MEDIA BOOKLET 2020 CONTENTS 01 WELCOME 35 TRACK PACK 02 ABOUT GINETTA 36 GINETTA JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP 05 GINETTA ACROSS THE GLOBE 39 HALL OF FAME 06 CHAMPIONSHIPS 40 GINETTA MOTORSPORT LADDER 10 GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 42 PROTOTYPE RACING 14 GINETTA G40 CUP 44 DRIVER DEVELOPMENT 18 GINETTA GT5 CHALLENGE 47 CONTACTS 22 GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP 26 CHAMPIONSHIP PARTNERS 29 YOUR PARTNERS 30 THE RACING EXPERIENCE 32 ADDING MEDIA VALUE TO SPONSORSHIP WELCOME To connect all of these activities together - our racing championships, track day activities & services at Donington Park together with our driver development programme - we are introducing Track Pack for 2020. This membership programme will sit across all of Ginetta’s facilities and services and reward loyalty with valuable discounts for many of the services we offer. LAWRENCE TOMLINSON Ginetta Chairman 2019 was also a year of significant progress on the world championship stage. The capabilities 2019 was another exceptional year for of both our engineers and drivers have helped us Ginetta. It was a record season for the outpace the might of Toyota and our other LMP1 number of competitors participating in competitors to claim fastest WEC lap times. Our our championships and we’re delighted that so focus going into the second part of the 2019/20 many of our drivers reported how close and season is therefore to galvanise this pace and exciting the racing was. Looking forward, the use it on a consistent footing at Le Mans. 2020 season is almost upon us and promises more still, with grids filling up strongly over the The same engineering capability that underpins winter and a number of new initiatives including our GT and LMP1 prototype cars has also new hospitality facilities as well as new racing continued to develop, with the new Ginetta LMP3 classes that will keep Ginetta’s championship testing strongly and the Akula roadcar being racing close, safe, and fair - underlining their debuted to considerable acclaim at the Geneva reputation as the very best racing in the UK. Motor Show. The addition of the Want2Race business to the All of our achievements in 2019 would not have Ginetta family during 2019 underscores our been possible without the enthusiasm and commitment to offer as many different ways for commitment of our customers who make our customers to access motorsport. Combining racing championships what they are, but also forces with the country’s best track day our talented and committed staff and our many operator means that we are providing yet more partners, suppliers and sponsors who support ways to get on track. 2019 also marked everything we do. considerable progress with our dedicated test track facilities at Blyton Park and state-of-the-art I look forward to welcoming you in 2020. SIMTrack facilities at Ginetta HQ, offering wholly unparalleled driver development programme led by Ginetta’s in-house world championship race drivers. 1 ABOUT GINETTA Ginetta delivers British motorsport the BTCC as well as extending professional skills know-how encompassed in the UK’s development to world championship standards, most extensive ladder of racing series. makes the Ginetta proposition wholly unique. From novice to world championship level alongside track-inspired supercars, unmatched In addition, the prototype engineering driver development services and a range of excellence developed in the white heat of motor racing experiences for customers. competition has fuelled Ginetta’s development of peerless prototype P1 and P3 race cars for its At the beating heart of its motor racing business, customers. Ginetta supports over 140 competitors every season contesting four single make The engineering know-how gained on track has championships in 5 Ginetta designed and also informed a continuation of Ginetta’s manufactured GT car variants. As the definitive sixty-two year tradition of building sports cars pathway to motor racing success, Ginetta’s inspired by racing. The latest incarnation in this alumni populate championships across the proud lineage, the Akula supercar, was debuted world, not least Formula 1. to widespread acclaim at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show and went on to claim numerous Bookending its race championships, Ginetta awards from Top Gear and a DriveTribe Creator’s through its Want2Race brand, introduces Award. hundreds of novices to motorsport via a comprehensive catalogue of track days and Founded in 1958 by the Walklett Brothers, the drifting sessions across the country. At the privately-held business has been led for the past other end of the spectrum, the company also 15 years by its current owner, Lawrence assists racers aspiring to professional Tomlinson. Under his stewardship, the company competition