ELITE TO THE GT4 SUPERCUP WITH KING

FRONTRUNNING GINETTA Junior team Elite Motorsport will expand into the GT4 Supercup for the first time this year, running a single car for Harry King.

King, 17, has been a race winner with Elite in Juniors for the past two seasons and finished sixth in the standings in 2017.

Since Elite is running six drivers in Ginetta Junior this term, team boss Eddie Ives believes now is the right time to move up.

“I wanted to be able to offer a step up for our Junior drivers,” said Ives. “It seems a shame after two or three years in Juniors to say,

‘We don’t have anything for you.’ I wanted another championship that we can grow into – it would be good to have a GT4 programme in the next few years.

“We are out to win races. We’re not in it just to make up the numbers.”

M3 Cup champion Adam Shepherd has confirmed he will also join the GT4 Supercup with Team Hard, after contesting Britcar races in a G55 at the end of last year in preparation. “It’s probably a bit optimistic in the first year, but we’re going out there with the intent to win,” Shepherd said. “Realistically I think the top three is achievable if we have the reliability and we get some testing.”