2016 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2016 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 BTCC centrepiece. It is the tenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twentyfive races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	10	Tom Wood	1–3
	19	Harry King	1–3
JHR Developments	11	Sebastian Priaulx	1–3
	26	Cameron Roberts	1–3
	30	Dhyllan Skiba	1–2
	50	Geri Nicosia	1–3
	77	Sebastian Perez	1–3
	83	Kyle Hornby	1–3
Team Pyro	20	Zak Fulk	1
HHC Motorsport	21	Lewis Brown	1–3
	23	Tom Gamble	1–3
	28	Charlie Fagg	1–3
	71	Will Tregurtha	1–3
Total Control Racing	25	Connor Grady	1–3
	27	Dave Wooder	1–3
	44	Max Bird	1–3
	68	Jordan Collard	1–3
Douglas Motorsport	33	Daniel Harper	1–3
	74	Enzo Fittipaldi	1–3
	75	Stuart Middleton	1–3
Mectech Motorsport	58	Anthony Ayres	1–3
Rob Boston Racing	79	Greg Johnson	1–3

Driver Changes

Leaving Ginetta Juniors

• 2015 Ginetta Junior champion Jamie Caroline advances to MSA Formula with Jamun racing.
• Senna Proctor moved to Renault Clio Cup U.K after two seasons in Ginetta Juniors.
• Dan Zelos also moved to 2016 Renault UK Clio Cup after two years of Ginetta Juniors.
• Billy Monger joins 2015 champion Jamie Caroline in MSA Formula.
• 2015 rookie Patrik Matthiesen promotes to MSA Formula 4.
• Matt Chapman will move to the Ginetta GT5 challenge, remaining with Total Control Racing.
• Sophia Flörsch made headlines withdrawing after 5 rounds and a double win at Thruxton in 2015. She spent the second half of 2015 preparing for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Motopark
• Devlin DeFrancesco, having picked up the series during Sophia Flörsch's last round, moved onto MSA F4 with Carlin.
• Frank Bird also converted to Britain's MSA F4 with Fortec Motorsports for 2016.

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Stuart Middleton	Stuart Middleton	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R2		3 April		Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Lewis Brown	HHC Motorsport
	R4				Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R5		17 April		Lewis Brown	Daniel Harper	Douglas Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8 May	Sebastian Perez	Harry King	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R7				Stuart Middleton	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June
	R9		5 June
5	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18 June
	R11
	R12		19 June
6	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July
	R14		31 July
7	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	13 August
	R16
	R17		14 August
8	R18	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August
	R19
	R20		28 August
9	R21	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September
	R22
	R23		18 September
10	R24	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October
	R25		2 October

Calendar changes

• This season saw the re-introduction of the triple-header meetings, having last hosted a triple-header meeting in 2007.

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

Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Stuart Middleton 75 2 1 2 1 7 1 7 197 197 2 Will Tregurtha 71 1 5 5 4 3 2 2 183 183 3 Dave Wooder 27 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 172 172 4 Lewis Brown 21 14 3 1 9 2 6 5 152 152 5 Daniel Harper (R) 33 7 6 3 2 1 15 11 141 141 6 Cameron Roberts 26 6 4 19 6 5 4 14 109 109 7 Geri Nicosia 50 8 7 10 5 9 9 6 103 103 8 Sebastian Priaulx (R) 11 18 13 7 8 8 5 3 101 101 9 Tom Gamble (R) 23 5 8 6 13 13 11 10 89 89 10 Max Bird (R) 44 4 17 9 7 6 14 Ret 79 79 11 Harry King (R) 19 16 14 12 Ret 13 7 4 68 68 12 Charlie Fagg 28 Ret 9 15 14 10 8 8 64 64 13 Kyle Hornby 83 9 EX 8 15 11 12 7 67 −12 55 14 Tom Wood (R) 10 15 11 14 16 15 10 13 53 53 15 Connor Grady 25 13 12 Ret 12 14 13 15 47 47 16 Enzo Fittipaldi (R) 74 12 19 12 10 18 17 12 47 47 17 Sebastian Perez 77 11 10 11 Ret 16 18 Ret 34 34 18 Jordan Collard (R) 68 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 16 31 31 19 Anthony Ayres (R) 58 20 18 16 18 19 19 17 20 20 20 Dhyllan Skiba (R) 30 19 16 17 17 Ret 15 15 21 Greg Johnson (R) 79 21 Ret 18 19 17 20 18 13 13 22 Zak Fulk (R) 20 17 15 10 10 Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (R) – Rookie

External links

• Official website
• Ginetta Junior Series News