Ginetta to provide free GT4 European Cup entries

British racing car manufacturer Ginetta has announced a new initiative that will provide a host of its teams with free entries for the GT4 European Cup.

Marque boss Lawrence Tomlinson has confirmed that the Yorkshire-based company will pay for the first six Ginetta G50 teams entering the 2011 championship, a series which the firm won outright in 2009 thanks to Joe Osborne.

“Since its launch in 2008, the Ginetta G50 has dominated the global GT4 scene,” said Tomlinson. “The European GT4 Cup is the pinnacle of worldwide GT4 racing and we are keen to support teams in 2011, having only narrowly missed out on the 2010 championship.

“We will reimburse the first six teams or drivers that enter the Cup, ideally by stores credit.”

GT4 European Cup organisers, SRO, backed the new scheme as it prepares for the new season.

“With more and more manufacturers involved in GT4 racing SRO welcomes this new approach by Ginetta Cars,” said SRO’s Claire Surmont. “We are confident that this will motivate more Ginetta teams to enter the 2011 GT4 Cup, which will again be a very great championship.”

Watch the GT4 European Cup on Motors TV in 2011.


Andy Wilkinson

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