2021 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2021 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 fifteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 May 2021 at Thruxton and concluding on 24 October 2021 at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship.[1] After a one year absence, Ginetta confirmed the Winter Series will return at the end of the year.[2] A scholarship allowed a driver who had raced in go karts to start racing cars.[3] The first round of the championship saw the record broken for most entries in a Ginetta Junior event.[4] R Racing and Elite Motorsport are the most competitive teams, with Fox Motorsport also winning at Snetterton.[5]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Elite Motorsport 10 United Kingdom Josh Rowledge All
18 United Kingdom Seb Hopkins All
30 United Kingdom Will Jenkins All
78 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood All
93 United Kingdom Max Hall All
95 United Kingdom Joe Warhurst All
R Racing 11 Mexico Ian Aguilera All
14 United Kingdom Josh Miller All
35 Switzerland Callum Voisin All
37 United Kingdom Luke Watts 7–9
52 United Kingdom Tom Edgar 1–4
62 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson All
70 United Kingdom Aston Millar All
Preptech UK 12 United Kingdom James Higgins All
13 United Kingdom Haydn Chance 7–9
71 United Kingdom Fergus Chalmers All
Richardson Racing 17 United Kingdom Oliver Flashman 1–6
41 United Kingdom Edward Pearson All
46 Netherlands Robert de Haan All
Assetto Motorsport 23 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds All
24 United Kingdom Jamie Osborne All
33 United Kingdom Maxwell Dodds 1–6, 8–9
88 United Kingdom Joe Wheeler All
Breakell Racing 47 South Africa Aqil Alibhai All
Fox Motorsport 48 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly All
49 United Kingdom Maurice Henry All
Ultimate Speed Racing 50 United Kingdom Adam Brown 5–9
Raceway Motorsport 81 United Kingdom Zak Meakin 1–5, 7–9
Race Car Consultants 26 United Kingdom Thomas Jack Lee 7, 9
94 United Kingdom Jacob Hodgkiss All
Hybrid Tune Ltd 72 United Kingdom Sonny Smith 8–9
Team HARD 77 United Kingdom AJ Rock 7–9
Privateer 50 United Kingdom Adam Brown 1–3

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Thruxton Circuit 8 May United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Will Jenkins United Kingdom Tom Edgar R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R2 9 May United Kingdom Seb Hopkins United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
2 R3 Snetterton Circuit 12 June United Kingdom Tom Edgar Switzerland Callum Voisin Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R4 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport United Kingdom Josh Rowledge
R5 13 June United Kingdom Seb Hopkins United Kingdom Tom Edgar R Racing United Kingdom Josh Rowledge
3 R6 Brands Hatch Indy 26 June Switzerland Callum Voisin Switzerland Callum Voisin Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R7 Switzerland Callum Voisin United Kingdom Seb Hopkins Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R8 27 June Switzerland Callum Voisin Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
4 R9 Oulton Park 31 July United Kingdom Josh Rowledge United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport United Kingdom Josh Rowledge
R10 1 August Race postponed to Knockhill due to barrier damage
5 R11 Knockhill Racing Circuit 14 August United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Josh Rowledge United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Netherlands Robert de Haan
R10 United Kingdom Josh Rowledge Netherlands Robert de Haan Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R12 15 August United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Netherlands Robert de Haan United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R13 Switzerland Callum Voisin United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
6 R14 Thruxton Circuit 28 August Switzerland Callum Voisin Netherlands Robert de Haan Netherlands Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
R15 29 August United Kingdom Will Jenkins United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson Switzerland Callum Voisin R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
R16 Switzerland Callum Voisin Netherlands Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
7 R17 Silverstone Circuit 25 September United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson Netherlands Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
R18 26 September United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Will Jenkins United Kingdom Will Jenkins Elite Motorsport Netherlands Robert de Haan
R19 Netherlands Robert de Haan United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
8 R20 Donington Park 9 October United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Harri Reynolds United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Netherlands Robert de Haan
R21 10 October United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Switzerland Callum Voisin United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
R22 Netherlands Robert de Haan United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Switzerland Callum Voisin
9 R23 Brands Hatch GP 23 October United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom James Higgins United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing Netherlands Robert de Haan
R24 24 October United Kingdom Aston Millar United Kingdom Aston Millar R Racing United Kingdom James Higgins
R25 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United Kingdom Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Netherlands Robert de Haan

Calendar Changes

The Ginetta Junior Championship will not support every round of the British Touring Car Championship in 2021. The series will miss the seventh round of the BTCC season at Croft.[6]

Midseason Changes

Round 10 at Oulton Park was postponed due to barrier damage sustained during a Mini Challenge UK race. Due to timetable constraints the rescheduled race could not take place that weekend, so it was subsequently run at the following meeting at Knockhill.

