2008 Ginetta G50 Cup Explained

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 Scholership	66	Frank Wrathall	All
David Dove Racing	70	David Dove	1-3, 5-7
MANN Autoservices Racing	74	Chris Dittman	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 lap
35	30	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

(key)

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

External links

• Official website
• tsl-timing