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.
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Professional | |||
Xentek Motorsport | 3 | ![]() |
7 |
Total Control Racing | 7 | ![]() |
All |
77 | ![]() |
All | |
Douglas Motorsport | 14 | ![]() |
All |
Rob Boston Racing | 19 | ![]() |
All |
Century Motorsport | 21 | ![]() |
3 |
42 | ![]() |
7–8 | |
89 | ![]() |
8 | |
Super Green Racing | 22 | ![]() |
All |
Carl Boardley Motorsport | 41 | ![]() |
All |
Amigo Motorsport | 46 | ![]() |
1–4, 6–8 |
Fox Motorsport | 48 | ![]() |
8 |
Triple M Motorsport | 71 | ![]() |
1–4, 6–8 |
RAW Motorsport | 96 | ![]() |
1–2 |
Privateer | 12 | ![]() |
1–5, 7–8 |
81 | ![]() |
All | |
Amateur | |||
RAW Motorsport | 4 | ![]() |
1–5, 7–8 |
Rob Boston Racing | 5 | ![]() |
All |
Douglas Motorsport | 6 | ![]() |
All |
72 | ![]() |
1–6 | |
Century Motorsport | 11 | ![]() |
1–2 |
33 | ![]() |
4, 6–7 | |
44 | ![]() |
3, 7 | |
88 | ![]() |
1–2 | |
Brooks Motorsport | 67 | ![]() |
3–8 |
CWS 4x4 Spares | 78 | ![]() |
All |
Race calendar and results
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Amateur winner | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent) |
2 April | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() |
R2 | 3 April | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |||
R3 | ![]() |
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Douglas Motorsport | ![]() | ||||
2 | R4 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) |
16 April | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() |
R5 | 17 April | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |||
R6 | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | ||||
3 | R7 | Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire) |
4 June | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() |
R8 | 5 June | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |||
4 | R9 | Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) |
30 July | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() |
R10 | 31 July | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() | |||
R11 | Race cancelled[N 1] | |||||||
5 | R11 | Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife) |
13 August | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |
R12 | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |||
R13 | 14 August | ![]() |
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Rob Boston Racing | ![]() | |||
R14 | ![]() |
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Douglas Motorsport | ![]() | ||||
6 | R15 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
27 August | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() |
R16 | 28 August | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() | |||
R17 | ![]() |
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Total Control Racing | ![]() | ||||
7 | R18 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
17 September | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() |
R19 | ![]() |
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Triple M Motorsport | ![]() | ||||
R20 | 18 September | ![]() |
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Carl Boardley Motorsport | ![]() | |||
8 | R21 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) |
1 October | ![]() |
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Douglas Motorsport | ![]() |
R22 | 2 October | ![]() |
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Privateer | ![]() | |||
R23 | ![]() |
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Carl Boardley Motorsport | ![]() |
Championship standings
Drivers' championships
Points 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 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 438 | 438 | ||||||
5 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 9 | C | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 260 | 260 | ||||||
10 | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | C | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 257 | 257 | |||||
11 | ![]() |
3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 104 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
Ret | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 102 | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 40 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | ![]() |
9 | Ret | 10 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() |
9 | Ret | 9 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() |
16 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 11 | C | 11 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 11 | 447 | 447 | |||||
4 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | C | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 339 | 339 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() |
16 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | C | 10 | NC | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | 13 | 232 | 232 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 170 | 170 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
11 | 12 | C | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 154 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 88 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() |
17 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 34 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | OUL | SNE | KNO | ROC | SIL | BHGP | Total | Drop | Pen. | Points |
Notes
- ^ 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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