2008 Ginetta G50 Cup

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.

2008 Ginetta G50 Cup
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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 Stephen Hepworth 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
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