The 2021 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 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 fifteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 May 2021 at Thruxton and concluding on 24 October 2021 at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after ten meetings, all in support of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship. After a one year absence, Ginetta confirmed the Winter Series will return at the end of the year. A scholarship allowed a driver who had raced in go karts to start racing cars. The first round of the championship saw the record broken for most entries in a Ginetta Junior event. R Racing and Elite Motorsport are the most competitive teams, with Fox Motorsport also winning at Snetterton.
Teams and drivers TeamDriverRounds Elite Motorsport 10 Josh Rowledge All 18 Seb Hopkins All 30 Will Jenkins All 78 Jack Sherwood All 93 Max Hall All 95 Joe Warhurst All R Racing 11 Ian Aguilera All 14 Josh Miller All 35 Callum Voisin All 37 Luke Watts 7–9 52 Tom Edgar 1–4 62 Freddie Tomlinson All 70 Aston Millar All Preptech UK 12 James Higgins All 13 Haydn Chance 7–9 71 Fergus Chalmers All Richardson Racing 17 Oliver Flashman 1–6 41 Edward Pearson All 46 Robert de Haan All Assetto Motorsport 23 Harri Reynolds All 24 Jamie Osborne All 33 Maxwell Dodds 1–6, 8–9 88 Joe Wheeler All Race Car Consultants 26 Thomas Jack Lee 7, 9 94 Jacob Hodgkiss All Breakell Racing 47 Aqil Alibhai All Fox Motorsport 48 Liam McNeilly All 49 Maurice Henry All Privateer 50 Adam Brown 1–3 Ultimate Speed Racing 5–9 Hybrid Tune Ltd 72 Sonny Smith 8–9 Team HARD 77 AJ Rock 7–9 Raceway Motorsport 81 Zac Meakin 1–5, 7–9
Race calendar RoundCircuitDateMap of circuit locations1 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire8–9 May2 Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit)12–13 June3 Brands Hatch, Kent (Indy Circuit)26–27 June4 Oulton Park, Cheshire (Island Circuit)31 July – 1 August5 Knockhill Circuit, Fife14–15 August6 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire28–29 August7 Silverstone, Northamptonshire 25–26 September8 Donington Park, Leicestershire (National Circuit)8–9 October9 Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit)8–9 OctoberSource:
Calendar Changes
The Ginetta Junior Championship will not support every round of the British Touring Car Championship in 2021. The series will miss the seventh round of the BTCC season at Croft.
Midseason Changes
Round 10 at Oulton Park was postponed due to barrier damage sustained during a Mini Challenge UK race. Due to timetable constraints the rescheduled race could not take place that weekend, so it was subsequently run at the following meeting at Knockhill.
Race results
RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamRookie Winner 1 R1 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 8 May Aston Millar Will Jenkins Tom Edgar R Racing Callum Voisin R2 9 May Seb Hopkins Liam McNeilly Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin 2 R3 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk(300 Circuit) 12 June Tom Edgar Callum Voisin Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin R4 Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Josh Rowledge R5 13 June Seb Hopkins Tom Edgar R Racing Josh Rowledge 3 R6 Brands Hatch, Kent(Indy Circuit) 26 June Callum Voisin Callum Voisin Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin R7 Callum Voisin Seb Hopkins Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin R8 27 June Callum Voisin Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin 4 R9 Oulton Park, Cheshire(Island Circuit) 31 July Josh Rowledge Aston Millar Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Josh Rowledge R10 1 August Race postponed to Knockhill due to barrier damage 5 R11 Knockhill Circuit, Fife 14 August Liam McNeilly Josh Rowledge Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Robert de Haan R10 Josh Rowledge Robert de Haan Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin R12 15 August Liam McNeilly Robert de Haan Aston Millar R Racing Callum Voisin R13 Callum Voisin Aston Millar R Racing Robert de Haan 6 R14 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 28 August Callum Voisin