2010 Ginetta G50 Cup season

2010 Ginetta G50 Cup season
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The 2010 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup was the third Ginetta G50 Cup. The season began at Thruxton on 4 April and finished after 28 races over 10 rounds at Brands Hatch on 10 October, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.^[1]

Despite scoring 38 fewer points overall than title rival Carl Breeze, it was Dynojet's Frank Wrathall who became champion after a successful season in which he took five overall victories, as well as taking six other class victories in which he was the first championship-registered finisher. Ten points behind on dropped scores was Total Control Racing's Breeze, an improvement on his third place championship finish behind Nathan Freke and Wrathall in 2009. Breeze took nine overall victories, but championship hopes were thwarted by 40 penalty points picked up during the season. Third place went to Century Motorsport's Benji Hetherington, who took two overall victories and two other victories, with double Croft winner Tom Sharp (IDL) and the second Century Motorsport car of Benji's brother, Freddie Hetherington, who finished on the podium twice.

Outside the top five, Wrathall's Dynojet team-mate Adam Morgan took the other overall victory to be claimed during the season – at Croft – while Matt Bell took a class win at Thruxton for United Autosports. Nine wins were taken by guest drivers during the season; Nigel Moore claimed five victories in eleven starts for Tockwith, Jonathan Adam won a race at his home circuit of Knockhill in the Ginetta Cars entry, denoted as the "guest car", while Rob Huff took a hat-trick of victories at the opening round at Thruxton when the guest car was run by Dynojet for one event only.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
HHC Motorsport	2	Stephen Tyldsley	4–6
Optimum			2–3
	20		1
	7	Mark Davies	1–8
	17	Neil Houston	8
	25	Nigel Moore	5
	55	Gary Simms	4
Total Control Racing	3	Carl Breeze	All
	75	Joachim Ritter	All
Tockwith	5	Alice Powell	1–5
	25	Nigel Moore	7–9
CDR	5	Alice Powell	6
	7	Mark Davies	9–10
	74	Chris Dittmann	1–4, 7, 9–10
Barwell Motorsport	8	Julien Draper	1–7, 10
	28	Ben Jackson	7
	40	Jon Barnes	5
	41	Matt Allison	6
	88	Matt Draper	3
Team GCR	9	Rachel Green	1–3
	12	Dave McGuire	4
	99	Tom Dunstan	2
IDL	10	Tom Sharp	All
	11	Rod McGovern	4
	69	Jack Stanford	2
Century Motorsport / Triton Digital	16	Benji Hetherington	All
	32	Freddie Hetherington	All
Speedworks Motorsport	20	Tony Hughes	2–4, 6–7, 9–10
	21	Charlie Butler-Henderson	4
	48	Ron Johnson	6, 9–10
United Autosports	23	Matt Bell	1–2
FML	27	Aaron Williamson	6–10
Century Motorsport			1–3
	84	Phil Broad	1–2, 4, 6–7, 10
	85	Mark Jessop	9
Ginetta Cars	50	Kieran Vernon	2
		Simon Hill	3
		Martin Donnelly	4
		Stefan Hodgetts	5
		Adrian Newey	6
		Giles Dawson	7
		Jonathan Adam	8
		Alistair Barclay	9
		Dave Newsham	10
Dynojet		Rob Huff	1
	66	Frank Wrathall	All
	67	Adam Morgan	All
Matt Blyth Motorsport	73	Dan Denis	1, 4, 6–7, 9–10
	98	Chrissy Palmer	9
CWS	78	Colin White	All

