2021 Ginetta Junior Championship

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.[1] After a one year absence, Ginetta confirmed the Winter Series will return at the end of the year.[2] A scholarship allowed a driver who had raced in go karts to start racing cars.[3] The first round of the championship saw the record broken for most entries in a Ginetta Junior event.[4] R Racing and Elite Motorsport are the most competitive teams, with Fox Motorsport also winning at Snetterton.[5]

Teams and Drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
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
Breakell Racing 47 Aqil Alibhai All
Fox Motorsport 48 Liam McNeilly All
49 Maurice Henry All
Ultimate Speed Racing 50 Adam Brown 5–9
Raceway Motorsport 81 Zak Meakin 1–5, 7–9
Race Car Consultants 26 Thomas Jack Lee 7, 9
94 Jacob Hodgkiss All
Hybrid Tune Ltd 72 Sonny Smith 8–9
Team HARD 77 AJ Rock 7–9
Privateer 50 Adam Brown 1–3

Race Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Thruxton Circuit 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 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 Indy 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 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 Racing Circuit 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 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 Circuit 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 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 GP 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

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.[6]

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.

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 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 Robert de Haan (R) 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 DSQ 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 Thomas Jack Lee (R) 18 21 26 Ret 25 Ret 3 3
31 Haydn Chance (R) Ret Ret 22 26 25 27 24 23 26 0 0
32 AJ Rock (R) 24 Ret 24 24 24 21 26 22 29 0 0

References
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  2. Waring, Bethonie (2021-08-12). "Winter Series returns for 2021". Ginetta Junior Update. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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