The Lamborghini teams plotting to stop a RAM raid on British GT

With the Silver pairings that dominated 2020 now banned, Mercedes pair Yelmer Buurman and Ian Loggie could be in the box seat after winning last year's Pro-Am crown. But a swarm of Lamborghinis, with the defending outright champion among them, will ensure they face tough opposition

James Newbold May 21, 2021, 8:16 AM

After a season-long duel between its two Lamborghinis and the two RAM Racing Mercedes in 2020, Barwell Motorsport finally broke the Italian marque’s British GT hoodoo by taking home the outright drivers’ and teams’ titles. But it wasn’t victorious on all fronts.

Honours in the Pro-Am division went to Dan Shufflebottom’s Merc squad, and that takes on a bigger significance this year, with the Silver pairings that dominated last year now banned. Yelmer Buurman and Ian Loggie didn’t win a race outright last year, but their Pro-Am title-winning campaign had fewer troughs than that of Barwell rivals Phil Keen and Adam Balon, who were twice overall winners.

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In a sign of things to come, having completed his Politics and International Relations degree at the University of East Anglia in 2015, he left his graduation ceremony early to catch the last train to Brussels for the following day's Spa 24 Hours.

After a period as a freelancer, he joined the Autosport staff in 2018 and won the Motorsport UK young journalist of the year award. He initially edited Autosport magazine's Performance and Engineering supplements before joining the website team in his current role in 2020.

A keen enthusiast of anything that can be categorised unusual or niche, he enjoys unearthing little-known stories across all branches of motorsport, but has spent most of his career covering sportscars and is a regular part of the Le Mans 24 Hours reporting team.

He lives with his wife and children in Plymouth, England.