2020 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2020 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 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 fourteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 1 August at Donington Park and concluding on 15 November at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after nine meetings, all in support of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship.[1]

2020 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2019 ToCA Tour: 2020 British Touring Car Championship 2020 Ginetta GT4 Supercup 2020 F4 British Championship 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2020 Mini Challenge UK

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Total Control Racing	11	William Rochford[2]	1–4, 6–7
	52	Tom Edgar[2]	1–7
	95	Joe Warhurst	7
Elite Motorsport	14	Josh Miller[3]	1–7
	16	William Aspin[4]	1–7
	18	Seb Hopkins[5]	1–7
	34	Tom Lebbon[6]	1–7
	46	William Vincent[7]	1–7
	77	Tommy Pintos[8]	1–7
Preptech UK	12	James Higgins[9]	5, 7
Richardson Racing[10]	19	Rowan Vincent[11]	1–7
	23	Georgi Dimitrov[11]	1–7
	41	Trennon Bettany[11]	1–5, 7
R Racing	21	Josh Rattican[12]	1–7
	22	Bailey Voisin[12]	1–7
	29	Joel Pearson[12]	1–7
	62	Freddie Tomlinson[12]	1–7
	70	Aston Millar[12]	1–7
Team HARD	26	Luke Constantine	6
Fox Motorsport	48	Liam McNeilly[13]	1–7
Assetto Motorsport	88	Joe Wheeler	1–7
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport	99	Zak Taylor[2]	1–6
Privateer	30	Will Jenkins[2]	1–7

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire)	1 August	Tom Lebbon	Joel Pearson	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
			Tom Lebbon	Tom Lebbon	Georgi Dimitrov	Richardson Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
		2 August		Aston Millar	Georgi Dimitrov	Richardson Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
2	Brands Hatch (GP Circuit, Kent)	8 August	Tom Lebbon	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
			Bailey Voisin	Zak Taylor	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
		9 August		Bailey Voisin	Tom Lebbon	Elite Motorsport	Tom Lebbon
3	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	29 August	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
		30 August	Georgi Dimitrov	Bailey Voisin	Georgi Dimitrov	Richardson Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
				Bailey Voisin	Josh Rattican	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
4	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	19 September	Tom Lebbon	Freddie Tomlinson	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
		20 September	Tom Lebbon	Tom Lebbon	Josh Rattican	R Racing	Tom Lebbon
5	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 September	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	William Vincent
		27 September	Bailey Voisin	Seb Hopkins	Georgi Dimitrov	Richardson Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
				Tom Edgar	Bailey Voisin	R Racing	Georgi Dimitrov
6	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	10 October	Tom Lebbon	Josh Rattican	Josh Rattican	Elite Racing	Tom Lebbon
		11 October	Tom Lebbon	Josh Rattican	Tom Lebbon	Elite Motorsport	Tom Lebbon
7	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	24 October	Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	Tom Lebbon	Elite Motorsport	Tom Lebbon
			Bailey Voisin	Bailey Voisin	Tom Lebbon	Elite Motorsport	Tom Lebbon
		25 October		Joel Pearson	Tom Lebbon	Elite Motorsport	Tom Lebbon
8	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	14 November	Josh Miller	Tom Edgar	Josh Rattican	Elite Racing	Tom Lebbon
		15 November	Josh Miller	Bailey Voisin	Josh Miller	Elite Motorsport	Josh Miller

Calendar Changes

The Ginetta Junior Championship will not support every round of the British Touring Car Championship in 2020. The series will miss the third round of the BTCC season, Oulton Park.[1]

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

Pos	Driver	DON			BHGP			KNO			THR		SIL			CRO		SNE			BHI		Points
1	Tom Lebbon (R)	5	2	9	2	3	1	2	3	2	3	2	11	Ret	(13)	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	528
2	Josh Rattican	3	4	(15)	3	2	3	5	2	1	2	1	2	3	4	1	3	21	4	2	1	3	519
3	Bailey Voisin	1	19	6	1	1	2	1	5	3	1	Ret	1	2	1	10	Ret	2	2	3	8	4	516
4	Georgi Dimitrov (R)	2	1	1	5	9	8	6	1	7	12	Ret	Ret	1	3	15	11	3	7	12	7	6	386
5	Seb Hopkins (R)	Ret	7	11	9	6	6	10	9	(20)	5	8	4	6	7	9	10	4	3	6	3	5	320
6	Tom Edgar (R)	8	(13)	8	12	11	7	4	Ret	11	8	4	8	5	2	3	6	7	9	7			267
7	Tommy Pintos (R)	(12)	11	4	8	7	10	11	10	10	(19)	7	10	10	11	8	10	4	3	5			246
8	Joel Pearson	4	5	2	10	17	Ret	3	6	6	4	9	18	Ret	Ret	7	4	14	8	4			245
9	Freddie Tomlinson	13	8	7	7	5	5	7	Ret	13	10	5	12	Ret	10	6	2	13	(16)	8			230
10	Aston Millar (R)	7	3	5	11	16	Ret	(19)	3	5	9	10	9	7	6	12	18	10	10	13			217
11	Zak Taylor (R)	10	6	3	4	4	4	12	8	12	6	Ret	5	8	8	18	12						202
12	William Vincent (R)	6	Ret	(17)	6	13	9	17	17	17	15	6	3	4	5	4	17	17	17	10			196
13	Will Jenkins (R)	11	16	13	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	11	12	15	9	15	5	5	6	13	9			187
14	Josh Miller (R)	9	10	Ret	14	10	13	9	14	9	7	3	6	Ret	14	Ret	8	15	11	17			181
15	William Aspin (R)	18	9	10	13	8	Ret	15	15	19	14	11	7	Ret	16	13	9	8	6	21			152
16	Liam McNeilly (R)	14	14	12	15	19	11	8	13	8	17	Ret	14	13	Ret	16	13	11	14	11			136
17	Joe Wheeler (R)	17	18	16	19	12	14	13	16	16	18	13	17	Ret	18	11	14	9	(20)	15			92
18	Trennon Bettany (R)	19	17	14	18	15	15	14	11	14	16	Ret	16	11	9			18	12	20			88
19	Rowan Vincent (R)	16	12	18	17	14	12	16	18	15	20	Ret	13	12	17	Ret	15	19	18	18			87
20	William Rochford	15	15	Ret	Ret	18	16	18	12	18	13	Ret				14	19	16	15	16			59
21	James Higgins (R)												19	Ret	12			12	19	14			29
22	Luke Constantine (R)															17	16						9
23	Joe Warhusrt (R)																	20	21	19			3

References

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