The 2011 Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup season will be the inaugural Ginetta GT Supercup season, having rebranded from the

Ginetta G50 Cup The Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a one-make racing, Sports car racing series based in the United Kingdom, using identical Ginetta G50 and G55 sports cars. The championship currently supports the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). The cham ...

, which ran between 2008 and

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. The season will begin at

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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 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...

. 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 The Ginetta G50 is a specialist GT4 class-developed racing car, designed by Ginetta Cars. A road version of the car was planned, but did not enter wide-scale production; instead, the smaller Ginetta G40 was launched. Development In late 2007, ...

is still eligible to race along with the introduction of the new

Ginetta G55 The Ginetta G55 is a specialist sports car, which has been built by Ginetta Cars since 2011. It is built to the FIA GT3 regulations, and the cars are raced in a one-make series; the Ginetta GT Supercup. In addition to this, they are also used in ...

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 FIA and TOCA specification and classification for production based race cars. The specification covers nationa ...

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

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 The Ginetta G40 is a sports car which has been built by Ginetta Cars since 2010. It is available in two versions; a road-going version, named the G40R, and the race version, the G40, which is available in two specifications; one of which is the G ...

, G50 and G55 models, however the championship was shelved.

References

External links

Official website
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