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 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 2 October 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.

2016 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2016 ToCA Tour:
2016 British Touring Car Championship season
2016 MSA Formula Championship
2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2016 Renault Clio Cup UK

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

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
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)

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

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