Optimum Motorsport
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| 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
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
British GT results
| British GT results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Car | Class | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2012 | Ginetta G55 |
GT3 | George Murrells David McDonald Luke Hines Mike Simpson John Hartshorne |
3 | 28.5 | |||
| Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Lee Mowle Ryan Ratcliffe George Murrells Gary Simms |
1 | 60 | ||||
| 2013 | Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr. |
3 | 7 | 173 | 1st | 1st |
| 2014 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Matt Draper Tania Mann Ryan Ratcliffe Jade Edwards |
1 | 131 | 9th | 8th | |
| 2015 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson |
2 | 5 | 131 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Charlie Hollings Alistair Barclay |
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| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
GT3 | Ryan Ratcliffe Will Moore |
2 | 2 | 97 | 1st | 1st |
| PMW Expo Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson |
36 | 9th | 9th | |||
2016 current season running
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Inception Racing | 71 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy |
LMGTE Am | 327 | 41st | 12th |
| 2022 | Team Project 1[5] | 56 | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy |
LMGTE Am | 241 | DNF | DNF |
| Inception Racing[6] | 59 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Marvin Klein Côme Ledogar Alexander West |
190 | DNF | DNF | ||
| 2024 | Inception Racing | 70 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff |
LMGT3 | 275 | 40th | 13th |
References
- ^ "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.