Optimum aiming high as Michelin Le Mans Cup heads to Austria

Optimum Motorsport has shown great pace with Flick Haigh and Joe Osborne all season, running at the front at Monza before finishing a fine second, and setting blistering lap times at the Road to Le Mans last month. With just nine points covering those competing in Austria, the team...

Optimum Motorsport delighted with McLaren British GT pace at Spa

Optimum Motorsport endured a roller-coaster race weekend as the British GT Championship visited Spa-Francorchamps at the weekend (7-8 July, 2017) and after electrical gremlins struck in qualifying, the team bounced back in race one as they ran in third position before being taken out by a rival, while race...

Optimum Motorsport gear up for the challenge of British GT at Spa

Having made their debut in the all-new McLaren 570S GT4 at Silverstone last month, Optimum Motorsport has used the short break ahead of this weekend’s British GT round at Spa-Francorchamps (14-15 July 2017) to fully optimise the new equipment in readiness for one of the biggest races of the...

Optimum second at Imola as 24H Series title race goes down to the wire

Optimum Motorsport secured second position in a closely fought battle Saturday evening (1 July, 2017) as the Creventic 24H Endurance Series travelled to Imola for a two-part 12H challenge. Julio Martini joined Ade Barwick and Dan O’Brien in the #231 Ginetta G55 GT4 in the SP3-GT4 class, with the...

Optimum Motorsport returns to the 24H Series at Imola

After an abrupt ending of the Paul Ricard race in May, Optimum Motorsport returns to the 24H Series this weekend (30 June-1 July) on its first visit to the Enzo and Dino Ferrari International Circuit for the 12H of Imola. Optimum Motorsport regulars Ade Barwick and Dan O’Brien are...

Strong weekend from Optimum Motorsport at Silverstone 500

With an all-new look this weekend (10-11 June, 2017) at the British GT Championship at Silverstone, Optimum Motorsport made tremendous progress throughout the two days, culminating in a third position finish in the Pro-Am GT4 category for race regulars Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson. Reining GT4 champions Johnson and...

Osborne, Haigh and Optimum Motorsport fired up for the Road to Le Mans

Flick Haigh and Joe Osborne team up once again with Optimum Motorsport for next week’s Road to Le Mans, held at the fabled Circuit de la Sarthe. Once again piloting the #75 Audi R8 LMS, Osborne and Flick have both shown potential race-winning pace already this year, running at...

Optimum Motorsport add second entry for Silverstone 500

Optimum Motorsport are doubling up this weekend (10-11 June, 2017) as the British GT Championship visits Silverstone for round six of the championship. As well as fielding Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson, the team will run a Ginetta GT4 for Ade Barwick and Bradley Ellis. Barwick, who fielded a...

Johnson and Robinson make McLaren switch with Optimum Motorsport

Having competed in the British GT championship with Ginetta over the past three seasons, Optimum Motorsports confirms that reigning GT4 Champions Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson will switch to a McLaren 570S GT4 with immediate effect having completed a successful test recently at Silverstone. “Having run Ginetta GT4 cars...

Difficult weekend at Snetterton for Optimum Motorsport

Optimum Motorsport faced a damage limitation outing this weekend (26-28 May 2017) at the Norfolk facility, scoring 18 vital points as the British GT championship reaches its halfway point. Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson struggled for pace in the long straights of the Snetterton 300 after a string of...