The 2008 Ginetta G50 Cup was the inaugural Ginetta G50 Cup season. The season began at Oulton Park on 24 March and finished after 20 races over 10 rounds at Donington Park on 12 October, supporting rounds of the British Formula 3 Championship and British GT Championship.
Nigel Moore dominated the first year of the series, winning 14 races and finishing the season over 200 points ahead of runner up Frank Wrathall.
Teams and drivers Team No. Drivers Rounds Tockwith Motorsport 1 Nigel Moore 9-10 25 1-8 IDL 2 Paul O'Neill 1-3 7 Alan Bonner 3 10 Tom Sharp All Xero 3 Phil Keen 2 33 Toby Newton All 34 Chris Clayton 4-6, 8, 10 Rob Austin Racing 4 Rod Carman 1-8, 10 6 Richard Austin 1-5, 9 Rob Austin 6 Hunter Abbott 7 Henry Fletcher 8 7 Rob Austin 4 Team GCR 5 Tom Dunstan All Privateer 6 Phil Broad 10 Colards 7 Hampus Rydman 10 97 7 28 Michele Tommasi 1-7, 10 29 Clive Richards 1-4, 8-9 50 Richard Dean 6 59 Glenn Denny 5 69 Clive Coote 1-2, 4-5, 7 Privateer 12 Mark Proctor 9-10 Privateer 13 Mike Simpson 9 Speedworks Motorsport 19 Christian Dick All 20 Tony Hughes 2-10 21 Richard Sykes All Ben Elliot 27 Ben Elliot 1-5 IN2RACING 40 Fiona James 1, 7 Tranzpower 47 Jonathan Cook 1-5, 8-10 Privateer 58 Mike Robinson 8 Dynojet/Will Hoy Scholarship 66 Frank Wrathall All David Dove Racing 70 David Dove 1-3, 5-7 MANN Autoservices Racing 74 Chris Dittmann 8, 10 Privateer 75 Joachim Ritter 9-10 W2 Racing 99 Andrew Hepworth 1 Hepworth International Stephen Hepworth 7
Calendar All rounds were held in the United Kingdom. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Oulton Park, Cheshire 24 March Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R2 Nigel Moore Clive Richards Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport 2 R3 Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 6 April Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R4 Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport 3 R5 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 13 April Nigel Moore Christian Dick Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R6 Nigel Moore Richard Austin Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport 4 R7 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 27 April Nigel Moore Ben Elliot Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R8 Nigel Moore Rob Austin Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing 5 R9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 8 June Nigel Moore Toby Newton Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R10 Frank Wrathall Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport 6 R11 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 29 June Rob Austin Nigel Moore Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing R12 Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport 7 R13 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 13 July Hunter Abbott Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R14 Hunter Abbott Christian Dick Hunter Abbott Rob Austin Racing 8 R15 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 17 August Chris Dittman Nigel Moore Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R16 Tom Dunstan Frank Wrathall Christian Dick Speedworks Motorsport 9 R17 Mallory Park, Leicestershire 7 September Toby Newton Toby Newton Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport R18 Toby Newton Frank Wrathall Frank Wrathall Dynojet 10 R19 Donington Park, Leicestershire 12 October Nigel Moore Tom Dunstan Toby Newton Xero R20 Nigel Moore Christian Dick Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsport
Championship standings Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Pole position Fastest lap353026222018161412111098765432111
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Pos Driver OUL CAD KNO CRO SNE THR BHGP SIL MAL DON Pts 1 Nigel Moore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 DNS 1 2 1 Ret 2 1 626 2 Frank Wrathall 6 6 Ret 6 2 2 3 13 4 4 4 13 4 2 5 3 4 1 4 2 424 3 Christian Dick 10 2 Ret 5 6 8 Ret Ret 2 2 3 Ret 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 Ret 367 4 Toby Newton 9 4 8 13 DNS DNS 9 7 3 3 5 7 3 5 9 4 2 2 1 Ret 351 5 Tom Dunstan 5 9 5 8 DNS DNS 11 5 5 10 6 3 2 4 4 Ret 5 6 8 3 325 6 Tom Sharp 4 7 7 15 5 6 5 Ret 7 5 Ret 6 8 7 2 7 6 8 7 4 318 7 Clive Richards 8 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 Ret 5 7 5 231 8 Richard Sykes 14 11 13 12 DNS DNS 13 10 13 11 10 9 11 11 11 9 11 9 11 7 184 9 Rod Carman 3 8 12 11 DNS 9 7 6 DSQ DNS 7 8 7 9 Ret DNS Ret 12 172 10 Jonathan Cook 13 17 6 7 8 5 8 Ret DSQ DNS 10 10 9 10 15 6 163 11 Michele Tommasi 16 13 10 14 DNS DNS Ret 12 9 7 8 5 6 6 Ret 5 158 12 Ben Elliot 2 Ret Ret DNS 4 4 4 2 8 Ret 141 13 Tony Hughes 14 17 10 12 14 14 14 12 11 12 13 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 141 14 Rob Austin 2 1 1 2 132 15 Richard Austin 7 10 11 10 7 10 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 129 16 David Dove 12 14 DNS 16 9 11 11 13 12 11 12 Ret 13 11 107 17 Chris Clayton 12 11 12 8 Ret 10 7 8 5 Ret 103 18 Paul O'Neill Ret 3 3 4 11 7 100 19 Clive Coote 11 12 9 9 Ret 9 10 Ret 10 10 88 20 Phil Keen 2 2 60 21 Hunter Abbott Ret 1 37 22 Glenn Denny 6 6 36 23 Mike Simpson 8 4 36 24 Henry Fletcher 6 6 36 25 Hampus Rydman 9 8 6 8 32 26 Mark Proctor 10 Ret 12 11 30 27 Fiona James 15 15 14 13 27 28 Phil Broad 10 9 23 29 Joachim Ritter Ret DNS 14 10 18 30 Chris Dittman Ret Ret 9 Ret 13 31 15 Ret 6 32 Andrew Hepworth Ret 16 5 - Alan Bonner Ret DSQ 0 guest drivers ineligible for points - Richard Dean 9 4 0 - Mike Robinson 8 DNS 0 Pos Driver OUL CAD KNO CRO SNE THR BHGP SIL MAL DON Pts
References
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