2015 Ginetta Junior Championship Explained

The 2015 Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured 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 formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It was the ninth Ginetta Junior Championship, and commenced on 4 April 2015 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 11 October 2015 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Tollbar Racing	11	nowrap	Tristan Charpentier^[1]	1–2
	12	Alex Day	nowrap	1–6, 8–10
HHC Motorsport	14	Sophia Flörsch^[2]	1–5
	26	Devlin DeFrancesco	5–10
	28	Charlie Fagg	5–10
	38	Jamie Caroline^[3]	All
	44	Patrik Matthiesen^[4]	All
Total Control Racing	17	Matt Chapman^[5]	All
	25	Connor Grady	5–10
	27	Dave Wooder^[6]	All
	31	Cameron Roberts^[7]	1–9
R & J Motorsport	21	Lewis Brown	All
	42	Jonathan Hadfield^[8]	All
	67	Frank Bird	All
	83	Kyle Hornby^[9]	All
Supergreen Racing	22	Ben Green^[10]	All
JHR Developments	23	Billy Monger^[11]	All
	33	Esmee Hawkey^[12]	nowrap	1–4, 6, 8–10
	45	Dan Zelos^[13]	All
	66	Senna Proctor^[14]	All
	77	Sebastian Perez	All
	99	Rowan Bailey^[15]	All
Hillspeed	24	Harry Mailer^[16]	1–2
	88	Benjamin Wallace^[17]	1–2
Jam-Sport	41	William Stacey^[18]	1–6, 9–10
Elite Motorsport	50	Geri Nicosia	All
nowrap	Richardson Chassis Engineering	71	Will Tregurtha^[19]	All
Douglas Motorsport	75	Stuart Middleton^[20]	All

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	4 April	Patrik Matthiesen	William Stacey	Billy Monger	JHR Developments
	R2		5 April		Patrik Matthiesen	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	18 April	Jonathan Hadfield	Patrik Matthiesen	Jonathan Hadfield	R & J Motorsport
	R4		19 April		Sophia Flörsch	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	10 May	Stuart Middleton	Matt Chapman	Sophia Flörsch	HHC Motorsport
	R6				Billy Monger	Sophia Flörsch	HHC Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	7 June	Dave Wooder	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R8				Lewis Brown	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	27 June	Sophia Flörsch	Patrik Matthiesen	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R10		28 June		Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	8 August	Billy Monger	Patrik Matthiesen	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R12		9 August		Dan Zelos	Billy Monger	JHR Developments
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	22 August	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R14		23 August		Stuart Middleton	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments
8	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	5 September	Devlin DeFrancesco	Stuart Middleton	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R16		6 September		Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 September	Kyle Hornby	Kyle Hornby	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R18		27 September		Matt Chapman	Patrik Matthiesen	HHC Motorsport
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	10 October	Senna Proctor	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
	R20		11 October		Matt Chapman	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments

Calendar changes

• After using the "International" circuit configuration in 2014, the Oulton Park round reverted to the "Island" layout for 2015.^[21]

