Giti Tire’s Gibson finishes third in 2021 British Truck Racing Championship

Martin Gibson, Giti Tire’s manager – EU Testing Centre and Motorsport UK

Giti Tire’s Martin Gibson secured third place at an action-packed season finale of the 2021 British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC) at Brands Hatch. A capacity crowd watched Gibson finish fourth, second, fifth and third over the first four races. Entering the last race still in contention for the title, Gibson’s truck sustained a catastrophic hit at the Paddock Hill bend in traffic resulting in his retirement to the pit lane and ending his challenge.

The Championship was ultimately won by Ryan Smith of Smith Truck Sport with 390 points, while David Jenkins of Jenkins Motorsport Developments finished second with 380 points and Gibson in third amassing 350 points. His partner at Giti Tire Motorsport, Stuart Oliver suffered another frustrating weekend when his truck developed a major engine fault in race one which brought his season to an end.

Gibson, Giti Tire’s manager – EU Testing Centre and Motorsport UK, said: “The season has been fought over 35 races across seven weekends, so to finish in third place, with all the highs-and-lows, is an amazing feeling.

“The one constant has been the Giti Race-Tuned v1, we achieved wins in both wet and dry conditions across tracks which all create their own challenges for the tyre, so it’s a true demonstration of its excellent performance capabilities.

“But most importantly thanks to everyone for their passion and support throughout the year.”

This year marked the first full season for Gibson to drive his fully race-prepared and Giti liveried MAN TGX 18.480, which employs a 12.9 litre D26 engine capable producing 1,000BHP although limited to 160KPH.

The truck, along with Oliver’s, raced on Giti Race-Tuned v1 global competition truck tyres in size 315/70R22.5.