McLaren scores strong start in British GT Championship

McLaren Customer Racing teams running the McLaren 570S GT4 enjoyed a strong start to the 2019 British GT Championship season at Oulton Park. A triple podium in the first race, followed by a second place and Pro-Am victory in the weekend's second event saw each of the three GT4 teams securing silverware.

The #57 HHC Motorsport entry of Dean MacDonald and Callum Pointon took victory in the first race. The result led a podium lockout for McLaren, with the #4 of Tolman Motorsport driven by McLaren Driver Development Programme drivers James Dorlin and Josh Smith crossing the line just ahead of Tom Jackson and Luke Williams in the sister #58 HHC Motorsport entry.

The weekend's second race saw customer team Balfe Motorsport lead the charge at the front of the GT4 grid. The duo of McLaren Junior Driver Michael O'Brien and Graham Johnson at the wheel of the striking #20 570S GT4 took P2 in the race and victory in the GT4 Pro-Am class. The result was a particularly strong effort by the pair after starting the race from P13.