2014 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2014 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 eighth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

2014 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2014 British Touring Car Championship season
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2014 Ginetta GT Supercup
2014 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
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Jack Mitchell claimed the championship title for JHR Developments, finishing 57 points clear of HHC Motorsport driver James Kellett, with Kellett's team-mate Lando Norris finishing a further 24 points behind, in third place. Mitchell had started the season strongly, winning the first four races and ultimately, six of the first eight races. He added one further victory during the season, at Silverstone, but his consistent finishing – top-seven finishes in all bar one race from the fifth meeting onwards – allowed him to clinch the title. Kellett and Morris finished the season with the form, as the HHC pair won 9 of the last 12 races of the season. Kellett won races at five successive meetings, while Morris took nine top-two finishes. Morris outscored Kellett by 464 to 459 on total points, however, Kellett had fewer points to drop than Morris and coupled with the latter's 21 penalty points, it was Kellett that finished runner-up. The only other drivers to win races were Dan Zelos of JHR Developments and TCR driver Jamie Caroline, who each won two races; Zelos finished fourth in the championship, while Caroline finished down in sixth place. JHR Developments also won the teams' championship, finishing 66 points clear of HHC Motorsport.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
R & J Motorsport 8 Ben Pearson[1] All
42 Jonathan Hadfield[2] All
44 Ryan Hadfield[2] All
HHC Motorsport 11 Lando Norris All
13 James Kellett[3] All
21 William Taylforth[4] 1–5
Total Control Racing 6–7
17 Matt Chapman[5] All
23 Billy Monger 9–10
38 Jamie Caroline[6] All
JHR Developments 19 Jack Mitchell[7] All
27 Alex Sedgwick[8] All
45 Dan Zelos[9] All
55 Jamie Chadwick[10] All
66 Senna Proctor 3–10
Privateer 23 Billy Monger[11] 1–2, 4–8
39 Lewis Brown[12] 1–5, 9–10
46 Jack Rawles[13] 1–3
66 Senna Proctor 1–2
25 Flashman Finneran 2–7
Tollbar Racing 8–10
23 Billy Monger 3
33 Tom Brown 1, 4
39 Lewis Brown 6–8
46 Jack Rawles 4–10
Hillspeed 24 Harry Mailer[14] 1–6, 8–10
43 Pedro Cardoso[15] 1–5
88 Benjamin Wallace 6, 9–10
Team Dynomite 28 Tom Parker 1–3, 5
AMD Motorsport 31 Esmee Hawkey[16] 8–10
Dansport 77 Sebastian Perez 10

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 29 March Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
R2 30 March Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
2 R3 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 19 April Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
R4 20 April Jack Mitchell Jamie Caroline Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 3 May Ben Pearson Jamie Caroline Dan Zelos JHR Developments
R6 4 May Jack Mitchell James Kellett Jamie Caroline TCR
4 R7 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)		 8 June Jack Mitchell James Kellett Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
R8 Jack Mitchell James Kellett Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
5 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 28 June Lando Norris Jack Mitchell James Kellett HHC Motorsport
R10 29 June Lando Norris Ryan Hadfield Lando Norris HHC Motorsport
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 2 August Lando Norris James Kellett James Kellett HHC Motorsport
R12 3 August Lando Norris Jack Mitchell Lando Norris HHC Motorsport
7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)		 23 August Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris HHC Motorsport
R14 24 August James Kellett James Kellett James Kellett HHC Motorsport
8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 6 September Lando Norris James Kellett Dan Zelos JHR Developments
R16 7 September James Kellett Lando Norris James Kellett HHC Motorsport
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 28 September James Kellett Senna Proctor Jack Mitchell JHR Developments
R18 James Kellett Jamie Caroline James Kellett HHC Motorsport
10 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 11 October Lando Norris Jamie Caroline Jamie Caroline TCR
R20 12 October Lando Norris Jamie Caroline Lando Norris HHC Motorsport

Championship standings

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 Total Drop Pen. Points
1 Jack Mitchell 1 1 1 1 Ret 6 1 1 3 2 5 4 2 5 2 7 1 4 4 Ret 513 513
2 James Kellett 2 15 4 Ret 9 4 2 2 1 18 1 2 7 1 16 1 2 1 2 13 459 3 456
3 Lando Norris 6 10 2 2 Ret 10 DSQ 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 7 2 5 2 9 1 464 11 21 432
4 Dan Zelos 14 5 12 10 1 3 5 12 13 3 3 3 15 6 1 3 9 3 6 3 390 13 377
5 Ryan Hadfield 4 2 3 4 8 7 4 3 5 6 4 17 5 4 8 5 10 11 7 5 376 14 15 347
6 Jamie Caroline 8 Ret 6 3 2 1 3 DSQ Ret 8 DSQ 5 6 13 4 4 11 5 1 2 353 33 320
7 Ben Pearson 7 3 10 5 4 2 8 16 9 4 8 10 8 9 6 8 6 6 8 6 324 16 6 302
8 Jamie Chadwick 3 Ret 11 Ret 3 5 7 4 4 13 7 8 Ret 3 3 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 287 287
9 Jack Rawles 9 4 9 13 5 11 Ret 6 8 9 Ret 6 13 8 5 10 Ret 7 3 4 263 263
10 Alex Sedgwick 12 Ret 8 9 14 13 12 5 6 10 6 13 4 11 9 9 7 Ret 5 8 240 240
11 Jonathan Hadfield 5 6 5 7 10 17 DSQ 11 7 7 17 Ret 11 7 13 13 4 12 13 17 220 4 12 204
12 Senna Proctor 18 13 18 17 11 9 15 8 11 5 9 7 3 14 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 186 186
13 Matt Chapman 10 9 19 Ret 7 8 10 10 10 12 11 11 14 10 11 11 15 15 14 10 185 2 9 174
14 William Taylforth 11 7 7 6 6 14 6 Ret 12 Ret 13 9 10 15 149 149
15 Billy Monger 13 16 14 14 13 Ret 11 9 17 Ret 10 14 9 17 10 15 13 9 16 12 146 146
16 Lewis Brown 15 11 16 12 17 15 Ret 17 14 14 12 Ret 12 12 12 12 8 13 15 9 143 143
17 Harry Mailer 17 14 17 15 15 18 Ret DNS 16 15 14 15 14 14 12 14 11 11 104 104
18 Flashman Finneran 20 16 16 16 14 14 DNS 16 15 16 16 16 18 17 17 10 12 18 90 90
19 Pedro Cardoso 19 8 13 8 12 12 9 13 Ret 11 86 10 76
20 Tom Parker 16 17 15 11 18 NC 15 17 38 38
21 Benjamin Wallace 16 12 14 Ret 17 14 32 32
22 Esmee Hawkey 15 16 16 16 19 15 29 29
23 Tom Brown Ret 12 13 15 23 6 17
24 Sebastian Perez 18 16 8 8
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
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