Porsche Carrera Cup GB race winner Jamie Orton will be part of Seb Hopkins within the British GT Championship, competing in a brand-new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport with Workforce Parker Racing.
Orton has been an everyday on the Carrera Cup grid for the final 4 seasons, claiming 5 victories within the Professional-Am class together with a 3rd place end within the class in 2018. Outdoors of Porsche’s he received the 2011 Caterham Superlight Championship and completed third within the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2015.
Whereas the British GT season continues to be a month away, Orton and Hopkins have been busy testing the 718 Cayman GT RS Clubsport in Portugal in February.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to being within the British GT Championship and driving the brand new GT4 Cayman with Workforce Parker Racing.” mentioned Orton. “Seb is a pleasant man and simply getting began in his motorsport profession.
“We’ve examined in Portugal just lately, which was a great probability to get to know him and everybody at Workforce Parker Racing. I’ve spent a few years racing towards them, they usually’ve had a variety of success in recent times, so it will likely be good to get an opportunity to race for them.
The swap to British GT brings a brand new problem for each drivers, who haven’t any prior expertise of sharing a automotive for a race.
“After 4 seasons within the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, it was time for a brand new problem, and racing within the British GT Championship might be simply that and I feel the strategy is to go as quick as I can.
“I’ve by no means shared a automotive with anybody else, apart from my spouse, which might be a problem, and with the number of race lengths it’s going to be fascinating to see how we get on. I’ve been a Porsche fan for a very long time so it’s nice to have the ability to stick with the model, albeit in a brand new automotive.”
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