2010 Ginetta Junior Championship

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

2010 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2010 ToCA Tour:
2010 British Touring Car Championship season
2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2011 Formula Renault UK
2010 Ginetta G50 Cup
2010 Renault Clio Cup UK

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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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
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  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.
  5. "Howard Gets 'Wired' with Tollbar Racing". Wired. WordPress. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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