2021 Ginetta Junior Championship Explained

The 2021 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional 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 fifteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 May 2021 at Thruxton and concluding on 24 October 2021 at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship.^[1] After a one year absence, Ginetta confirmed the Winter Series will return at the end of the year.^[2] A scholarship allowed a driver who had raced in go karts to start racing cars.^[3] The first round of the championship saw the record broken for most entries in a Ginetta Junior event.^[4] R Racing and Elite Motorsport are the most competitive teams, with Fox Motorsport also winning at Snetterton.^[5]

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	10	Josh Rowledge	All
	18	Seb Hopkins	All
	30	Will Jenkins	All
	78	Jack Sherwood	All
	93	Max Hall	All
	95	Joe Warhurst	All
R Racing	11	Ian Aguilera	All
	14	Josh Miller	All
	35	Callum Voisin	All
	37	Luke Watts	7–9
	52	Tom Edgar	1–4
	62	nowrap	Freddie Tomlinson	All
	70	Aston Millar	All
Preptech UK	12	James Higgins	All
	13	Haydn Chance	7–9
	71	Fergus Chalmers	All
Richardson Racing	17	Oliver Flashman	1–6
	41	Edward Pearson	All
	46	Robert de Haan	All
Assetto Motorsport	23	Harri Reynolds	All
	24	Jamie Osborne	All
	33	Maxwell Dodds	1–6, 8–9
	88	Joe Wheeler	All
Breakell Racing	47	Aqil Alibhai	All
Fox Motorsport	48	Liam McNeilly	All
	49	Maurice Henry	All
Ultimate Speed Racing	50	Adam Brown	5–9
Raceway Motorsport	81	Zak Meakin	1–5, 7–9
Race Car Consultants	26	Thomas Jack Lee	7, 9
	94	Jacob Hodgkiss	All
Hybrid Tune Ltd	72	Sonny Smith	8–9
Team HARD	77	AJ Rock	7–9
Privateer	50	Adam Brown	1–3

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit	8 May	Aston Millar	Will Jenkins	Tom Edgar	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R2		9 May	Seb Hopkins	Liam McNeilly	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
2	R3	Snetterton Circuit	12 June	Tom Edgar	Callum Voisin	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R4			Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Josh Rowledge
	R5		13 June		Seb Hopkins	Tom Edgar	R Racing	Josh Rowledge
3	R6	Brands Hatch Indy	26 June	Callum Voisin	Callum Voisin	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R7			Callum Voisin	Seb Hopkins	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R8		27 June		Callum Voisin	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
4	R9	Oulton Park	31 July	Josh Rowledge	Aston Millar	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Josh Rowledge
	R10		1 August	Race postponed to Knockhill due to barrier damage
5	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit	14 August	Liam McNeilly	Josh Rowledge	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Robert de Haan
	R10			Josh Rowledge	Robert de Haan	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R12		15 August	Liam McNeilly	Robert de Haan	Aston Millar	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R13				Callum Voisin	Aston Millar	R Racing	Robert de Haan
6	R14	Thruxton Circuit	28 August	Callum Voisin	Robert de Haan	Robert de Haan	Richardson Racing	Robert de Haan
	R15		29 August	Will Jenkins	Freddie Tomlinson	Callum Voisin	R Racing	Callum Voisin
	R16				Callum Voisin	Robert de Haan	Richardson Racing	Robert de Haan
7	R17	Silverstone Circuit	25 September	Aston Millar	Freddie Tomlinson	Robert de Haan	Richardson Racing	Robert de Haan
	R18		26 September	Aston Millar	Will Jenkins	Will Jenkins	Elite Motorsport	Robert de Haan
	R19				Robert de Haan	Aston Millar	R Racing	Robert de Haan
8	R20	Donington Park	9 October	Aston Millar	Harri Reynolds	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Robert de Haan
	R21		10 October	Liam McNeilly	Callum Voisin	Aston Millar	R Racing	Robert de Haan
	R22				Robert de Haan	Aston Millar	R Racing	Callum Voisin
9	R23	Brands Hatch GP	23 October	Aston Millar	James Higgins	Aston Millar	R Racing	Robert de Haan
	R24		24 October		Aston Millar	Aston Millar	R Racing	James Higgins
	R25				Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Robert de Haan

Calendar Changes

The Ginetta Junior Championship will not support every round of the British Touring Car Championship in 2021. The series will miss the seventh round of the BTCC season at Croft.^[6]

Midseason Changes

Round 10 at Oulton Park was postponed due to barrier damage sustained during a Mini Challenge UK race. Due to timetable constraints the rescheduled race could not take place that weekend, so it was subsequently run at the following meeting at Knockhill.

