2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup season

2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup season
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2014 ToCA Support series: 2014 BTCC 2014 British Formula Ford Championship 2014 Ginetta Junior Championship 2014 Renault Clio Cup UK 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

The 2014 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup was a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the fourth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-seven races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

After a season in single-seaters, competing in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship in 2013, HHC Motorsport driver Charlie Robertson became champion, taking a season-high eight victories – including a weekend sweep at Oulton Park – during the campaign. He took a total of 20 podium finishes from the season's 27 races, and ultimately won the championship by 83 points after dropped scores were implemented. Dropped scores had an impact on the season's runner-up; Douglas Motorsport's Andrew Watson finished second on gross points, but unlike his rivals David Pittard (SV Racing with KX) and Carl Breeze of United Autosports, he had to drop 23 points from his overall tally. Thus, Watson fell to fourth, as Pittard and Breeze finished second and third respectively. Pittard took five wins during the season, including a weekend sweep at Silverstone, Watson also won five races, while Breeze won four races at Croft and Knockhill. Century Motorsport's Tom Oliphant and Luke Davenport, team-mate to Breeze, each won two races, while Pepe Massot won at Donington Park for JHR Developments, before moving into the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. In the teams' championship, United Autosports claimed the championship by over 150 points from HHC Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

For 2014, the G50 Cup car was no longer eligible for the championship and wias replaced by the GT4 variant, allowing for increased entry numbers by opening it up to more foreign Ginetta owners. Furthermore, the newly homologated G55 model now conformed to GT4 specification. These changes led to the renaming of the championship to the 'GT4 Supercup'. Both cars ran in the same class through a balance of performance regulation introduced for 2014.^[1]

Team No. Drivers Model Rounds United Autosports 2 Carl Breeze[2] G55 All 23 Luke Davenport[3] G55 All Tollbar Racing 10 Tom Howard G55 8–10 Douglas Motorsport 11 Andrew Watson[4] G55 All 88 Harry Woodhead[5] G55 1–3 Privateer 12 Reece Somerfield[6] G55 1–7, 9–10 19 Tom Wrigley G55 10 20 Fraser Robertson G50 5, 9–10 70 Max Coates G55 5 73 John Hindhaugh G55 8 Academy Motorsport 13 Will Moore G55 9 14 Will Burns[7] G55 All 46 Dennis Strandberg G55 8, 10 52 Sean Huyton[7] G55 1–2, 4–5 Century Motorsport 15 Tom Oliphant[8] G55 All 36 Steve Fresle G55 10 43 Aleksander Schjerpen G55 9 71 Jamie Orton[8] G55 1–6 SV Racing SV Racing with KX 18 Declan Jones G55 10 27 Rory Bryant G55 7 30 David Pittard[9] G55 All 66 Josh Cook G55 9 Algarve Pro Racing Team 24 Michael Munemann[10] G55 5 Priocept Racing 3 79 Dan Norris-Jones[11] G55 All JHR Developments 25 Pepe Massot[12] G55 1–4 41 Carl Boardley[13] G55 1, 8–10 45 Josh Wakefield[14] G55 1 Richardson Racing 26 Giles Dawson G55 8 Sherwood Racing 28 James Owen G55 1 Fox Motorsport 48 Paul McNeilly G55 9–10 HHC Motorsport 55 Charlie Robertson[15] G55 All 71 Jamie Orton G55 7–10 Tolman Motorsport 56 David Pattison G55 9 FW Motorsport 91 Fergus Walkinshaw G55 1–3, 7, 10

