The Ginetta GT Championship, currently known as the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom. The series uses the Ginetta G56 race car and has a class system.
Supporting the British GT Championship, the series is one of three championships that Ginetta currently operate, alongside the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Ginetta GT Academy.
Racing car The championship has run Ginetta G40 and Ginetta G20 race cars in its previous iterations. In 2026, both Pro and Am classes run identical Ginetta G56 GTP8s with 6.2 L V8 engines.
Race circuits The racing circuits used in the series include: Brands Hatch, Kent Donington Park, Leicestershire Oulton Park, Cheshire Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Rockingham Speedway, Northamptonshire Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire Pembrey Circuit, Carmarthenshire Knockhill Circuit, Fife
As well as races held across British circuits, Ginetta GT Championship has also visited Zandvoort in the Netherlands.
Championships
G20 Challenge
GT5 Challenge All weekends were triple headers, thus providing 21 races throughout the season, with all races counting towards the final championship positions. The series supported both BTCC and British GT Championship rounds.
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.
GT Championship Re-launched in 2023 as Ginetta GT Championship, the series ran three classes (GTP, GT5 Pro, and GT5 Am) in 2023, and switched to two classes (Pro and Am) from 2024. The series has run alongside British GT Championship rounds since 2023, and in 2026 runs alongside Ginetta's other series' Ginetta Junior Championship and Ginetta GT Academy.
Champions Ginetta G20 ChallengeSeasonChampion 2002 Andy Cork 2003 Gavin Mitchell 2004 Stewart Linn 2005 Matt Nicoll-Jones 2006 Stewart Linn 2007 Matt Nicoll-Jones 2008 Spencer McCarthy 2009 Mark Davies 2010 George MurrellsGinetta GT5 ChallengeSeasonG40 ChampionG20 ChampionTeam Champions 2011 Mark Davies Stuart Pearson Optimum Motorsport 2012 Sean Huyton Matthew Flowers Academy Motorsport 2013 Oliver Basey-Fisher Stuart Pearson Academy Motorsport 2014 George Gamble Stuart Pearson Total Control Racing2015 James Kellett Total Control RacingGT5 Pro ChampionGT5 Am ChampionTeam Champions2016 Ollie Chadwick Xentek Motorsport2017 Lewis Brown 2018 James Kellett Century Motorsport2019 Scott McKenna Dale Albutt Xentek Motorsport2020 Josh Malin Ian Duggan Elite MotorsportGT5 Pro ChampionGT5 Am ChampionG40 Pro ChampionG40 Am ChampionTeam Champions2021 Josh Steed Harry Mangion Marc Warren Rupert Laslett Elite MotorsportGT5 Pro ChampionGT5 Am ChampionTeam Champions2022 Mikey Doble Chris White Elite MotorsportGinetta GT ChampionshipSeasonGTP ChampionGT5 Pro ChampionGT5 Am ChampionTeam Champions2023 Luke Reade Luke Garlick Bal Sidhu Xentek MotorsportPro ChampionPro-Am ChampionAm ChampionTeam Champions2024 Mckenzie Douglass Nick White Fox Motorsport2025 Archie Clark Harry Gamble Luke Shaw Elite Motorsport
See also Ginetta Cars Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Notes
References
External links The Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Championship at Ginetta Cars