2013 Ginetta GT Supercup season

2013 Ginetta GT Supercup season
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2013 ToCA Support series: 2013 BTCC 2013 British Formula Ford Championship 2013 Ginetta Junior Championship 2013 Renault Clio Cup UK 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

The 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season will be the third Ginetta GT Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds TCR 1 Carl Breeze[1] G55 All 20 Alex MacDowall G55 9–10 44 David Dickenson G55 4 71 Jamie Orton[2] G55 1–5 77 Mark Davies[3] G55 All Douglas Motorsport 11 Andrew Watson[4] G55 All Richardson Racing 12 Reece Somerfield G55 3–10 22 Louise Richardson G50 9–10 53 Dan Jones G50 5 Privateer 12 Reece Somerfield G50 1 G55 2 32 Mike Simpson G50 2, 4 Century Motorsport 14 Tom Oliphant G55 8–9 17 Rob Smith G55 1 24 James Birch[5] G55 1–3 25 Pepe Massot[6] G55 6–7 70 Max Coates G55 5 71 Jamie Orton[6] G55 6–10 72 Osamu Kawashima G55 10 73 Nathan Freke G55 4 Academy Motorsport 18 Will Burns G50 8–10 52 Sean Huyton[7] G50 1–6 G55 8–10 88 Matt Nicoll-Jones[7] G55 All Ginetta Team Norway 23 Steffen Feet I50 9 33 Andre Falkenhaug I50 9 Hillspeed[8] 25 Pepe Massot[9] G55 1–5 JHR Developments 8–10 80 Tom Ingram[10] G55 All 95 Marcus Hoggarth[11] G55 1–9 99 Rob Boston[11] G55 All CBM Motorsport 41 Carl Boardley G55 All Matt Roach Racing 46 Rob Gaffney G50 9–10 Simon Green Motorsport 56 Simon Green G50 1 CWS 78 Colin White G55 2–7, 9–10 Priocept Racing 79 Dan Norris-Jones[12] G50 1–3 G55 4–10 Brad Bailey Racing 84 Brad Bailey G55 7 FW Motorsport 91 Fergus Walkinshaw[13] G55 All