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 THR SNE BHI OUL KNO THR SIL DON BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
1 United Kingdom Aston Millar 4 2 5 6 5 5 5 6 3 C 2 2 1 1 5 3 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 667 14 653
2 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly 10 10 3 1 2 2 6 7 1 C 1 3 4 4 3 4 7 6 7 5 1 2 2 5 2 1 619 11 608
3 United Kingdom Seb Hopkins 2 3 Ret 4 7 3 2 2 8 C 3 19 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 7 10 4 10 4 13 7 516 516
4 Netherlands Robert de Haan (R) 9 4 10 8 Ret 8 7 5 Ret C 4 4 8 3 1 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 5 2 10 2 516 9 507
5 United Kingdom Will Jenkins 7 6 2 3 3 6 4 4 7 C 5 5 22 Ret 2 17 11 2 1 3 7 8 7 6 3 4 484 484
6 Switzerland Callum Voisin (R) 5 1 1 DSQ 10 1 1 1 9 C 9 1 3 5 22 1 2 22 15 6 13 7 3 3 21 13 491 76 415
7 United Kingdom Josh Rowledge (R) 11 7 6 7 6 7 9 Ret 4 C 6 8 6 6 21 5 12 12 6 4 8 5 6 10 9 6 369 6 363
8 United Kingdom Josh Miller 3 9 9 5 4 18 3 3 2 C 17 7 Ret DNS 15 11 6 7 8 23 12 18 12 7 15 12 313 15 298
9 United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson 8 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 5 C Ret 12 5 7 13 9 9 9 9 9 11 12 11 11 7 5 292 292
10 United Kingdom Joe Wheeler 6 8 7 9 Ret 13 Ret 19 21 C 10 16 7 9 8 7 4 17 Ret 13 5 9 9 13 5 27 250 6 244
11 United Kingdom Harri Reynolds (R) 16 14 14 12 12 15 14 12 6 C 7 6 12 8 12 20 13 8 10 Ret 6 6 4 9 17 18 255 12 243
12 United Kingdom Jamie Osborne 17 16 12 13 8 12 11 9 10 C 12 10 14 11 14 19 15 26 5 10 3 20 17 8 19 23 212 6 206
13 United Kingdom Maxwell Dodds (R) 15 11 8 10 9 10 10 8 22 C 11 9 11 14 9 8 10 15 10 8 Ret 20 19 199 199
14 United Kingdom Tom Edgar 1 5 4 2 1 4 8 10 17 C 194 18 176
15 United Kingdom James Higgins (R) 24 18 13 17 Ret 16 16 14 13 C Ret 17 9 10 19 23 DNS 11 12 8 14 21 18 23 4 10 146 146
16 South Africa Aqil Alibhai (R) 18 25 23 19 21 26 21 Ret 12 C 8 20 17 15 6 12 14 14 22 18 9 17 13 14 16 9 131 131
17 United Kingdom Edward Pearson (R) 20 17 18 22 14 Ret Ret 17 14 C Ret 13 13 13 11 14 21 15 13 12 Ret 13 20 15 8 3 145 20 125
18 United Kingdom Joe Warhurst (R) Ret 23 15 25 13 17 20 21 18 C 19 14 21 17 7 10 8 5 11 Ret 19 Ret 22 12 5 20 118 118
19 United Kingdom Fergus Chalmers (R) 19 20 26 16 Ret 25 23 23 16 C 13 21 16 18 10 15 19 13 Ret 20 16 22 19 21 6 11 92 92
20 United Kingdom Zac Meakin (R) 13 15 21 15 17 14 18 16 Ret C Ret 11 Ret DNS 23 14 16 18 11 14 19 18 15 92 92
21 United Kingdom Maurice Henry (R) 23 Ret 20 20 19 20 13 13 11 C Ret 15 10 12 20 21 17 20 18 15 23 14 26 16 Ret 16 89 18 71
22 Mexico Ian Aguilera (R) 14 19 19 23 Ret 9 Ret DNS 23 C 20 22 19 22 24 18 18 10 19 11 20 26 15 18 26 21 65 65
23 United Kingdom Max Hall (R) 12 13 17 14 15 21 17 22 20 C 15 25 15 16 Ret 13 Ret 16 20 21 17 19 24 22 Ret 28 76 15 61
24 United Kingdom Jack Sherwood (R) 22 22 22 21 16 19 19 24 19 C 14 18 Ret 19 18 16 16 19 23 17 Ret 27 25 20 14 25 50 50
25 United Kingdom Jacob Hodgkiss (R) 21 21 16 18 20 23 15 15 24 C Ret 23 18 23 17 24 20 27 17 14 21 15 NC Ret Ret 22 46 12 34
26 United Kingdom Luke Watts (R) 21 16 19 Ret Ret 16 Ret 12 14 28 28
27 United Kingdom Sonny Smith (R) 25 16 23 17 11 17 23 23
28 United Kingdom Oliver Flashman (R) 25 24 24 26 Ret 24 24 18 15 C 16 24 20 21 16 22 23 20 20
29 United Kingdom Adam Brown (R) 26 26 25 24 18 22 22 20 18 23 20 23 25 22 25 24 25 22 23 28 25 24 24 8 8
30 United Kingdom Thomas Jack Lee (R) 18 21 26 Ret 25 Ret 3 3
31 United Kingdom Haydn Chance (R) Ret Ret 22 26 25 27 24 23 26 0 0
32 United Kingdom AJ Rock (R) 24 Ret 24 24 24 21 26 22 29 0 0

References

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