Also that season Declan became Cumbria O Plate winner and won the last round of Formula Kart Stars at Ellough Park.

2012 also witnessed Declan enter the Ginetta GT Supercup, The support race to the British Touring Car Championship.

First time out at Oulton Park Declan put his car on pole by just over 7 tenths of a second and finished 3rd on the Sunday race.

[8] In the Sunday race Declan produced a fast start in the torrential rain to grab third straight away, however the red flags were out almost immediately due to a multi-car incident behind.

As the action resumed, Jones pushed hard for the lead but a backmarker blocking him heading into the high-speed chicane led to unfortunate contact.

With his Ginetta G40 receiving damage, Jones was unable to mount a full recovery drive in the limited laps remaining and took the chequered flag in sixth position, a result that capped off a hugely impressive debut in the championship.

Declan then managed to finish eighth in the opening race, despite dropping to tenth at the start when he couldn’t engage second gear.

The results vault the Century Motorsport-Whitley Neill Gin team man up from ninth to joint second in the 2017 Michelin Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Drivers’ Championship with 110 points on the board.

[12] Following Friday practice, Declan was fifth fastest in qualifying on the Saturday, less than a tenth off a place on the second row, despite very tricky wet slippery conditions.

Declan then made a good start to the first race, before a little mistake on the second lap at Knickerbrook corner cruelly put him out.

With his car fixed for the second race on Sunday, however, Declan kept his composure, hauling himself up from tenth to seventh and featuring heavily in the coverage broadcast live on UK television on ITV4.

Declan Jones switched to running with Rob Boston Racing for the second half of the season, began the event well and was fourth quickest overall in practice on Friday.

The Halewood Wines & Spirits-backed star was in superb form in the third and final race of the weekend that was broadcast live on UK television on ITV4, leading from lights-to-flag and eventually easing away to finish over 3.5 seconds up on his nearest rival.

Declan Jones finished the season by claiming two more podiums in his Whitley Neill Gin branded-Ginetta G55 during the eighth and final round of the 2017 Michelin Ginetta GT4 SuperCup at Brands Hatch.

Declan then made a good start in the opening race, moving to second and shadowing the leader all the way to the chequered flag.

Race two on Sunday morning yielded another runners-up spot for the Rob Boston Racing-Whitley Neill Gin team man, who was battling for a rostrum from start-to-finish, snatching P2 on the final lap with a superb move up the inside of two of his rivals, despite very tricky wet conditions.

In the third and final race of the weekend Declan made a good start and even though something broke on the rear of his car, he still brought it home in P4.