Robert de Haan Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Robert de Haan R15 29 August Will Jenkins Freddie Tomlinson Callum Voisin R Racing Callum Voisin R16 Callum Voisin Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Robert de Haan 7 R17 Silverstone, Northamptonshire 25 September Aston Millar Freddie Tomlinson Robert de Haan Richardson Racing Robert de Haan R18 26 September Aston Millar Will Jenkins Will Jenkins Elite Motorsport Robert de Haan R19 Robert de Haan Aston Millar R Racing Robert de Haan 8 R20 Donington Park, Leicestershire(National Circuit) 9 October Aston Millar Harri Reynolds Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Robert de Haan R21 10 October Liam McNeilly Callum Voisin Aston Millar R Racing Robert de Haan R22 Robert de Haan Aston Millar R Racing Callum Voisin 9 R23 Brands Hatch, Kent(Grand Prix Circuit) 23 October Aston Millar James Higgins Aston Millar R Racing Robert de Haan R24 24 October Aston Millar Aston Millar R Racing James Higgins R25 Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Fox Motorsport Robert de Haan
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 19 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver THR SNE BHI OUL KNO THR SIL DON BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Aston Millar 4 2 5 6 5 5 5 6 3 C 2 2 1 1 5 3 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 667 14 653 2 Liam McNeilly 10 10 3 1 2 2 6 7 1 C 1 3 4 4 3 4 7 6 7 5 1 2 2 5 2 1 619 11 608 3 Seb Hopkins 2 3 Ret 4 7 3 2 2 8 C 3 19 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 7 10 4 10 4 13 7 516 516 4 9 4 10 8 Ret 8 7 5 Ret C 4 4 8 3 1 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 5 2 10 2 516 9 507 5 Will Jenkins 7 6 2 3 3 6 4 4 7 C 5 5 22 Ret 2 17 11 2 1 3 7 8 7 6 3 4 484 484 6 Callum Voisin (R) 5 1 1 10 1 1 1 9 C 9 1 3 5 22 1 2 22 15 6 13 7 3 3 21 13 491 76 415 7 Josh Rowledge (R) 11 7 6 7 6 7 9 Ret 4 C 6 8 6 6 21 5 12 12 6 4 8 5 6 10 9 6 369 6 363 8 Josh Miller 3 9 9 5 4 18 3 3 2 C 17 7 Ret DNS 15 11 6 7 8 23 12 18 12 7 15 12 313 15 298 9 Freddie Tomlinson 8 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 5 C Ret 12 5 7 13 9 9 9 9 9 11 12 11 11 7 5 292 292 10 Joe Wheeler 6 8 7 9 Ret 13 Ret 19 21 C 10 16 7 9 8 7 4 17 Ret 13 5 9 9 13 5 27 250 6 244 11 Harri Reynolds (R) 16 14 14 12 12 15 14 12 6 C 7 6 12 8 12 20 13 8 10 Ret 6 6 4 9 17 18 255 12 243 12 Jamie Osborne 17 16 12 13 8 12 11 9 10 C 12 10 14 11 14 19 15 26 5 10 3 20 17 8 19 23 212 6 206 13 Maxwell Dodds (R) 15 11 8 10 9 10 10 8 22 C 11 9 11 14 9 8 10 15 10 8 Ret 20 19 199 199 14 Tom Edgar 1 5 4 2 1 4 8 10 17 C 194 18 176 15 James Higgins (R) 24 18 13 17 Ret 16 16 14 13 C Ret 17 9 10 19 23 DNS 11 12 8 14 21 18 23 4 10 146 146 16 Aqil Alibhai (R) 18 25 23 19 21 26 21 Ret 12 C 8 20 17 15 6 12 14 14 22 18 9 17 13 14 16 9 131 131 17 Edward Pearson (R) 20 17 18 22 14 Ret Ret 17 14 C Ret 13 13 13 11 14 21 15 13 12 Ret 13 20 15 8 3 145 20 125 18 Joe Warhurst (R) Ret 23 15 25 13 17 20 21 18 C 19 14 21 17 7 10 8 5 11 Ret 19 Ret 22 12 5 20 118 118 19 Fergus Chalmers (R) 19 20 26 16 Ret 25 23 23 16 C 13 21 16 18 10 15 19 13 Ret 20 16 22 19 21 6 11 92 92 20 Zac Meakin (R) 13 15 21 15 17 14 18 16 Ret C Ret 11 Ret DNS 23 14 16 18 11 14 19 18 15 92 92 21 Maurice Henry (R) 23 Ret 20 20 19 20 13 13 11 C Ret 15 10 12 20 21 17 20 18 15 23 14 26 16 Ret 16 89 18 71 22 Ian Aguilera (R) 14 19 19 23 Ret 9 Ret DNS 23 C 20 22 19 22 24 18 18 10 19 11 20 26 15 18 26 21 65 65 23 Max Hall (R) 12 13 17 14 15 21 17 22 20 C 15 25 15 16 Ret 13 Ret 16 20 21 17 19 24 22 Ret 28 76 15 61 24 Jack Sherwood (R) 22 22 22 21 16 19 19 24 19 C 14 18 Ret 19 18 16 16 19 23 17 Ret 27 25 20 14 25 50 50 25 Jacob Hodgkiss (R) 21 21 16 18 20 23 15 15 24 C Ret 23 18 23 17 24 20 27 17 14 21 15 NC Ret Ret 22 46 12 34 26 Luke Watts (R) 21 16 19 Ret Ret 16 Ret 12 14 28 28 27 Sonny Smith (R) 25 16 23 17 11 17 23 23 28 Oliver Flashman (R) 25 24 24 26 Ret 24 24 18 15 C 16 24 20 21 16 22 23 20 20 29 Adam Brown (R) 26 26 25 24 18 22 22 20 18 23 20 23 25 22 25 24 25 22 23 28 25 24 24 8 8 30 18 21 26 Ret 25 Ret 3 3 31 AJ Rock (R) 24 Ret 24 24 24 21 26 22 29 0 0 32 Haydn Chance (R) Ret Ret 22 26 25 27 24 23 26 0 0
External links
Ginetta Junior Championship News Ginetta Junior Update
References