Shaun Balfe looking forward to a good performance at the final round of the 2023 British GT Championship

The final round of the 2023 British Championship is quickly approaching, finishing where it started at Donington Park, writes Peter Scherer.

Lincolnshire’s Shaun Balfe is currently third in the Team Championship for Barwell Motorsport with teammate Sandy Mitchell in their Lamborghini Huracan.

In the overall and Pro-Am drivers standings, they lie in fifth position.

“I don’t feel we have anything to prove at Donington, just to try and continue with our solid consistency," said Balfe.

"But we should have been on the podium in the last round at Brands Hatch, that was a chance missed.

“I don’t know if we can get third mathematically in the drivers championship, but we need to keep pushing for the top three.

"Other teams have agenda’s too, but Sandy and I have the main aim to win the race.

"So we will see tactically how others go but want to end on a high, and we have home advantage."

Overall the season has seen wins, pole positions, and other podium finishers for the pair.

“It’s been a stellar quality field, a hard-fought championship," noted Balfe.

"The competition has never been higher, but we wanted the top three at the end.

"So we are a bit disappointed, but I think we have given a good perception to the public, but we weren’t quite there."

The two-hour race is at 1pm on Sunday, October 22.

Qualifying will take place on the Saturday before, between 4pm and 5pm. The race will also be live-streamed via the British GT website.