The key questions facing British GT this year
It was due to get under way this weekend, but the COVID-19 pandemic means several questions will remain unanswered for a while longer
Make no mistake, the 2020 British GT Championship season has all the ingredients for a classic. With 19 confirmed GT3 entries - the highest since 2014 - the competition to score points will be more intense than ever. That's significant in a championship that is often decided by fine margins - eight points in 2018 and just 2.5 last year.
With GT3 grids rarely troubling double figures last year, drivers could usually score even if things went awry. But there will be no such luxury this time, and several crews will face the prospect of finishing outside the top 10 if they are adversely impacted by success penalties or caught up in incidents.
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He lives with his wife and children in Plymouth, England.
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