The winners of the Motul-Edition GBS Zero  livery competition have been announced. The winning design for the car came from Martin Lines, whose livery concept was chosen from a many excellent entries by the panel, which was made up of Motul, Witham Motorsport and GBS Zero Directors.

Martin’s design was selected for its ingenious use of all of the GBS Zero and Motul creative branding areas. It will be revealed on the prototype Motul-Edition GBS Zero at The Classic at Silverstone at the end of July, for which Motul is the lubricant partner. Martin and family will be Motul guests at the event for the public reveal of the car and Martin’s prize also includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the GBS factory at Ollerton in Nottinghamshire. The design will remain secret until the event.

The prize for the Under 16 category went to  Kaira Milburn, who is 10. Kaira submitted an amazingly colourful design which greatly impressed the judging panel. Kaira will also win family tickets for The Classic at Silverstone, as well as a selection of Motul merchandise.

“We had some great entries for the competition and were so impressed by the standard that it was very hard to decide which design to choose - so I would like to hugely thank everyone who took the time and the trouble to enter,” said Motul UK & Ireland Area Manager, Callum Goodland.  

Nigel Bottom, MD of Witham Motorsport added, “It was an extremely close-run thing, as the car would have looked really good in various of the livery ideas that were submitted, but I think when people see the actual design we chose, when it is unveiled at Silverstone in July, they will see why it was a winning livery.”

The Motul-Edition GBS Zero, features a host of Motul-inspired design features unique to this partnership and is currently being prepared for painting in the special Motul Build Bay in the GBS factory, in Nottinghamshire. In the meanwhile, work continues on the car’s 2.5 litre Ford Duratec engine, which is being built by renowned motorsport engine builders and suppliers of the engines for the British FIA Formula 4 championship - for which Motul is the specified lubricant - Neil Brown Engineering.

Witham Motorsport are the driving force behind the project. As Nigel Bottom explains, “The impressive engineering talent of GBS meant there was a great story to be told about building a car from start to finish uniquely using the whole array of lubricants from Motul. The car project is a logical extension of this concept of Cast, Drilled, Filled and so we have embarked on what is a truly novel venture for a lubricant brand.”

The Classic at Silverstone runs from the 30th of July to 1st August and is set to be a memorable weekend for Motul fans as well as for lovers of historic motorsport  and classic motoring in general.