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
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 18 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP valign=middle Total valign=middle valign=middle valign=middle Points 1 10 2 20 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 18 1 1 1 16 1 16 477 −4 473 2 Senna Proctor 3 1 2 1 11 9 3 2 13 9 6 2 2 1 3 7 2 2 4 1 491 −18 473 3 Lewis Brown 8 4 4 3 Ret Ret 5 5 4 6 4 5 3 2 5 3 7 4 7 2 393 −6 387 4 Dan Zelos 9 5 6 5 2 5 2 3 Ret 19 7 3 4 3 4 15 3 7 3 19 366 −2 364 5 Billy Monger 1 14 3 10 5 2 7 19 3 15 2 1 Ret 6 9 5 22 20 2 17 330 −5 325 6 2 3 5 9 9 Ret 12 18 5 4 3 16 13 8 11 4 5 1 Ret 7 309 309 7 Stuart Middleton (R) 4 15 10 17 3 4 10 8 7 5 Ret 15 Ret 7 2 2 10 5 5 20 289 −6 283 8 Jonathan Hadfield 6 11 1 2 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 17 9 5 4 20 14 12 18 13 Ret 260 −1 259 9 Kyle Hornby (R) 15 7 9 6 10 6 16 Ret 6 2 8 Ret 9 9 13 9 9 3 6 5 261 −6 255 10 Matt Chapman 13 18 16 11 7 8 8 7 Ret 21 Ret 11 6 5 7 6 21 6 9 3 227 227 11 Sophia Flörsch (R) 5 21 8 8 1 1 4 4 2 3 220 −9 211 12 William Tregurtha (R) 14 6 7 7 6 13 11 10 18 11 9 4 10 19 DNS DNS 14 17 12 12 187 187 13 Dave Wooder (R) 11 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret Ret 9 Ret 18 16 14 15 DNS 6 8 4 8 15 4 153 153 14 Alex Day (R) 23 20 17 Ret Ret 14 9 13 11 10 5 7 12 Ret 8 14 8 9 145 −6 139 15 Geri Nicosia 12 8 11 21 13 15 17 12 19 17 11 6 17 17 Ret 17 13 11 Ret 8 138 −15 123 16 William Stacey (R) 7 10 Ret 14 12 16 18 11 15 12 12 Ret 16 12 11 15 110 110 17 Rowan Bailey (R) 20 Ret 13 19 15 12 13 Ret 12 13 19 18 Ret 13 18 13 18 13 14 10 104 104 18 Ben Green (R) 24 19 14 16 14 10 19 20 9 8 13 19 14 16 10 Ret 17 19 10 Ret 104 −2 102 19 Charlie Fagg (R) 16 16 12 10 Ret 10 8 10 24 9 18 6 99 99 20 Sebastian Perez 21 13 15 20 Ret 11 15 15 10 14 10 Ret 16 12 16 12 21 17 17 14 99 −6 93 21 Cameron Roberts (R) 18 9 Ret 12 18 7 Ret 16 14 20 Ret 9 8 Ret 15 Ret 6 23 94 −24 70 22 Frank Bird Ret 16 21 18 17 17 Ret 17 20 Ret 15 21 12 14 19 19 20 15 16 11 69 69 23 Ret 23 20 13 7 11 14 11 11 Ret Ret 18 66 66 24 Connor Grady (R) 17 22 14 20 11 15 17 16 19 10 20 13 59 59 25 Esmee Hawkey 22 Ret 18 22 19 Ret 14 14 Ret 17 21 18 18 22 19 Ret 34 34 26 Harry Mailer 17 12 12 15 28 28 27 Benjamin Wallace 19 17 19 23 8 8 28 Tristan Charpentier (R) 16 22 DSQ DNS 5 −18 −13 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP valign=middle Total valign=middle valign=middle valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (R) – Rookie

External links

• • Ginetta Junior Series News

Notes and References

1. News: Tollbar Racing Welcomes Day and Charpentier to Rookie Squad. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024457/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1922. 24 February 2015. dead.
2. News: Sophia Floersch for Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 16 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224032159/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1932. 24 February 2015. dead.
3. News: Caroline Returns to Ginetta Junior Grid with Pirtek Backing. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 27 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224010629/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1908. 24 February 2015. dead.
4. News: Patrik Matthiesen Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Juniors. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 22 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224022715/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1905. 24 February 2015. dead.
5. News: Chapman Returns with TCR for Second Season in Ginetta Junior. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224020456/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1918. 24 February 2015. dead.
6. News: TCR Snap Up Karting Champion Wooder For Ginetta Bow. The Checkered Flag. Simon. Paice. Black Eagle Media Network. 2 March 2015. 2 March 2015.
7. News: Ginetta Scholarship Runner-Up Roberts Joins TCR for Rookie Season. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 16 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224022230/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1934. 24 February 2015. dead.
8. News: Jonathan Hadfield Returns to Kick Start Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 24 February 2015. 3 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150304074443/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1943. 4 March 2015. dead.
9. News: Kyle Hornby Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 11 February 2015. 24 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224161232/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1928. 24 February 2015. dead.
10. News: Ben Green Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 19 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224011444/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1902. 24 February 2015. dead.
11. News: 2015 Ginetta Junior Championship Season Preview. The Checkered Flag. 26 March 2015. 27 March 2015.
12. News: Esmee Hawkey Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024016/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1904. 24 February 2015. dead.
13. News: Dan Zelos Confirms Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Return. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 29 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024548/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1913. 24 February 2015. dead.
14. News: BTCC Outfit Team BMR Joins Ginettas With Proctor. The Checkered Flag. Simon. Paice. Black Eagle Media Network. 11 March 2015. 21 March 2015.
15. News: Rowan Bailey Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 17 February 2015. 26 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150227021942/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1937. 27 February 2015. dead.
16. News: Hillspeed Retains Mailer in Planned Three-Car Ginetta Junior Team. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024849/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1920. 24 February 2015. dead.
17. News: Wallace Returns to Ginetta Junior with Hillspeed. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 30 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024615/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1916. 24 February 2015. dead.
18. News: William Stacey for Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 12 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224015922/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1929. 24 February 2015. dead.
19. News: Will Tregurtha Enters Ginetta Junior Championship with RCE. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 January 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024936/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1895. 24 February 2015. dead.
20. News: Scholarship Winner Stuart Middleton Joins Douglas Motorsport. Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 5 February 2015. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224020742/http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=1923. 24 February 2015. dead.
21. News: BTCC 2015 calendar confirmed. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 18 August 2014. 7 September 2014.