2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup

The 2014 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup was a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the fourth Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-seven races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

After a season in single-seaters, competing in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship in 2013, HHC Motorsport driver Charlie Robertson became champion, taking a season-high eight victories – including a weekend sweep at Oulton Park – during the campaign. He took a total of 20 podium finishes from the season's 27 races, and ultimately won the championship by 83 points after dropped scores were implemented. Dropped scores affected the season's runner-up; Douglas Motorsport's Andrew Watson finished second on gross points, but unlike his rivals David Pittard (SV Racing with KX) and Carl Breeze of United Autosports, he had to drop 23 points from his overall tally. Thus, Watson fell to fourth, as Pittard and Breeze finished second and third respectively. Pittard took five wins during the season, including a weekend sweep at Silverstone, Watson also won five races, while Breeze won four races at Croft and Knockhill. Century Motorsport's Tom Oliphant and Luke Davenport, team-mate to Breeze, each won two races, while Pepe Massot won at Donington Park for JHR Developments, before moving into the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. In the teams' championship, United Autosports claimed the championship by over 150 points from HHC Motorsport.

Teams and drivers edit

For 2014, the G50 Cup car was no longer eligible for the championship and was replaced by the GT4 variant, allowing for increased entry numbers by opening it up to more foreign Ginetta owners. Furthermore, the newly homologated G55 model now conformed to GT4 specification. These changes led to the renaming of the championship to the 'GT4 Supercup'. Both cars ran in the same class through a balance of performance regulation introduced for 2014.^[1]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
G55
United Autosports	2	Carl Breeze	All
United Autosports	23	Luke Davenport	All
Tollbar Racing	10	Tom Howard	8–10
Douglas Motorsport	11	Andrew Watson	All
Douglas Motorsport	88	Harry Woodhead	1–3
Academy Motorsport	13	Will Moore	9
	14	Will Burns	All
	46	Dennis Strandberg	8, 10
	52	Sean Huyton	1–2, 4–5
Century Motorsport	15	Tom Oliphant	All
	36	Steve Fresle	10
	43	Aleksander Schjerpen	9
	71	Jamie Orton	1–6
SV Racing SV Racing with KX	18	Declan Jones	10
	27	Rory Bryant	7
	30	David Pittard	All
	66	Josh Cook	9
Algarve Pro Racing Team	24	Michael Munemann	5
Priocept Racing	24	Michael Munemann	3
Priocept Racing	79	Dan Norris-Jones	All
JHR Developments	25	Pepe Massot	1–4
	41	Carl Boardley	1, 8–10
	45	Josh Wakefield	1
Richardson Racing	26	Giles Dawson	8
Sherwood Racing	28	James Owen	1
Fox Motorsport	48	Paul McNeilly	9–10
HHC Motorsport	55	Charlie Robertson	All
HHC Motorsport	71	Jamie Orton	7–10
Tolman Motorsport	56	David Pattison	9
FW Motorsport	91	Fergus Walkinshaw	1–3, 7, 10
Privateer	12	Reece Somerfield	1–7, 9–10
	19	Tom Wrigley	10
	70	Max Coates	5
	73	John Hindhaugh	8
G50
Privateer	20	Fraser Robertson	5, 9–10

Race calendar and results edit

The series was held over 27 races at 10 rounds, supporting the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season at all rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	29 March	Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R2		30 March		Carl Boardley	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R3		30 March		Charlie Robertson	Luke Davenport	United Autosports
2	R4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	19 April	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R5		20 April		Charlie Robertson	Pepe Massot	JHR Developments
	R6		20 April		David Pittard	Tom Oliphant	Century Motorsport
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 May	Charlie Robertson	David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
	R8		3 May		David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
	R9		4 May		Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
4	R10	Oulton Park, Cheshire	7 June	Charlie Robertson	Andrew Watson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
4	R11	Oulton Park, Cheshire	8 June		Carl Breeze	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
5	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	28 June	Charlie Robertson	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R13		29 June		Charlie Robertson	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R14		29 June		Luke Davenport	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
6	R15	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	2 August	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R16		3 August		Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R17		3 August		Andrew Watson	Tom Oliphant	Century Motorsport
7	R18	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	23 August	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R19		24 August		Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	United Autosports
	R20		24 August		David Pittard	Luke Davenport	United Autosports
8	R21	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	7 September	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	7 September		Jamie Orton	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
9	R23	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	28 September	David Pittard	David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
9	R24	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	28 September		David Pittard	David Pittard	SV Racing with KX
10	R25	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	11 October	David Pittard	David Pittard	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R26		11 October		Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R27		12 October		David Pittard	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

