2019 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2019 Michelin 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 forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It was the thirteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, and the first with new title sponsor Michelin, commencing on 6 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 13 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.[1][2]

2019 Ginetta Junior Championship
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
2018 ToCA Tour:
2019 British Touring Car Championship
2019 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2019 F4 British Championship
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2019 Renault UK Clio Cup

Teams and Drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Richardson Racing 10 Will Martin[3] All
25 Casper Stevenson[4] All
66 James Taylor[5] 1–6
40 Ethan Hawkey[6] 6–10
Total Control Racing 11 Will Rochford[7] 1–5
40 Ethan Hawkey[8] 1–5
54 Theo Edgerton[9] 1–6
68 Daniel Gale[8] 1–5, 9–10
75 Haytham Qarajouli[8] All
86 Ethan Brooks[10][11][8] 1–2, 4, 6–10
Premiership Academy Racing 20 Harry Dyson 1–5
37 Charlie McLeod[8] 1–2
47 Molly Dodd[8] All
95 Ben O'Hare All
In2Racing 21 Josh Rattican[12] 1–5
35 Ben Kasperczak 1–3
55 Roman Bilinski[13] 1–2
37 Charlie McLeod 3
R Racing 21 Josh Rattican 6–10
29 Joel Pearson 9–10
51 Zak O'Sullivan 6–10
70 Aston Millar 6, 9–10
Douglas Motorsport 22 Bailey Voisin[14] All
23 Lorcan Hanafin[15] All
51 Zak O'Sullivan[8] 1–5
57 Gus Burton[16] All
62 Freddie Tomlinson[8] All
Elite Motorsport 16 William Aspin 6
17 Tom Ward 4, 6
27 Tom Emson[17] 1–8
29 Joel Pearson[18] 1–8
52 Suleiman Zanfari 9–10
66 James Taylor 7–10
67 James Hedley[19] All
SVG Motorsport 32 Frankie Taylor[20] 1–8
Team HARD 9–10
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport 55 Roman Bilinski[21] 3–7
99 Zak Taylor 7, 9–10
Race Car Consultants 59 Nat Hodgkiss 6, 10
Privateer 35 Ben Kasperczak[22] 4–8
88 Kieran Fuller 9

Race Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 6 April James Taylor James Hedley James Taylor Richardson Racing Zak O'Sullivan
7 April Zak O'Sullivan James Hedley Tom Emson Elite Motorsport Theo Edgerton
2 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 27 April Roman Bilinski James Hedley James Hedley Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
28 April Roman Bilinski James Hedley James Taylor Richardson Racing Theo Edgerton
James Hedley James Hedley Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
3 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 19 May James Hedley James Hedley Will Martin Richardson Racing Zak O'Sullivan
James Hedley Zak O'Sullivan James Hedley Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
4 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 15 June Race cancelled due to heavy rain. Hosted at Snetterton instead.
16 June James Hedley James Hedley Will Martin Richardson Racing Casper Stevenson
5 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 30 June Will Martin Ethan Hawkey Will Martin Richardson Racing Casper Stevenson
Will Martin Will Martin Will Martin Richardson Racing Casper Stevenson
6 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 3 August Will Martin Will Martin Will Martin Richardson Racing Casper Stevenson
James Hedley Zak O'Sullivan Will Martin Richardson Racing Casper Stevenson
4 August Zak O'Sullivan Will Martin Zak O'Sullivan R Racing Zak O'Sullivan
Zak O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan R Racing Zak O'Sullivan
7 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 17 August James Hedley James Hedley James Hedley Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
James Hedley James Hedley Zak O'Sullivan R Racing Zak O'Sullivan
18 August James Hedley Will Martin Richardson Racing Zak O'Sullivan
8 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)		 14 September Will Martin Will Martin James Hedley Elite Motorsport Casper Stevenson
15 September Will Martin Zak O'Sullivan James Hedley Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
Gus Burton Lorcan Hanafin Douglas Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
9 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 28 September James Hedley Lorcan Hanafin Will Martin Richardson Racing Zak O'Sullivan
29 September James Hedley Lorcan Hanafin James Taylor Elite Motorsport Zak O'Sullivan
James Hedley James Taylor Elite Motorsport Joel Pearson
10 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 12 October James Hedley Will Martin James Hedley Elite Motorsport Ethan Brooks
James Hedley Ethan Brooks Lorcan Hanafin Douglas Motorsport Ethan Brooks
13 October James Hedley Will Martin Richardson Racing Ethan Brooks

