2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup

2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
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The 2016 Michelin Ginetta GT4 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 Ginetta G55s 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. It is the sixth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concludes on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-two races held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Professional
Xentek Motorsport	3	Ollie Chadwick	7
Total Control Racing	7	Callum Pointon[1]	All
	77	Mark Davies	All
Douglas Motorsport	14	Will Burns[2]	All
Rob Boston Racing	19	Tom Wrigley[3]	All
Century Motorsport	21	Declan Jones	3
	42	Jack Mitchell	7–8
	89	Jack Bartholomew	8
Super Green Racing	22	Ben Green[4]	All
Carl Boardley Motorsport	41	Carl Boardley[5]	All
Amigo Motorsport	46	Rob Gaffney[6]	1–4, 6–8
Fox Motorsport	48	Jamie Stanley	8
Triple M Motorsport	71	Jamie Orton[7]	1–4, 6–8
RAW Motorsport	96	Rob Wheldon[3]	1–2
Privateer	12	Reece Somerfield[8]	1–5, 7–8
	81	Tom Hibbert[9]	All
Amateur
RAW Motorsport	4	Grahame Tilley[10]	1–5, 7–8
Rob Boston Racing	5	Fraser Robertson[11]	All
Douglas Motorsport	6	Chris Ingram[12]	All
	72	Mike Newbold[3]	1–6
Century Motorsport	11	James Guess[3]	1–2
	33	Chris Car	4, 6–7
	44	Gary Lancashire	3, 7
	88	John Wall[3]	1–2
Brooks Motorsport	67	David Brooks	3–8
CWS 4x4 Spares	78	Colin White[3]	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Amateur winner
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Jamie Orton	Jamie Orton	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R2		3 April		Jamie Orton	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
	R3				Tom Hibbert	Will Burns	Douglas Motorsport	Colin White
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Grahame Tilley
	R5		17 April		Jamie Orton	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
	R6				Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
3	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
	R8		5 June		Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
4	R9	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July	Jamie Orton	Tom Wrigley	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R10		31 July		Jamie Orton	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R11			Race cancelled[N 1]
5	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	13 August		Carl Boardley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
	R12			Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
	R13		14 August		Tom Wrigley	Tom Wrigley	Rob Boston Racing	Chris Ingram
	R14				Will Burns	Will Burns	Douglas Motorsport	Colin White
6	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August	Tom Wrigley	Jamie Orton	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R16		28 August		Tom Wrigley	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R17				Will Burns	Mark Davies	Total Control Racing	Chris Ingram
7	R18	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September	Carl Boardley	Tom Wrigley	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
	R19				Carl Boardley	Jamie Orton	Triple M Motorsport	Fraser Robertson
	R20		18 September		Carl Boardley	Carl Boardley	Carl Boardley Motorsport	Colin White
8	R21	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October	Will Burns	Mark Davies	Will Burns	Douglas Motorsport	Colin White
	R22		2 October		Mark Davies	Tom Hibbert	Privateer	David Brooks
	R23				Carl Boardley	Carl Boardley	Carl Boardley Motorsport	Colin White

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	R1 PP	FL
35	30	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Notes

• A driver's best 20 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			OUL		SNE			KNO				ROC			SIL			BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points
Professional
1	Tom Wrigley	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	C	1	1	1	7	Ret	Ret	5	3	4	2	7	8	3	636	32		604
2	Will Burns	4	3	1	3	2	11	2	2	2	4	C	12	2	2	1	2	3	2	4	3	3	1	5	2	662	61		601
3	Carl Boardley	6	4	Ret	4	4	2	7	6	4	3	C	2	Ret	6	4	3	6	Ret	5	2	1	4	3	1	493	16		477
4	Jamie Orton	1	2	11	2	3	10	3	4	1	1	C					1	1	3	1	1	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	438			438
5	Mark Davies	7	6	7	6	Ret	7	4	3	5	7	C	3	3	5	Ret	4	5	1	Ret	6	4	2	9	Ret	392			392
6	Callum Pointon	8	8	5	7	9	6	6	8	14	8	C	8	6	7	10	5	4	8	2	5	12	6	7	6	412	39		373
7	Tom Hibbert	10	11	4	5	5	4	8	10	6	5	C	Ret	5	4	2	6	2	4	Ret	8	8	5	1	Ret	381	10		371
8	Ben Green	Ret	DNS	10	10	6	3	Ret	9	15	Ret	C	4	4	3	3	Ret	7	6	Ret	10	6	8	10	7	282			282
9	Rob Gaffney	5	7	8	9	7	8	Ret	11	17	9	C					8	9	7	6	7	9	10	6	8	260			260
10	Reece Somerfield	9	5	2	Ret	Ret	9	9	7	8	6	C	5	Ret	Ret	Ret				8	16	7	12	2	5	257			257
11	Rob Wheldon	3	10	6	8	8	5																			104			104
12	Jack Mitchell																			Ret	9	5	3	4	4	102			102
13	Declan Jones							5	5																	40			40
14	Ollie Chadwick																			9	Ret	10				25			25
15	Jack Bartholomew																						9	Ret	9	24			24
16	Jack Stanley																						16	11	Ret	18			18
Amateur
1	Colin White	11	9	9	14	10	12	12	12	7	10	C	6	7	Ret	5	7	8	Ret	7	Ret	11	13	Ret	10	596			596
2	Chris Ingram	15	14	13	15	14	15	12	13	10	13	C	7	8	8	6	10	11	9	10	12	14	14	14	Ret	547	62		485
3	Grahame Tilley	14	13	14	11	13	13	11	Ret	9	11	C	11	9	9	Ret				14	13	Ret	15	15	11	447			447
4	Fraser Robertson	13	NC	Ret	12	11	16	15	14	12	Ret	C	Ret	11	Ret	9	9	10	12	12	11	15	Ret	13	12	414		−5	409
5	David Brooks							13	16	13	14	C	9	10	10	8	Ret	12	10	11	14	13	Ret	12	Ret	339			339
6	Mike Newbold	16	15	Ret	16	15	Ret	14	15	16	15	C	10	NC	Ret	Ret	11	14	13							232			232
7	James Guess	12	12	12	13	12	14																			170			170
8	Chris Car									11	12	C					12	13	11	13	15	Ret				154			154
9	Gary Lancashire							16	17											15	17	16				88			88
10	John Wall	17	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS																			34			34
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			OUL		SNE			KNO				ROC			SIL			BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points

Notes

1. The race was cancelled after the British Touring Car Championship had gone overtime, due to two red flag stoppages in Race 2 and Race 3. The race was postponed until the next event at the Knockhill Racing Circuit.

References

1. "CALLUM POINTON STEPS UP TO MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
2. "BURNS SWITCHES TO DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT FOR GT4 SUPERCUP TITLE BID". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
3. "Official Ginetta GT4 Supercup drivers page". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
4. "BEN GREEN TO GRADUATE INTO MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
5. "CARL BOARDLEY BACK FOR FULL MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP CAMPAIGN". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
6. "ROB GAFFNEY CONFIRMS 2016 MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP SEASON". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
7. "JAMIE ORTON CONFIRMS MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP RETURN". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
8. "REECE SOMERFIELD CONFIRMS MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP COMEBACK". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
9. "TOM HIBBERT TO LAUNCH FULL SEASON GT4 SUPERCUP CAMPAIGN". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
10. "GRAHAME TILLEY JOINS MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
11. "FRASER ROBERTSON BACK FOR 2016 MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
12. "CHRIS INGRAM RETURNS TO MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Ginetta GT4 Supercup Series News