2019 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2019 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 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 was the thirteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, and the first with new title sponsor Michelin, commencing on 6 April 2019 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 13 October 2019 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.[1][2]

Teams and Drivers

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Team No. Driver Rounds
Richardson Racing 10   Will Martin[3] All
25   Casper Stevenson[4] All
66   James Taylor[5] 1–6
40   Ethan Hawkey[6] 6–10
Total Control Racing 11   Will Rochford[7] 1–5
40   Ethan Hawkey[8] 1–5
54   Theo Edgerton[9] 1–6
68   Daniel Gale[8] 1–5, 9–10
75   Haytham Qarajouli[8] All
86   Ethan Brooks[10][11][8] 1–2, 4, 6–10
Premiership Academy Racing 20   Harry Dyson 1–5
37   Charlie McLeod[8] 1–2
47   Molly Dodd[8] All
95   Ben O'Hare All
In2Racing 21   Josh Rattican[12] 1–5
35   Ben Kasperczak 1–3
55   Roman Bilinski[13] 1–2
37   Charlie McLeod 3
R Racing 21   Josh Rattican 6–10
29   Joel Pearson 9–10
51   Zak O'Sullivan 6–10
70   Aston Millar 6, 9–10
Douglas Motorsport 22   Bailey Voisin[14] All
23   Lorcan Hanafin[15] All
51   Zak O'Sullivan[8] 1–5
57   Gus Burton[16] All
62   Freddie Tomlinson[8] All
Elite Motorsport 16   William Aspin 6
17   Tom Ward 4, 6
27   Tom Emson[17] 1–8
29   Joel Pearson[18] 1–8
52   Suleiman Zanfari 9–10
66   James Taylor 7–10
67   James Hedley[19] All
SVG Motorsport 32   Frankie Taylor[20] 1–8
Team HARD 9–10
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport 55   Roman Bilinski[21] 3–7
99   Zak Taylor 7, 9–10
Race Car Consultants 59   Nat Hodgkiss 6, 10
Privateer 35   Ben Kasperczak[22] 4–8
88   Kieran Fuller 9

Race Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
6 April   James Hedley   James Hedley   James Taylor Richardson Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
7 April   Zak O'Sullivan   James Hedley   Tom Emson Elite Motorsport   Theo Edgerton
2 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)
27 April   Roman Bilinski   James Hedley   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
28 April   Roman Bilinski   James Hedley   James Taylor Richardson Racing   Theo Edgerton
  James Hedley   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
3 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
19 May   James Hedley   James Hedley   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
  James Hedley   Zak O'Sullivan   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
4 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)
15 June Race cancelled due to heavy rain. Hosted at Snetterton instead.
16 June   James Hedley   James Hedley   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Casper Stevenson
5 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
30 June   Will Martin   Ethan Hawkey   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Casper Stevenson
  Will Martin   Will Martin   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Casper Stevenson
6 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
3 August   Will Martin   Will Martin   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Casper Stevenson
  James Hedley   Zak O'Sullivan   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Casper Stevenson
4 August   Zak O'Sullivan   Will Martin   Zak O'Sullivan R Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
  Zak O'Sullivan   Zak O'Sullivan R Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
7 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
17 August   James Hedley   James Hedley   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
  James Hedley   James Hedley   Zak O'Sullivan R Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
18 August   James Hedley   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
8 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)
14 September   Will Martin   Will Martin   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Casper Stevenson
15 September   Will Martin   Zak O'Sullivan   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
  Gus Burton   Lorcan Hanafin Douglas Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
9 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
28 September   James Hedley   Lorcan Hanafin   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Zak O'Sullivan
29 September   James Hedley   Lorcan Hanafin   James Taylor Elite Motorsport   Zak O'Sullivan
  James Hedley   James Taylor Elite Motorsport   Joel Pearson
10 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
12 October   James Hedley   Will Martin   James Hedley Elite Motorsport   Ethan Brooks
  James Hedley   Ethan Brooks   Lorcan Hanafin Douglas Motorsport   Ethan Brooks
13 October   James Hedley   Will Martin Richardson Racing   Ethan Brooks

Championship standings

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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

