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🇬🇧 Callum MacLeod

Racing driver from United Kingdom. British GT Championship, Optimum Motorsport.
Driver facts
Full name
Callum MacLeod
Born
20 January 1988(b. 1988)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Optimum Motorsport
Series
British GT Championship
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
3
Career starts
40
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
3,319
Callum MacLeod
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,319
Rank 6532 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Callum MacLeod is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in British GT Championship for Optimum Motorsport. MacLeod has recorded 1 win and 3 podiums from 40 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,319 ranks MacLeod 6532th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
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2025-07-01Donington Park Gp2 GT3British GT ChampionshipP13−49
2025-06-01Brands Hatch GT3British GT ChampionshipP8+14
2025-05-01Snetterton GT3British GT ChampionshipP11−57
2025-05-01Snetterton GT3British GT ChampionshipDNF−102
2025-04-01Spa Francorchamps GT3British GT ChampionshipP10−46
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+113Monza 2011GP3 SeriesP5
+94Paul Ricard 2019GT World Challenge EuropeP6
+83Snetterton 2022British GT ChampionshipP1
+70Donington Park Gp2 2019British GT ChampionshipP2
+63Oulton Park 2024British GT ChampionshipP6
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Snetterton8 starts+23
Struggles
Silverstone4 starts-23
Oulton Park6 starts-5
Donington Park4 starts-4
Brands Hatch4 starts-1
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸British GT ChampionshipOptimum Motorsport900300P21−5993,319
2024▸British GT ChampionshipGreystone GT900000P14−363,918
2023▸British GT ChampionshipGreystone GT800200P19−6763,954
2022▸British GT ChampionshipRAM Racing512000P6−394,630
2019▸GT World Challenge EuropeBentley Team M-Sport200000P33−24,669
▸British GT ChampionshipRAM Racing101000—+70
2011▸GP3 SeriesCarlin600000P22+3,2524,602
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times MacLeod finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Martin PlowmanFIA Silver3,63131151648%
🇬🇧 Sandy MitchellFIA Platinum4,9272952417%
🇮🇹 Jonathan AdamFIA Platinum4,1722882029%
🇬🇧 Marcus CluttonFIA Gold4,09328111739%
🇲🇴 Kevin TseFIA Bronze4,3072791833%
🇬🇧 Morgan TillbrookFIA Bronze4,2502691735%
🇺🇸 Mark SmithFIA Bronze3,22526111542%
🇬🇧 Andrew HowardFIA Bronze4,0342581732%
🏳️ Richard NearyFIA Bronze3,63425141156%
🏳️ Sam NearyFIA Gold3,63124131154%
🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFIA Platinum6,95442250%
🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum, 4× champion6,430110100%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,38521150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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6,524🏳️ Léo Sami ROBINSONLe Mans Cup3,321
6,523🇮🇹 Lorenzo PegoraroLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe3,321
6,525🇦🇹 Raphael RennhoferNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,321
6,526🇯🇵 Masaki KanoSuper GT3,320
6,527🇬🇧 Matt SimpsonBTCC3,320
6,528🇺🇸 Scott StenzelNASCAR Truck3,320
6,529🇺🇸 Toby Tobias Jr.NASCAR Xfinity3,320
6,530🇩🇪 Björn GroßmannNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,319
6,531🇺🇸 Brad TeagueNASCAR Xfinity3,319
6,532🇬🇧 Callum MacLeodBritish GT Championship3,319
6,533🇫🇷 Philippe AuvrayFIA GT Championship3,319
6,534🇬🇧 Aaron ScottWEC3,318
6,535🇩🇪 Christian GebhardtNürburgring 24 Hours3,318
6,536🇦🇷 Juan Pablo GianiniTurismo Carretera3,318
6,537🏳️ Rene RobichaudPCA Club Racing3,318
6,538🇸🇰 Rudolf MachanekFIA GT Championship3,318
6,539🇸🇪 Scott LindblomBritish F43,318
6,540🏳️ Steve MinghenelliARCA Menards Series3,318
6,541🇺🇸 Billy AdkinsNASCAR Xfinity3,317
6,542🇺🇸 Joey GattinaARCA Menards Series3,317
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Callum MacLeod is a semi-professional driver competing primarily in British GT Championship sportscar racing, where his FIA Gold categorisation denotes him as a full-time professional within that discipline. His Racer Rating of 3,297 places him in the semi-professional band, meaning he wins in pro-am and one-make classes and runs mid-pack among full professionals. Over six seasons and 40 starts across sportscar and single-seater racing, he has scored one win and three podiums; his average finish of 11th reflects consistent presence in the competitive field without dominating it. MacLeod's primary tenure has been with Optimum Motorsport in the British GT Championship from 2019 onwards, where he has accumulated his career win and podium finishes.[1]

His head-to-head record against regular rivals reveals a driver holding his own against semi-professional peers but outmatched by the higher-graded professionals sharing the grid. Against Martin Plowman, a Silver-graded driver of similar standing, MacLeod has a slightly positive record across 26 races; against Bronze-graded drivers such as Mark Smith and Andrew Howard he achieves parity or narrow edges. However, he faces a consistent deficit against Platinum-graded professionals: Sandy Mitchell, a two-time British GT GT3 champion, outfinished him in 20 of 24 shared races, and Jonathan Adam achieved a similar margin in their 23 encounters. MacLeod's occasional victories against elite drivers such as Mitch Evans and Valtteri Bottas represent isolated results rather than sustained competitiveness at that level.[2]

MacLeod came to endurance racing after earlier success in single-seaters; his wins in the 2007 British Formula Ford Championship and 2009 European F3 Open Championship provide significant amateur-level credentials, though his sole GP3 Series appearance in 2011 produced no points against a national-level field. His return to racing took the form of sportscar competition, where he has remained active through 2025 and continues racing for Optimum Motorsport in the 2026 season while pursuing concurrent commitments in yacht racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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