Calendar

The series was contested over 28 races held at 10 rounds^[2] and supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds. All rounds were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Rob Huff	Rob Huff	Rob Huff	Dynojet
	R2		4 April		Frank Wrathall	Rob Huff	Dynojet
	R3				Frank Wrathall	Rob Huff	Dynojet
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	24 April	Frank Wrathall	Carl Breeze	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet
	R5		25 April		Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R6				Frank Wrathall	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet
3	R7	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 May	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R8		2 May		Frank Wrathall	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R9				Mark Davies	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet
4	R10	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R11		6 June		Stephen Tyldsley	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
5	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Tom Sharp	Frank Wrathall	Tom Sharp	IDL
	R13		20 June		Stefan Hodgetts	Tom Sharp	IDL
	R14				Nigel Moore	Adam Morgan	Dynojet
6	R15	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	Carl Breeze	Stephen Tyldsley	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R16				Frank Wrathall	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R17		8 August		Frank Wrathall	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet
7	R18	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 August	Chris Dittmann	Frank Wrathall	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet
	R19		22 August		Chris Dittmann	Benji Hetherington	Century Motorsport
8	R20	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	4 September	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Nigel Moore	Tockwith
	R21		5 September		Nigel Moore	Nigel Moore	Tockwith
	R22				Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Ginetta Cars
9	R23	Donington Park, Leicestershire	18 September	Chrissy Palmer	Nigel Moore	Nigel Moore	Tockwith
	R24		19 September		Benji Hetherington	Nigel Moore	Tockwith
	R25				Nigel Moore	Nigel Moore	Tockwith
10	R26	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	9 October	Tom Sharp	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R27		10 October		Tom Sharp	Carl Breeze	Total Control Racing
	R28				Carl Breeze	Benji Hetherington	Century Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI Total Pen Drop Pts 1 Frank Wrathall 2 2 7 1 2 1 Ret 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 2 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 6 10 2 4 3 DNS 737 10 727 2 Carl Breeze 5 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 13 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 4 10 9 13 9 3 1 1 3 775 40 18 717 3 Benji Hetherington 8 5 11 3 Ret 3 3 3 2 6 4 10 8 8 16 11 Ret 3 1 3 3 4 2 2 DSQ 2 2 1 606 35 571 4 Tom Sharp 4 18 8 4 6 6 2 2 Ret 11 Ret 1 1 5 6 2 12 10 3 9 7 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 12 4 488 488 5 Freddie Hetherington 14 11 17 12 7 4 9 8 11 9 5 12 10 10 4 5 3 11 5 5 6 7 Ret 5 11 5 5 2 446 15 5 426 6 Adam Morgan DNS 12 9 5 3 15 5 7 4 15 10 6 6 1 8 3 Ret 7 4 6 5 5 3 13 9 Ret DNS DNS 435 10 425 7 Joachim Ritter 12 7 5 7 12 9 13 11 Ret 18 16 11 11 6 14 10 8 13 15 7 11 8 5 12 10 9 9 9 340 15 4 321 8 Mark Davies Ret 16 Ret 6 17 16 Ret 13 9 4 15 8 7 Ret 5 DSQ 9 6 Ret Ret 12 11 4 8 6 6 6 6 314 15 299 9 Colin White 16 10 10 8 10 Ret 7 15 Ret 7 14 14 12 9 11 7 5 9 13 Ret 8 Ret 10 7 8 11 11 13 297 297 10 Chris Dittmann 3 4 3 Ret Ret 13 12 10 3 3 6 Ret 9 Ret 11 7 3 4 10 288 288 11 Aaron Williamson 13 14 16 16 16 10 6 5 7 12 6 4 8 7 Ret 9 6 12 DNS 12 Ret NC 11 247 15 232 12 Julien Draper 9 8 12 11 5 11 Ret 9 6 19 8 13 13 11 Ret DNS 10 15 10 7 10 8 234 10 224 13 Stephen Tyldsley 11 9 6 10 8 5 4 6 Ret 5 3 15 14 Ret 7 Ret 6 231 15 216 14 Dan Denis Ret Ret DNS 14 12 13 8 7 4 8 7 3 5 8 8 Ret 191 191 15 Phil Broad 10 17 14 13 Ret 14 13 7 3 Ret Ret 5 2 10 13 7 179 179 16 Alice Powell 15 13 13 Ret 14 8 8 12 5 10 Ret 7 Ret 7 10 9 Ret 163 163 17 Tony Hughes 15 Ret 18 11 16 12 17 13 15 Ret Ret 16 14 9 15 15 12 14 12 126 126 18 Ron Johnson 17 13 13 11 17 13 13 15 14 70 70 19 Rachel Green 6 15 15 9 9 12 DNS DNS DNS 69 69 20 Matt Bell 7 6 2 Ret 10 DNS 84 30 54 21 Neil Houston 10 13 10 38 38 22 Jon Barnes 9 9 Ret 32 32 23 Tom Dunstan Ret 13 7 25 25 24 Mark Jessop 8 14 Ret 24 24 25 Rod McGovern 16 9 18 18 26 Matt Draper Ret 17 10 17 17 27 Gary Simms Ret 11 10 10 28 Ben Jackson Ret 11 10 10 29 Jack Stanford 14 15 17 18 10 8 30 Matt Allison 9 Ret 11 22 15 7 31 Dave McGuire 20 Ret 2 2 32 Charlie Butler-Henderson 12 Ret 10 10 0 33 Chrissy Palmer Ret 6 DSQ 21 35 −14 guest drivers ineligible for points Nigel Moore 5 4 Ret 12 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 Rob Huff 1 1 1 0 0 Jonathan Adam 8 4 1 0 0 Stefan Hodgetts 2 2 2 0 0 Kieran Vernon Ret 4 Ret 0 0 Dave Newsham DNS 7 5 0 0 Simon Hill 10 14 8 0 0 Martin Donnelly 8 Ret 0 0 Giles Dawson 14 12 0 0 Adrian Newey Ret 12 Ret 0 0 Alistair Barclay 14 16 14 0 0 Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI Total Pen Drop Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "Ginetta G50 Cup - The Best Yet?". ginettacars.com (Ginetta Cars). 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
2. "2010 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup: Sporting, Technical and Commercial Regulations and Registration Document" (PDF). ginettacars.com. Ginetta Cars. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

External links

• Official website