The 2011 Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup season will be the inaugural Ginetta GT Supercup season, having rebranded from the
Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
. The season will begin at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...
on 4 April and will finish after 27 races over 10 rounds at
Sliverstone on 16 October, supporting all rounds of the
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...
.
The season sees a new direction for the series with a move towards a
GT style class structure with two cars eligible to race in the championship. The older
Ginetta G50 is still eligible to race along with the introduction of the new
Ginetta G55 with , 70 more than the G50.
The winner of the G55 Championship will win a fully paid drive in a
Next Generation Touring Car
Next Generation Touring Car, also known as NGTC and by its Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) designation TCN-1, is an Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA and TOCA specification and classification for production base ...
in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.
Teams and drivers
Race calendar and results
All races were held in the United Kingdom. The series lasted for 27 races over 10 rounds and supported the
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...
at all rounds.
Championship standings
Ginetta GT Winter Cup
The Ginetta GT Winter Cup was planned as to be the inaugural Ginetta GT Winter Cup. The series was set to feature two 2-hour endurance races, incorporating
Ginetta G40, G50 and G55 models, however the championship was shelved.
References
External links
Official website
{{ToCA Tour 2011
Ginetta GT