2015 Ginetta Junior Championship season

2015 Ginetta Junior Championship season
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The 2015 KICK Start Energy 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 conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the ninth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 4 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Tollbar Racing 11 France Tristan Charpentier[1] 1–2
12 United Kingdom Alex Day[1] 1–6, 8–10
HHC Motorsport 14 Germany Sophia Flörsch[2] 1–5
26 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 5–10
28 United Kingdom Charlie Fagg 5–10
38 United Kingdom Jamie Caroline[3] All
44 Denmark Patrik Matthiesen[4] All
Total Control Racing 17 United Kingdom Matt Chapman[5] All
25 United Kingdom Connor Grady 5–10
27 United Kingdom Dave Wooder[6] All
31 United Kingdom Cameron Roberts[7] 1–9
R & J Motorsport 21 United Kingdom Lewis Brown All
42 United Kingdom Jonathan Hadfield[8] All
67 United Kingdom Frankie Bird All
83 United Kingdom Kyle Hornby[9] All
Supergreen Racing 22 United Kingdom Ben Green[10] All
JHR Developments 23 United Kingdom Billy Monger[11] All
33 United Kingdom Esmee Hawkey[12] 1–4, 6, 8–10
45 United Kingdom Dan Zelos[13] All
66 United Kingdom Senna Proctor[14] All
77 United Kingdom Sebastian Perez[15] All
99 United Kingdom Rowan Bailey[15] All
Hillspeed 24 United Kingdom Harry Mailer[16] 1–2
88 United Kingdom Benjamin Wallace[17] 1–2
Jam-Sport 41 United Kingdom William Stacey[18] 1–6, 9–10
Elite Motorsport 50 Cyprus Geri Nicosia All
Richardson Chassis Engineering 71 United Kingdom Will Tregurtha[19] All
Douglas Motorsport 75 United Kingdom Stuart Middleton[20] All

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
4 April Denmark Patrik Matthiesen United Kingdom William Stacey United Kingdom Billy Monger JHR Developments
R2 5 April Denmark Patrik Matthiesen United Kingdom Senna Proctor JHR Developments
2 R3 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)
18 April United Kingdom Jonathan Hadfield Denmark Patrik Matthiesen United Kingdom Jonathan Hadfield R & J Motorsport
R4 19 April Germany Sophia Flörsch United Kingdom Senna Proctor JHR Developments
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
10 May United Kingdom Stuart Middleton United Kingdom Matt Chapman Germany Sophia Flörsch HHC Motorsport
R6 United Kingdom Billy Monger Germany Sophia Flörsch HHC Motorsport
4 R7 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
7 June United Kingdom Dave Wooder United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R8 United Kingdom Lewis Brown United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
5 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)
27 June Germany Sophia Flörsch Denmark Patrik Matthiesen United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R10 28 June United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
8 August United Kingdom Billy Monger Denmark Patrik Matthiesen United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R12 9 August United Kingdom Dan Zelos United Kingdom Billy Monger JHR Developments
7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)
22 August United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R14 23 August United Kingdom Stuart Middleton United Kingdom Senna Proctor JHR Developments
8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)
5 September Canada Devlin DeFrancesco United Kingdom Stuart Middleton United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R16 6 September United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
26 September United Kingdom Kyle Hornby United Kingdom Kyle Hornby United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R18 27 September United Kingdom Matt Chapman Denmark Patrik Matthiesen HHC Motorsport
10 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
10 October United Kingdom Senna Proctor United Kingdom Jamie Caroline United Kingdom Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R20 11 October United Kingdom Matt Chapman United Kingdom Senna Proctor JHR Developments