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 24 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON THR1 CRO OUL SNE THR2 KNO SIL BHGP Points
1 James Hedley 3 2 1 2 1 4 1 C 2 2 2 6 2 3 2 1 3 (Ret) 1 1 3 (17) 4 4 1 5 5 680
2 Zak O'Sullivan (R) 2 9 2 8 2 2 2 C 8 (11) 7 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 5 9 5 Ret 7 591
3 Will Martin 6 8 DNS 5 7 1 22 C 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 16 2 1 Ret 8 19 1 6 5 3 Ret 1 524
4 Lorcan Hanafin 9 3 8 6 4 6 16 C 13 4 4 5 13 Ret 9 3 Ret 3 7 12 1 4 2 2 6 1 2 480
5 James Taylor 1 Ret 4 1 3 15 12 C 4 Ret Ret 9 10 9 10 Ret 10 9 4 4 6 3 1 1 2 2 6 461
6 Casper Stevenson (R) 7 Ret 7 7 9 10 3 C 3 3 3 2 3 2 14 6 4 4 2 3 10 10 21 12 Ret 10 8 427
7 Gus Burton 5 Ret 5 3 5 5 5 C 5 22 9 3 5 4 11 13 8 5 10 5 4 6 3 3 7 6 Ret 412
8 Ethan Hawkey Ret 5 Ret 10 6 3 4 C 7 5 10 7 9 11 6 9 14 8 Ret 10 5 12 14 10 8 9 4 319
9 Josh Rattican (R) 11 7 6 9 15 8 8 C Ret 6 6 13 12 6 5 Ret 6 6 9 9 11 8 9 7 9 Ret 10 316
10 Joel Pearson (R) 13 Ret 11 13 11 11 10 C 18 9 5 8 16 14 8 4 5 11 6 7 8 Ret 7 6 Ret 4 13 296
11 Tom Emson 8 1 19 14 8 7 7 C 19 7 13 14 7 13 21 10 Ret 7 14 6 7 229
12 Ethan Brooks (R) Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret C 9 13 15 12 14 10 Ret 8 7 13 8 11 13 Ret 8 Ret 4 3 3 209
13 Bailey Voisin (R) 16 Ret 13 16 16 19 20 C 12 14 12 18 20 18 19 7 9 10 11 Ret 12 11 20 16 12 8 11 161
14 Theo Edgerton (R) 4 4 3 4 Ret 14 9 C 6 15 8 11 8 DNS DNS 158
15 Ben O'Hare 12 13 Ret 12 Ret 18 18 C Ret 18 14 19 17 12 13 5 Ret 12 16 14 15 14 13 11 10 7 Ret 158
16 Ben Kasperczak (R) 21 Ret 15 11 Ret 22 Ret C 10 21 11 10 11 8 7 Ret 11 14 5 Ret 9 9 10 Ret Ret 15 18 148
17 Frankie Taylor (R) 15 10 16 Ret 13 12 19 C 14 19 Ret Ret 18 16 15 11 12 16 13 Ret 14 13 17 19 14 Ret 15 124
18 Freddie Tomlinson (R) 18 15 17 19 18 Ret 15 C 11 12 Ret 16 19 17 17 14 13 15 15 13 16 16 11 14 16 17 16 124
19 Haytham Qarajouli (R) DNS 18 10 15 20 20 13 C 15 16 17 17 Ret 19 Ret 12 Ret DNS 12 Ret 18 7 11 8 Ret Ret 9 112
20 Roman Bilinski DNS 11 DSQ Ret 10 13 6 C 20 8 DNS 15 6 7 3 Ret Ret DNS 87
21 Daniel Gale (R) 14 14 Ret 17 14 16 14 C Ret 10 Ret 19 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 67
22 Molly Dodd (R) 19 17 18 22 19 23 23 C 17 20 16 21 21 20 20 17 16 17 17 Ret 17 15 Ret 18 15 16 19 66
23 Harry Dyson 10 6 9 Ret 12 9 11 C Ret 60
24 Aston Millar (R) Ret Ret 12 5 Ret 15 11 Ret 12 54
25 Will Rochford (R) 20 16 12 20 Ret 17 21 C 16 17 Ret 29
26 Charlie McLeod (R) 17 12 14 21 17 21 17 28
27 Suleiman Zanfari (R) 18 16 17 17 13 17 28
28 Nat Hodgkiss (R) Ret DNS DNS 13 14 14 22
29 Zak Taylor (R) 15 15 Ret 21 19 Ret 18 11 Ret 18
30 Tom Ward (R) C Ret Ret 15 15 16 17
31 William Aspin (R) 20 Ret 18 4
32 Kieran Fuller (R) 20 18 DSQ 4

References
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