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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 2016 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 2 October 2016 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.

Teams and drivers

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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

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Leaving Ginetta Juniors

Race calendar

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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

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  • This season saw the re-introduction of the triple-header meetings, having last hosted a triple-header meeting in 2007.[28]

Championship standings

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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

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  • 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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

References

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