An exciting championship battle is shaping up in the Ginetta GT Academy as we cross the halfway point of a thrilling 2025 season this weekend at Snetterton.
Only 40 points separate Jamie Caudle, James Nicholas (both E3 Sport) and Charlie Digby (MDD Racing) at the top of the GTA standings after a brilliant first three rounds of the season, in which the talented trio have shared the race victories across the eight races to date.
Caudle is the driver to beat currently, having followed up a maiden Ginetta win in the Donington Park opener with further successes at Silverstone and Oulton Park. He’s backed up those three victories with superb consistency, finishing every race on the class podium so far.
Nicholas is the in-form driver at present, having impressively secured three wins from the last five races and taken double pole positions in each of the last two weekends. He’ll be confident of further success this weekend, having taken a hat-trick of top three finishes at Snetterton last year.
Digby has returned to Ginetta racing this season for the first time since 2018, and he enjoyed a dream start to his debut GT Championship campaign with two wins in the Donington Park opener. He’s notched up seven podiums in eight races and will be targeting a return to the top step.
Alex Deighton (Paradine by Xentek) has been the closest challenger to the top three so far this season, impressing in his first Ginetta season with two GTA class podium finishes. Louis Darling (MDD Racing) has been on the cusp of a maiden podium, finishing fourth in class on three occasions.
Peter Thompson (W2R) was a rookie class podium finisher last season and has a maiden GTA rostrum in his sights, while Paul Livesey (MDD Racing) is one to watch having secured a GTA class victory during the 2024 campaign.
The hotly-contested GTA class also features W2R pair Lucie Hodgson and Ben Cooke. Making her championship debut this weekend meanwhile will be former Ginetta GT5 racer Lexie Belk (Privateer).
Some of the standout performances of the 2025 season so far have come from the leading talents in the rookie class for car-racing newcomers, with Sam Shrimpton, Joe Edge (both W2R) and Shiv Sapra (Paradine by Xentek) having all made an impact at the front of the field.
Shrimpton, the latest winner of the coveted PalmerSport Ginetta Race Scholarship, has taken class victories in five of the eight races so far. Those wins, combined with three further podium finishes, have secured him a strong lead at the top of the class points standings.
Edge became the first rookie to finish in the overall top three this season back at Silverstone, a result that earned him a maiden class victory too. Sapra finished third overall last time out meanwhile and has picked up a couple of wins of his own.
Allan Wright (W2R) moved up to second in the points standings with a podium hat-trick at Oulton Park. A breakthrough victory will be his next target, likewise Damien Duffy (W2R) who has taken a podium finish in each of the last two weekends.
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Provisional Timetable:
Saturday 12 July: Qualifying 11:35; Race One 16:55
Sunday 13 July: Race Two 12:05; Race Three 16:55
All three races will be streamed live on Ginetta’s YouTube channel, while live timing and results will be available via TSL Timing.
