With the top three drivers split by just 16 points, the title battle is heating up in the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT Championship as the series prepares to race at Croft for the first time this weekend (27/28 June).
Four races in North Yorkshire will bring the first half of the 2026 season to a close, following a fascinating start to proceedings across the opening two rounds of the campaign at Silverstone and Oulton Park in recent months.
Harry Gamble established himself as one of the leading drivers in the championship last year, taking two overall wins and the PRO AM class title. He’s carried that form into the start of this season, following up victory in the opening race at Silverstone with a superb double success at Oulton.
The other two victories have gone the way of his Elite Motorsport team-mate William Antrobus, who has been revelation in his debut Ginetta campaign so far. A double pole position and another podium finish at Oulton means he comes into this weekend with momentum on his side.
Despite his rivals sharing the race wins to date, it is Cameron Pratt Thompson who is the current championship leader. Rapid pace has secured the SVG Motorsport ace a double pole position at Silverstone and the fastest lap in four of the five races so far, alongside a hat-trick of podium finishes.
Orion SPR ace Louis Darling joins Pratt Thompson in targeting a first Ginetta victory this weekend. Bouncing back well from a tough start at Silverstone, the former GT Academy racer was on top form at Oulton Park as he secured a breakthrough pair of podium finishes.
In the championship’s AM class, James Nicholas and Jamie Caudle have been straight on the pace since stepping up as the reigning GT Academy champion and vice-champion respectively. A difficult weekend for both at Oulton Park has lost them crucial ground in the standings though.
The E3 Sport team-mates both started strongly at Silverstone with a couple of overall top five finishes apiece, however last time out various issues meant they each only finished one race of the three. They did at least have cause for celebration as they both celebrated an AM class victory.
Their troubles have given Alex Duncan a healthy advantage in the AM points standings. The Xentek Motorsport racer is the only driver to finish every race on the class podium so far, picking up a couple of victories and a brilliant third place overall finish along the way.
Elliot Foster (MDD Motorsport) and Lucie Hodgson (Orion SPR) meanwhile secured their maiden AM class podiums at Oulton. Foster has enjoyed a strong start to his maiden car-racing campaign, while Hodgson is another driver to impress since stepping up from the GT Academy.
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Provisional Timetable:
Saturday 27 June: Free Practice 10:30; Qualifying 12:00; Race One 14:30; Race Two 16:30
Sunday 28 June: Qualifying 13:00; Race Three 14:40; Race Four 16:40
All four races will be streamed live on SRO’s GT World YouTube channel, while live timing and results will be available via TSL Timing.