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

Pos	Driver	THR		SNE			BHI			OUL		KNO				THR			SIL			DON			BHGP			valign=middle	Total	valign=middle	Drop	valign=middle	Pen.	valign=middle	Points
1	Aston Millar	4	2	5	6	5	5	5	6	3	C	2	2	1	1	5	3	5	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	8	667	14		653
2	Liam McNeilly	10	10	3	1	2	2	6	7	1	C	1	3	4	4	3	4	7	6	7	5	1	2	2	5	2	1	619	11		608
3	Seb Hopkins	2	3	Ret	4	7	3	2	2	8	C	3	19	2	2	4	2	3	3	4	7	10	4	10	4	13	7	516			516
4		9	4	10	8	Ret	8	7	5	Ret	C	4	4	8	3	1	6	1	1	3	2	4	3	5	2	10	2	516		9	507
5	Will Jenkins	7	6	2	3	3	6	4	4	7	C	5	5	22	Ret	2	17	11	2	1	3	7	8	7	6	3	4	484			484
6	Callum Voisin (R)	5	1	1		10	1	1	1	9	C	9	1	3	5	22	1	2	22	15	6	13	7	3	3	21	13	491		76	415
7	Josh Rowledge (R)	11	7	6	7	6	7	9	Ret	4	C	6	8	6	6	21	5	12	12	6	4	8	5	6	10	9	6	369		6	363
8	Josh Miller	3	9	9	5	4	18	3	3	2	C	17	7	Ret	DNS	15	11	6	7	8	23	12	18	12	7	15	12	313		15	298
9	Freddie Tomlinson	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	5	C	Ret	12	5	7	13	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	11	11	7	5	292			292
10	Joe Wheeler	6	8	7	9	Ret	13	Ret	19	21	C	10	16	7	9	8	7	4	17	Ret	13	5	9	9	13	5	27	250		6	244
11	Harri Reynolds (R)	16	14	14	12	12	15	14	12	6	C	7	6	12	8	12	20	13	8	10	Ret	6	6	4	9	17	18	255		12	243
12	Jamie Osborne	17	16	12	13	8	12	11	9	10	C	12	10	14	11	14	19	15	26	5	10	3	20	17	8	19	23	212		6	206
13	Maxwell Dodds (R)	15	11	8	10	9	10	10	8	22	C	11	9	11	14	9	8	10				15	10	8	Ret	20	19	199			199
14	Tom Edgar	1	5	4	2	1	4	8	10	17	C																	194		18	176
15	James Higgins (R)	24	18	13	17	Ret	16	16	14	13	C	Ret	17	9	10	19	23	DNS	11	12	8	14	21	18	23	4	10	146			146
16	Aqil Alibhai (R)	18	25	23	19	21	26	21	Ret	12	C	8	20	17	15	6	12	14	14	22	18	9	17	13	14	16	9	131			131
17	Edward Pearson (R)	20	17	18	22	14	Ret	Ret	17	14	C	Ret	13	13	13	11	14	21	15	13	12	Ret	13	20	15	8	3	145		20	125
18	Joe Warhurst (R)	Ret	23	15	25	13	17	20	21	18	C	19	14	21	17	7	10	8	5	11	Ret	19	Ret	22	12	5	20	118			118
19	Fergus Chalmers (R)	19	20	26	16	Ret	25	23	23	16	C	13	21	16	18	10	15	19	13	Ret	20	16	22	19	21	6	11	92			92
20	Zac Meakin (R)	13	15	21	15	17	14	18	16	Ret	C	Ret	11	Ret	DNS				23	14	16	18	11	14	19	18	15	92			92
21	Maurice Henry (R)	23	Ret	20	20	19	20	13	13	11	C	Ret	15	10	12	20	21	17	20	18	15	23	14	26	16	Ret	16	89		18	71
22	Ian Aguilera (R)	14	19	19	23	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	23	C	20	22	19	22	24	18	18	10	19	11	20	26	15	18	26	21	65			65
23	Max Hall (R)	12	13	17	14	15	21	17	22	20	C	15	25	15	16	Ret	13	Ret	16	20	21	17	19	24	22	Ret	28	76		15	61
24	Jack Sherwood (R)	22	22	22	21	16	19	19	24	19	C	14	18	Ret	19	18	16	16	19	23	17	Ret	27	25	20	14	25	50			50
25	Jacob Hodgkiss (R)	21	21	16	18	20	23	15	15	24	C	Ret	23	18	23	17	24	20	27	17	14	21	15	NC	Ret	Ret	22	46		12	34
26	Luke Watts (R)																		21	16	19	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	12	14	28			28
27	Sonny Smith (R)																					25	16	23	17	11	17	23			23
28	Oliver Flashman (R)	25	24	24	26	Ret	24	24	18	15	C	16	24	20	21	16	22	23										20			20
29	Adam Brown (R)	26	26	25	24	18	22	22	20			18		23	20	23	25	22	25	24	25	22	23	28	25	24	24	8			8
30																			18	21	26				Ret	25	Ret	3			3
31	Haydn Chance (R)																		Ret	Ret	22	26	25	27	24	23	26	0			0
32	AJ Rock (R)																		24	Ret	24	24	24	21	26	22	29	0			0

External links

• • Ginetta Junior Championship News
• Ginetta Junior Update

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Ginetta Junior season. 2021-01-01. Forix Update. en-US. 8 May 2021.
2. Web site: Waring. Bethonie. 2021-08-12. Winter Series returns for 2021. 2021-08-12. Ginetta Junior Update. en-US.
3. News: Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner Robert de Haan to line up with Richardson Racing . Petit . Vince . The Checkered Flag . 4 March 2021 . 24 July 2021.
4. News: What to expect from TOCA's support categories at Thruxton . Lickorish . Stephen . . 7 May 2021 . 26 June 2021.
5. News: First blood to Cammish in Porsche battle as Mondello holds opening 2021 meeting . . 16 June 2021 . 26 June 2021 . Lickorish . Stephen . Pye . Marcus . Simmons . Marcus . Paulson . Mark . Nulty . Leo.
6. Web site: Ginetta Unveil Revised 2021 Calendars. Ginetta. 20 January 2021. 21 June 2021.