2016 Ginetta Junior Championship
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The 2016 Simpson Race Products 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. 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
Driver changes
Leaving Ginetta Juniors
- 2015 Ginetta Junior champion Jamie Caroline advanced to MSA Formula with Jamun racing.
- Senna Proctor moved to Renault Clio Cup U.K after two seasons in Ginetta Juniors.
- Dan Zelos also moved to 2016 Renault UK Clio Cup after two years of Ginetta Juniors.
- Billy Monger joined 2015 champion Jamie Caroline in MSA Formula.
- 2015 rookie Patrik Matthiesen was promoted to MSA Formula 4.
- Matt Chapman moved to the Ginetta GT5 challenge, remaining with Total Control Racing.
- Sophia Flörsch made headlines withdrawing after 5 rounds and a double win at Thruxton in 2015. She spent the second half of 2015 preparing for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with Motopark.
- Devlin DeFrancesco, having picked up the series during Sophia Flörsch's last round, moved onto MSA F4 with Carlin.
- Frank Bird also converted to Britain's MSA F4 with Fortec Motorsports for 2016.
Race calendar
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent) | 2 April | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport |
| R2 | 3 April | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport | |||
| 2 | R3 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) | 16 April | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | HHC Motorsport |
| R4 | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport | ||||
| R5 | 17 April | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Daniel Harper | Douglas Motorsport | |||
| 3 | R6 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) | 8 May | United Kingdom Sebastian Perez | United Kingdom Harry King | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport |
| R7 | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | Total Control Racing | ||||
| 4 | R8 | Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire) | 4 June | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport |
| R9 | 5 June | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 5 | R10 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) | 18 June | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Cameron Roberts | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport |
| R11 | United Kingdom Daniel Harper | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport | ||||
| R12 | 19 June | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 6 | R13 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) | 30 July | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | United Kingdom Daniel Harper | Douglas Motorsport |
| R14 | 31 July | United Kingdom Daniel Harper | United Kingdom Harry King | Elite Motorsport | |||
| 7 | R15 | Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife) | 13 August | United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Sebastian Perez | JHR Developments |
| R16 | United Kingdom Daniel Harper | United Kingdom Geri Nicosia | JHR Developments | ||||
| R17 | 14 August | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 8 | R18 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 27 August | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport |
| R19 | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | HHC Motorsport | ||||
| R20 | 28 August | United Kingdom Will Tregurtha | United Kingdom Harry King | Elite Motorsport | |||
| 9 | R21 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 17 September | United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx | United Kingdom Lewis Brown | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | Total Control Racing |
| R22 | United Kingdom Sebastian Perez | United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx | JHR Developments | ||||
| R23 | 18 September | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | Total Control Racing | |||
| 10 | R24 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) | 1 October | United Kingdom Dave Wooder | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | United Kingdom Stuart Middleton | Douglas Motorsport |
| R25 | 2 October | United Kingdom Geri Nicosia | United Kingdom 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.
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 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Cameron Roberts 6 4 19 6 5 4 14 NC 14 6 20 5 8 14 8 176 176 15 United Kingdom Tom Gamble (R) 5 8 6 13 13 11 10 17 10 7 6 Ret 10 10 160 160 16 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Max Bird (R) 4 17 9 7 6 14 Ret 13 16 14 15 12 14 13 10 13 13 147 −6 141 18 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi (R) 12 19 12 10 18 17 12 16 15 13 12 8 15 18 10 11 12 113 113 19 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell (R) 5 16 13 13 Ret 15 10 10 14 12 13 8 11 105 105 20 United Kingdom Anthony Ayres (R) 20 18 16 18 19 19 17 18 14 18 16 13 13 Ret 14 12 70 70 21 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Charlie Digby 21 21 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 19 16 Ret DNS 35 35 23 United Kingdom Harry Dyson (R) 7 11 Ret 13 Ret 34 34 24 United States Dhyllan Skiba (R) 19 16 17 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 17 20 20 31 31 25 United Kingdom Jenson Dineen (R) 19 Ret 18 15 17 15 Ret DNS 21 21 26 United Kingdom Zak Fulk (R) 17 15 10 10 27 United Kingdom Conor O'Brien (R) 18 18 17 10 10 28 United Kingdom 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom Cameron Roberts | 6 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | NC | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 176 | 176 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | United Kingdom Tom Gamble (R) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 160 | 160 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom Max Bird (R) | 4 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 147 | −6 | 141 | |||||||||
| 18 | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi (R) | 12 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 113 | 113 | ||||||||||
| 19 | United Kingdom Olli Caldwell (R) | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 105 | 105 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | United Kingdom Anthony Ayres (R) | 20 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 70 | 70 | |||||||||||
| 21 | United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom Charlie Digby | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 35 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | United Kingdom Harry Dyson (R) | 7 | 11 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 34 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | United States Dhyllan Skiba (R) | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | United Kingdom Jenson Dineen (R) | 19 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | United Kingdom Zak Fulk (R) | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | United Kingdom Conor O'Brien (R) | 18 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | United Kingdom 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 classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue | Non-points classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-classified finish (NC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purple | Retired, not classified (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) |