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Over previous years the team have transitioned from developing motorsport's future stars across Ginetta programmes to running in the world's most prestigious races as a specialist McLaren Customer Racing team.

The Wakefield-based squad has scored multiple championship victories in McLaren machinery, most recently securing the 2024 British GT GT4 championship, 2023 GT Open overall and British GT GT4 Silver Cup titles, winning the Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours & 24 Hours of Spa, securing a podium at the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 2022 IMSA Endurance Cup, GT World Challenge Europe's Gold Cup Endurance, Asian Le Mans GT and 2021 GT Open Pro-Am titles...and that's only naming a few!

The team

History

Team Principal Shaun Goff took over Optimum Motorsport in 2007, nurturing talent across multiple Ginetta programmes whilst aiding the careers of drivers such as Joe Osbourn, Ryan Ratcliffe and Flick Haigh.

The British-based team has secured multiple championship success’, most recently the British GT Championship outright drivers’ title with Flick and Jonny Adam as an Aston Martin Racing customer team. In 2019, Optimum Motorsport remained in the series, claiming the Silver-Silver drivers’ title whilst taking its first Pro-class victory in International GT Open.

SUCCESS OVERVIEW

2024

BRITISH GT
GT4 Overall Drivers' Champions

2024

FIA WEC 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
McLaren's first-ever pole position at 24H Le Mans

2023

LENOVO GULF 12 HOURS
Pro-Am winners

2023

INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN
Overall Champions

2023

BRITISH GT
GT4 Silver Cup Drivers’ Champions

2022

IMSA
GTD Endurance Champions

2022

GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
Gold Cup Teams' & Drivers' Endurance Champions

2022

ASIAN LE MANS
GT Champions

2021

INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN
Pro-Am Champions

2019 & 18

BRITISH GT
GT3 Silver Drivers' Champions
GT3 Overall Champions

2017 & 16

BRITISH GT
GT4 Pro-Am Champions
GT4 Champions

2013

BRITISH GT
GT4 Champions

History

Team Principal Shaun Goff took over Optimum Motorsport in 2012, nurturing talent across multiple Ginetta programmes whilst aiding the careers of drivers such as Joe Osbourn, Ryan Ratcliffe and Flick Haigh.

The British-based team has secured multiple championship success’, most recently the 2018 British GT Championship outright drivers’ title with Flick and Jonny Adam.

Running the inception racing moniker in 2021, the team plans to compete in multiple GT3 disciplines as well as making its debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

GT3

2025 sees Optimum Motorsport continue to compete in multiple with the McLaren 720S GT3 EVO including a two-car effort across the 2024/25 Asian Le Mans Series, a duo of entries into British GT, a full season campaign in the International GT Open and various championships across Europe.

The team also operate the US-based Inception Racing programme based out of Austin, Texas. Optimum Motorsport provide full technical, engineering and sporting support to the #70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3, competing in the full season of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.  

GT4

The team enter into a third consecutive season with the Artura GT4, derived and designed on the previous 570 model.

With championship success in British GT in both 2023 and 2024, a dual GT4 Artura effort in British GT for 2025 is sure to bring home some silverware.

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