2021 Ginetta Junior Championship
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
[edit]| Team | No. | 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 | 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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 | Total | Drop | Pen. | 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 | Robert de Haan (R)
|
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 | DSQ | 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 | Thomas Jack Lee (R)
|
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Ginetta Junior season". Forix Update. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (2021-08-12). "Winter Series returns for 2021". Ginetta Junior Update. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ Petit, Vince (4 March 2021). "Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner Robert de Haan to line up with Richardson Racing". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Lickorish, Stephen (7 May 2021). "What to expect from TOCA's support categories at Thruxton". Autosport. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Lickorish, Stephen; Pye, Marcus; Simmons, Marcus; Paulson, Mark; Nulty, Leo (16 June 2021). "First blood to Cammish in Porsche battle as Mondello holds opening 2021 meeting". Autosport. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Ginetta Unveil Revised 2021 Calendars". Ginetta. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.