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  • A driver's best 24 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON THR1 CRO OUL SNE THR2 KNO SIL BHGP Points
1   James Hedley 3 2 1 2 1 4 1 C 2 2 2 6 2 3 2 1 3 (Ret) 1 1 3 (17) 4 4 1 5 5 680
2   Zak O'Sullivan (R) 2 9 2 8 2 2 2 C 8 (11) 7 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 5 9 5 Ret 7 591
3   Will Martin 6 8 DNS 5 7 1 22 C 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 16 2 1 Ret 8 19 1 6 5 3 Ret 1 524
4   Lorcan Hanafin 9 3 8 6 4 6 16 C 13 4 4 5 13 Ret 9 3 Ret 3 7 12 1 4 2 2 6 1 2 480
5   James Taylor 1 Ret 4 1 3 15 12 C 4 Ret Ret 9 10 9 10 Ret 10 9 4 4 6 3 1 1 2 2 6 461
6   Casper Stevenson (R) 7 Ret 7 7 9 10 3 C 3 3 3 2 3 2 14 6 4 4 2 3 10 10 21 12 Ret 10 8 427
7   Gustav Burton 5 Ret 5 3 5 5 5 C 5 22 9 3 5 4 11 13 8 5 10 5 4 6 3 3 7 6 Ret 412
8   Ethan Hawkey Ret 5 Ret 10 6 3 4 C 7 5 10 7 9 11 6 9 14 8 Ret 10 5 12 14 10 8 9 4 319
9   Josh Rattican (R) 11 7 6 9 15 8 8 C Ret 6 6 13 12 6 5 Ret 6 6 9 9 11 8 9 7 9 Ret 10 316
10   Joel Pearson (R) 13 Ret 11 13 11 11 10 C 18 9 5 8 16 14 8 4 5 11 6 7 8 Ret 7 6 Ret 4 13 296
11   Tom Emson 8 1 19 14 8 7 7 C 19 7 13 14 7 13 21 10 Ret 7 14 6 7 229
12   Ethan Brooks (R) Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret C 9 13 15 12 14 10 Ret 8 7 13 8 11 13 Ret 8 Ret 4 3 3 209
13   Bailey Voisin (R) 16 Ret 13 16 16 19 20 C 12 14 12 18 20 18 19 7 9 10 11 Ret 12 11 20 16 12 8 11 161
14   Theo Edgerton (R) 4 4 3 4 Ret 14 9 C 6 15 8 11 8 DNS DNS 158
15   Ben O'Hare 12 13 Ret 12 Ret 18 18 C Ret 18 14 19 17 12 13 5 Ret 12 16 14 15 14 13 11 10 7 Ret 158
16   Ben Kasperczak (R) 21 Ret 15 11 Ret 22 Ret C 10 21 11 10 11 8 7 Ret 11 14 5 Ret 9 9 10 Ret Ret 15 18 148
17   Frankie Taylor (R) 15 10 16 Ret 13 12 19 C 14 19 Ret Ret 18 16 15 11 12 16 13 Ret 14 13 17 19 14 Ret 15 124
18   Freddie Tomlinson (R) 18 15 17 19 18 Ret 15 C 11 12 Ret 16 19 17 17 14 13 15 15 13 16 16 12 14 16 17 16 124
19   Haytham Qarajouli (R) DNS 18 10 15 20 20 13 C 15 16 17 17 Ret 19 Ret 12 Ret DNS 12 Ret 18 7 11 8 Ret Ret 9 112
20   Roman Bilinski DNS 11 DSQ Ret 10 13 6 C 20 8 DNS 15 6 7 3 Ret Ret DNS 87
21   Daniel Gale (R) 14 14 Ret 17 14 16 14 C Ret 10 Ret 19 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 67
22   Molly Dodd (R) 19 17 18 22 19 23 23 C 17 20 16 21 21 20 20 17 16 17 17 Ret 17 15 Ret 18 15 16 19 66
23   Harry Dyson 10 6 9 Ret 12 9 11 C Ret 60
24   Aston Millar (R) Ret Ret 12 5 Ret 15 11 Ret 12 54
25   Will Rochford (R) 20 16 12 20 Ret 17 21 C 16 17 Ret 29
26   Charlie McLeod (R) 17 12 14 21 17 21 17 28
27   Suleiman Zanfari (R) 18 16 17 17 13 17 28
28   Nat Hodgkiss (R) Ret DNS DNS 13 14 14 22
29   Zak Taylor (R) 15 15 Ret 21 19 Ret 18 11 Ret 18
30   Tom Ward (R) C Ret Ret 15 15 16 17
31   William Aspin (R) 20 Ret 18 4
32   Kieran Fuller (R) 20 18 DSQ 4

References

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