The 2017 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 seventh 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 2017 British Touring Car Championship season.
Teams and drivers
editTeam | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Professional | |||
HHC Motorsport | 7 | Callum Pointon [1] | All |
Total Control Racing | 12 | Reece Somerfield | All |
Century Motorsport | 14 | Declan Jones[2] | 1–4 |
22 | Ben Green[3] | All | |
Rob Boston Racing | 14 | Declan Jones | 5–8 |
16 | Jack Mitchell[4] | 1, 3, 5–8 | |
23 | George Gamble | 6–8 | |
25 | Tom Roche | 2, 4 | |
29 | Jason Baker | 6–8 | |
32 | Charles Ladell [5] | All | |
77 | Seb Perez | 6–8 | |
JHR Developments | 23 | George Gamble[6] | 1–5 |
77 | Seb Perez [7] | 1–5 | |
Xentek Motorsport | 41 | Carl Boardley[8] | All |
Hurricane Motorsport | 62 | Adam Higgins [9] | 1–5, 7–8 |
Privateer | 81 | Tom Hibbert | All |
Amateur | |||
Tecserv UK | 3 | Grahame Tilley [10] | 1–2 |
Xentek Motorsport | 11 | Jac Constable[11] | All |
40 | Alexis Taylor [12] | All | |
66 | Jack Minshaw [13] | All | |
RACE Performance | 21 | Andy Wilmot[14] | 4 |
TAG Racing | 2–3 | ||
15 | Toby Bearne | 6–8 | |
34 | Dan Kirby [15] | All | |
52 | Paul Taylor | 7–8 | |
Total Control Racing | 26 | Ian Robinson | All |
Rob Boston Racing | 29 | Jason Baker | 3 |
Century Motorsport | 44 | Gary Lancashire | 4 |
CWS Racing | 78 | Colin White | All |
Privateer | 5 | Fraser Robertson | 7 |
67 | David Brooks | All |
Race calendar and results
editChampionship standings
editDrivers' championships
editPoints system | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 22 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | OUL | CRO | SNE | ROC | SIL | BHGP | Total | Pen. | Drop | Points | |||||||||||||||
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Professional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Callum Pointon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | DNS | 556 | -6 | 0 | 550 |
2 | Ben Green | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 528 |
3 | George Gamble | 1 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 508 | -12 | 0 | 496 |
4 | Declan Jones | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 440 |
5 | Jack Mitchell | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 442 | -6 | 0 | 436 | ||||||
6 | Tom Hibbert | 7 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 427 |
7 | Charlie Ladell | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 392 |
8 | Carl Boardley | 3 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 352 |
9 | Reece Somerfield | 9 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 285 |
10 | Seb Perez | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 287 | -6 | 0 | 281 |
11 | Adam Higgins | 16 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 212 | -6 | 0 | 206 | |||
12 | Tom Roche | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 172 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Jason Baker | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 117 | -18 | 0 | 99 | ||||||||||||||
Amateur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Jac Constable | 13 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 655 | -6 | 0 | 649 |
2 | Colin White | 11 | 5 | DNS | 10 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 650 | -6 | 0 | 644 |
3 | Jack Minshaw | 12 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 510 | -6 | 0 | 504 |
4 | Ian Robinson | Ret | 14 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 432 |
5 | Alexis Taylor | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 15 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 376 | -18 | 0 | 358 |
6 | Dan Kirby | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 | 19 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 366 | -18 | 0 | 348 |
7 | David Brooks | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 18 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 312 |
8 | Toby Bearne | 13 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 160 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Andy Wilmot | 13 | 18 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 120 | -6 | 0 | 114 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Paul Taylor | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Grahame Tilley | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Jason Baker | 8 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Fraser Robertson | 19 | 15 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Gary Lancashire | 19 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | OUL | CRO | SNE | ROC | SIL | BHGP | Total | Pen. | Drop | Points |
References
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