2011 Ginetta GT Supercup

The 2011 Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup season will be the inaugural Ginetta GT Supercup season, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season will begin at Brands Hatch on 4 April and will finish after 27 races over 10 rounds at Sliverstone on 16 October, supporting all rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

2011 Ginetta GT Supercup
Previous: 2010 Next: 2012
2011 ToCA Tour:
2011 BTCC
2011 Formula Renault UK
2011 Ginetta Junior Championship
2011 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2011 Renault Clio Cup UK

The season sees a new direction for the series with a move towards a GT style class structure with two cars eligible to race in the championship. The older Ginetta G50 is still eligible to race along with the introduction of the new Ginetta G55 with 370 bhp (280 kW), 70 more than the G50.

The winner of the G55 Championship will win a fully paid drive in a Next Generation Touring Car in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.[1]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
G55
Total Control Racing 3 Carl Breeze All
9 Tim Harvey 5
20 Marino Franchitti 7
29 Jamie Orton 10
30 Patrick Watts 9
75 Joachim Ritter 1–4
Century Motorsport 4 Clint Bardwell 1
32 Freddie Hetherington 2, 4, 8, 10
69 Mark Steward 1, 3
73 Nathan Freke All
84 Phil Broad 6, 9
91 Fergus Walkinshaw 9–10
Privateer 6
FML 7–8
JHR Developments 6 Stefan Hodgetts 4–5
14 Lee Pattison 6–7
60 David McDonald 10
Plans Motorsport 8 Alistair James 1–6, 10
IDL 10 Tom Sharp All
Ciceley Racing 33 Adam Morgan All
Brookland Speed Racing 44 Jordan Skinner 1–2
Optimum Motorsport/Poor Boys 71 George Murrells 1–6, 8, 10
CWS Racing 78 Colin White All
G50
Richardson Racing 2 Louise Richardson 1–3, 6, 8–10
5 Andrew Richardson 1–3, 5–6, 8–10
Century Motorsport 72 Trevor Keats 10
JHR Developments 14 Lee Pattison 4–5, 8
40 Josh Fielding 7
81 Jake Rattenbury 10
CWS Racing 7 Martin Thomas 1
Beacon Racing 11 Connaire Finn 1–2, 4, 6–7
46 Robert Gaffney 10
55 Michael Doyle 6–8
56 Gary Duckman 9
Kelvin Jones Motorsport 22 Paul McClughan 1
Team Pyro 27 Jody Fannin All
FML 31 Aaron Williamson All
Meridian Motorsport 46 Robert Gaffney 1–3, 9
Redbrick Racing 54 Mark Johnston 9–10
Optimum Motorsport/Poor Boys 77 Mark Davies 10
94 Jake Hill 1–5
Tollbar Racing 6–10
Plans Motorsport 80 Tom Ingram 1–9

Race calendar and results

All races were held in the United Kingdom. The series lasted for 27 races over 10 rounds and supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 2 April Tom Sharp Carl Breeze Tom Sharp IDL
R2 Tom Sharp Tom Sharp IDL
R3 3 April Tom Sharp Tom Sharp IDL
2 R4 Donington Park, Leicestershire 16 April Tom Sharp Carl Breeze Tom Sharp IDL
R5 17 April Tom Sharp Tom Sharp IDL
R6 Tom Sharp Tom Sharp IDL
3 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 30 April Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
R8 1 May Adam Morgan Adam Morgan Cicely Racing
R9 Adam Morgan Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
4 R10 Oulton Park, Cheshire 4 June Carl Breeze Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
R11 5 June Nathan Freke Stefan Hodgetts JHR Developments
5 R12 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 18 June Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
R13 19 June Tom Sharp Tim Harvey Total Control Racing
R14 Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
6 R15 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 6 August Carl Breeze Nathan Freke Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
R16 Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
R17 7 August Nathan Freke Adam Morgan Cicely Racing
7 R18 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 3 September Nathan Freke Tom Sharp Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
R19 4 September Nathan Freke Nathan Freke Century Motorsport
R20 Tom Sharp Tom Sharp IDL
8 R21 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 17 September Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
R22 18 September George Murrells George Murrells Optimum Motorsport
9 R23 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 1 October Carl Breeze Adam Morgan Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
R24 2 October Carl Breeze Carl Breeze Total Control Racing
R25 Colin White Adam Morgan Cicely Racing
10 R26 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 15 October Adam Morgan Carl Breeze Tom Sharp IDL
R27 16 October Adam Morgan Tom Sharp IDL

