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GINETTA KNOWS HOW TO THROW A PARTY. WE’RE AT G-Fest at Silverstone, a four-day spectacular for the marque’s 65th anniversary. Classic Ginettas from the brand’s past line the paddock, the strains of live music and the smell of barbecue are borne on the summer breeze, and there’s a seriously tasty array of competition cars being readied in the pitlane for races and demonstrations – including the company’s LMP1 racer, which played David to Toyota’s Goliath at Le Mans in 2018 and will unofficially break the Silverstone National Circuit lap record in a demo run later this weekend.

But my mind’s on other things. A packed schedule of races includes some for the Ginetta GT Academy series, and our last racing foray in the Fast Fleet G56 before we hand it back to Ginetta and on to life as the official Academy demonstrator car. I’m strapping myself in for the first two races

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