The champions have been crowned in the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT Championship, so it’s the final race wins of the season and bragging rights up for grabs in the final round of the season this weekend at Brands Hatch.
Mckenzie Douglass (Fox Motorsport) and Nick White (Raceway Motorsport) provisionally wrapped up the PRO and AM titles last time out at Donington Park, each continuing their dominant campaigns with class win trebles on the penultimate weekend of the season.
That Donington success was the latest chapter of a remarkable season for Douglass. The Ginetta Junior graduate has won three races on four consecutive events now, with his total of 13 victories coming as part of a run of finishing every single race except one on the PRO podium this year.
Now a two-time Ginetta champion, White has not only been the class of the field in the AMs with 17 consecutive wins and a 100% podium record, he’s also been a consistent presence at the front of the grid with the PROs and scored a first outright win in the Donington closer.
In the PRO ranks, the battle is on for the runners-up spot in the standings between Xentek Motorsport siblings Conner and Luke Garlick. The latter has held the spot for the majority of the season, however a double retirement at Donington allowed his older brother to jump ahead in the points.
While Luke has picked up more race wins and podium finishes across the campaign, it’s Conner’s more consistent finishing record that gives him the edge coming into the weekend. Both brothers are race-winners this season and are determined to return to the top step of the podium.
Harry Mangion (Raceway Motorsport) has been fighting at the sharp end of the PRO category throughout the campaign too. The 2021 GT5 Challenge Am champion has picked up five podium finishes so far and has a maiden victory in his sights.
Peter Mangion meanwhile is favourite to finish runner-up in the AM points after scoring regular podium finishes across the campaign, however his Raceway Motorsport team-mate Matt Shaw, a race-winner in the Oulton Park season opener, could overhaul him.
Callum Noble (Xentek Motorsport) completes his partial campaign aiming to add to his two AM podiums to date. There are three guest drivers this weekend meanwhile, including Robert Cronin (Fox Motorsport), the older brother of Junior race-winner Colin, who makes his Ginetta debut.
American racer Seth Henry (Breakell Racing) makes his UK Ginetta bow having been a podium finisher in the Ginetta Challenge series in his homeland, while a familiar face returning to the paddock is former GT Academy front-runner Ed Acres (SVG Motorsport).
Follow the action across the weekend on social media, @GinettaCars.
Provisional Timetable:
Saturday 28 September: Qualifying 11:10; Race One 17:30
Sunday 29 September: Race Two 12:05; Race Three 17:00
All three races will be streamed live on Ginetta’s YouTube channel, while live timing and results will be available via TSL Timing.
