Trice and Whiteside into Porsches

Ginetta GT Academy champions Toby Trice and Angus Whiteside will both move into Porsche machinery this season.

Overall champion Trice has decided not to defend his title and will instead switch to the Sprint Challenge GB, driving an SVG Motorsport-prepared Cayman. Meanwhile, rookie title winner Whiteside will progress to the Carrera Cup GB with the Toro Verde squad.

“To be driving a Porsche seems like a huge pinchyourself moment,” said Trice. “When I started out in rental karts at Buckmore Park, that was obviously a lot of fun, but I never ever imagined that I’d be strapping myself into a Cayman GT4 Clubsport. It’s so exciting!

“I’m going to be putting in a lot of hard work behind the scenes to be as high up the grid as possible and I’d love to be in contention with the top guys in the Pro class at the end of the year.”

Whiteside added: “The Carrera Cup is the biggest and fastest single-make championship in the UK, so if you’re going to make a name for yourself it’s probably the place to do it.”

Joining Whiteside in the Toro Verde line-up will be 2014 British GT4 champion Jake Giddings, series regular Peter Kyle-henney and Carrera Cup returnee

Peter Mangion.