{"id":733,"date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/news\/mark-steel-and-toro-verde-enter-ginetta-gt5-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:25:21","slug":"mark-steel-and-toro-verde-enter-ginetta-gt5-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/us\/news\/mark-steel-and-toro-verde-enter-ginetta-gt5-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Steel And Toro Verde Enter Ginetta GT5 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a season long sabbatical in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Steel will return to competition this season. He previously contested two years in the Volkswagen Racing Cup, and was a race-winner en-route to second overall in the VAG Trophy in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Loughborough based racer (pictured above with Toro Verde team owner David Fairbrother) is set to begin a testing programme in the coming weeks as he prepares for his Ginetta racing debut at Thruxton on the 8\/9 May.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Mark Steel: <em>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get out on track this year and see what I can achieve in a really competitive, high quality series. Having a year out has made me even more determined to show what I can do this time around and I know the Toro Verde team will help me to reach my potential.<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBeing able to share the paddock with BTCC and British GT teams and race on the bill of these great championships is something I have always aspired to, so the Ginetta GT5 Challenge really is the perfect championship for me.<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Ginetta is renowned for its agility and its low weight configuration, whereas the Golf was heavier and therefore a bit more reluctant to turn in at times. This was designed to be a race car! Spending two seasons in the Golf has given me a great platform on which to build my skills further, and I have no doubt Ginetta will give me every opportunity to do just that!\u201d<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<p>Toro Verde is a brand new team for the 2021 season, founded by experienced GT driver Fairbrother. The team has a wealth of experience across GT and tin-top competition, headed by former Blancpain racer Chris Jones, and will dovetail their GT5 Challenge entry with a European GT programme.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Chris Jones, team principal: <em>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Mark Steel to Toro Verde for our debut season with Ginetta. Having worked successfully together for a number of years, we believe the GT5 Challenge is the perfect fit for him, with its close wheel-to-wheel racing, to enhance the ability he has already shown, and progress him to the next level of his motorsport journey.\u201d<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<p>Packed grids and close racing makes the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge a popular entry-level championship for many aspiring GT racers. 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