2010 Ginetta Junior Championship

2010 champion Tom Ingram at Oulton Park

The 2010 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the eighth season of the Ginetta Junior Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April 2010 and concluded after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch on 10 October 2010. The championship introduced the G40 model to replace the G20 for the 2010 season.^[1]

Hillspeed's Tom Ingram became champion after a strong run towards the end of the season which included weekend sweeps at Silverstone and Knockhill, as well as a season-opening victory at Thruxton. Ingram's success, which included eight other podium finishes to go with his five wins, came despite having one of the smallest budgets of all the grid.^[2] Ingram's championship-winning margin was 65 points over Tollbar driver Jake Hill,^[3] who won ten races, but championship aspirations were thwarted by a disqualification at the Brands Hatch GP meeting, and accidents at Silverstone and Brands Hatch Indy. TJ Motorsport's Louise Richardson finished third with a pair of victories at Snetterton and Brands Hatch Indy, along with ten other podium finishes, including a run of eight successive podium finishes during the middle part of the season. Her team-mate Jody Fannin got the better of Tom Howard, who was a TJ driver until mid-season when he joined Hill at Tollbar, for fourth and fifth places; Fannin took victories at Brands Hatch GP and Croft, while Howard took the other victory at Rockingham. Defending champion Sarah Moore struggled for consistency in the season, but three end-of-season podiums enabled her to finish seventh in the championship behind brother David.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Eurotech Racing[4]	1	Sarah Moore	All
	77	David Moore	All
Team Parker Racing	3	Chris Swanwick	1–7
	4	Adam Bonham	All
	8	Finlay Ractliffe	All
Tollbar	5	Jake Hill	All
	20	Tom Howard[5]	6–10
FML	7	Jake Giddings	All
	51	Alex Austin	1–8, 10
HHC Motorsport	10	Carl Stirling	4
	79	Michael Day	10
	86	George Salter	10
TJ Motorsport	20	Tom Howard	1–5
	25	Louise Richardson	All
	27	Jody Fannin	All
Tranzpower	22	Patrick McClughan	3–7, 9–10
Hillspeed	31	Seb Morris	All
	80	Tom Ingram	All
Piranha Motorsport	33	Ryan Ratcliffe	1–2, 4–10
Tockwith	41	William Foster	All
	69	Maverick Domene	All
Privateer	71	Max Coates	All
Brad Bailey Racing	84	Brad Bailey	All

Calendar

All rounds were held in the United Kingdom. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Jake Hill	Jody Fannin	Tom Ingram	Hillspeed
	R2		4 April	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	24 April	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tom Howard	TJ Motorsport
	R4		25 April	Jake Hill	Tom Ingram	Jake Hill	Tollbar
3	R5	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 May	Jake Hill	Tom Ingram	Jody Fannin	TJ Motorsport
	R6		2 May	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Louise Richardson	Jody Fannin	Jody Fannin	TJ Motorsport
	R8		6 June	Jody Fannin	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
	R10		20 June	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	8 August	Louise Richardson	Tom Ingram	Louise Richardson	TJ Motorsport
	R12			Chris Swanwick	Tom Ingram	Jake Hill	Tollbar
7	R13	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 August	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Hillspeed
	R14		22 August	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Hillspeed
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	4 September	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Hillspeed
	R16		5 September	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Hillspeed
9	R17	Donington Park, Leicestershire	19 September	Tom Ingram	Adam Bonham	Jake Hill	Tollbar
	R18			Tom Ingram	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	9 October	Louise Richardson	Jake Hill	Louise Richardson	TJ Motorsport
	R20		10 October	Louise Richardson	Jake Hill	Jake Hill	Tollbar

