Two British GT stars absent from 2025 grid as 2 Seas reveals new line-up

Two British GT stars are set to skip the 2025 championship in favour of racing overseas collectively as 2 Seas Motorsport has introduced a modified driver line-up for this season.

Phil Eager, who’s tied with Jonny Adam for probably the most total race wins on 19, and 2022 champion Ian Loggie determined they wanted a break from British GT with sequence prices understood to be a major issue.

The pair are championship veterans and completed fourth in final yr’s standings, initially aboard a Mercedes GT3 earlier than switching to a Porsche.

They supposed to race the 911 on the final two rounds, however Eager/Loggie skipped the Manufacturers Hatch finale so it solely acquired an outing at Donington Park.

Of their place at 2 Seas is the reigning British GT4 Professional-Am champion Charles Dawson and sequence debutant Kiern Jewiss, who gained each the 2018 British System 4 championship and 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup GB title.

“It’s implausible to verify a return to racing after a yr out and I’m excited to hitch 2 Seas Motorsport with Charles,” stated Jewiss.

“It’s going to be a brand new problem, having not pushed the Mercedes-AMG GT3 earlier than and it’s a new championship for me to familiarize yourself with.”

Dawson, who clinched the GT4 Professional-Am title with Seb Morris in a Workforce Parker Mercedes, added: “Following the success in British GT, it felt like the precise time to step as much as GT3.

“To have the ability to achieve this with a crew like 2 Seas shall be a implausible expertise. I’m actually trying ahead to spending the season with them, creating my abilities, and dealing with Kiern, who comes with a implausible background.

“He is a superb expertise and, collectively, I believe we make a very robust pairing.”

Aboard the sister 2 Seas Mercedes shall be Kevin Tse and 2021 DTM champion Maximilian Gotz, who returns for his sophomore yr.

The duo completed seventh within the 2024 standings and gained at Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton, however these victories have been marred by three non-scores.

“It’s nice to be again with the crew at 2 Seas and working once more with Max,” stated Tse, who is about for his fifth British GT marketing campaign.

“Final yr, we confirmed ourselves to be a powerful bundle, however we lacked consistency throughout the season.

“It appears that evidently we have been all or nothing: both taking a win or not scoring any factors, which isn’t the way in which to deal with the championship.

“This yr we’re in a significantly better place. The intention is to execute each weekend as we all know we are able to, with none errors. If we are able to do that, we shall be championship contenders.”

There are actually 20 vehicles confirmed for the forthcoming season, which shall be unfold throughout 9 rounds starting at Donington Park on 5-6 April.

Among the many different drivers to be introduced lately is Adam, who will once more associate Giacomo Petrobelli in a Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage GT3.