Calendar changes

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

Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
1 United Kingdom Jamie Caroline 38 10 2 20 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 18 1 1 1 16 1 16 477 −4 473
2 United Kingdom Senna Proctor 66 3 1 2 1 11 9 3 2 13 9 6 2 2 1 3 7 2 2 4 1 491 −18 473
3 United Kingdom Lewis Brown 21 8 4 4 3 Ret Ret 5 5 4 6 4 5 3 2 5 3 7 4 7 2 393 −6 387
4 United Kingdom Dan Zelos 45 9 5 6 5 2 5 2 3 Ret 19 7 3 4 3 4 15 3 7 3 19 366 −2 364
5 United Kingdom Billy Monger 23 1 14 3 10 5 2 7 19 3 15 2 1 Ret 6 9 5 22 20 2 17 330 −5 325
6 Denmark Patrik Matthiesen (R) 44 2 3 5 9 9 Ret 12 18 5 4 3 16 13 8 11 4 5 1 Ret 7 309 309
7 United Kingdom Stuart Middleton (R) 75 4 15 10 17 3 4 10 8 7 5 Ret 15 Ret 7 2 2 10 5 5 20 289 −6 283
8 United Kingdom Jonathan Hadfield 42 6 11 1 2 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 17 9 5 4 20 14 12 18 13 Ret 260 −1 259
9 United Kingdom Kyle Hornby (R) 83 15 7 9 6 10 6 16 Ret 6 2 8 Ret 9 9 13 9 9 3 6 5 261 −6 255
10 United Kingdom Matt Chapman 17 13 18 16 11 7 8 8 7 Ret 21 Ret 11 6 5 7 6 21 6 9 3 227 227
11 Germany Sophia Flörsch (R) 14 5 21 8 8 1 1 4 4 2 3 220 −9 211
12 United Kingdom William Tregurtha (R) 71 14 6 7 7 6 13 11 10 18 11 9 4 10 19 DNS DNS 14 17 12 12 187 187
13 United Kingdom Dave Wooder (R) 27 11 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret Ret 9 Ret 18 16 14 15 DNS 6 8 4 8 15 4 153 153
14 United Kingdom Alex Day (R) 12 23 20 17 Ret Ret 14 9 13 11 10 5 7 12 Ret 8 14 8 9 145 −6 139
15 Cyprus Geri Nicosia 50 12 8 11 21 13 15 17 12 19 17 11 6 17 17 Ret 17 13 11 Ret 8 138 −15 123
16 United Kingdom William Stacey (R) 41 7 10 Ret 14 12 16 18 11 15 12 12 Ret 16 12 11 15 110 110
17 United Kingdom Rowan Bailey (R) 99 20 Ret 13 19 15 12 13 Ret 12 13 19 18 Ret 13 18 13 18 13 14 10 104 104
18 United Kingdom Ben Green (R) 22 24 19 14 16 14 10 19 20 9 8 13 19 14 16 10 Ret 17 19 10 Ret 104 −2 102
19 United Kingdom Charlie Fagg (R) 28 16 16 12 10 Ret 10 8 10 24 9 18 6 99 99
20 United Kingdom Sebastian Perez 77 21 13 15 20 Ret 11 15 15 10 14 10 Ret 16 12 16 12 21 17 17 14 99 −6 93
21 United Kingdom Cameron Roberts (R) 31 18 9 Ret 12 18 7 Ret 16 14 20 Ret 9 8 Ret 15 Ret 6 23 94 −24 70
22 United Kingdom Frankie Bird 67 Ret 16 21 18 17 17 Ret 17 20 Ret 15 21 12 14 19 19 20 15 16 11 69 69
23 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco (R) 26 Ret 23 20 13 7 11 14 11 11 Ret Ret 18 66 66
24 United Kingdom Connor Grady (R) 25 17 22 14 20 11 15 17 16 19 10 20 13 59 59
25 United Kingdom Esmee Hawkey 33 22 Ret 18 22 19 Ret 14 14 Ret 17 21 18 18 22 19 Ret 34 34
26 United Kingdom Harry Mailer 24 17 12 12 15 28 28
27 United Kingdom Benjamin Wallace 88 19 17 19 23 8 8
28 France Tristan Charpentier (R) 11 16 22 DSQ DNS 5 −18 −13
Pos Driver No. BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
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)

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

References

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