Icon Class G55 Ginetta G55 G50 Ginetta G50 I50 Invitation G50

Race calendar and results

The series will last for 27 races over 10 rounds, and will support 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	30 March	Jamie Orton	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R2				Tom Ingram	Pepe Massot	Hillspeed
	R3		31 March		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
2	R4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	20 April	Carl Breeze	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R5		21 April		Andrew Watson	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R6				Tom Ingram	Pepe Massot	Hillspeed
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	4 May	Fergus Walkinshaw	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R8				Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R9		5 May		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
4	R10	Oulton Park, Cheshire	8 June	Tom Ingram	Pepe Massot	Nathan Freke	Century Motorsport
	R11		9 June		Nathan Freke	Nathan Freke	Century Motorsport
5	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	22 June	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R13		23 June		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R14				Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
6	R15	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	3 August	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R16		4 August		Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R17				Mark Davies	Mark Davies	TCR
7	R18	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	24 August	Andrew Watson	Rob Boston	Matt Nicoll-Jones	Academy Motorsport
	R19		25 August		Andrew Watson	Matt Nicoll-Jones	Academy Motorsport
	R20				Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
8	R21	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	14 September	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R22		15 September		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
9	R23	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	28 September	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R24		29 September		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
10	R25	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	12 October	Rob Boston	Matt Nicoll-Jones	Rob Boston	JHR Developments
	R26		13 October		Rob Boston	Rob Boston	JHR Developments
	R27				Jamie Orton	Jamie Orton	Century Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 25 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. Pts G55 Supercup 1 Tom Ingram 5 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret DNS DNS 763 2 Carl Breeze 1 6 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 4 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 4 3 3 4 8 7 7 3 6 3 6 626 3 Matt Nicoll-Jones 2 2 2 6 3 3 4 10 8 Ret 15 4 Ret 2 6 5 Ret 1 1 2 3 12 6 4 2 Ret 3 521 4 Rob Boston 4 7 6 3 4 4 11 11 14 Ret Ret 3 2 6 4 6 5 5 8 12 2 6 3 5 1 1 4 514 5 Pepe Massot 6 1 7 4 6 1 6 9 7 Ret 6 8 5 Ret 3 3 2 7 13 13 NC 5 2 2 3 2 9 492 6 Mark Davies 9 5 3 5 7 Ret 7 5 4 3 3 5 8 7 5 4 1 11 4 11 4 2 Ret 9 7 7 Ret 470 7 Andrew Watson 7 8 4 Ret 9 Ret 2 Ret 13 Ret 9 7 7 4 7 7 7 10 5 3 Ret 4 12 13 10 5 2 372 8 Jamie Orton 3 3 Ret 9 5 7 10 6 3 5 5 Ret DNS DNS Ret 8 Ret 4 9 5 Ret 11 4 Ret 5 6 1 370 9 Carl Boardley 10 Ret 9 7 11 6 5 3 5 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 9 9 6 6 Ret 10 11 Ret 7 7 4 Ret Ret 316 10 Reece Somerfield Ret 10 8 9 4 6 6 7 9 9 Ret 8 10 Ret 8 6 Ret 5 10 10 10 9 4 7 295 11 Fergus Walkinshaw 12 11 5 10 12 Ret 8 7 9 8 16 11 12 8 11 Ret DNS 15 7 6 9 8 14 12 Ret DNS DNS 244 12 Marcus Hoggarth 11 12 10 11 Ret 10 12 8 10 9 10 DNS 14 11 10 11 Ret 12 12 9 6 9 16 15 221 13 Dan Norris-Jones 11 13 12 10 10 12 Ret 8 14 11 8 10 Ret 15 14 DNS 12 12 152 14 Colin White Ret 13 9 Ret Ret DNS 10 DNS 10 Ret 5 Ret 13 10 9 Ret Ret 11 11 17 Ret 15 133 15 Sean Huyton 12 3 8 6 11 Ret 5 97 16 James Birch 8 9 8 8 8 5 Ret DNS DNS 88 17 Nathan Freke 1 1 71 18 Alex MacDowall 9 8 8 8 8 68 19 Max Coates 6 4 3 66 20 Brad Bailey 13 10 7 35 21 Tom Oliphant 7 13 13 Ret 32 21 Osamu Kawashima 16 13 16 29 23 Rob Smith 17 14 11 27 23 David Dickenson 12 11 19 G50 Cup 1 Sean Huyton 16 13 12 12 14 11 13 12 11 Ret 14 13 11 9 13 12 9 565 2 Dan Norris-Jones 14 15 Ret 14 16 12 14 13 12 236 3 Will Burns 13 14 18 18 14 11 11 215 4 Louise Richardson 17 16 12 10 10 176 5 Rob Gaffney 13 9 13 144 6 Reece Somerfield 13 10 13 100 7 Dan Jones 14 13 12 90 8 Simon Green 15 16 Ret 48 9 Oliver Basey-Fisher 15 Ret 14 44 guest drivers ineligible for points Mike Simpson 13 15 DNS 13 12 0 Steffen Feet 20 17 0 Andre Falkenhaug 21 Ret 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. 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. "Carl Breeze set for Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup return". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 27 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
2. "Jamie Orton set for 2013 Supercup bid with JHR Developments". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
3. Paice, Simon (18 January 2013). "G50 champ Davies joins TCR for Supercup title bid". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
4. "Andrew Watson to graduate to Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 13 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
5. "James Birch targets Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup with Century". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 7 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
6. "Massot & Orton join forces with Century Motorsport". Century Motorsport (P1 : Digital). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
7. "Academy Motorsport to run two-car team in Ginetta GT Supercup". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
8. "Hillspeed set for 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup move". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 14 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
9. Paice, Simon (18 January 2013). "Massot sticks with Hillspeed for Supercup debut". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
10. Paice, Simon (19 December 2012). "Clio and Ginetta stars given KX Academy backing". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
11. "MARCUS HOGGARTH SET FOR GINETTA GT SUPERCUP RETURN". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
12. "Norris-Jones confirms full season entry in Ginetta GT Supercup". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
13. "FW Motorsport launches at Autosport International". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 10 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

External links

• Official website