The British GT Media Day took place at Silverstone on 16th March, where the teams taking part in the 2005 Championship were presented and then took part in a test session.

The Ferrari interest is provided by 360s from Scuderia Ecosse, Damax and JMH Automotive, all of whom have been successful in the FOC's Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge.

The British Series is just part of Scuderia Ecosse's ambitious plans, which also include the Le Mans Endurance Series and the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 2005. The team will run a fleet of three Ferrari 360 GTCs in the top class (GT2), with the full endorsement and support of Ferrari and Michelotto.

After a fantastic debut season in the 2004 British GT Championship, where the team narrowly missed out on overall victory, Scuderia Ecosse are out to take the crown this time around.

Nathan Kinch and Andrew Kirkaldy will compete in the British GT Championship, the LMES and at Le Mans itself whilst Chris Niarchos and Tim Mullen will take on just the British series for Scuderia Ecosse. The team has yet to choose a third driver for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Phil Burton and JMH Automotive are another pairing to graduate from the PMFC .Their 360/Ch, which will run in the GT3 class, has been developed in-house by the addition of a front splitter, rear wing, uprated suspension and centre-lock wheels (amongst other things) and will run on Dunlop tyres. Burton is partnered by legendary racer Ian Flux and the times recorded in pre-season testing have been very promising.

Damax will field two 360s in GT3 class; the first car for for an established driver pairing with proven success, Marco Attard and ex-World Sports Car Champion Nick Adams. The second car will be for two drivers new to the team, Miles Hulford and Jamie Smyth. Miles, who will still be 16 years old at the first race of the season, has had a successful karting career and finished 2nd in the 2004 Formula Jedi Championship in his first season in single seaters (incidentally his Dad is well-known as an instructor at FOC Circuit Driving Days). Jamie Smyth has also been very successful in Formula Ford Championships and in 2004 took part in a number of British GT races in a Ferrari 360.

Damax have, through their drivers, also introduced two new sponsors to the Championship with ARINSO International and ChronoSwiss supporting Miles and Jamie respectively.

Team Principal Robin Ward is very excited about the team’s prospects for success, which following successful winter testing, gives the team every reason to be confident of podium places for both cars in the GT3 class.

Scuderia Ecosse's Nathan Kinch and Andrew Kirkaldy were fastest during the three hour testing session, topping the sheets ahead of their team-mates Tim Mullen and Chris Niarchos. The Burton/Flux JMH car was the quickest in the GT3 class.

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The Series kicks off with Rounds 1&2 at Donington on 3rd April.

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