The 2018 Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features 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 is the twelfth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 April 2018 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 30 September 2018 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 25 races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship.
Teams and drivers Team Driver Rounds Elite Motorsport 7 Greg Johnson All 17 Louis Foster All 44 Finley Green All 54 Adam Smalley All 67 James Hedley All 81 Jonny Wilkinson 1–8 Privateer 10 Will Martin All 27 Tom Emson All 29 Joel Pearson 7, 9–10 77 Conner Garlick All Richardson Racing 11 Luke Browning All 66 James Taylor All 72 Matt Luff 1–7 99 Emily Linscott All Total Control Racing 14 Daniel Gale 1–2, 10 24 Theo Edgerton 10 40 Ethan Hawkey 1, 6, 8–10 49 Abbi Pulling 1–3 55 Ruben del Sarte All 87 Patrick Kibble All Premiership Academy Racing 20 Harry Dyson 8–10 95 Ben O'Hare All Douglas Motorsport 23 Lorcan Hanafin 5–7, 9–10 57 Gustav Burton 5–7, 9–10 Richardson Chassis Engineering 37 Charlie McLeod 1–2 WDE Motorsport 46 Jamie Osborne 1–7, 9–10
Race Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Brands Hatch(Indy Circuit, Kent) 7 April Adam Smalley Ruben del Sarte Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 8 April Adam Smalley Luke Browning Luke Browning Richardson Racing 2 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 28 April Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Luke Browning Richardson Racing Adam Smalley Luke Browning Luke Browning Richardson Racing 29 April Louis Foster Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 3 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 20 May Adam Smalley Finley Green Patrick Kibble TCR Louis Foster James Hedley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 4 Oulton Park(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 9 June Luke Browning Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 10 June Luke Browning Adam Smalley Luke Browning Richardson Racing 5 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 23 June Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 24 June Luke Browning Finley Green Elite Motorsport 6 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 28 July Louis Foster Luke Browning Luke Browning Richardson Racing Adam Smalley Luke Browning Luke Browning Richardson Racing 29 July Adam Smalley Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 7 Rockingham Motor Speedway(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 11 August James Hedley James Hedley Louis Foster Elite Motorsport Luke Browning Patrick Kibble Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 12 August Louis Foster Luke Browning Richardson Racing 8 Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife) 25 August James Hedley Luke Browning Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 26 August Louis Foster Luke Browning Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 9 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 15 September Ruben del Sarte Lorcan Hanafin Louis Foster Elite Motorsport Luke Browning Gustav Burton Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 16 September Ethan Hawkey Louis Foster Elite Motorsport 10 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 29 September James Hedley Adam Smalley Luke Browning Richardson Racing Adam Smalley Luke Browning Adam Smalley Elite Motorsport 30 September Ethan Hawkey Louis Foster Elite Motorsport
Championship standings
Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 353026222018161412111098765432111
Drivers' championship A driver's best 24 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC KNO SIL BHGP Points 1 Adam Smalley 1 2 4 2 Ret 2 1 1 6 1 1 6 5 2 1 3 4 3 2 3 Ret 4 2 2 1 5 679 2 Louis Foster (R) 4 4 2 3 1 8 3 3 2 5 7 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 671 3 Luke Browning 5 1 1 1 2 3 Ret DSQ 1 19 2 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 1 4 2 3 3 5 1 4 2 654 4 Patrick Kibble (R) 12 6 7 7 4 1 5 6 7 2 5 4 2 10 12 2 6 5 13 8 5 2 3 3 3 3 496 5 Ruben del Sarte 2 3 5 6 3 4 4 4 Ret 4 3 9 3 Ret 7 8 Ret 8 8 10 4 6 6 8 6 6 425 6 James Taylor (R) 11 8 9 5 7 9 7 10 4 3 6 5 11 5 4 7 3 4 3 5 7 9 4 10 5 4 414 7 Greg Johnson 6 5 3 Ret 8 5 9 7 3 12 8 17 9 6 5 10 5 6 6 6 Ret 13 11 13 7 14 357 8 James Hedley (R) 7 10 8 10 5 6 2 5 12 6 11 10 13 7 6 5 Ret 12 7 4 2 8 18 5 10 18 356 9 Finley Green 3 9 6 8 6 Ret 6 2 13 14 4 1 8 16 9 Ret 13 10 Ret 15 6 5 13 7 Ret 11 315 10 Jonny Wilkinson (R) 8 11 10 9 14 10 12 8 5 8 9 7 6 12 10 6 8 11 5 7 241 11 Tom Emson (R) 15 15 16 11 13 14 10 12 11 9 14 19 19 9 15 9 10 16 9 9 10 10 7 14 12 Ret 217 12 Matt Luff 18 7 Ret 4 9 7 8 Ret Ret 7 10 11 7 4 8 Ret 11 14 189 13 Lorcan Hanafin (R) 17 12 8 14 8 11 4 7 9 8 7 9 15 11 Ret 167 14 Will Martin (R) 17 16 11 13 12 Ret 13 9 8 13 15 15 16 15 14 Ret 15 13 10 12 Ret DNS DNS Ret 9 9 166 15 Conner Garlick (R) 13 17 13 14 15 12 11 15 Ret 18 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 14 15 15 15 9 8 15 164 16 Emily Linscott (R) 16 14 Ret 15 18 11 14 11 9 10 17 14 18 Ret Ret 14 16 15 14 13 12 14 14 16 13 16 159 17 Ben O'Hare (R) 14 20 Ret 16 Ret 16 17 14 14 15 16 18 20 17 17 15 Ret 18 15 11 14 16 12 Ret 14 10 123 18 Ethan Hawkey (R) 10 12 15 14 13 12 16 11 11 10 11 Ret 8 112 19 Gustav Burton (R) 11 18 12 10 Ret Ret 13 9 7 9 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 108 20 Jamie Osborne (R) Ret 18 15 17 17 15 15 13 10 16 13 16 17 13 16 DNS 14 17 16 17 17 18 15 13 100 21 Abbi Pulling (R) 9 13 12 12 10 13 16 62 22 Joel Pearson (R) 12 17 Ret 13 12 16 19 Ret 12 46 23 Harry Dyson 11 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret 7 35 24 Daniel Gale (R) 19 Ret 14 18 11 17 Ret 17 30 25 Charlie McLeod (R) 20 19 17 Ret 16 12 26 Theo Edgerton (R) Ret DNS DNS 0
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References
External links
Ginetta Junior Series News