Standings

Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI Pen Pts 1 Tom Ingram 1 5 4 4 3 2 12 4 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 556 2 Jake Hill 5 1 10 1 DSQ 1 6 1 1 1 12 1 3 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 1 20 491 3 Louise Richardson 4 4 2 3 Ret 5 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 11 3 7 8 1 Ret 454 4 Jody Fannin 9 9 9 5 1 Ret 1 2 5 5 2 6 Ret 6 8 11 8 12 5 5 352 5 Tom Howard 8 8 1 6 2 Ret 3 5 6 6 8 7 15 8 3 5 5 7 8 7 15 340 6 David Moore 3 3 3 13 4 3 5 7 10 8 7 8 Ret DNS 5 12 3 5 12 4 10 321 7 Sarah Moore 11 6 13 11 Ret 11 4 6 7 12 4 10 7 11 14 15 2 4 3 3 297 8 Alex Austin 7 2 5 2 Ret 9 8 Ret 4 4 5 5 6 Ret 10 8 4 Ret 15 256 9 Maverick Domene 10 13 15 14 Ret 7 7 16 18 11 9 9 4 9 7 4 13 14 Ret 9 205 10 Adam Bonham 6 10 7 10 9 6 10 12 8 10 Ret 15 10 2 6 DSQ 6 Ret 11 Ret 30 195 11 Max Coates 18 17 14 12 8 8 9 9 11 14 13 16 11 7 15 7 9 11 10 6 10 194 12 Seb Morris 12 14 11 8 Ret Ret 14 11 12 17 6 Ret 13 Ret 4 9 10 3 6 11 10 185 13 Jake Giddings 15 11 6 9 6 10 16 8 15 7 14 12 9 12 9 14 Ret Ret 9 15 15 175 14 Chris Swanwick 2 7 8 7 5 4 11 18 9 9 10 2 5 DSQ 55 162 15 Brad Bailey 17 15 17 17 10 13 19 15 17 15 11 13 17 10 13 10 11 Ret 13 10 136 16 William Foster 13 16 16 16 7 Ret 13 17 14 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 13 14 10 7 13 132 17 Ryan Ratcliffe 16 12 12 15 17 14 Ret 16 17 Ret 8 4 12 6 12 13 Ret DNS 129 18 Finlay Ractliffe 14 18 18 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 13 16 17 16 5 17 16 Ret 6 14 Ret 10 90 19 Patrick McClughan Ret 12 18 13 16 Ret 15 14 14 13 Ret 9 15 8 85 20 Carl Stirling 15 10 17 21 Michael Day 17 12 13 22 George Salter 16 14 12 Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI Pen Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Ginetta Junior Winter Series

The 2010 Ginetta Junior Winter Series was the third Ginetta Junior Winter Series. The series was held over four rounds at Pembrey on the weekend of 13–14 November.^[6] It formed part of the British Automobile Racing Club Winter Series. The series was won by Hillspeed's Seb Morris, who took two wins. Second place went to privateer Max Coates, who took one win and third place went to Tockwith driver David Moore. Adam Bonham of Team Parker Racing took the other race victory.

Teams and drivers

All teams and driver were British-registered.

2010 Winter Series Entry List
Team	No	Driver
Team Parker Racing	4	Adam Bonham
	8	Finlay Ractliffe
Tockwith	6	David Moore
	95	Myles Collins
FML	7	Jake Giddings
HHC Motorsport	9	George Gamble
	79	Michael Day
Hillspeed	31	Seb Morris
Piranha Motorsport	33	Ryan Ratcliffe
JT Motorsport	40	Sennan Fielding
Privateer	71	Max Coates

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
R1	Pembrey, Carmarthenshire	13 November	David Moore	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
R2			David Moore	Seb Morris	Max Coates	Privateer
R3		14 November	Adam Bonham	Adam Bonham	Adam Bonham	Team Parker Racing
R4			Adam Bonham	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed

References

1. "Ginetta G40 Breaks Cover". Pistonheads. Carrenza. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
2. "Ginetta Junior title tops 'best year' for Tom Ingram". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
3. "Tom Ingram crowned Ginetta Junior Champion 2010". BBC Three Counties. BBC. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
4. "Ginetta Juniors prepare for Thruxton!". Ginetta. Ginetta Cars. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-10-23.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Howard Gets 'Wired' with Tollbar Racing". Wired. WordPress. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
6. "Seb's a winner with Winter Series!". Ginetta. Ginetta Cars. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

External links

• Official website