Bentley and Jordan Racing win 2016 GT Cup

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• The #bentley Continental GT3 wins the overall GT Cup title
• New-for-2016 team #jordanracing lift the trophy at Snetterton 
• Jordan Witt finishes with 19th race win at the season finale

(11 October 2016, Crewe) – The #bentley Continental GT3 has won another championship, with #jordanracing claiming both the 2016 GT Cup overall trophy and GT class drivers’ trophy last weekend with its 10 Continental GT3 and driver #jordanwitt (GB).

Witt has dominated the 2016 season, with 19 wins from 23 races, despite it being the 21-year old’s first season in the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8-powered machine.

In fact, Witt has qualified on pole for all but three of the races this year and has taken 17 flag-to-lights victories, something that has impressed Bentley’s Director of Motorsport Brian Gush.

“Jordan has performed consistently well all year and that’s what you need to do to win championships. He thoroughly deserves the GT Cup title and he has caught the attention of everyone here at Crewe.

“Jordan #racing came to us at the start of this year and have ‘hit the ground running’ with the car. Our engineers based with the team have been very impressed and we’re sure this is the start of a relationship that will grow year-on-year.”

Bentley adds this trophy to its growing 2016 cabinet that already includes a GT Asia Series teams’ title and third place in the British GT Championship. The next title #bentley is focused on is the GT Asia drivers’ title that concludes in Shanghai later this month (19/20 October).

DRIVER QUOTES:

Jordan Witt, car 10: “I’m absolutely delighted to win the GT Cup championship for #jordanracing and #bentley. All of us here at #jordanracing have been very impressed with the Continental GT3 and the support from #bentley, and we are extremely excited to keep building on this relationship.”

Notes to editors

Bentley Motorsport is based at the #bentley Motors headquarters in Crewe. From there, the operation runs #bentley Team M-Sport, and oversees three Works-supported teams around the world.

The Continental GT3 is built by the #bentley motorsport team in conjunction with M-Sport. The #bentley GT3 team is led by #bentley Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush supported by M-Sport’s Chief Engineer, Christian Loriaux. 

Bentley Motors’ headquarters in Crewe is home to all of its operations including design, R&D, engineering and production of the company’s four model lines, Continental, Bentayga, Flying Spur and Mulsanne. The combination of fine craftsmanship, using skills that have been handed down through generations, alongside engineering expertise and cutting-edge technology is unique to UK luxury car brands.