season-opener at Donington, with one mandatory pitstop per car. GT3 starters must complete a minimum of 62 minutes before handing over, while in GT4, that threshold is 58 minutes. Pitstop times are tightly regulated: 115 seconds for GT3 and 145 seconds for GT4, measured from pit-in to pit-out, with extra “Compensation Time” added for recent podium finishers. That extra time in the box could prove decisive in both title battles.

Fans can also keep an eye on lap records. Tom Wood’s 1m24.031s (Beechdean Aston Martin, 2024) remains the GT3 benchmark, while Michael O’Brien’s 1m31.643s (Toyota GR Supra Evo, 2024) stands as the quickest GT4 tour of the Kent circuit. With cooler late-summer conditions and high stakes, both could be under threat before the two-hour endurance encounter gets underway.Saturday, with the race set to get going at 13:00 on Sunday.

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Can’t make it trackside? Catch live coverage on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel or tune in via Sky Sports F1 all weekend. Qualifying starts at 15:55 local time on Sunday.