2019 Ginetta GT4 Supercup

The 2019 Millers Oils 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 ninth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concludes on 30 September at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-two races held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Professional
Elite Motorsport	12	Reece Somerfield	5-8
	19	Harry King^[2]	All
	27	Tom Emson	7-8
Privateers	12	Reece Somerfield	1–4
Privateers	76	Carlito Miracco	2–8
Rob Boston Racing	14	Will Burns^[3]	All
	42	Simon Rudd	1, 3–4, 7-8
	44	Finley Green	7-8
	66	Rob Boston	6
Team HARD^[4]	21	Sam Randon	6, 8
	37	Michael Epps^[5]	1–5
	47	Tom Barley	1, 3–4, 7
	79	Kristian Prosser	7-8
Total Control Racing	44	Finley Green ^[6]	1–6
Declan Jones Racing	69	Declan Jones	4
Triple M Motorsport	81	Tom Hibbert	All
AK Motorsport	90	Alan Henderson	7
	90	James Blake-Baldwin	8
	99	Carl Shield ^[7]	1–2
Amateur
AK Motorsport	4	Carl Garnett ^[8]	2–5, 7-8
HHC Motorsport	5	Chris Ingram	2, 4, 8
Rob Boston Racing	6	Dan Kirby	1–3, 6
Rob Boston Racing	33	James Kell ^[9]	All
Assetto Motorsport	7	Mike West	7
Team HARD^[10]	11	Darron Lewis	1–4, 6, 8
Team HARD^[10]	15	Paul Taylor	1–2
Elite Motorsports	18	Jamie Hopkins	5, 7
Privateers	22	Adam Lucas	7-8
Declan Jones Racing^[11]	24	Lucky Khera	1–4
Declan Jones Racing^[11]	98	Lee Frost	1–4
ES Motorsports	46	Jason McInulty	5
Century Motorsport	50	Nathan Heathcote ^[12]	All
	58	Peter Bassill	1–4, 7-8
	68	Jack Oliphant ^[13]	All
CWS Racing	78	Colin White	All

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Am Driver
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6 April	Harry King	Darron Lewis	Reece Somerfield	Privateer	Darron Lewis
		6 April		Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote
		7 April		Will Burns	Will Burns	Rob Boston Racing	Nathan Heathcote
2	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	27 April	Will Burns	Will Burns	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Dan Kirby
		27 April		Will Burns	Will Burns	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
		28 April		Harry King	Tom Hibbert	Triple M Motorsport	Darron Lewis
3	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	15 June	Tom Hibbert	Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote
		16 June		Harry King	Tom Hibbert	Triple M Motorsport	Colin White
		16 June		Tom Hibbert	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Colin White
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	29 June	Tom Hibbert	Will Burns	Tom Hibbert	Triple M Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	30 June		Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Colin White
5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	17 August	Harry King	Will Burns	Will Burns	Rob Boston Racing	Nathan Heathcote
		18 August		Tom Hibbert	Will Burns	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
		18 August		Carlito Miracco	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote
6	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	14 September	Harry King	Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Colin White
		15 September		Harry King	Will Burns	Rob Boston Racing	Colin White
		15 September		Rob Boston	Rob Boston	Rob Boston Racing	James Kell
7	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	Harry King	Tom Hibbert	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Jack Oliphant
		28 September		Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote
		29 September		Will Burns	Tom Hibbert	Triple M Motorsport	Jack Oliphant
8	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	12 October	Will Burns	Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	James Kell
		13 October		Harry King	Harry King	Elite Motorsport	Darron Lewis
		13 October		Will Burns	Tom Hibbert	Triple M Motorsport	Nathan Heathcote

Championship standings

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 22 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Drivers' championships

