2018 Ginetta Junior Championship

2018 Ginetta Junior Championship
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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 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 30 September 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	No.	Driver	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	7	Greg Johnson^[1]	1–7
	17	Louis Foster^[2]	1–7
	44	Finley Green^[3]	1–7
	54	Adam Smalley^[4]	1–7
	67	James Hedley^[4]	1–7
	81	Jonny Wilkinson^[3]	1–7
Richardson Racing	11	Luke Browning^[5]	1–7
	66	James Taylor^[6]	1–7
	72	Matt Luff	1–7
	99	Emily Linscott^[7]	1–7
Total Control Racing	14	Daniel Gale	1–2
	40	Ethan Hawkey	1, 6
	49	Abbi Pulling^[8]	1–3
	55	Ruben del Sarte^[9]	1–7
	77	Conner Garlick	2–7
	87	Patrick Kibble^[9]	1–7
Douglas Motorsport	23	Lorcan Hanafin	5–7
Douglas Motorsport	57	Gustav Burton	5–7
Richardson Chassis Engineering^[10]	37	Charlie McLeod	1–2
WDE Motorsport^[11]	46	Jamie Osborne	1–7
Premiership Academy Racing^[12]	95	Ben O'Hare	1–7
Privateers	10	Will Martin	1–7
	27	Tom Emson	1–7
	29	Joel Pearson	7
	77	Conner Garlick	1

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
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	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
		28 April	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
3	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	20 May	Louis Foster	James Hedley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	9 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	10 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
5	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	23 June	Adam Smalley^{[N 1]}	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		23 June	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
		28 July	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
		11 August	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
8	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	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
		15 September	Luke Browning	Gustav 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
		29 September	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	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 24 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	No.	BHI		DON			THR		OUL		CRO			SNE			ROC			Points
1	Adam Smalley	54	1	2	4	2	Ret	2	1	1	6	1	1	6	5	2	1	3	4	3	485
2	Luke Browning	11	5	1	1	1	2	3	Ret	DSQ	1	19	2	2	1	1	2	Ret	2	1	440
3	Louis Foster (R)	17	4	4	2	3	1	8	3	3	2	5	7	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	439
4	Patrick Kibble (R)	87	12	6	7	7	4	1	5	6	7	2	5	4	2	10	12	2	6	5	343
5	Ruben del Sarte	55	2	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	Ret	4	3	9	3	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	302
6	James Taylor (R)	66	11	8	9	5	7	9	7	10	4	3	6	5	11	5	4	7	3	4	292
7	Greg Johnson	7	6	5	3	Ret	8	5	9	7	3	12	8	17	9	6	5	10	5	6	272
8	James Hedley (R)	67	7	10	8	10	5	6	2	5	12	6	11	10	13	7	6	5	Ret	12	244
9	Finley Green	44	3	9	6	8	6	Ret	6	2	13	14	4	1	8	16	9	Ret	13	10	243
10	Jonny Wilkinson (R)	81	8	11	10	9	14	10	12	8	5	8	9	7	6	12	10	6	8	11	214
11	Matt Luff	72	18	7	Ret	4	9	7	8	Ret	Ret	7	10	11	7	4	8	Ret	11	14	189
12	Tom Emson (R)	27	15	15	16	11	13	14	10	12	11	9	14	19	19	9	15	9	10	16	141
13	Will Martin (R)	10	17	16	11	13	12	Ret	13	9	8	13	15	15	16	15	14	Ret	15	13	122
14	Lorcan Hanafin (R)	23										17	12	8	14	8	11	4	7	9	108
15	Conner Garlick (R)	77	13	17	13	14	15	12	11	15	Ret	18	Ret	13	12	11	Ret	11	12	Ret	107
16	Emily Linscott (R)	99	16	14	Ret	15	18	11	14	11	9	10	17	14	18	Ret	Ret	14	16	15	103
17	Jamie Osborne (R)	46	Ret	18	15	17	17	15	15	13	10	16	13	16	17	13	16	DNS	14	17	76
18	Ben O'Hare (R)	95	14	20	Ret	16	Ret	16	17	14	14	15	16	18	20	17	17	15	Ret	18	68
19	Gus Burton (R)	57										11	18	12	10	Ret	Ret	13	9	7	63
20	Abbi Pulling (R)	49	9	13	12	12	10	13	16												62
21	Ethan Hawkey (R)	40	10	12											15	14	13				41
22	Daniel Gale (R)	14	19	Ret	14	18	11														22
23	Joel Pearson (R)	29																12	17	Ret	13
24	Charlie McLeod (R)	37	20	19	17	Ret	16														12

Notes

↑ Ruben del Sarte qualified fastest but was handed a grid penalty for an infraction from the previous round. Adam Smalley, who was the next fastest qualifier, thus started on pole position.

References

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

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[13] Ruben del Sarte qualified fastest but was handed a grid penalty for an infraction from the previous round. Adam Smalley, who was the next fastest qualifier, thus started on pole position.

[1] "Elite Motorsport Announces Johnson for 2018 Ginetta Junior Campaign". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[2] "Foster Continues with Elite Motorsport". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[EC-3] 1 2 "Elite Completes Six-Car Ginetta Junior Line-Up". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[SG-4] 1 2 "Smalley and Green Continue with Elite Motorsport". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[5] "Browning to Continue with Richardson Racing". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[6] "Scholarship Winner Taylor Joins Richardson Racing". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[7] "Linscott Joins Richardson Racing for 2018 Ginetta Junior Campaign". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[8] "KARTING CHAMPION PULLING JOINS TCR FOR GINETTA JUNIOR CAMPAIGN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[TCR-9] 1 2 "TCR Confirms Two Drivers for Ginetta Junior Return". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[10] "Richardson Chassis Engineering Makes Ginetta Junior Return". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[11] "Clio Squad WDE Motorsport Enter Ginetta Juniors". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[12] "Hard Eye Ginetta Junior Entry As Part of New Academy". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.