{"id":849,"date":"2020-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/news\/assetto-motorsport-enter-exciting-quartet-in-ginetta-g40-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:25:46","slug":"assetto-motorsport-enter-exciting-quartet-in-ginetta-g40-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/us\/news\/assetto-motorsport-enter-exciting-quartet-in-ginetta-g40-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Assetto Motorsport Enter Exciting Quartet In Ginetta G40 Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After winning back-to-back G40 Cup championships with Tom Golding and Chris Salkeld, Assetto Motorsport\u2019s quest to make it three titles in a row will come with three championship returnees and a talented graduate from the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club.<\/p>\n<p>Former G20 Challenge and GT4 SuperCup racer Dawson brings a wealth of experience to the grid as he enters his first full G40 Cup campaign. Two appearances last season including a standout second place result at Silverstone and top five finishes in all five races he contested.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Wantling and Grimwood are both preparing for their second G40 Cup campaigns, having made their racing debuts in the 2018 GRDC. Both were front-runners in the Chairmans Cup last year, with Wantling picking up four class podium finishes to Grimwood\u2019s two.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Following the same path meanwhile is Sansom, who competed in GRDC last season and starred with four podium finishes including a double victory at Snetterton. He went on to make his G40 Cup debut during the Donington Park season finale, taking a best result of 15th.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Jim Edwards, team manager: <i>\u201cAssetto Motorsport have enjoyed a lot of success within the Ginetta G40 Cup during the last two years and we are keen to continue this trend during 2020. With Giles, Mark, Robin and Julian, we have a driver line-up we\u2019re really excited about.<\/i>\n  <\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe are confident that we have drivers that can compete for both overall race wins and success in the Chairmans Cup. It\u2019s incredibly difficult to win a championship but we will be working hard to utilise our experience to provide the best platform for our drivers to succeed and enjoy themselves once again.\u201d<\/i>\n  <\/p>\n<p>The Ginetta G40 Cup is an ideal platform for drivers who have recently discarded their \u2018novice\u2019 plates to learn the ropes in a packed grid full of drivers of similar ability and experience. Popular with graduates from the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club (GRDC), the series races in support of British GT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning back-to-back G40 Cup championships with Tom Golding and Chris Salkeld, Assetto Motorsport\u2019s quest to make it three titles in a row will come with three championship returnees and a talented graduate from the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club. Former G20 Challenge and GT4 SuperCup racer Dawson brings a wealth of experience to the grid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-g40-cup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Assetto Motorsport Enter Exciting Quartet In Ginetta G40 Cup - Ginetta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Giles Dawson, Julian Wantling, Robin Grimwood and Mark Sansom will be lining up on the Ginetta G40 Cup grid this season with Assetto Motorsport. | After winning back-to-back G40 Cup championships with Tom Golding and Chris Salkeld, Assetto Motorsport\u2019s quest to make it three titles in a row will come\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/news\/assetto-motorsport-enter-exciting-quartet-in-ginetta-g40-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assetto Motorsport Enter Exciting Quartet In Ginetta G40 Cup - 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