A driver's best 25 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL		CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC		SIL		BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points
1	Charlie Robertson	3	1	11	1	2	9	5	5	10	1	1	2	2	6	1	1	9	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	732	22		710
2	David Pittard	7	3	4	7	6	3	1	1	2	3	Ret	6	5	1	4	4	Ret	4	5	6	2	5	1	1	2	2	7	633		6	627
3	Carl Breeze	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	2	2	5	2	6	1	1	2	3	2	4	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	9	8	Ret	615			615
4	Andrew Watson	1	2	3	5	3	10	4	4	1	6	2	9	7	7	9	7	3	6	4	7	4	1	2	2	1	1	6	640	23	9	608
5	Tom Oliphant	6	4	2	8	5	1	3	3	4	Ret	7	3	9	4	2	3	1	Ret	9	9	6	3	5	5	6	4	2	558		12	546
6	Luke Davenport	10	5	1	6	9	2	10	13	9	5	3	4	Ret	5	7	8	6	9	6	1	Ret	8	9	8	8	7	4	451			451
7	Will Burns	Ret	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	7	5	5	4	3	5	5	2	3	3	4	5	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	360		6	354
8	Jamie Orton	2	Ret	Ret	11	10	4	8	9	6	4	8	7	8	DNS	6	6	5	5	Ret	5	Ret	6	6	6	5	Ret	DNS	354			354
9	Dan Norris-Jones	11	11	8	13	13	8	12	11	Ret	Ret	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	Ret	11	10	10	12	12	10	14	14	11	247			247
10	Reece Somerfield	9	9	7	12	12	Ret	13	DNS	11	Ret	9	12	10	Ret	8	9	7	8	10	DSQ			Ret	9	11	11	Ret	207		12	195
11	Pepe Massot	14	14	5	2	1	12	7	7	8	9	11																	176			176
12	Sean Huyton	12	6	Ret	9	7	6				8	4	8	3	Ret														149			149
13	Fergus Walkinshaw	Ret	12	Ret	14	11	7	11	10	7									7	7	DSQ					10	12	10	142		18	124
14	Harry Woodhead	5	Ret	Ret	3	8	11	9	8	3																			122		9	113
15	Carl Boardley	Ret	7	10																		7	9	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	90			90
16	Declan Jones																									4	5	3	68			68
17	Tom Howard																					9	10	10	Ret	12	13	9	63			63
18	Dennis Strandberg																					8	Ret			7	9	5	62			62
19	Michael Munemann							14	12	12			11	12	9														56			56
20	Max Coates												13	6	8														40			40
21	Tom Wrigley																									13	10	8	33			33
22	Josh Cook																							8	7				30			30
23	Paul McNeilly																							14	11	15	15	Ret	29			29
24	James Owen	13	13	9																									28			28
25	Fraser Robertson												Ret	DNS	DNS									Ret	14	16	17	13	24			24
26	Rory Bryant																		Ret	8	8								28		6	22
27	Giles Dawson																					11	11						20			20
28	Josh Wakefield	8	8	Ret																									28		9	19
29	Steve Fresle																									17	16	12	18			18
30	Aleksander Schjerpen																							13	12				17			17
31	David Pattison																							15	13				14			14
32	Will Moore																							11	Ret				10			10
33	John Hindhaugh																					12	Ret						9			9
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL		CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC		SIL		BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points

References edit

^ "MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP TO RUN AS SINGLE-CLASS SERIES". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "MICHELIN GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP TO RUN AS SINGLE-CLASS SERIES". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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