‘Rollercoaster’ is how 2025 British GT champion Charles Dawson described his title-winning season with the 2 Seas Motorsport team alongside teammate Kiern Jewiss.

The duo enjoyed much success over the year, winning three out of the nine rounds. However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for the pair of them, with weight ballast concerns proving a persistent challenge for their championship-winning hopes.

Speaking in an interview with GT Report, Dawson said, “It was quite an up-and-down year. We obviously won three of the nine rounds, but at the same time we had a few moments here and there where things didn’t go our way, and equally, with the weight as well, it made things a little bit harder for us, especially for Kiern. So a huge sense of relief, and we also exceeded all expectations really at the start of the year.”

2025 was Dawson’s first year racing a GT3, as he raced a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. To come away with a championship fills him with ‘pride and relief’ with his ‘brilliant’ team, 2 Seas Motorsport.

He said: “An enormous sense of pride and relief are probably the two biggest words. 2 Seas knows the championship really well. They know the car really well.

They’re a brilliant team; they’re one of the top teams around in the UK, and you’d probably say they’re one of, if not the top, Mercedes teams, so that massively helps. I can’t be more thankful, and I can’t think more highly of 2 Seas; they’re as good as they look.”

Despite winning the opening round at Donington Park, the weight was a big concern for the 2 Seas Motorsport duo. This problem was especially prominent at the second and third rounds of the championship at Silverstone and Oulton Park.

Despite a strong showing at Silverstone, a tough weekend at Oulton Park saw the team come away with just two points. Dawson reflected on those difficult rounds:

“Once we got given the weight, which was initially 35 kilos, which is crazy thinking back, I found that really hard at Silverstone. I just didn’t really want to accept it, and I didn’t think it was fair, especially for Kiern, with some of the top factory guys coming over. And you think, ‘How can you fight them with 35 kilos?’

The [Silverstone] weekend turned out to be a really good one, because we scored maximum points. We were a whisker away from winning the Silverstone 500. But Oulton Park was probably one of the toughest weekends. We only scored two points out of the two races. I ended up tagging Simon Orange, and we made the wrong call on tyres. That was probably the low point of the season.”

Despite early-season struggles, Dawson’s growing partnership and chemistry with teammate Kiern Jewiss proved crucial to their title-winning campaign.

“He’s such a talent – genuinely brilliant.” Dawson said. “To do what he’s done in eight of the nine rounds with extra weight. Holding off Kirchhöfer at Brands Hatch and setting pretty decent, quality times is a testament to how good a driver he is and how good a driver he could be. On top of that, he’s just a good bloke.

He’s a nice guy, hard working, gets his head down, no fuss, and I’ve learnt a lot from him. We get on well, and he’s good to work with. He understands me, and I understand him, and the combination works really well. I can’t speak more highly of him.”

When you win a championship, there are many positives you take away from that season, and Dawson shares his highlights of the season:

“My pole was at Snetterton, I was down, it was my last lap, I was absolutely nowhere, and I knew how important it was to get. We needed to win that race after a couple of difficult races.

Winning the championship is the obvious one. That was just a really special moment. It was definitely a big confidence boost. But for me, it’s a massive step, a huge step. I’m very happy.”

Dawson and Jewiss also raced in the GT World Challenge Europe championship this year. At the start of the 2024 season, Dawson shared that he dreamed of racing at the Spa 24 Hours and at Daytona. Through the GT World Challenge Europe, he achieved one of those goals – competing in the 24 hours of Spa.

“The big four 24-hour races,” Dawson said when asked about his goals going forward. “We ticked a massive box which wasn’t really supposed to come around this year. We were planning on doing that next year, but an opportunity came up at the very last minute, which was too good to pass down.

Le Mans is a difficult one. We all know how much it is, and I’m not one of these guys who can go and spend five, 10 million pounds a year on racing and not worry about it. We’re very fortunate, but Le Mans is a difficult one.

Maybe in the future, if something comes up, if I can continue to develop as a bronze and prove that I can be one of the best out there, then maybe that will bring some opportunities for the teams. I’d love to do IMSA. But again, the cost is phenomenal.”

Finally, Dawson told us of his plans to continue with 2 Seas Motorsport next year, revealing that they have ‘an exciting programme’ lined up for 2026. He said: “I definitely will be staying with the team, and it’ll be an exciting programme.”