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2008 Ginetta G50 Cup

The 2008 Ginetta G50 Cup was the inaugural Ginetta G50 Cup season. The season began at Oulton Park on 24 March and finished after 20 races over 10 rounds at Donington Park on 12 October, supporting rounds of the British Formula 3 Championship and British GT Championship.

Nigel Moore dominated the first year of the series, winning 14 races and finishing the season over 200 points ahead of runner up Frank Wrathall.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Tockwith Motorsport 1   Nigel Moore 9-10
25 1-8
IDL 2   Paul O'Neill 1-3
7   Alan Bonner 3
10   Tom Sharp All
Xero 3   Phil Keen 2
33   Toby Newton All
34   Chris Clayton 4-6, 8, 10
Rob Austin Racing 4   Rod Carman 1-8, 10
6   Richard Austin 1-5, 9
  Rob Austin 6
  Hunter Abbott 7
  Henry Fletcher 8
7   Rob Austin 4
Team GCR 5   Tom Dunstan All
Privateer 6   Phil Broad 10
Colards 7   Hampus Rydman 10
97 7
28   Michele Tommasi 1-7, 10
29   Clive Richards 1-4, 8-9
50   Richard Dean 6
59   Glenn Denny 5
69   Clive Coote 1-2, 4-5, 7
Privateer 12   Mark Proctor 9-10
Privateer 13   Mike Simpson 9
Speedworks Motorsport 19   Christian Dick All
20   Tony Hughes 2-10
21   Richard Sykes All
Ben Elliot 27   Ben Elliot 1-5
IN2RACING 40   Fiona James 1, 7
Tranzpower 47   Jonathan Cook 1-5, 8-10
Privateer 58   Mike Robinson 8
Dynojet/Will Hoy Scholership 66   Frank Wrathall All
David Dove Racing 70   David Dove 1-3, 5-7
MANN Autoservices Racing 74   Chris Dittman 8, 10
Privateer 75   Joachim Ritter 9-10
W2 Racing 99   Andrew Hepworth 1
Hepworth International   Stephen Hepworth 7

Calendar

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All rounds were held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park, Cheshire 24 March   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R2   Nigel Moore   Clive Richards   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
2 R3 Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 6 April   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R4   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
3 R5 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 13 April   Nigel Moore   Christian Dick   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R6   Nigel Moore   Richard Austin   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
4 R7 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 27 April   Nigel Moore   Ben Elliot   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R8   Nigel Moore   Rob Austin   Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing
5 R9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 8 June   Nigel Moore   Toby Newton   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R10   Frank Wrathall   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
6 R11 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 29 June   Rob Austin   Nigel Moore   Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing
R12   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
7 R13 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 13 July   Hunter Abbott   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R14   Hunter Abbott   Christian Dick   Hunter Abbott Rob Austin Racing
8 R15 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 17 August   Chris Dittman   Nigel Moore   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R16   Tom Dunstan   Frank Wrathall   Christian Dick Speedworks Motorsport
9 R17 Mallory Park, Leicestershire 7 September   Toby Newton   Toby Newton   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
R18   Toby Newton   Frank Wrathall   Frank Wrathall Dynojet
10 R19 Donington Park, Leicestershire 12 October   Nigel Moore   Tom Dunstan   Toby Newton Xero
R20   Nigel Moore   Christian Dick   Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport

Championship standings

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

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Pos Driver OUL CAD KNO CRO SNE THR BHGP SIL MAL DON Pts
1   Nigel Moore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 DNS 1 2 1 Ret 2 1 626
2   Frank Wrathall 6 6 Ret 6 2 2 3 13 4 4 4 13 4 2 5 3 4 1 4 2 424
3   Christian Dick 10 2 Ret 5 6 8 Ret Ret 2 2 3 Ret 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 Ret 367
4   Toby Newton 9 4 8 13 DNS DNS 9 7 3 3 5 7 3 5 9 4 2 2 1 Ret 351
5   Tom Dunstan 5 9 5 8 DNS DNS 11 5 5 10 6 3 2 4 4 Ret 5 6 8 3 325
6   Tom Sharp 4 7 7 15 5 6 5 Ret 7 5 Ret 6 8 7 2 7 6 8 7 4 318
7   Clive Richards 8 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 Ret 5 7 5 231
8   Richard Sykes 14 11 13 12 DNS DNS 13 10 13 11 10 9 11 11 11 9 11 9 11 7 184
9   Rod Carman 3 8 12 11 DNS 9 7 6 DSQ DNS 7 8 7 9 Ret DNS Ret 12 172
10   Jonathan Cook 13 17 6 7 8 5 8 Ret DSQ DNS 10 10 9 10 15 6 163
11   Michele Tommasi 16 13 10 14 DNS DNS Ret 12 9 7 8 5 6 6 Ret 5 158
12   Ben Elliot 2 Ret Ret DNS 4 4 4 2 8 Ret 141
13   Tony Hughes 14 17 10 12 14 14 14 12 11 12 13 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 141
14   Rob Austin 2 1 1 2 132
15   Richard Austin 7 10 11 10 7 10 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 129
16   David Dove 12 14 DNS 16 9 11 11 13 12 11 12 Ret 13 11 107
17   Chris Clayton 12 11 12 8 Ret 10 7 8 5 Ret 103
18   Paul O'Neill Ret 3 3 4 11 7 100
19   Clive Coote 11 12 9 9 Ret 9 10 Ret 10 10 88
20   Phil Keen 2 2 60
21   Hunter Abbott Ret 1 37
22   Glenn Denny 6 6 36
23   Mike Simpson 8 4 36
24   Henry Fletcher 6 6 36
25   Hampus Rydman 9 8 6 8 32
26   Mark Proctor 10 Ret 12 11 30
27   Fiona James 15 15 14 13 27
28   Phil Broad 10 9 23
29   Joachim Ritter Ret DNS 14 10 18
30   Chris Dittman Ret Ret 9 Ret 13
31   Stephen Hepworth 15 Ret 6
32   Andrew Hepworth Ret 16 5
-   Alan Bonner Ret DSQ 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
-   Richard Dean 9 4 0
-   Mike Robinson 8 DNS 0
Pos Driver OUL CAD KNO CRO SNE THR BHGP SIL MAL DON Pts

References

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