2016 Ginetta Junior Championship

2016 Ginetta Junior Championship
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The 2016 Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship^[1] is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the tenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twentyfive races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	10	Tom Wood[2]	1–6
	19	Harry King[3]	1–6
JHR Developments	11	Sebastian Priaulx[4]	1–6
	26	Cameron Roberts[5]	1–5
	30	Dhyllan Skiba[6]	1–2, 4–6
	50	Geri Nicosia[7]	1–6
	64	Olli Caldwell	5–6
	77	Sebastian Perez[8]	1–6
	83	Kyle Hornby[9]	1–6
Tollbar Racing	12	Alex Day	6
Team Pyro	20	Zak Fulk[6]	1
HHC Motorsport	21	Lewis Brown[6]	1–6
	23	Tom Gamble[10]	1–6
	28	Charlie Fagg[6]	1–6
	31	Charlie Digby	6
	71	Will Tregurtha[11]	1–6
Total Control Racing	25	Connor Grady[6]	1–6
	27	Dave Wooder[12]	1–6
	44	Max Bird[13]	1–6
	68	Jordan Collard[14]	1–6
Douglas Motorsport	33	Daniel Harper[15]	1–6
	74	Enzo Fittipaldi[16]	1–6
	75	Stuart Middleton[17]	1–6
Mectech Motorsport	58	Anthony Ayres[6]	1–4, 6
Rob Boston Racing	79	Greg Johnson[18]	1–3, 5–6

Driver Changes

Leaving Ginetta Juniors

• 2015 Ginetta Junior champion Jamie Caroline advances to MSA Formula with Jamun racing.^[19]
• Senna Proctor moved to Renault Clio Cup U.K after two seasons in Ginetta Juniors.^[20]
• Dan Zelos also moved to 2016 Renault UK Clio Cup after two years of Ginetta Juniors.^[21]
• Billy Monger joins 2015 champion Jamie Caroline in MSA Formula.^[22]
• 2015 rookie Patrik Matthiesen promotes to MSA Formula 4.^[23]
• Matt Chapman will move to the Ginetta GT5 challenge, remaining with Total Control Racing.^[24]
• Sophia Flörsch made headlines withdrawing after 5 rounds and a double win at Thruxton in 2015. She spent the second half of 2015 preparing for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Motopark^[25]
• Devlin DeFrancesco, having picked up the series during Sophia Flörsch's last round, moved onto MSA F4 with Carlin.^[26]
• Frank Bird also converted to Britain's MSA F4 with Fortec Motorsports for 2016.^[27]

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Stuart Middleton	Stuart Middleton	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R2		3 April		Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Lewis Brown	HHC Motorsport
	R4				Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R5		17 April		Lewis Brown	Daniel Harper	Douglas Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8 May	Sebastian Perez	Harry King	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R7				Stuart Middleton	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	Will Tregurtha	Dave Wooder	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R9		5 June		Dave Wooder	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
5	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18 June	Stuart Middleton	Cameron Roberts	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R11				Daniel Harper	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R12		19 June		Lewis Brown	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
6	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July	Will Tregurtha	Dave Wooder	Daniel Harper	Douglas Motorsport
	R14		31 July		Daniel Harper	Harry King	Elite Motorsport
7	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	13 August	Sebastian Priaulx	Stuart Middleton	Sebastian Perez	JHR Developments
	R16				Daniel Harper	Geri Nicosia	JHR Developments
	R17		14 August		Stuart Middleton	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
8	R18	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August	Will Tregurtha	Will Tregurtha	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R19				Will Tregurtha	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R20		28 August		Will Tregurtha	Harry King	Elite Motorsport
9	R21	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September	Sebastian Priaulx	Lewis Brown	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
	R22				Sebastian Perez	Sebastian Priaulx	JHR Developments
	R23		18 September		Stuart Middleton	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
10	R24	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October	Dave Wooder	Stuart Middleton	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R25		2 October		Geri Nicosia	Lewis Brown	HHC Motorsport

Calendar changes

• This season saw the re-introduction of the triple-header meetings, having last hosted a triple-header meeting in 2007.^[28]

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	R1 PP	FL
35	30	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Drivers' championship

• A driver's best 23 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Will Tregurtha 71 1 5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 10 5 1 3 2 377 377 2 Stuart Middleton 75 2 1 2 1 7 1 7 3 2 1 1 Ret 9 7 352 352 3 Lewis Brown 21 14 3 1 9 2 6 5 6 5 8 4 2 5 4 299 299 4 Dave Wooder 27 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 9 3 Ret 9 3 2 6 299 −6 293 5 Daniel Harper (R) 33 7 6 3 2 1 15 11 Ret Ret 3 2 9 1 3 263 263 6 Geri Nicosia 50 8 7 10 5 9 9 6 5 5 12 7 4 8 8 216 216 7 Sebastian Priaulx (R) 11 18 13 7 8 8 5 3 15 17 2 3 11 12 11 190 −3 187 8 Charlie Fagg 28 Ret 9 15 14 10 8 8 2 4 4 10 14 11 19 168 168 9 Harry King (R) 19 16 14 12 Ret 13 7 4 12 8 15 19 15 4 1 162 162 10 Tom Gamble (R) 23 5 8 6 13 13 11 10 17 10 7 6 Ret 10 10 160 160 11 Cameron Roberts 26 6 4 19 6 5 4 14 NC 14 6 20 5 150 150 12 Kyle Hornby 83 9 EX 8 15 11 12 7 7 Ret 9 8 Ret 6 5 147 −12 135 13 Sebastian Perez 77 11 10 11 Ret 16 18 Ret 4 12 18 11 7 7 12 119 119 14 Max Bird (R) 44 4 17 9 7 6 14 Ret 13 16 14 15 12 14 13 120 −6 114 15 Connor Grady 25 13 12 Ret 12 14 13 15 10 7 17 14 6 16 9 115 −1 114 16 Tom Wood (R) 10 15 11 14 16 15 10 13 8 9 11 13 10 Ret 15 102 −6 96 17 Enzo Fittipaldi (R) 74 12 19 12 10 18 17 12 16 15 13 12 8 15 18 92 92 18 Jordan Collard (R) 68 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 16 11 13 16 17 Ret 17 14 64 −1 63 19 Anthony Ayres (R) 58 20 18 16 18 19 19 17 18 14 18 16 38 38 20 Olli Caldwell (R) 64 5 16 13 13 Ret 35 35 21 Dhyllan Skiba (R) 30 19 16 17 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 17 20 20 31 31 22 Greg Johnson (R) 79 21 Ret 18 19 17 20 18 19 21 16 DNS DNS 20 20 23 Zak Fulk (R) 20 17 15 10 10 24 Alex Day 12 19 17 6 6 25 Charlie Digby 31 21 21 0 0 Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (R) – Rookie

References

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19. "Ginetta Junior champion Caroline joins Jamun in MSA Formula | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
20. "RISING BRITISH RACE STAR PROCTOR ANNOUNCES TWO-YEAR RENAULT UK CLIO CUP PROGRAMME | RenaultSport UK". www.renaultsport.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
21. "Zelos joins Pidgley in Ciceley Motorsport line-up for 2016 Renault UK Clio Cup | RenaultSport UK". www.renaultsport.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
22. "Monger Stays With JHR For MSA Formula Move". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
23. "Matthiesen Teams Up With JTR For MSA Formula Debut". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
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External links

• Official website
• Ginetta Junior Series News