Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge leader George Gamble maintains his place at the head of the standings following the latest two rounds at Snetterton over the weekend, 21st/22nd June, where the Total Control Racing driver took his podium tally for the year into double figures.Finishing in third position, and setting the fastest lap, in round 10 on Saturday afternoon, Gamble’s season-long unbroken podium record unfortunately ended in the first of Sunday’s planned races due to a component failure which led to a sticking throttle. Round 12, meanwhile, had to be canned as a result of timetable delays caused by an accident in the preceding British GT encounter.Team-mate Callum Pointon was again impressive and delivered two very strong recovery drives at the Norfolk track, finishing a career-best fourth and fifth rounds 10 and 11 respectively to climb into the championship top five – performances which really did merit some podium silverware.“It’s been a bit of a frustrating weekend on the whole really, but we’re still leading the championship so that’s the important thing”, said TCR team principal Lee Brookes, “The podium in race one was good for George, but he had to slow right down in race two when the throttle got stuck and that was pretty much his race over. He managed to pick up a few points though after the pit-stop.“Callum has worked well this weekend, really well, and we’ve all been impressed with his pace. He had to fight back in both races but did a great job, he didn’t let his head drop and worked very hard to get back where he needed to. I’m sure he could have had his first podium this weekend if things had worked out differently – it’s going to come sooner or later.”Lining-up on the front row of the grid for round 10, Gamble made an excellent start to grab the lead into Riches but on the second tour he was shuffled back to third. With absolutely nothing to split the lead trio, Gamble moved back into the top two on lap three and set himself up for a challenge for the lead a couple of laps later but again slipped to third on the fifth tour where he stayed to the flag.Pointon’s outstanding season-best top four finish was all the more notable as he had to battle back from outside the top 10 on the opening lap. Qualifying seventh fastest, the second year Ginetta Challenge racer was nudged back to 11th position initially but mounted a swift and assured recovery to move back into seventh by lap two.Setting fastest lap pace on the second and third tours, Cheddleton-based Pointon was brilliantly up into fourth place by the end of lap four and went on to pull out an advantage of over three seconds from the chasing pack.Beginning round 11 from pole position, Nottingham racer Gamble was just beaten off the line and so held second place through Riches but his hopes of continuing his remarkable season-long podium finishing run ended on lap two when his throttle got stuck and resulted in an essential pit visit.Forced to slow down significantly to avoid any kind of accident, Gamble limped back to the pits where the TCR mechanics quickly found the cause of the problem – a failed component – and sent the championship leader back on his way. Despite having lost a huge amount of time, Gamble was able to battle through into 18th position overall – 15th in the G40 Class – to grab some crucial points.Pointon, lining-up fourth on the grid, had a podium challenge in his sights but another robust first lap dropped the TCR youngster back to the tail of the top 12 by the time he threaded his way through the Montreal Hairpin.Making light work of the opposition once more, Pointon was back into the top six by the end of lap four and then completed his excellent recovery by taking fifth from Nick Zapolski at Riches on the seventh tour.Next on the schedule for the Ginetta GT5 Challenge is a visit to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium which will take place on Friday, 11th July, and Saturday, 12th July. In the meantime, TCR will return to action in the Ginetta Junior Championship which visits Croft Circuit next weekend, 28th/29th June.Provisional 2014 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Driver Standings (after Rd11):1st George Gamble, 312pts; 5th Callum Pointon, 162pts