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| Founded | 2007 |
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| 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 motorsport team known for success in sportscar racing, primarily with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Optimum also race under the Inception Racing banner. 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.
Optimum Motorsport is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. In 2022, it is taking part in:
In previous years Optimum have campaigned in Creventic 24H[4] endurance series.
| British GT results | ||||||||
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| 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
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3 | 28.5 | |||
| Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Lee Mowle Ryan Ratcliffe George Murrells Gary Simms
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1 | 60 | ||||
| 2013 | Ginetta G50 |
GT4 | Ryan Ratcliffe Rick Parfitt Jr.
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3 | 7 | 173 | 1st | 1st |
| 2014 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Matt Draper Tania Mann Ryan Ratcliffe Jade Edwards
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1 | 131 | 9th | 8th | |
| 2015 | Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson
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2 | 5 | 131 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Charlie Hollings Alistair Barclay
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| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
GT3 | Ryan Ratcliffe Will Moore
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2 | 2 | 97 | 1st | 1st |
| PMW Expo Ginetta G55 |
GT4 | Mike Robinson Graham Johnson
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36 | 9th | 9th | |||
Optimum Motorsport competes in the A6 Class.
| Round | Event | Venue | Date | Points |
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| 1 | 24H Dubai |  Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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14–16 January | 24 |
| 2 | 12H Italy-Mugello |  Mugello Circuit, Mugello, Italy
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18–19 March | 11 |
| 3 | 24H Silverstone[5] | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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1–3 April | n/a |
| 4 | 12H Zandvoort |  Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
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6–7 May | |
| 5 | 24H Paul Ricard |  Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France
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15–17 July | |
| 6 | 24H Barcelona - Fermín Vélez Trophy |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
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2–4 September | |
| 7 | 12H Epilog Brno |  Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic
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14–15 October |
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