Archie Clark is the driver to beat as the second half of the 2025 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT Championship season gets underway this weekend at Snetterton.
The championship has entered a new era this year with the introduction of the V8-powered Ginetta G56 GTP8, which is producing the fastest ever one-make Ginetta racing, as well as a new race format featuring a 20-minute sprint and a 40-minute endurance run with a mandatory pitstop.
Clark (MDD Racing) has enjoyed a phenomenal first season in the GT Championship so far, winning the first four races in a row and adding another podium finish last time out at Oulton Park. Those results have built the Ginetta Junior graduate a healthy advantage at the top of the points standings.
His closest competitor in the headline PRO class is Robert Cronin (Elite Motorsport). Tackling his first season of Ginetta competition, the Irishman has three class podium finishes under his belt and celebrated a memorable first overall Ginetta victory in the opening Oulton race.
Two drivers targeting their maiden Ginetta wins this weekend will be Hadley Simpson (Xentek Motorsport) and Jack Collins (E3 Sport). The Ginetta newcomers have proven their credentials with three PRO podiums so far plus overall pole positions at Silverstone and Oulton respectively.
Other potential contenders for race victories include reigning champion Mckenzie Douglass (Fox Motorsport), who has three class podiums in four races since returning to the grid, and Silverstone podium-finisher Cameron Pratt-Thompson (SVG Motorsport).
The leading PRO-AM class contenders have been excelling at the sharp end of the grid this year. Harry Gamble (Elite Motorsport) and Nick White (Raceway Motorsport) have finished in the overall top three multiple times, with Gamble winning outright at Oulton Park.
Gamble and White have both finished on the PRO-AM podium in every race so far this season, while Alex Duncan (Xentek Motorsport) has secured three consecutive class podiums and is targeting a first win in his maiden Ginetta campaign.
The stars of the show in the AM class have been Luke Shaw (Raceway Motorsport) and Ali Juffali (Elite Motorsport), with the talented duo equally sharing the class wins three apiece so far. On top of that, they’ve both got into the thick of the front-running action with overall top five finishes.
Colin White (CWS) celebrated a landmark moment last time out with his 150th class podium finish in Ginetta racing. He’ll hope to add to that tally this weekend, while Dominic Paul (Triple M Motorsport) and Emma Tomlinson (DTO) will be aiming to return to the rostrum for the first time since the Donington Park opener.
Amy Tomlinson (Raceway Motorsport) celebrated her first podium of 2025 at Oulton Park, while former British GT racer James Townsend (SVG Motorsport) and Fox Motorsport duo James Rolling and Oliver Fordham are targeting their first trophies of the campaign.
Follow the action across the weekend on social media, @GinettaCars.
Provisional Timetable:
Saturday 12 July: Qualifying 09:00; Race One 14:05
Sunday 13 July: Race Two 13:25
Both races will be streamed live on Ginetta’s YouTube channel, while live timing and results will be available via TSL Timing.