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			CRO			OUL		THR			KNO			SIL			BHGP			Points
Professional
1	Harry King	7	1	2	1	Ret	4	1	4	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	9	4	1	1	2	1	1	3	627
2	Will Burns	Ret	5	1	3	1	6	4	2	14	3	2	1	1	3	2	1	3	17	2	3	2	2	2	614
3	Tom Hibbert	8	4	Ret	9	3	1	2	1	5	1	Ret	2	2	5	3	3	5	7	3	1	4	3	1	560
4	Reece Somerfield	1	2	3	2	12	2	8	Ret	Ret	6	3	3	6	9	7	Ret	DNS	4	4	4	5	Ret	5	422
5	Carlito Miracco				Ret	8	10	3	5	4	Ret	5	4	5	2	5	4	2	3	6	8	3	17	Ret	369
6	Simon Rudd	12	10	9				17	6	3	7	7							2	8	7	6	4	4	266
7	Michael Epps	9	3	4	Ret	2	3	9	3	2	5	Ret	5	Ret	4										262
8	Finley Green	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	9	DNS	6	3	Ret	6	5	6	6	7	6	8	6	Ret	235
9	Tom Barley	14	Ret	Ret				14	14	Ret	16	10							11	15	14				108
10	Rob Boston															4	2	1							88
11	Carl Shield	Ret	6	13	4	Ret	7																		74
12	Sam Randon															10	7	9				9	8	Ret	70
13	Alan Henderson																		5	5	5				60
14	Tom Emson																		9	9	Ret	Ret	11	7	56
15	James Blake-Baldwin																					7	5	9	52
16	Kristian Prosser																		8	14	13	11	Ret	Ret	48
17	Declan Jones										4	4													44
18	Alex Sedgewick																		DNS	DNS	DNS				0
Amateur
1	Nathan Heathcote	15	8	6	7	11	Ret	5	8	8	8	9	7	8	6	12	11	Ret	12	10	11	Ret	13	6	564
2	Colin White	13	Ret	7	Ret	4	Ret	7	7	6	10	6	8	4	7	8	6	9	13	11	10	Ret	12	11	557
3	James Kell	3	15	12	13	9	8	10	10	Ret	14	11	9	7	8	9	Ret	7	Ret	16	Ret	10	9	10	477
4	Jack Oliphant	16	11	Ret	10	6	9	15	Ret	12	13	12	10	9	11	11	8	8	10	13	9	Ret	18	13	453
5	Carl Garnett	Ret	16	11	8	13	12	12	12	7	12	15	13	10	13				15	12	11	14	10	12	387
6	Darron Lewis	2	18	8	Ret	5	5	6	Ret	11	11	8				Ret	10	Ret				Ret	7	8	330
7	Peter Bassill	10	17	16	Ret	15	14	16	16	15	18	17							18	18	18	15	15	15	226
8	Lucky Khera	6	12	10	11	14	11	13	13	9	19	14													199
9	Dan Kirby	11	9	Ret	5	7	Ret	11	11	10						Ret	Ret	11							188
10	Lee Frost	4	14	15	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	15	13	15	13													140
11	Chris Ingram				12	10	Ret				17	16										12	16	14	120
12	Paul Taylor	5	13	14	6	Ret	Ret																		88
13	Jamie Hopkins												12	Ret	12				16	17	17				88
14	Adam Lucas																		14	Ret	16	13	14	DNS	84
15	Mike West																		19	19	15				48
16	Jason McInulty												11	Ret	10										42
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			CRO			OUL		THR			KNO			SIL			BHGP			Points

References

^ "Ginetta Race Calendar". ginetta.com. Ginetta. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "KING RETURNS FOR GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP TITLE CHALLENGE". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "2016 VICE-CHAMPION BURNS RETURNS TO GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ "BARLEY LEADS TEAM HARD TRIO INTO 2019 GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "EPPS REUNITES WITH TEAM HARD FOR GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP DEBUT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ "GREEN GRADUATES TO GT4 SUPERCUP WITH TCR". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ "SHIELD RETURNS FOR SECOND GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP CAMPAIGN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^ "GARNETT TO MAKE GINETTA SUPERCUP DEBUT WITH AK MOTORSPORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "KELL JOINS REIGNING CHAMPIONS ROB BOSTON RACING FOR SUPERCUP BOW". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "BARLEY LEADS TEAM HARD TRIO INTO 2019 GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "DECLAN JONES LAUNCHES NEW TEAM FOR 2019 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "RALLYCROSS CHAMPION HEATHCOTE ENTERS GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "OLIPHANT NAME RETURNS TO GT4 SUPERCUP GRID WITH CENTURY MOTORSPORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

External links

[1] "Ginetta Race Calendar". ginetta.com. Ginetta. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[2] "KING RETURNS FOR GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP TITLE CHALLENGE". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[3] "2016 VICE-CHAMPION BURNS RETURNS TO GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[4] "BARLEY LEADS TEAM HARD TRIO INTO 2019 GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[5] "EPPS REUNITES WITH TEAM HARD FOR GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP DEBUT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[6] "GREEN GRADUATES TO GT4 SUPERCUP WITH TCR". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[7] "SHIELD RETURNS FOR SECOND GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP CAMPAIGN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[8] "GARNETT TO MAKE GINETTA SUPERCUP DEBUT WITH AK MOTORSPORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[9] "KELL JOINS REIGNING CHAMPIONS ROB BOSTON RACING FOR SUPERCUP BOW". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[10] "BARLEY LEADS TEAM HARD TRIO INTO 2019 GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[11] "DECLAN JONES LAUNCHES NEW TEAM FOR 2019 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[12] "RALLYCROSS CHAMPION HEATHCOTE ENTERS GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[13] "OLIPHANT NAME RETURNS TO GT4 SUPERCUP GRID WITH CENTURY MOTORSPORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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v t e Ginetta racing championships in the United Kingdom
Ginetta G50 Cup	2008 2009 2010
Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Ginetta G40 Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ginetta GT Academy	2021 2022 2023 2024
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See also: Ginetta GT5 Challenge