The 2017 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Ginetta G55s that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the seventh Ginetta GT4 Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season commenced on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concludes on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty-two races held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Professional
HHC Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Callum Pointon [1] All
Total Control Racing 12 United Kingdom Reece Somerfield All
Century Motorsport 14 United Kingdom Declan Jones[2] 1–4
22 United Kingdom Ben Green [3] All
Rob Boston Racing 14 United Kingdom Declan Jones 5–8
16 United Kingdom Jack Mitchell[4] 1, 3, 5–8
23 United Kingdom George Gamble 6–8
25 United Kingdom Tom Roche 2, 4
29 United Kingdom Jason Baker 6–8
32 United Kingdom Charles Ladell [5] All
77 United Kingdom Seb Perez 6–8
JHR Developments 23 United Kingdom George Gamble[6] 1–5
77 United Kingdom Seb Perez [7] 1–5
Xentek Motorsport 41 United Kingdom Carl Boardley[8] All
Hurricane Motorsport 62 United Kingdom Adam Higgins [9] 1–5, 7–8
Privateer 81 United Kingdom Tom Hibbert All
Amateur
Tecserv UK 3 United Kingdom Grahame Tilley [10] 1–2
Xentek Motorsport 11 United Kingdom Jac Constable[11] All
40 United Kingdom Alexis Taylor [12] All
66 United Kingdom Jack Minshaw [13] All
RACE Performance 21 United Kingdom Andy Wilmot[14] 4
TAG Racing 2–3
15 United Kingdom Toby Bearne 6–8
34 United Kingdom Dan Kirby [15] All
52 United Kingdom Paul Taylor 7–8
Total Control Racing 26 United Kingdom Ian Robinson All
Rob Boston Racing 29 United Kingdom Jason Baker 3
Century Motorsport 44 United Kingdom Gary Lancashire 4
CWS Racing 78 United Kingdom Colin White All
Privateer 5 United Kingdom Fraser Robertson 7
67 United Kingdom David Brooks All

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Amateur winner
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
1 April United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom George Gamble JHR Developments United Kingdom Colin White
R2 2 April United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Jack Mitchell Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Colin White
R3 United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom George Gamble JHR Developments United Kingdom Jac Constable
2 R4 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)
15 April United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Tom Roche United Kingdom Callum Pointon HHC Motorsport United Kingdom Colin White
R5 16 April United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Tom Roche Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Colin White
R6 United Kingdom Callum Pointon United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
3 R7 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
20 May United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Carl Boardley United Kingdom Tom Hibbert Privateer United Kingdom Colin White
R8 21 May United Kingdom Callum Pointon United Kingdom Tom Hibbert Privateer United Kingdom Jac Constable
4 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)
10 June United Kingdom Carl Boardley United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
R10 11 June United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
R11 United Kingdom Tom Roche United Kingdom Tom Roche Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Jac Constable
5 R12 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
29 July United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Callum Pointon United Kingdom Callum Pointon HHC Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
R13 30 July United Kingdom Ben Green United Kingdom Declan Jones Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Jac Constable
R14 United Kingdom Tom Hibbert United Kingdom Carl Boardley Xentek Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
6 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)
26 August United Kingdom Declan Jones United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jack Minshaw
R16 27 August United Kingdom Callum Pointon United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
R17 United Kingdom George Gamble United Kingdom Declan Jones Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Jac Constable
7 R18 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
16 September United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Jac Constable
R19 17 September United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Jack Mitchell Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Colin White
R20 United Kingdom Declan Jones United Kingdom George Gamble Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Jac Constable
8 R21 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
30 September United Kingdom Ben Green United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Ben Green Century Motorsport United Kingdom Colin White
R22 1 October United Kingdom Jack Mitchell United Kingdom Jack Mitchell Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Colin White
R23 United Kingdom Carl Boardley United Kingdom George Gamble Rob Boston Racing United Kingdom Colin White

