Matthew George (born 16 July 1995) is a multi championship winning British racing driver. He started his motor racing career karting in 2007, becoming Midland Karting Champion in 2010... before moving up to car racing in 2016. George worked as a technician and driver coach at Base Performance Simulators, a racing simulator company led by three-time

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winning

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factory driver,

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. George coached

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co-founder

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at Base Performance, working closely with him for six months before Holder made the decision to form racing team SuperRacing and signed George as the teams pro driver. George and Holder competed as a Pro-Am partnership within the British GT4 Championship,

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, and

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. George currently holds 5 GT4 lap records -

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and 2 at the home of British racing -

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. A notable moment within George's racing career has been his involvement in the

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Racing team, helping a select group of wounded, injured and sick (WIS) British Armed Forces veterans to compete in the 2018

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Invictus Games Racing

A select group of wounded, injured and sick (WIS) veterans of the

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competed in the 2018 British GT Championship as part of a

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team in specially designed

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race cars. Invictus Games Racing was a collaboration between

and the Invictus Games Foundation. The team's mission was to give (WIS) servicemen/woman the chance to experience the adrenaline of competitive racing embracing the ethos of the Invictus Games of triumph over adversity. Mission Motorsport, The Forces' Motorsport Charity, held trials to select four drivers from the

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who were best suited for the experience. George and professional racing driver Jason Wolfe were then partnered with the amateur drivers to mentor and coach them as is protocol in the

series. George coached Steve McCulley and Paul Vice who raced in car 44, while

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coached Ben Norfolk and Basil Rawlinson in Car 22. The bespoke Jaguar's were the first SVO-designed race cars to hit a race track, adapted for the four (WIS) drivers allowing them to compete equally with their able-bodied competitors. George and McCulley came away with a double podium at

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in GT4 Pro-Am at the opening round of the

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, winning race 1 and a 2nd place in race 2.

2016 season

British GT Championship

In 2016 George made his debut season car racing contesting in the

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competing as the Pro driver of an

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, with

as the Am driver.

Gulf 12 Hours

In December 2016, George went to the United Arab Emirates with SuperRacing to round off his debut season by competing in the Gulf 12 Hour Race at

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, sharing the Generation AMR

with

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champion Chris Murphy. George set the fastest (GT4) qualifying lap of 2:20.697 putting the car on pole in the GTX category and setting the fastest lap of the race

2022 season

Venture Innovations

George joined Venture Innovations - an engineering company who fabricate components for F1 cars as a driver & team manager in 2022.

British Endurance Championship

Alongside managing the team, George contested the last 3 rounds of the 2022 British Endurance Championship in a Mercedes AMG GT4 in class D, coaching co-driver Neville Jones through his debut GT car races. The duo had a podium finish in all three rounds entered and George attained two lap records. Round 4 was George and Jones first BEC race, the pair picked up the points for 2nd place in Class D and George received the

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Driver of the Day award. for becoming the new GT4 Qualifying Lap Record holder with his qualifying lap of 2:08.556 George stood on the podium again for round 5 at Donington in October where the team collected top points in their

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due to the class winners being an invitation team. George became the new GT4 Lap Record holder at

with a lap time of 1:34.856 on the GP circuit. The team closed their race season with another class D 2nd place finish in round 6 at Donington to make it a 3 out of 3 podium finish

2023 season

British Endurance Championship

As well as managing the 2 car race team, George contested a full season with team Venture Innovations in the British Endurance Championship in the Mercedes AMG GT4 with co-driver Neville Jones and his son Chris. This was Chris' debut GT car racing season and Neville's first full season. Round 1 at

seen the team start the race in 20th position due to a challenging qualifying, George made up 8 places and the team finished 2nd in class. George became the new Silverstone GP GT4 Lap Record Holder with a time of 2:09.403. George and the team clinched the class D (GT4) championship in the final round at Donington Park as well as coming just short of winning the overall title by 4 points.

2024 season

Hankook 24H Barcelona

George competed in the Hankook 24 Hours of Barcelona with Venture Engineering, driving the Vulcan Fasteners Mercedes-AMG GT4. This race marked the team's debut in the series, with George sharing the car alongside teammates Owen Hizzey, Chris Jones and Neville Jones. Despite the team's first appearance, they delivered a stellar performance, winning the GT4 class in a thrilling and closely contested race. George's contribution was particularly significant, as he spent two hours longer behind the wheel than any other driver in the race, showcasing his endurance and skill. The race remained competitive until the final moments, with George crossing the finish line just 1.011 seconds clear to secure their maiden 24H SERIES win.

Lap records

Race lap records

Qualifying lap records

References

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