2016 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2016 Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship^[1] 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 tenth Ginetta Junior Championship, and commenced on 2 April 2016 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 2 October 2016 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty five races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	10	Tom Wood[2]	All
	19	Harry King[3]	All
JHR Developments	11	Sebastian Priaulx[4]	All
	26	Cameron Roberts[5]	1–5, 7
	29	Harry Dyson	9–10
	30	Dhyllan Skiba[6]	1–2, 4–6
	46	Jenson Dineen	8–10
	50	Geri Nicosia[7]	All
	64	Olli Caldwell	5–7, 9–10
	77	Sebastian Perez[8]	All
	83	Kyle Hornby[9]	1–6, 8–9
Tollbar Racing	12	Alex Day	6
Team Pyro	20	Zak Fulk[6]	1
HHC Motorsport	21	Lewis Brown[6]	All
	23	Tom Gamble[10]	1–6
	28	Charlie Fagg[6]	All
	31	Charlie Digby	6–10
	71	Will Tregurtha[11]	1–9
Optimum Motorsport	22	Connor O'Brien	8
Total Control Racing	25	Connor Grady[6]	All
	27	Dave Wooder[12]	All
	44	Max Bird[13]	1–6, 8
	68	Jordan Collard[14]	All
Douglas Motorsport	33	Daniel Harper[15]	All
	74	Enzo Fittipaldi[16]	1–7
	75	Stuart Middleton[17]	All
Mectech Motorsport	58	Anthony Ayres[6]	1–4, 6, 9–10
Rob Boston Racing	79	Greg Johnson[18]	1–3, 5–6, 8–10

Driver changes

Leaving Ginetta Juniors

• 2015 Ginetta Junior champion Jamie Caroline advanced to MSA Formula with Jamun racing.^[19]
• Senna Proctor moved to Renault Clio Cup U.K after two seasons in Ginetta Juniors.^[20]
• Dan Zelos also moved to 2016 Renault UK Clio Cup after two years of Ginetta Juniors.^[21]
• Billy Monger joined 2015 champion Jamie Caroline in MSA Formula.^[22]
• 2015 rookie Patrik Matthiesen was promoted to MSA Formula 4.^[23]
• Matt Chapman moved to the Ginetta GT5 challenge, remaining with Total Control Racing.^[24]
• Sophia Flörsch made headlines withdrawing after 5 rounds and a double win at Thruxton in 2015. She spent the second half of 2015 preparing for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Motopark.^[25]
• Devlin DeFrancesco, having picked up the series during Sophia Flörsch's last round, moved onto MSA F4 with Carlin.^[26]
• Frank Bird also converted to Britain's MSA F4 with Fortec Motorsports for 2016.^[27]

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Stuart Middleton	Stuart Middleton	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R2		3 April		Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Lewis Brown	HHC Motorsport
	R4				Lewis Brown	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R5		17 April		Lewis Brown	Daniel Harper	Douglas Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8 May	Sebastian Perez	Harry King	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R7				Stuart Middleton	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	Will Tregurtha	Dave Wooder	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R9		5 June		Dave Wooder	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
5	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18 June	Stuart Middleton	Cameron Roberts	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R11				Daniel Harper	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R12		19 June		Lewis Brown	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
6	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July	Will Tregurtha	Dave Wooder	Daniel Harper	Douglas Motorsport
	R14		31 July		Daniel Harper	Harry King	Elite Motorsport
7	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	13 August	Sebastian Priaulx	Stuart Middleton	Sebastian Perez	JHR Developments
	R16				Daniel Harper	Geri Nicosia	JHR Developments
	R17		14 August		Stuart Middleton	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
8	R18	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August	Will Tregurtha	Will Tregurtha	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R19				Will Tregurtha	Will Tregurtha	HHC Motorsport
	R20		28 August		Will Tregurtha	Harry King	Elite Motorsport
9	R21	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September	Sebastian Priaulx	Lewis Brown	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
	R22				Sebastian Perez	Sebastian Priaulx	JHR Developments
	R23		18 September		Stuart Middleton	Dave Wooder	Total Control Racing
10	R24	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October	Dave Wooder	Stuart Middleton	Stuart Middleton	Douglas Motorsport
	R25		2 October		Geri Nicosia	Lewis Brown	HHC Motorsport

