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| 06-08.07.2012 | Formula 1 British Grand Prix | Silverstone (Arena GP) |
| 01-03.06.2012 | British Drift Championship | Norfolk Arena |
| 23-24.06.2012 | MG Live 2012 | Silverstone |
| 25-26.08.2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Silverstone |
The 2012 Season Starts Here
The last week has seen a flurry of activity as championships big and small held their annual media days and opening tests, with some already even getting down to racing proper. The British Touring Car Championship heads strongly into a new all-turbo generation and this year boasts 10 models from nine different marques on its 24-car grid, including the technicolour liveried return of the MG name.
The BTCC season opener hits Brands Hatch on 1st April, followed a week later by the first rounds of the British GT Championship and the British F3 International Series at Oulton Park. While some single-seater formulae have struggled in recent times - Formula Renault postponing its UK series due to poor entries - British F3 continues to attract young talent. With recent champions including the Scuderia Toro Rosso pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, its status as a stepping-stone to Formula 1 is hard to dispute.
Read more...Sharp Shooter in the Ginetta Supercup
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- Category: GTs/Sportscars
- Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Sharp sure hit the ground running at Brands Hatch with three wins in the three races of the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup, and this is a history-making debut for the new Ginetta G55. The flagship Ginetta championship may be a little different this season, with two classes of car (for the G55 and G50) and a reverse top-four grid for race two, but Sharp made the transition from G50 to the 3.7-litre G55 with ease. There was just no stopping him in Kent and he will be in confident mood heading to Donington Park this weekend.
His championship lead is 35 points, a race win effectively, and that margin really puts pressure on his rivals. Carl Breeze (TCR) is one of them who left Brands Hatch frustrated by an engine drama in qualifying that left him with work to do in the races, although he did battle back to take second in the final race. As runner-up in 2010, Breeze started the season as the favourite to bag the crown but his opening weekend certainly wasn’t the ideal one.
An impressive newcomer at Brands Hatch was reigning Ginetta Challenge champion George Murrells who has made the big step up from the G20 1800cc model to the 3.7-litre G55 with Optimum Motorsport. Murrells proved he had speed and good racecraft in his title-winning G20 season and that was reflected two weeks ago with a podium finish as his stand-out result in a consistent weekend. Murrells will be a man to watch this weekend.
Adam Morgan will be eager to avenge a stall and an accident at Brands Hatch in his Ciceley Racing G55, while Australian
Jordan Skinner (Brookland Speed Racing) had a tough baptism on his sports car debut. In the class for the older 3.5-litre G50s, Tom Ingram’s late deal to join the championship with Plans Motorsport paid off as he took a win to lead the class in the championship from fellow race winners Jody Fannin (Pyro) and Andy Richardson (Richardson Racing).
With three races to enjoy at Donington, expect fireworks all through the field! Qualifying for the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup takes place on Saturday April 16th at 11:00 with race one (over 12 laps) at 16:10. Race two will be over 16 laps and starts at 10:45 on Sunday, while race three runs over 16 laps, with the race blasting into life at 16:25.
