2012 Ginetta Junior Championship season

2012 Ginetta Junior Championship season
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The 2012 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 conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season will be the sixth Ginetta Junior Championship. The season will commence on 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and will conclude on 21 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races to be held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Regulation changes

The championship will include a new two class structure, with a Rookie Class running alongside the main class. The Rookie class will be up to eight cars, all run by Ginetta instead of independent teams and open to any race driver who has not been in the championship before. The £2,800 cost per weekend is intended to encourage young drivers to enter motorsport.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds JHR Developments 3 Sennan Fielding[2] All 33 Ollie Chadwick[2] All HHC Motorsport 4 William Palmer[3] 1–4, 6–10 12 Tom Jackson[4] 1–3 55 Charlie Robertson[4] All Douglas Motorsport 5 Niall Murray[5] All 11 Andrew Watson[5] All Privateer 8 Finlay Ractliffe 2, 10 12 Tom Jackson 4–10 Tollbar Racing with WIRED 17 Oliver Basey-Fisher[2] All 22 Ricky Collard 4 Hillspeed 21 George Gamble[2] 1–2 25 Pepe Massot All 27 Nathan Harrison[6] 1–3 30 Keith Donegan 6–7 51 Freddie Lee 6–10 Beacon Racing 30 Keith Donegan[2] 1–5, 8–10 88 Harry Woodhead[2] 1–5 RPM Motorsport 43 Aiden Moffat 10 72 Elliot Paterson[2] 1–2, 4–10 BOMAG Racing 88 Harry Woodhead 6–10

Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar supports the BTCC at all rounds, with no major changes from 2011.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	1 April	Sennan Fielding	Charlie Robertson	Niall Murray	Douglas Motorsport
	R2			Charlie Robertson	George Gamble	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
2	R3	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	14 April	George Gamble	Sennan Fielding	Niall Murray	Douglas Motorsport
	R4		15 April	George Gamble	Sennan Fielding	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	28 April	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R6		29 April	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	9 June	Charlie Robertson	Niall Murray	Niall Murray	Douglas Motorsport
	R8		10 June	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Niall Murray	Douglas Motorsport
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	24 June	Sennan Fielding	Niall Murray	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments
	R10			Sennan Fielding	Niall Murray	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments
6	R11	Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk	12 August	Ollie Chadwick	Charlie Robertson	Pepe Massot	Hillspeed
	R12			Ollie Chadwick	Sennan Fielding	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	26 August	Charlie Robertson	Harry Woodhead	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
	R14			Charlie Robertson	Niall Murray	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
8	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	22 September	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Ollie Chadwick	JHR Developments
	R16		23 September	Charlie Robertson	Sennan Fielding	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments
9	R17	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	6 October	Charlie Robertson	Andrew Watson	Andrew Watson	Douglas Motorsport
	R18		7 October	Charlie Robertson	Sennan Fielding	Pepe Massot	Hillspeed
10	R19	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	20 October	Pepe Massot	Andrew Watson	Niall Murray	Douglas Motorsport
	R20		21 October	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments

Championship standings

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Pts 1 Charlie Robertson 12 1 2 Ret 1 1 4 7 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 Ret 4 2 524 11 6 507 2 Sennan Fielding 7 4 3 1 8 6 3 2 1 1 4 2 2 5 13 1 6 4 6 1 503 22 481 3 Niall Murray 1 2 1 DSQ 2 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 4 2 6 4 5 3 1 5 527 38 21 468 4 Pepe Massot Ret 6 Ret 2 6 8 2 3 2 4 1 5 6 11 4 5 11 1 2 4 411 16 395 5 Andrew Watson 6 7 6 3 5 10 Ret 10 6 11 2 6 5 3 7 Ret 1 2 3 7 367 367 6 Harry Woodhead 5 11 5 Ret 3 3 6 4 5 10 8 10 3 7 5 6 3 Ret 5 3 351 351 7 Ollie Chadwick 11 5 4 8 12 4 Ret 6 8 5 7 4 Ret 4 1 3 8 8 7 6 334 15 319 8 Keith Donegan 9 12 7 6 9 9 7 5 9 6 9 7 Ret 6 3 11 4 6 8 10 292 9 9 274 9 Oliver Basey-Fisher 3 9 Ret 4 11 11 5 9 11 8 6 9 7 Ret 9 8 7 5 9 8 270 9 261 10 Tom Jackson 10 Ret 8 7 10 12 9 8 7 7 Ret 11 Ret 10 11 12 13 9 10 Ret 190 190 11 Elliot Paterson 8 13 Ret 10 10 11 10 9 12 12 8 9 12 10 12 10 11 11 181 10 171 12 William Palmer NC 10 Ret Ret 4 7 8 12 11 8 10 8 10 9 9 7 13 Ret 180 10 170 13 Nathan Harrison 4 8 Ret 5 7 5 92 92 14 Freddie Lee 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 7 10 Ret Ret 9 76 76 15 George Gamble 2 3 Ret DNS 59 9 50 16 Finlay Ractliffe Ret 9 12 Ret 21 21 17 Ricky Collard 11 Ret 10 10 Aiden Moffat Ret NC 0 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "Ginetta to boost junior motorsport career ladder, rookie style!". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 13 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
2. "Ginetta Juniors gear up for Brands opener". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 29 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
3. Turner, Kevin (23 February 2012). Bradley, Charles, ed. "News in Brief". Autosport (Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications) 207 (8): 85. William Palmer, son of circuit boss Jonathan, will return to Ginetta Juniors for a full season in 2012. The 15-year-old brother of GP2 racer Jolyon, who contested a part-season in 2011 with Hillspeed, will drive for HHC Motorsport.
4. Turner, Kevin (9 February 2012). Bradley, Charles, ed. "Robertson back for title attack". Autosport (Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications) 207 (6): 86. Ginetta Junior frontrunner Charlie Robertson will return to the series for a second season this year with HHC Motorsport...Robertson will drive alongside former kart racer Tom Jackson, who has graduated from HHC's Junior Academy.
5. Turner, Kevin (1 March 2012). Bradley, Charles, ed. "New Irish team to Ginettas". Autosport (Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications) 207 (9): 82. Ex-Formula Vauxhall race winner Wayne Douglas will enter a new team in Ginetta Junior this year to run series frontrunner Niall Murray and Irish graduate Andrew Watson. Douglas...will run two Ginetta G40s under the Douglas Motorsport banner.
6. "Ginetta recruit stars of the future and discover Nathan Harrison". Ginetta.com (Ginetta Cars). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

External links

• Official website