Ginetta GT5 Challenge

Ginetta GT5 Challenge

Category	One-make racing series by Ginetta
Country	United Kingdom
Inaugural season	1996
Classes	Ginetta G40 Ginetta G20
Constructors	Ginetta Cars
Engine suppliers	Ford
Tyre suppliers	Michelin
Drivers' champion	Oliver Basey-Fisher
Teams' champion	Academy Motorsport
Official website	ginetta.com

The Ginetta GT5 Challenge, currently known as the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge for sponsorship reasons (It has also been previously known as the Ginetta 20 Challenge) is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom. The series uses the Ginetta G40 and Ginetta G20 race cars and thus has a two class system. The cars utilise sealed Ford Zetec 1.8-litre engine and tubular steel chassis, full integral FIA approved roll cage and fibre- glass shell which ensures safe, controlled racing.

Supporting the British Formula Three Championship and British GT Championship the series offers a low-cost opportunity to race in a single-make racing championship, with exposure to top racing teams and is an avenue into top level racing. Highlights from every round will usually be shown on Motors TV.

Racing car

The championship caters for both the Ginetta G40 and Ginetta G20 race cars, both of which run in the same race.

2012 Championship

The 2012 Total Quartz Ginetta GT5 Challenge rounds take place on the UK’s high profile circuits, which include Brands Hatch Grand Prix, Donington Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Silverstone Circuit and Cadwell Park. All weekends are triple headers, thus providing 21 races throughout the season, with all races counting towards the final championship positions. The winner of the 2012 Total Quartz Ginetta GT5 Challenge will receive the use of a Ginetta G50 for the 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup, whilst second overall in the Championship can look forwards to free entry into the 2013 Ginetta GT5 Challenge with the third placed finisher being awarded half price entry into the 2013 Ginetta GT5 Challenge.

Champions

Ginetta G20 Challenge
Season	Champion
2002	Andy Cork
2003	Gavin Mitchell
2004	Stewart Linn
2005	Matt Nicoll-Jones
2006	Stewart Linn
2007	Matt Nicoll-Jones
2008	Spencer McCarthy
2009	Mark Davies
2010	George Murrells
2011	Stuart Pearson	Ginetta GT5 Challenge
Season	G40 Champion	G20 Champion	Team Champions
2011	Mark Davies	Stuart Pearson	Optimum Motorsport
2012	Sean Huyton	Matthew Flowers	Academy Motorsport
2013	Oliver Basey-Fisher	Stuart Pearson	Academy Motorsport
2014	George Gamble	Stuart Pearson	Total Control Racing

See also

• Ginetta Cars
• Ginetta Junior
• Ginetta GT Supercup

External links

• The Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Championship at Ginetta Cars