2018 Ginetta Junior Championship Explained

The 2018 Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship 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 British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It is the twelfth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 April 2018 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 30 September 2018 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 25 races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	7	Greg Johnson^[1]	All
	17	Louis Foster^[2]	All
	44	Finley Green^[3]	All
	54	Adam Smalley	All
	67	James Hedley^[4]	All
	81	nowrap	Jonny Wilkinson	1–8
Richardson Racing	11	Luke Browning^[5]	All
	66	James Taylor^[6]	All
	72	Matt Luff	1–7
	99	Emily Linscott^[7]	All
Total Control Racing	14	Daniel Gale	1–2, 10
	24	Theo Edgerton	10
	40	Ethan Hawkey	1, 6, 8–10
	49	Abbi Pulling^[8]	1–3
	55	Ruben del Sarte^[9]	All
	87	Patrick Kibble	All
Premiership Academy Racing^[10]	20	Harry Dyson	8–10
	95	Ben O'Hare	All
Douglas Motorsport	23	Lorcan Hanafin	5–7, 9–10
	57	Gus Burton	5–7, 9–10
Richardson Chassis Engineering^[11]	37	Charlie McLeod	1–2
WDE Motorsport^[12]	46	Jamie Osborne	nowrap	1–7, 9–10
Privateers	10	Will Martin	All
	27	Tom Emson	All
	29	Joel Pearson	7, 9–10
	77	Conner Garlick	All

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	7 April	Adam Smalley	Ruben del Sarte	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		8 April	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
2	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	28 April	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
			Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		29 April		Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
3	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	20 May	Adam Smalley	Finley Green	Patrick Kibble	TCR
			Louis Foster	James Hedley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	9 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		10 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
5	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	23 June	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
			Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		24 June		Luke Browning	Finley Green	Elite Motorsport
6	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	28 July	Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
			Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		29 July		Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
7	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	11 August	James Hedley	James Hedley	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
			Luke Browning	Patrick Kibble	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		12 August		Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
8	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	25 August	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		26 August	Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
9	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	15 September	Ruben del Sarte	Lorcan Hanafin	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
			Luke Browning	Gus Burton	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		16 September		Ethan Hawkey	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
10	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	29 September	James Hedley	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
			Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		30 September		Ethan Hawkey	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport

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 24 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON			THR		OUL		CRO			SNE			ROC			KNO		SIL			BHGP			valign=middle	Points
1	Adam Smalley	1	2	4	2	Ret	2	1	1	6	1	1	6	5	2	1	3	4	3	2	3	Ret	4	2	2	1	5	679
2	Louis Foster (R)	4	4	2	3	1	8	3	3	2	5	7	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	671
3	Luke Browning	5	1	1	1	2	3	Ret	DSQ	1	19	2	2	1	1	2	Ret	2	1	4	2	3	3	5	1	4	2	654
4	Patrick Kibble (R)	12	6	7	7	4	1	5	6	7	2	5	4	2	10	12	2	6	5	13	8	5	2	3	3	3	3	496
5	Ruben del Sarte	2	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	Ret	4	3	9	3	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	8	10	4	6	6	8	6	6	425
6	James Taylor (R)	11	8	9	5	7	9	7	10	4	3	6	5	11	5	4	7	3	4	3	5	7	9	4	10	5	4	414
7	Greg Johnson	6	5	3	Ret	8	5	9	7	3	12	8	17	9	6	5	10	5	6	6	6	Ret	13	11	13	7	14	357
8	James Hedley (R)	7	10	8	10	5	6	2	5	12	6	11	10	13	7	6	5	Ret	12	7	4	2	8	18	5	10	18	356
9	Finley Green	3	9	6	8	6	Ret	6	2	13	14	4	1	8	16	9	Ret	13	10	Ret	15	6	5	13	7	Ret	11	315
10	align=left nowrap	Jonny Wilkinson (R)	8	11	10	9	14	10	12	8	5	8	9	7	6	12	10	6	8	11	5	7							241
11	Tom Emson (R)	15	15	16	11	13	14	10	12	11	9	14	19	19	9	15	9	10	16	9	9	10	10	7	14	12	Ret	217
12	Matt Luff	18	7	Ret	4	9	7	8	Ret	Ret	7	10	11	7	4	8	Ret	11	14									189
13	Lorcan Hanafin (R)										17	12	8	14	8	11	4	7	9			8	7	9	15	11	Ret	167
14	Will Martin (R)	17	16	11	13	12	Ret	13	9	8	13	15	15	16	15	14	Ret	15	13	10	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	9	9	166
15	Conner Garlick (R)	13	17	13	14	15	12	11	15	Ret	18	Ret	13	12	11	Ret	11	12	Ret	Ret	14	15	15	15	9	8	15	164
16	Emily Linscott (R)	16	14	Ret	15	18	11	14	11	9	10	17	14	18	Ret	Ret	14	16	15	14	13	12	14	14	16	13	16	159
17	Ben O'Hare (R)	14	20	Ret	16	Ret	16	17	14	14	15	16	18	20	17	17	15	Ret	18	15	11	14	16	12	Ret	14	10	123
18	Ethan Hawkey (R)	10	12											15	14	13				12	16	11	11	10	11	Ret	8	112
19	Gus Burton (R)										11	18	12	10	Ret	Ret	13	9	7			9	Ret	8	6	Ret	Ret	108
20	Jamie Osborne (R)	Ret	18	15	17	17	15	15	13	10	16	13	16	17	13	16	DNS	14	17			16	17	17	18	15	13	100
21	Abbi Pulling (R)	9	13	12	12	10	13	16																				62
22	Joel Pearson (R)																12	17	Ret			13	12	16	19	Ret	12	46
23	Harry Dyson																			11	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	Ret	7	35
24	Daniel Gale (R)	19	Ret	14	18	11																			17	Ret	17	30
25	Charlie McLeod (R)	20	19	17	Ret	16																						12
26	Theo Edgerton (R)																								Ret	DNS	DNS	0

External links

• • Ginetta Junior Series News

Notes and References

1. News: Elite Motorsport Announces Johnson for 2018 Ginetta Junior Campaign. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 January 2018. 23 January 2018.
2. News: Foster Continues with Elite Motorsport. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 24 January 2018. 24 January 2018.
3. News: Elite Completes Six-Car Ginetta Junior Line-Up. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 31 January 2018. 31 January 2018.
4. News: Smalley and Green Continue with Elite Motorsport. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 26 January 2018. 26 January 2018.
5. News: Browning to Continue with Richardson Racing. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 December 2017. 9 January 2018.
6. News: Scholarship Winner Taylor Joins Richardson Racing. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 15 January 2018. 17 January 2018.
7. News: Linscott Joins Richardson Racing for 2018 Ginetta Junior Campaign. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 15 January 2018. 17 January 2018.
8. News: KARTING CHAMPION PULLING JOINS TCR FOR GINETTA JUNIOR CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 March 2018. 11 March 2018.
9. News: TCR Confirms Two Drivers for Ginetta Junior Return. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 January 2018. 28 January 2018.
10. News: Hard Eye Ginetta Junior Entry As Part of New Academy. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 November 2017. 9 January 2018.
11. News: Richardson Chassis Engineering Makes Ginetta Junior Return. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 December 2017. 9 January 2018.
12. News: Clio Squad WDE Motorsport Enter Ginetta Juniors. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 25 January 2018. 27 January 2018.