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Originally Posted by Evantra
The Ginetta GT4 numbers this year have been disappointingly low. Hopefully the old car is phased out for next year into one class.
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I hope so too. Either one merged 'Pro-Am' class to encourage Pros and Ams to move into a G56, or only Am for '23.
6 in the Pro Class at Brands and Oulton, and now 4 at Knockhill and Snetterton isn't great. Rattican has withdrawn from the season, and I'm guessing Somerfield has as well, after the Oulton Park incident. Only 4 Ams too. Add to that, only 1 G56 GT4 has competed in British GT for the past two seasons (although Colin White competed as a guest in his Supercup car at last season's finale).
I thought I'd compare the average entry numbers to the last transition period 2011-2013.
In 2011 they averaged 9.4 G55s (largest entry = 11, smallest = 8) and 7.9 G50s (largest = 10, smallest = 6).
In 2012 they averaged 10.7 G55s (largest entry = 12, smallest = 10), and 5.8 G50s (largest entry = 7, smallest entry = 4).
In 2013 they averaged 14.9 G55s (largest entry = 17, smallest = 13), and 2.4 G50s (largest entry = 5, smallest = 0 at Knockhill).
In 2014 everyone raced a G55 except Fraser Robertson who raced at Croft, Silverstone, and Brands GP in a G50.
This year the average is 5 G56s (largest entry = 6, smallest = 4) and 10.5 G55s (largest = 11, smallest = 10).
Unless there's a sudden increase in G56 sales for the end of this year/beginning of '23, I think we may have a longer transition period.