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Barwell and Optimum Share Oulton Park Sprint Victories

Compensation time plus pit-stop penalties, combined with narrow Oulton Park traffic, reshaped GT3 and GT4 results during the bank‑holiday sprint weekend.

Overview

  • Barwell Motorsport’s Hugo Cook, with Rob Collard, won Race 1 and Optimum Motorsport’s Morgan Tillbrook and Ben Barnicoat took Race 2 after two tightly contested 60‑minute sprints on Monday.
  • GT4 produced two different winners as Century Motorsport’s Branden Templeton and Jack Collins earned their first GT4 win in Race 1 and Daniel Lavery delivered Grange Racing by FSR its maiden British GT victory in Race 2.
  • A heavy GT4 crash by Josh Stanton at Shell Oils Corner removed the #59 McLaren from the meeting and a safety‑car period late in Race 1 compressed the field into a close finish.
  • Series balancing measures and stewarding decisions directly changed track order: Beechdean’s seven‑second compensation time helped Optimum gain the Race 2 lead during the pit cycle while penalties for pit‑lane speeding and minimum‑stop breaches altered final placings.
  • The results leave the championship tightly packed with Andrew Howard and Ross Gunn holding the points lead and the series now heading toward Spa on 20‑21 June where the pit‑cycle and balance rules are likely to remain decisive.