Championship standings
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Pen Pts
G55 Supercup
1 Adam Morgan 2 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 2 1 2 4 4 2 6 7 3 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 694
2 Carl Breeze 3 9 2 2 NC 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 Ret 1 14 1 1 5 3 4 689
3 Tom Sharp 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 8 3 12 6 13 3 Ret 4 4 3 2 2 1 4 13 2 2 Ret 1 1 9 683
4 Nathan Freke 17 10 3 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 5 3 638
5 Colin White 5 4 Ret 8 5 8 6 3 6 5 Ret 3 11 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 13 12 7 9 5 6 4 6 6 443
6 George Murrells 4 3 4 4 3 6 10 4 4 6 12 6 Ret 9 7 16 6 6 1 4 5 411
7 Alistair James 8 12 7 Ret 13 Ret 8 5 Ret 15 9 7 10 Ret 13 10 Ret 11 16 6 202
8 Freddie Hetherington 5 4 2 Ret 5 5 4 7 8 164
9 Joachim Ritter 6 5 Ret Ret 6 9 Ret 6 5 14 DNS 124
10 Phil Broad 5 8 5 6 5 3 120
11 Lee Pattison 6 5 7 7 12 5 106
12 Stefan Hodgetts 3 1 Ret 2 Ret 91
13 Fergus Walkinshaw Ret 9 11 Ret 8 DNS Ret 7 Ret 11 Ret 9 DSQ 21 75
14 Mark Steward Ret 15 12 14 12 10 71
15 Marino Franchitti 5 9 3 64
16 Clint Bardwell 7 6 5 54
17 Patrick Watts 7 7 14 50
18 Tim Harvey Ret 1 Ret 35
19 Jordan Skinner Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 32
20 David McDonald 17 7 26
21 Jamie Orton 14 Ret 11
G50 Cup
1 Tom Ingram 13 8 6 6 Ret 7 5 7 7 7 10 5 Ret Ret 16 14 15 10 7 6 8 5 10 9 7 664
2 Aaron Williamson Ret 13 9 10 Ret 12 7 9 Ret 9 7 9 8 3 10 Ret 10 8 6 8 12 10 8 8 6 Ret 12 6 605
3 Jody Fannin 9 16 10 11 7 DSQ 11 10 9 11 11 10 9 5 9 11 9 11 5 10 11 12 12 14 11 18 Ret 590
4 Jake Hill Ret 11 Ret 7 9 5 15 15 8 8 8 8 DSQ 6 8 Ret 12 9 15 7 10 8 Ret 10 8 8 9 18 585
5 Andrew Richardson 10 7 DNS Ret Ret Ret 9 13 Ret 11 7 DNS 11 7 8 9 6 9 13 9 10 10 452
6 Robert Gaffney 11 Ret 8 9 10 11 12 14 11 14 16 13 15 15 266
7 Louise Richardson 12 Ret DNS 13 8 10 13 11 Ret 14 12 14 Ret DNS 11 12 10 Ret DNS 262
8 Connaire Finn 14 14 Ret 14 11 Ret 13 Ret 12 13 Ret 12 10 9 6 196
9 Lee Pattison 10 Ret 12 12 4 13 11 130
10 Michael Doyle 15 15 13 Ret 11 11 Ret 15 108
11 Mark Johnston Ret 15 Ret 12 14 62
12 Mark Davies 13 11 48
13 Martin Thomas 15 Ret 11 36
14 Gary Duckman 13 DSQ 12 34
15 Trevor Keats 16 17 32
16 Jake Rattenbury Ret 13 20
17 Josh Fielding Ret 14 Ret 18
18 Paul McClughan 16 Ret DNS 14
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Pen Pts

Ginetta GT Winter Cup

The Ginetta GT Winter Cup was planned as to be the inaugural Ginetta GT Winter Cup. The series was set to feature two 2 hour endurance races, incorporating Ginetta G40, G50 and G55 models, however the championship was shelved.[2]|}

References
  1. "Prize drive for Ginetta champ". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. "Ginetta GT Winter Cup". ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

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