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th  R1 PP FL
35 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Notes
  • A driver's best 22 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Total Pen. Drop Points
Professional
1 United Kingdom Callum Pointon 5 2 2 1 11 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 5 3 6 7 6 8 DNS 556 -6 0 550
2 United Kingdom Ben Green 2 Ret Ret 8 2 1 Ret 4 1 1 15 3 3 5 1 1 11 1 5 8 1 3 2 528 0 0 528
3 United Kingdom George Gamble 1 10 1 Ret 7 9 5 5 2 2 3 Ret 7 8 2 6 4 6 2 1 4 4 1 508 -12 0 496
4 United Kingdom Declan Jones 8 Ret 4 4 3 3 Ret 7 16 7 6 5 1 7 Ret 4 1 4 13 4 2 2 4 440 0 0 440
5 United Kingdom Jack Mitchell 4 1 7 2 3 2 4 4 5 3 2 9 1 5 3 1 3 442 -6 0 436
6 United Kingdom Tom Hibbert 7 4 Ret 6 4 6 1 1 4 Ret 4 7 6 3 Ret 7 6 5 3 3 7 7 6 427 0 0 427
7 United Kingdom Charlie Ladell 10 7 3 3 6 18 Ret 19 7 5 5 8 8 6 4 9 7 7 4 2 8 6 5 392 0 0 392
8 United Kingdom Carl Boardley 3 3 Ret 5 13 5 4 Ret 9 Ret DNS 6 5 1 Ret 5 3 2 Ret 13 5 5 8 352 0 0 352
9 United Kingdom Reece Somerfield 9 6 6 Ret 5 7 Ret 6 6 8 Ret 4 9 9 6 10 Ret 10 8 6 11 Ret 7 285 0 0 285
10 United Kingdom Seb Perez 6 8 5 9 10 11 9 11 8 11 7 10 10 Ret 14 11 9 12 16 12 12 13 9 287 -6 0 281
11 United Kingdom Adam Higgins 16 15 Ret 7 12 8 6 13 10 14 11 9 16 Ret 14 14 17 14 9 11 212 -6 0 206
12 United Kingdom Tom Roche 2 1 4 3 4 1 172 0 0 172
13 United Kingdom Jason Baker 8 8 8 8 12 9 10 14 10 117 -18 0 99
Amateur
1 United Kingdom Jac Constable 13 Ret 8 13 9 10 11 8 11 6 8 11 11 10 10 12 10 11 Ret 10 13 11 Ret 655 -6 0 649
2 United Kingdom Colin White 11 5 DNS 10 8 13 7 9 13 10 10 12 12 12 9 Ret 16 13 7 11 9 10 12 650 -6 0 644
3 United Kingdom Jack Minshaw 12 9 10 Ret Ret 16 10 12 14 9 12 14 13 14 7 14 13 17 10 14 Ret 12 13 510 -6 0 504
4 United Kingdom Ian Robinson Ret 14 11 14 17 12 14 18 15 12 9 Ret Ret 13 11 15 12 15 11 15 17 18 15 432 0 0 432
5 United Kingdom Alexis Taylor 17 12 12 11 16 17 15 17 18 Ret DNS 15 15 Ret Ret 13 14 21 9 19 16 16 19 376 -18 0 358
6 United Kingdom Dan Kirby 15 13 9 12 14 Ret 12 14 12 13 13 13 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 22 19 21 Ret Ret 17 366 -18 0 348
7 United Kingdom David Brooks 18 11 14 15 15 14 13 16 Ret 15 16 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 15 16 20 Ret 19 Ret 18 312 0 0 312
8 United Kingdom Toby Bearne 13 16 Ret 20 18 18 15 15 14 160 0 0 160
9 United Kingdom Andy Wilmot 13 18 Ret 16 15 17 16 14 120 -6 0 114
10 United Kingdom Paul Taylor 18 17 16 18 17 16 112 0 0 112
11 United Kingdom Grahame Tilley 14 Ret 13 Ret Ret 15 61 0 0 61
12 United Kingdom Jason Baker 8 10 57 0 0 57
13 United Kingdom Fraser Robertson 19 15 20 50 0 0 50
14 United Kingdom Gary Lancashire 19 17 17 42 0 0 42
Pos Driver BHI DON OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Total Pen. Drop Points

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