Ginetta GT5 Challenge

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{{Infobox motorsport championship

| name = Ginetta GT5 Challenge

| logo = Ginetta GT5 Challenge Logo.jpg

| image-size = 200px

| caption =

| category = One-make racing series by Ginetta

| country/region = {{flagicon|GBR}} United Kingdom

| inaugural = 1996

| folded =

| classes = Ginetta G40
Ginetta G20

| drivers =

| teams =

| constructors = {{flagicon|GBR}}Ginetta Cars

| engines = Ford

| tyres = Michelin

| champion driver = {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Basey-Fisher

| champion team = {{flagicon|GBR}} Academy Motorsport

| manufacturer =

| website = {{URL|http://ginetta.com/}}

| current_season =

| race_director =

}}

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 use a sealed Ford Zetec 1.8-litre engine and tubular steel chassis, full integral FIA approved roll cage and fibreglass 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.

Championships

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=2012 Championship=

The 2012 Total Quartz Ginetta GT5 Challenge rounds took place on the UK’s high-profile circuits, which include Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Silverstone Circuit and Cadwell Park. All weekends were 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 received the use of a Ginetta G50 for the 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup, whilst second overall in the Championship gained free entry into the 2013 Ginetta GT5 Challenge, with the third-placed finisher being awarded half-price entry..

Champions

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!colspan=2|Ginetta G20 Challenge

Season

!Champion

2002

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Cork

2003

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gavin Mitchell

2004

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stewart Linn

2005

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Matt Nicoll-Jones

2006

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stewart Linn

2007

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Matt Nicoll-Jones

2008

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Spencer McCarthy

2009

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Davies

2010

| {{flagicon|GBR}} George Murrells

2011

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Pearson

! colspan="3" |Ginetta GT5 Challenge

Season

!G40 Champion

!G20 Champion

!Team Champions

2011

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Davies

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Pearson

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Optimum Motorsport

2012

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sean Huyton

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Matthew Flowers

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Academy Motorsport

2013

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Basey-Fisher

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Pearson

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Academy Motorsport

2014

| {{flagicon|GBR}} George Gamble

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Pearson

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Total Control Racing

2015

|{{flagicon|GBR}} James Kellett

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2016

||{{flagicon|GBR}} Ollie Chadwick

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2017

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Brown

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2018

|{{flagicon|GBR}} James Kellett

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2019

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Scott McKenna

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2020

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Josh Malin

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2021

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Josh Steed

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2022

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Mikey Doble

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See also

References

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