Icon Model G50 Ginetta G50 GT4 G55 Ginetta G55 GT4

Race calendar and results

The series was held over 27 races at 10 rounds, supporting the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season at all rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	29 March	Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R2		30 March		Carl Boardley	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R3				Charlie Robertson	Luke Davenport	United Autosports
2	R4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	19 April	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R5		20 April		Charlie Robertson	Pepe Massot	JHR Developments
	R6				David Pittard	Tom Oliphant	Century Motorsport
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 May	Charlie Robertson	David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
	R8				David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
	R9		4 May		Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
4	R10	Oulton Park, Cheshire	7 June	Charlie Robertson	Andrew Watson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R11		8 June		Carl Breeze	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
5	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	28 June	Charlie Robertson	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R13		29 June		Charlie Robertson	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R14				Luke Davenport	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
6	R15	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	2 August	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R16		3 August		Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R17				Andrew Watson	Tom Oliphant	Century Motorsport
7	R18	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	23 August	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R19		24 August		Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R20				David Pittard	Luke Davenport	United Autosports
8	R21	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	7 September	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R22				Jamie Orton	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
9	R23	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	28 September	David Pittard	David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
	R24				David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
10	R25	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	11 October	David Pittard	David Pittard	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R26				Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R27		12 October		David Pittard	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

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 Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Charlie Robertson 3 1 11 1 2 9 5 5 10 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 9 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 732 22 710 2 David Pittard 7 3 4 7 6 3 1 1 2 3 Ret 6 5 1 4 4 Ret 4 5 6 2 5 1 1 2 2 7 633 6 627 3 Carl Breeze 4 Ret Ret 4 4 5 2 2 5 2 6 1 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 9 8 Ret 615 615 4 Andrew Watson 1 2 3 5 3 10 4 4 1 6 2 9 7 7 9 7 3 6 4 7 4 1 2 2 1 1 6 640 23 9 608 5 Tom Oliphant 6 4 2 8 5 1 3 3 4 Ret 7 3 9 4 2 3 1 Ret 9 9 6 3 5 5 6 4 2 558 12 546 6 Luke Davenport 10 5 1 6 9 2 10 13 9 5 3 4 Ret 5 7 8 6 9 6 1 Ret 8 9 8 8 7 4 451 451 7 Will Burns Ret 10 6 10 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 7 5 5 4 3 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 360 6 354 8 Jamie Orton 2 Ret Ret 11 10 4 8 9 6 4 8 7 8 DNS 6 6 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 6 6 6 5 Ret DNS 354 354 9 Dan Norris-Jones 11 11 8 13 13 8 12 11 Ret Ret 10 10 11 10 10 10 8 Ret 11 10 10 12 12 10 14 14 11 247 247 10 Reece Somerfield 9 9 7 12 12 Ret 13 DNS 11 Ret 9 12 10 Ret 8 9 7 8 10 DSQ Ret 9 11 11 Ret 207 12 195 11 Pepe Massot 14 14 5 2 1 12 7 7 8 9 11 176 176 12 Sean Huyton 12 6 Ret 9 7 6 8 4 8 3 Ret 149 149 13 Fergus Walkinshaw Ret 12 Ret 14 11 7 11 10 7 7 7 DSQ 10 12 10 142 18 124 14 Harry Woodhead 5 Ret Ret 3 8 11 9 8 3 122 9 113 15 Carl Boardley Ret 7 10 7 9 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret 90 90 16 Declan Jones 4 5 3 68 68 17 Tom Howard 9 10 10 Ret 12 13 9 63 63 18 Dennis Strandberg 8 Ret 7 9 5 62 62 19 Michael Munemann 14 12 12 11 12 9 56 56 20 Max Coates 13 6 8 40 40 21 Tom Wrigley 13 10 8 33 33 22 Josh Cook 8 7 30 30 23 Paul McNeilly 14 11 15 15 Ret 29 29 24 James Owen 13 13 9 28 28 25 Fraser Robertson Ret DNS DNS Ret 14 16 17 13 24 24 26 Rory Bryant Ret 8 8 28 6 22 27 Giles Dawson 11 11 20 20 28 Josh Wakefield 8 8 Ret 28 9 19 29 Steve Fresle 17 16 12 18 18 30 Aleksander Schjerpen 13 12 17 17 31 David Pattison 15 13 14 14 32 Will Moore 11 Ret 10 10 33 John Hindhaugh 12 Ret 9 9 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points

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

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10. Paice, Simon (30 April 2014). "Huyton Out, Munemann In For Thruxton". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia). Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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External links

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