Aston Martin Racers are Youngest British GT GT4 Champions - GTspirit
Aston Martin drivers Jamie Chadwick and Ross Gunn have become the youngest driver pairing to win the Avon Tyres British GT Championship GT4 title after a nail-biting finish at Snetterton. The pair, in their Beechdean AMR entered Aston Martin Vantage, have won the title with a 38. 5 point advantage going into the final round at Donington Park – where only 37. 5 points are available for a race win. Coming in at a combined age of 35 years and 330 days, Jamie and Ross’s achievement is made even more remarkable considering they are both in their very first year of GT racing. Jamie, who at 17 years and 95 days old is also the youngest ever driver to win a British GT title, said, “We didn’t really expect it after Race 1 but I guess conditions played into our hands a little bit. Ross has done a formidable job and I’m delighted with how it’s turned out, but to be the youngest and first female is just a nice extra. “I wasn’t really expecting this after stepping up from Ginettas, although we knew coming in with Beechdean and the credentials they have would put us there or thereabouts. The Aston Martin’s reliability played into our hands, too. The previous youngest driver, Johnny Cocker, was almost a full year older than Chadwick at 18 years and six days when he won the NGT title in 2004. Ross Gunn himself isn’t that much older than Cocker, at 18 years and 235 days, and praised the... Source: gtspirit.com
