The consistency that brought Barwell back-to-back British GT glory

Never finishing lower than fifth, Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind’s peerless consistency paid dividends in 2021 as British GT’s decision to drop the Silver class yielded the same outcome as in 2020 - a Barwell-run Lamborghini sweeping to the title. Autosport reviews the GT3 and GT4 classes, and picks out the year's best drivers

James Newbold Nov 23, 2021, 9:32 AM

Eight winners from nine races in the 2021 British GT Championship would suggest the season was a wide-open affair. Five crews held a mathematical chance of the title heading into the final round at Donington Park, as organiser SRO was totally vindicated in returning the series to its traditional Pro-Am format.

But that Barwell Motorsport pair Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind prevailed after a tense two hours, during which Machitski claimed to have aged 10 years, should come as no surprise when considering their peerless consistency. Aside from being the blameless victims in a first corner tangle in the first Donington race – Machitski unable to avoid Michael Igoe’s WPI Motorsport Lamborghini, which had been turned around by Nick Jones – they were never outside the top five.

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James Newbold is Autosport's Plus Editor, responsible for coordinating website feature content.

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.