2012 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship 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.

2012 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2012 ToCA Tour:
2012 British Touring Car Championship season
2012 Ginetta GT Supercup
2012 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2012 Renault Clio Cup UK

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

Regulation changes

The championship included a new two class structure, with a rookie class running alongside the main class. The rookie class was run by Ginetta instead of independent teams and open to any race driver who had not been in the championship before. The £2,800 cost per weekend was 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 Will 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 Will 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
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)

References
  1. "Ginetta to boost junior motorsport career ladder, rookie style!". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. "Ginetta Juniors gear up for Brands opener". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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