2018 Ginetta Junior Championship

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.

2018 Ginetta Junior Championship
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
2018 ToCA Tour:
2018 British Touring Car Championship
2018 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2018 F4 British Championship
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2018 Renault UK Clio Cup

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Elite Motorsport 7 Greg Johnson[1] All
17 Louis Foster[2] All
44 Finley Green[3] All
54 Adam Smalley[4] All
67 James Hedley[4] All
81 Jonny Wilkinson[3] 1–8
Richardson Racing 11 Luke Browning[5] All
66 James Taylor[6] All
72 Matt Luff 1–7
99 Emily Linscott[7] All
Total Control Racing 14 Daniel Gale 1–2, 10
24 Theo Edgerton 10
40 Ethan Hawkey 1, 6, 8–10
49 Abbi Pulling[8] 1–3
55 Ruben del Sarte[9] All
87 Patrick Kibble[9] All
Premiership Academy Racing[10] 20 Harry Dyson 8–10
95 Ben O'Hare All
Douglas Motorsport 23 Lorcan Hanafin 5–7, 9–10
57 Gus Burton 5–7, 9–10
Richardson Chassis Engineering[11] 37 Charlie McLeod 1–2
WDE Motorsport[12] 46 Jamie Osborne 1–7, 9–10
Privateers 10 Will Martin All
27 Tom Emson All
29 Joel Pearson 7, 9–10
77 Conner Garlick All

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
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
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
Louis Foster James Hedley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport
4 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 9 June Luke Browning Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport
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
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
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
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
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
Luke Browning Gus 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
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 BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC KNO SIL BHGP Points
1 Adam Smalley 1 2 4 2 Ret 2 1 1 6 1 1 6 5 2 1 3 4 3 2 3 Ret 4 2 2 1 5 679
2 Louis Foster (R) 4 4 2 3 1 8 3 3 2 5 7 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 671
3 Luke Browning 5 1 1 1 2 3 Ret DSQ 1 19 2 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 1 4 2 3 3 5 1 4 2 654
4 Patrick Kibble (R) 12 6 7 7 4 1 5 6 7 2 5 4 2 10 12 2 6 5 13 8 5 2 3 3 3 3 496
5 Ruben del Sarte 2 3 5 6 3 4 4 4 Ret 4 3 9 3 Ret 7 8 Ret 8 8 10 4 6 6 8 6 6 425
6 James Taylor (R) 11 8 9 5 7 9 7 10 4 3 6 5 11 5 4 7 3 4 3 5 7 9 4 10 5 4 414
7 Greg Johnson 6 5 3 Ret 8 5 9 7 3 12 8 17 9 6 5 10 5 6 6 6 Ret 13 11 13 7 14 357
8 James Hedley (R) 7 10 8 10 5 6 2 5 12 6 11 10 13 7 6 5 Ret 12 7 4 2 8 18 5 10 18 356
9 Finley Green 3 9 6 8 6 Ret 6 2 13 14 4 1 8 16 9 Ret 13 10 Ret 15 6 5 13 7 Ret 11 315
10 Jonny Wilkinson (R) 8 11 10 9 14 10 12 8 5 8 9 7 6 12 10 6 8 11 5 7 241
11 Tom Emson (R) 15 15 16 11 13 14 10 12 11 9 14 19 19 9 15 9 10 16 9 9 10 10 7 14 12 Ret 217
12 Matt Luff 18 7 Ret 4 9 7 8 Ret Ret 7 10 11 7 4 8 Ret 11 14 189
13 Lorcan Hanafin (R) 17 12 8 14 8 11 4 7 9 8 7 9 15 11 Ret 167
14 Will Martin (R) 17 16 11 13 12 Ret 13 9 8 13 15 15 16 15 14 Ret 15 13 10 12 Ret DNS DNS Ret 9 9 166
15 Conner Garlick (R) 13 17 13 14 15 12 11 15 Ret 18 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 14 15 15 15 9 8 15 164
16 Emily Linscott (R) 16 14 Ret 15 18 11 14 11 9 10 17 14 18 Ret Ret 14 16 15 14 13 12 14 14 16 13 16 159
17 Ben O'Hare (R) 14 20 Ret 16 Ret 16 17 14 14 15 16 18 20 17 17 15 Ret 18 15 11 14 16 12 Ret 14 10 123
18 Ethan Hawkey (R) 10 12 15 14 13 12 16 11 11 10 11 Ret 8 112
19 Gus Burton (R) 11 18 12 10 Ret Ret 13 9 7 9 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 108
20 Jamie Osborne (R) Ret 18 15 17 17 15 15 13 10 16 13 16 17 13 16 DNS 14 17 16 17 17 18 15 13 100
21 Abbi Pulling (R) 9 13 12 12 10 13 16 62
22 Joel Pearson (R) 12 17 Ret 13 12 16 19 Ret 12 46
23 Harry Dyson 11 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret 7 35
24 Daniel Gale (R) 19 Ret 14 18 11 17 Ret 17 30
25 Charlie McLeod (R) 20 19 17 Ret 16 12
26 Theo Edgerton (R) Ret DNS DNS 0

Notes
  1. 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
  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.
  3. "Elite Completes Six-Car Ginetta Junior Line-Up". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. "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.
  9. "TCR Confirms Two Drivers for Ginetta Junior Return". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  10. "Hard Eye Ginetta Junior Entry As Part of New Academy". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. "Richardson Chassis Engineering Makes Ginetta Junior Return". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. "Clio Squad WDE Motorsport Enter Ginetta Juniors". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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