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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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 Norris 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 Norris took nine top-two finishes. Norris outscored Kellett by 464 to 459 on total points, however, Kellett had fewer points to drop than Norris 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

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) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "Ben Pearson Joins R & J Racing for Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
2. "Hadfield Brothers to Return to Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
3. "James Kellett Confirms Ginetta Junior Championship Entry for 2014". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
4. "William Taylforth to Contest Ginetta Junior Championship with HHC". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
5. "Matt Chapman Commits to Ginetta Junior Championship with TCR". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
6. "Karting Champion Caroline Joins TCR for Ginetta Junior Bid". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
7. "Jack Mitchell Set for Ginetta Junior Championship Return". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
8. "Alex Sedgwick Wins Ginetta Junior Scholarship for 2014". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
9. "Evergreen Marketing extends motorsport involvement". tyrepress. tyrepress. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
10. "Jamie Chadwick to Continue in Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
11. "Billy Monger Joins GGinetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
12. "Lewis Brown Graduates from Karting to Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
13. "Jack Rawles Returns to Ginetta Junior Championship with Tollbar". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
14. "Harry Mailer Joins Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
15. "Brazilian Karting Ace Cardoso Joins Hillspeed for Ginetta Junior". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
16. "Esmee Hawkey Joins Ginetta Junior Championship with AMD Tuning". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

External links

• Official website