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 season will begin at Brands Hatch 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 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 370 bhp (280 kW), 70 more than the G50.
The winner of the G55 Championship will win a fully paid drive in a Next Generation Touring Car in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship. [1]
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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G55 | |||
Total Control Racing | 3 | ![]() | All |
9 | ![]() | 5 | |
20 | ![]() | 7 | |
29 | ![]() | 10 | |
30 | ![]() | 9 | |
75 | ![]() | 1–4 | |
Century Motorsport | 4 | ![]() | 1 |
32 | ![]() | 2, 4, 8, 10 | |
69 | ![]() | 1, 3 | |
73 | ![]() | All | |
84 | ![]() | 6, 9 | |
91 | ![]() | 9–10 | |
Privateer | 6 | ||
FML | 7–8 | ||
JHR Developments | 6 | ![]() | 4–5 |
14 | ![]() | 6–7 | |
60 | ![]() | 10 | |
Plans Motorsport | 8 | ![]() | 1–6, 10 |
IDL | 10 | ![]() | All |
Ciceley Racing | 33 | ![]() | All |
Brookland Speed Racing | 44 | ![]() | 1–2 |
Optimum Motorsport/Poor Boys | 71 | ![]() | 1–6, 8, 10 |
CWS Racing | 78 | ![]() | All |
G50 | |||
Richardson Racing | 2 | ![]() | 1–3, 6, 8–10 |
5 | ![]() | 1–3, 5–6, 8–10 | |
Century Motorsport | 72 | ![]() | 10 |
JHR Developments | 14 | ![]() | 4–5, 8 |
40 | ![]() | 7 | |
81 | ![]() | 10 | |
CWS Racing | 7 | ![]() | 1 |
Beacon Racing | 11 | ![]() | 1–2, 4, 6–7 |
46 | ![]() | 10 | |
55 | ![]() | 6–8 | |
56 | ![]() | 9 | |
Kelvin Jones Motorsport | 22 | ![]() | 1 |
Team Pyro | 27 | ![]() | All |
FML | 31 | ![]() | All |
Meridian Motorsport | 46 | ![]() | 1–3, 9 |
Redbrick Racing | 54 | ![]() | 9–10 |
Optimum Motorsport/Poor Boys | 77 | ![]() | 10 |
94 | ![]() | 1–5 | |
Tollbar Racing | 6–10 | ||
Plans Motorsport | 80 | ![]() | 1–9 |
All races were held in the United Kingdom. The series lasted for 27 races over 10 rounds and supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.
Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | THR | OUL | CRO | SNE | KNO | ROC | BHGP | SIL | Pen | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
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G55 Supercup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 694 | |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | NC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 689 | |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 9 | 683 |
4 | ![]() | 17 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 638 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 443 | |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 411 | |||||||
7 | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 6 | 202 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 14 | DNS | 124 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 8 | DNS | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | DSQ | 21 | 75 | ||||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | Ret | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 3 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 5 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 14 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | ![]() | Ret | 1 | Ret | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | ![]() | 17 | 7 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | ![]() | 14 | Ret | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
G50 Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 664 | |||
2 | ![]() | Ret | 13 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 6 | 605 |
3 | ![]() | 9 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 18 | Ret | 590 | |
4 | ![]() | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | DSQ | 6 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 585 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 7 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 452 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 266 | ||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 12 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 12 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 262 | |||||||||
8 | ![]() | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 11 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 196 | |||||||||||||
9 | ![]() | 10 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() | 15 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 15 | Ret | 11 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | 13 | DSQ | 12 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 16 | 17 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | Ret | 13 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | ![]() | Ret | 14 | Ret | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | ![]() | 16 | Ret | DNS | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | THR | OUL | CRO | SNE | KNO | ROC | BHGP | SIL | Pen | Pts |
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