Calendar changes

• This season saw the re-introduction of the triple-header meetings, having last hosted a triple-header meeting in 2007.^[28]

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 23 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 Will Tregurtha 1 5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 10 5 1 3 2 5 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 2 615 615 2 Stuart Middleton 2 1 2 1 7 1 7 3 2 1 1 Ret 9 7 2 9 4 1 2 10 11 18 5 1 3 578 -3 575 3 Lewis Brown 14 3 1 9 2 6 5 6 5 8 4 2 5 4 12 6 14 3 4 4 4 16 10 2 1 507 -12 495 4 Dave Wooder 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 9 3 Ret 9 3 2 6 11 2 6 7 15 9 1 2 1 Ret DNS 485 −6 479 5 Daniel Harper (R) 7 6 3 2 1 15 11 Ret Ret 3 2 9 1 3 4 15 9 14 7 11 10 8 17 6 9 390 390 6 Geri Nicosia 8 7 10 5 9 9 6 5 5 12 7 4 8 8 6 1 3 13 8 6 17 9 11 7 6 396 -12 384 7 Sebastian Priaulx (R) 18 13 7 8 8 5 3 15 17 2 3 11 12 11 3 13 17 4 16 7 2 1 6 9 4 390 -7 −3 380 8 Harry King (R) 16 14 12 Ret 13 7 4 12 8 15 19 15 4 1 14 17 13 6 5 1 6 3 3 4 2 376 -2 374 9 Charlie Fagg Ret 9 15 14 10 8 8 2 4 4 10 14 11 19 12 9 7 11 10 8 3 5 4 5 7 344 -2 342 10 Sebastian Perez 11 10 11 Ret 16 18 Ret 4 12 18 11 7 7 12 1 8 11 5 3 3 8 7 9 3 8 333 333 11 Tom Wood (R) 15 11 14 16 15 10 13 8 9 11 13 10 Ret 15 13 3 15 12 6 2 19 10 7 10 5 251 −6 245 12 Connor Grady 13 12 Ret 12 14 13 15 10 7 17 14 6 16 9 7 5 2 9 9 14 11 10 232 −1 231 13 Kyle Hornby 9 EX 8 15 11 12 7 7 Ret 9 8 Ret 6 5 8 12 14 9 6 8 221 −12 209 14 Cameron Roberts 6 4 19 6 5 4 14 NC 14 6 20 5 8 14 8 176 176 15 Tom Gamble (R) 5 8 6 13 13 11 10 17 10 7 6 Ret 10 10 160 160 16 Jordan Collard (R) 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 16 11 13 16 17 Ret 17 14 17 7 5 16 11 12 12 14 12 12 14 154 −1 153 17 Max Bird (R) 4 17 9 7 6 14 Ret 13 16 14 15 12 14 13 10 13 13 147 −6 141 18 Enzo Fittipaldi (R) 12 19 12 10 18 17 12 16 15 13 12 8 15 18 10 11 12 113 113 19 Olli Caldwell (R) 5 16 13 13 Ret 15 10 10 14 12 13 8 11 105 105 20 Anthony Ayres (R) 20 18 16 18 19 19 17 18 14 18 16 13 13 Ret 14 12 70 70 21 Greg Johnson (R) 21 Ret 18 19 17 20 18 19 21 16 DNS DNS 15 14 16 18 15 Ret Ret 13 55 55 22 Charlie Digby 21 21 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 19 16 Ret DNS 35 35 23 Harry Dyson (R) 7 11 Ret 13 Ret 34 34 24 Dhyllan Skiba (R) 19 16 17 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 17 20 20 31 31 25 Jenson Dineen (R) 19 Ret 18 15 17 15 Ret DNS 21 21 26 Zak Fulk (R) 17 15 10 10 27 Conor O'Brien (R) 18 18 17 10 10 28 Alex Day 19 17 6 6 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (R) – Rookie

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External links

• Official website
• Ginetta Junior Series News