Optimum Motorsport
Optimum Motorsport is a British sports car racing team based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that primarily competes with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Optimum also race under the Inception Racing banner. Their record includes championship wins in 2013 British GT4, class wins at 2012 and 2015 Dubai 24H, 2017 24h Series class champions, and most recently several British GT, GT Open, and AsLMS podiums and championships.
Overview
Optimum Motorsport is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. In 2022, it is taking part in:
- FIA World Endurance Championship in collaboration with Project 1
- IMSA Sportscar Championship[1] (as Inception)
- Le Mans Cup making their debut[2] in prototype racing with a Duqueine D-08
- Asian Le Mans Series (as both Optimum and Inception, one car apiece)
- International GT Open (as Inception Racing)
- British GT Championship[3] in GT3 with McLaren customer cars (and historically, Optimum have additionally run Aston Martin in the GT4 class)
In previous years Optimum have campaigned in Creventic 24H[4] endurance series.
British GT results
| British GT results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Class | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2012 | Ginetta G55 |
GT3 |  George Murrells David McDonald Luke Hines Mike Simpson John Hartshorne
|
3 | 28.5 | |||
| Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Lee Mowle Ryan Ratcliffe George Murrells Gary Simms
|
1 | 60 | ||||
| 2013 | Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.
|
3 | 7 | 173 | 1st | 1st |
| 2014 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Matt Draper Tania Mann Ryan Ratcliffe Jade Edwards
|
1 | 131 | 9th | 8th | |
| 2015 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson
|
2 | 5 | 131 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Charlie Hollings Alistair Barclay
|
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| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
GT3 | Ryan Ratcliffe Will Moore
|
2 | 2 | 97 | 1st | 1st |
| PMW Expo Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson
|
36 | 9th | 9th | |||
2016 current season running
Creventic 24H results
Optimum Motorsport competes in the A6 Class.
| Round | Event | Venue | Date | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24H Dubai |  Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
|
14–16 January | 24 |
| 2 | 12H Italy-Mugello |  Mugello Circuit, Mugello, Italy
|
18–19 March | 11 |
| 3 | 24H Silverstone[5] | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
|
1–3 April | n/a |
| 4 | 12H Zandvoort |  Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
|
6–7 May | |
| 5 | 24H Paul Ricard |  Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France
|
15–17 July | |
| 6 | 24H Barcelona - Fermín Vélez Trophy |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
|
2–4 September | |
| 7 | 12H Epilog Brno |  Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic
|
14–15 October |
Race is part of both the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series and is only open for non-GT cars.
References
- ^ "Inception Racing ready to roar at Daytona 24 debut - Optimum Motorsport". www.optimum-motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Optimum Add LMP3 Programme For 2022 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Optimum Motorsport, teams' profile". British GT.
- ^ Creventic, 24H Series. "24H Series". 24H Series. 24H Series Media.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "After Dubai, action continues in the 24H Series". Motorsport.com. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.