through unparalleled driving training has won plaudits for its road cars and is an using a state-of-the-art simulation centre, its increasingly competitive force to be reckoned own test track facility and tutoring from world with in the World Endurance Championship, as championship drivers. well as significantly growing the scope of its racing infrastructure. Today the company is On the international stage, Ginetta competes at headquartered in a 75,000 sq ft the top echelon of global sportscar racing in the state-of-the-art technical centre near FIA World Endurance Championship as the sole Leeds in the UK. UK entrant with a full two car LMP1 programme for the 2019/2020 season that incorporates the world’s most famous race, the Le Mans 24hrs. The capability to serve every stage of motorsport from the occasional track day participation through championships that propel novices into series supporting British GT and 2 3 GINETTA ACROSS THE GLOBE Ginetta is a truly international brand. In recent years, our G55 GT4, LMP3, and G58 have put Yorkshire firmly on the world stage and we have a customer on every continent thanks to our extensive, worldwide dealer network that is set to grow with more distribution agreements in the pipeline. Alongside our LMP1 successes in the World Endurance Championship reported elsewhere in this document, 2019 has been another strong season for the marque around the world. In the Americas, Ginetta won the GT4 class in the Brazilian Endurance Championship and enjoyed Trans-Am wins in Miami, while across Europe, the Danish GT4 title and the LMP3 Dutch Supercar title both went to Ginetta customers. And as the trophy cabinet filled with silverware from across Europe, GT5 grids in Sweden were packed with 20-car starts. In France too, the marque was highly competitive, finishing the season as runner-up in the domestic GT championship. And success was also to be found further afield including the LMP3 win in the Gulf 12hrs to close out the year in December. 4 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS At the heart of the Ginetta organisation previous experience, together with a class for is its programme of championships that more mature novices who wish to start racing. spans four championships and offers a variety of classes, scaled to accommodate all A clear measure of the safety-led, affordable manner of competitors. From 14 year old and fair handed yet competitive nature of novices to seasoned racers seeking highly Ginetta’s championships is that many competitive motorsport. Whatever the standard, competitors continue to climb the ladder into one detail that is consistent across all Ginetta the GT5 class of racing, using an enhanced championships, is a complete commitment to evolution of the G40 platform. the highest safety standards. The flagship Ginetta single make series extends Alongside safety, Ginetta provides a the ladder into GT4 racing, and for those with an cost-effective approach to racing, through its unquenchable passion for racing, Ginetta race car platforms that can be increasingly provides all hardware to progress into prototype upgraded to enable progression up the ladder racing with the iconic LMP3 and G58 cars. And it without the need for costly capital outlays, with is no coincidence that Ginetta’s factory LMP1 novel contract hire finance schemes to help drivers, Charlie Robertson kicked off his racing make participation affordable. careers in Ginetta’s championships, a clear validation of the unique ladder that extends from Once on track, Ginetta’s championships have a track debutant all the way to world hard earned and well-deserved reputation for championship racing. fairness, providing competitors with a level playing field. To uphold the integrity and For 2020, all Ginetta Championship drivers will reputation of the championships, they are all run automatically receive a courtesy membership of with the same ethos of tight technical controls Track Pack that provides discounted rates for and sporting regulations that include important Blyton Park test track, and SIMTrack simulator features such as permanent, season-long Facilities housed at Ginetta HQ as well as a host appointments of clerks of the course and of other discounts and member benefits. scrutineers, as well as mandatory on-board judicial cameras. Visit www.ginetta.com/track-pack for more information The Ginetta Junior Championship is a perfect entry to motorsport for drivers aged 14 and upwards either racing for the first time or graduating from karting. Using the versatile G40 race car platform, Junior Championship graduates can move seamlessly with an upgrade package into the GT5 Challenge. The GT5 Challenge forms part of the British GT Championship package and provides a 17-race series for drivers with some 6 7 OUR REGULATIONS SAFETY, AFFORDABILITY & FAIRNESS TECHNICAL REGULATIONS