Ginetta GT4 SuperCup
The SuperCup version of Ginetta's world-beating G55 competes in the GT4 SuperCup. This one-make series features close, competitive racing, season after season.
As a BRDC qualifying championship it is a stepping stone into a career in professional motorsport, while the Pro-Am grid format caters for both career drivers and gentlemen racers who want an enjoyable, close season of sprint racing.
The Ginetta G55 GT4 is raced on almost every continent of the world and is one of the most successful GT4 cars ever made.
Live ITV4 Coverage
By being one of the most hotly contested support series to the British Touring Car Championship, alongside live coverage on ITV, the equalized car and single-make championship is designed to uphold Ginetta’s ethos of providing safe, controlled racing, whilst focusing on driver potential rather than racing budget.
Supporting the BTCC, the single-make championship uses identical G55 GT4 spec race cars, featuring on weekend with 30000 trackside spectators, With at least one race per weekend live on ITV4, this offers the best showcase to drivers and sponsors.
Broadcast live on ITV4, the SuperCup Championship offers unrivaled exposure for drivers, teams and sponsors thanks to its place on the BTCC support bill.
Championship Format
Each weekend racing features plenty of track time. There is a 2 x 45 minute practise sessions, followed by a 20 minute qualifying session with three 20 minutes races at each round of the championship.
The championship visits 8 different British Racing Circuits, in a 23-race calendar that visits some of the iconic circuits such as Brands Hatch, Silverstone, Donington and more.
The Car
Chassis
- FIA approved T45 tubular chassis and integral safety cage
- Modified cam timing system
- Front splitter and carbon fibre rear wing
- FIA Safety Cell
- FIA Drivers Seat and Harnesses
- Heated Windscreen
- Carbon Fibre Aerodynamic Bodywork
Performance
- Engine: 3.7l Ford V6
- Power: 355bhp
- Acceleration: 0-60mph < 6.0s
- Top Speed: 150mph
- Weight: 1085kg
Suspension & Tyres
- Ginetta Single Adjustable Dampers
- Ginetta Michelin Pilot Cup Tyres
- FIA Safety Cage
- FIA Safety Cell
- FIA Drivers Seat and Harnesses
- Heated Windscreen
- Composite Bodywork
Transmission
- Hewland 6 speed sequential Gearbox
- Sealed limited slip differential with Drexler internals
- Motec M150 ECU and C125 dashboard display
Brakes
- Alcon 6-pot Front Brake Calipers w/ 378mm Vented Discs
- Alcon 4-pot Front Rear Calipers wi/330mm Vented Discs
The Team
Elite Motorsport
Elite Motorsport is a Norfolk based Ginetta specialist Championship racing team.
They are the reigning Ginetta Junior Driver's Champions with Tom Gamble and the Ginetta Junior Winter Series Driver's Champions with Adam Smalley.
Elite Motorsport was established by Eddie Ives at the end of 2011 with the aim of designing, developing and manufacturing our purpose built race cars from their workshop base in Norfolk.
2017 was the team's most successful season yet, as they took the Ginetta Junior Championship title with Tom Gamble - with a race to spare, before doubling up on Ginetta Junior Championship titles when Adam Smalley won the end of season Ginetta Junior Winter Series Championship at Brands Hatch.
2018 saw them win the Driver's and Team's Champions in the Ginetta Junior Championship - with Smalley leading the way to the title.
This season will see them enter Smalley and Pearce into the GT5 Challenge for the first time.
