THE GT4 NEWCOMER TAKING BRITISH GT BY STORM

Although smiles weren’t clearly visible behind the face masks, there was an air of quiet optimism in the room as Autosport sat down for a socially distanced chat with Speedworks Motorsport after qualifying for the recent Donington Park British GT round.

The new-for 2020 Toyota GR Supra GT4 was due to line up second for both races – the first based on the combined times of drivers Sam Smelt and James Kell, the second on Smelt’s time from the second session – having topped both practice sessions earlier in the day. On only the car’s second outing, it would score a maiden podium in a wet race one the following day and was fourth in race two, second of the cars that had started on the unfavourable wet Pirelli on the fast-drying track. Having for so long been the domain of Aston Martin and McLaren, there’s