Wrotham based Motorbase Performance who run Oman Racing Team in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship will be on home turf this weekend.

The GT Championship heads to Brands Hatch for the latest round of the season and they will be racing around the mighty Grand Prix track, targeting victory.

With two wins already this season, Oman Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 drivers Ahmad Al Harthy and Michael Caine currently lie joint fourth in the championship standings and will go to the Kent track ready to challenge for another win at the Motorbase-run squad’s local circuit which is just a stone’s throw from the team’s base at Wrotham.

Michael Caine is looking forward to racing on an excellent track, he said: ““Brands GP is one of the best circuits in the UK and it’s a pleasure to race in Motorbase’s back garden! The season has had its normal up and downs but Ahmad has shown great pace in the car so far this season. The Aston’s a great car to race and Motorbase has done an amazing job in running the car for the first year, and we have shown as a team that we can be competitive.”

Meanwhile, the team’s other Aston Martin will be handled by Rory Butcher and Jeff Smith and they will be pushing hard for another podium result after scoring a superb third overall last time out at Spa-Francorchamps six weeks ago.

Rory Butcher is itching to get back behind the wheel after six weeks without racing, he said: “It’s been too long a gap since Spa! We just wanted to keep the momentum going. Jeff and I are working really well together and I think the Aston Martin will be very well suited to the track. I’ve raced on it before and won there last year in the Carrera Cup. It’s one of my favourite circuits – it’s just so quick and one of those old British racing circuit styles that I love.

“We’ve only got two more races to go this season and I want podiums in the last two rounds and for the team to pick up the teams’ championship.”

After the extended summer break, the British GT Championship now heads to the track that many drivers rate as their favourite for a two-hour race. After qualifying at 16.15 on Saturday (30 August), the two-hour race will start at 13.10 on Sunday. The action will be covered in an edited highlights programme on Channel 4.

Speaking ahead of the weekend an excited David Bartrum, Team Principal said: “Racing at our home track is always very important and it’s the first time we’re going there with the Aston Martin. The GP circuit at Brands is always a great circuit to do, but it’s annoying that you can’t test there.

“We’re going to Brands on the back of double podiums at Spa and this is our chance to chase down Jonny Adam and Andrew Howard for P2 in the points. We’ve got two two-hour races left and we’re still chasing the team championship as well. There is a job to do for the teams’ title as well as building for the runner-up spot in the overall championship as I think Marco Attard and Alexander Sims are too far away to be caught.”