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 2019 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 13 October 2019 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.^[1]^[2]

Teams and Drivers[edit]

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	32	Frankie Taylor^[20]	9–10
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport	55	Roman Bilinski^[21]	3–7
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport	99	Zak Taylor	7, 9–10
Race Car Consultants	59	Nat Hodgkiss	6, 10
Privateer	35	Ben Kasperczak^[22]	4–8
Privateer	88	Kieran Fuller	9

Race Calendar[edit]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6 April	James Hedley	James Hedley	James Taylor	Richardson Racing	Zak O'Sullivan
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	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
		28 April		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
3	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	19 May	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.
4	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	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
5	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	30 June	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
		3 August	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
		4 August		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
		17 August	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
		15 September		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
		29 September		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
		12 October	James Hedley	Ethan Brooks	Lorcan Hanafin	Douglas Motorsport	Ethan Brooks
		13 October		James Hedley	Will Martin	Richardson Racing	Ethan Brooks

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

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	Gustav 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	12	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[edit]

^ Paice, Simon (December 19, 2018). "MICHELIN BECOMES NEW GINETTA JUNIOR TITLE SPONSOR". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
^ "GINETTA CALENDAR CONFIRMED FOR 2019". November 12, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
^ "Will Martin Stays With Richardson Racing For Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". December 28, 2018. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ "Karting Graduate Casper Stevenson Joins Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
^ "James Taylor Going For Glory In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 14, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
^ "Hawkey switches to Richardson Racing". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
^ "Will Rochford Set For Racing Debut In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship, Round One, Brands Hatch". April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Theo Edgerton Set For Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Campaign With TCR". February 26, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "Ethan Brooks wins the 2019 Ginetta Junior Scholarship". November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
^ Lickorish, Stephen (January 15, 2019). "Ex-F1 driver Donnelly starts team in BTCC-supporting Ginetta series". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ "Josh Rattican Joins Forces With In2Racing For 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 20, 2019. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ "Roman Bilinski All Set For Maiden Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Campaign". February 18, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
^ "Bailey Voisin Ready For Rookie Challenge In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "Lorcan Hanafin Continues With Douglas Motorsport In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 25, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "Gus Burton Set For Full Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Challenge". February 19, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
^ "Tom Emson Tackles 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship With Elite Motorsport". March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
^ "Joel Pearson Back For More In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "James Hedley Targets The Top In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Frankie Taylor Signs Up For Rookie Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Season". March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "Entry list updates for Croft". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
^ "Kasperczak leaves In2Racing". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

External links[edit]

[1] Paice, Simon (December 19, 2018). "MICHELIN BECOMES NEW GINETTA JUNIOR TITLE SPONSOR". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[2] "GINETTA CALENDAR CONFIRMED FOR 2019". November 12, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[3] "Will Martin Stays With Richardson Racing For Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". December 28, 2018. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

[4] "Karting Graduate Casper Stevenson Joins Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

[5] "James Taylor Going For Glory In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 14, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

[6] "Hawkey switches to Richardson Racing". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

[7] "Will Rochford Set For Racing Debut In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.

[Brands_Hatch-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship, Round One, Brands Hatch". April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

[9] "Theo Edgerton Set For Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Campaign With TCR". February 26, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[10] "Ethan Brooks wins the 2019 Ginetta Junior Scholarship". November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[Apollo-11] Lickorish, Stephen (January 15, 2019). "Ex-F1 driver Donnelly starts team in BTCC-supporting Ginetta series". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[12] "Josh Rattican Joins Forces With In2Racing For 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 20, 2019. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[13] "Roman Bilinski All Set For Maiden Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Campaign". February 18, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

[14] "Bailey Voisin Ready For Rookie Challenge In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[15] "Lorcan Hanafin Continues With Douglas Motorsport In Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". February 25, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[16] "Gus Burton Set For Full Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Challenge". February 19, 2019. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.

[17] "Tom Emson Tackles 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship With Elite Motorsport". March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[18] "Joel Pearson Back For More In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[19] "James Hedley Targets The Top In 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship". March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

[20] "Frankie Taylor Signs Up For Rookie Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Season". March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[21] "Entry list updates for Croft". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

[22] "Kasperczak leaves In2Racing". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

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v t e Ginetta racing championships in the United Kingdom
Ginetta G50 Cup	2008 2009 2010
Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ginetta Junior Championship	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ginetta G40 Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ginetta GT Academy	2021 2022 2023 2024
Ginetta GT Championship	2023 2024
See also: Ginetta GT5 Challenge