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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Base | Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
| Team principal(s) | Shaun Goff Bas Leinders |
| Current series | Asian Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe Creventic 24H British GT Championship International GT Open IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| Noted drivers | Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, Graham Johnson, Will Moore, Ryan Ratcliffe, Mike Robinson, Flick Haigh, Joe Osborne, Frank Stippler |
| Drivers' Championships | 2013 British GT4 Class, Dubai 24H, Mugello 24H |
Optimum Motorsport is a British sports car racing team based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that primarily competes with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Optimum also race under the Inception Racing banner with Ferrari. Their record includes championship wins in 2013 British GT4, class wins at 2012 and 2015 Dubai 24H, 2017 24h Series class champions, and most recently several British GT, GT Open, and AsLMS podiums and championships.
Overview
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Optimum Motorsport is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. In 2022, it is taking part in:
- FIA World Endurance Championship in collaboration with Project 1
- IMSA Sportscar Championship[1] (as Inception)
- Le Mans Cup making their debut[2] in prototype racing with a Duqueine D-08
- Asian Le Mans Series (as both Optimum and Inception, one car apiece)
- International GT Open (as Inception Racing)
- British GT Championship[3] in GT3 with McLaren customer cars (and historically, Optimum have additionally run Aston Martin in the GT4 class)
In previous years Optimum have campaigned in Creventic 24H[4] endurance series.
Racing record
[edit]British GT results
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2016 current season running
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 👁 United Kingdom Inception Racing |
71 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 👁 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 👁 United States Brendan Iribe 👁 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy |
LMGTE Am | 327 | 41st | 12th |
| 2022 | 👁 Germany Team Project 1[5] |
56 | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 👁 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 👁 United States Brendan Iribe 👁 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy |
LMGTE Am | 241 | DNF | DNF |
| 👁 United Kingdom Inception Racing[6] |
59 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 👁 France Marvin Klein 👁 France Côme Ledogar 👁 Sweden Alexander West |
190 | DNF | DNF | ||
| 2024 | 👁 United Kingdom Inception Racing |
70 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 👁 United States Brendan Iribe 👁 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 👁 Denmark Frederik Schandorff |
LMGT3 | 275 | 40th | 13th |
References
[edit]- ^ "Inception Racing ready to roar at Daytona 24 debut - Optimum Motorsport". www.optimum-motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Optimum Add LMP3 Programme For 2022 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Optimum Motorsport, teams' profile". British GT.
- ^ Creventic, 24H Series. "24H Series". 24H Series. 24H Series Media.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Goodwin, Graham (31 January 2022). "Inception Racing Join 2022 FIA WEC With Team Project 1". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ^ Dagys, John (10 March 2022). "Inception, Garage 59 Join Forces for Ferrari GTE-Am Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
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