2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup

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.

2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
2016 ToCA Support series:
2016 BTCC
2016 MSA Formula Championship
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship
2016 Renault Clio Cup UK
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

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 10 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
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