The ex-IndyCar racer in "uncharted territory" of British GT team ownership

This weekend’s British GT finale will be a tense title showdown for some but, for those not in the championship fight, it’s a chance to end a challenging year on a high. In the latter camp is Paddock Motorsport's team owner Martin Plowman, whose 2021 season has been a rollercoaster ride of non-stop learning

We’ve been here before.

Entering the final round of the British GT Championship at Donington Park, five crews are still in mathematical title contention and the circuit’s knack for throwing up the unpredictable means that, even with a healthy 18.5-point lead and no success penalty to serve in the pits, Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind aren’t counting their chickens.

They were the blameless victims of Turn 1 aggression in the first visit to Donington earlier this year, and a repeat non-score could throw the door wide open once more, as their Barwell Motorsport team boss Mark Lemmer knows only too well from prior experience.

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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.