The 2012 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.

This season was the sixth Ginetta Junior Championship. The season commenced on 1 April 2012 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 21 October 2012 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races at ten meetings, all in support of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Regulation changes The championship included a new two class structure, with a rookie class running alongside the main class. The rookie class was run by Ginetta instead of independent teams and open to any race driver who had not been in the championship before. The £2,800 cost per weekend was intended to encourage young drivers to enter motorsport.

Teams and drivers Team Drivers Rounds JHR Developments 3 Sennan Fielding All 33 Ollie Chadwick All HHC Motorsport 4 Will Palmer 1–4, 6–10 12 Tom Jackson 1–3 55 Charlie Robertson All Douglas Motorsport 5 Niall Murray All 11 Andrew Watson All Privateer 8 Finlay Ractliffe 2, 10 12 Tom Jackson 4–10 Tollbar Racing with WIRED 17 Oliver Basey-Fisher All 22 Ricky Collard 4 Hillspeed 21 George Gamble 1–2 25 Pepe Massot All 27 Nathan Harrison 1–3 30 Keith Donegan 6–7 51 Freddie Lee 6–10 Beacon Racing 30 Keith Donegan 1–5, 8–10 88 Harry Woodhead 1–5 RPM Motorsport 43 Aiden Moffat 10 72 Elliot Paterson 1–2, 4–10 BOMAG Racing 88 Harry Woodhead 6–10

Race calendar and results The 2012 calendar supports the BTCC at all rounds, with no major changes from 2011.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 1 April Sennan Fielding Charlie Robertson Niall Murray Douglas Motorsport R2 Charlie Robertson George Gamble Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport 2 R3 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 14 April George Gamble Sennan Fielding Niall Murray Douglas Motorsport R4 15 April George Gamble Sennan Fielding Sennan Fielding JHR Developments 3 R5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 28 April Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport R6 29 April Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport 4 R7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 9 June Charlie Robertson Niall Murray Niall Murray Douglas Motorsport R8 10 June Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson Niall Murray Douglas Motorsport 5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 24 June Sennan Fielding Niall Murray Sennan Fielding JHR Developments R10 Sennan Fielding Niall Murray Sennan Fielding JHR Developments 6 R11 Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk 12 August Ollie Chadwick Charlie Robertson Pepe Massot Hillspeed R12 Ollie Chadwick Sennan Fielding Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport 7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 26 August Charlie Robertson Harry Woodhead Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport R14 Charlie Robertson Niall Murray Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport 8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 22 September Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson Ollie Chadwick JHR Developments R16 23 September Charlie Robertson Sennan Fielding Sennan Fielding JHR Developments 9 R17 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 6 October Charlie Robertson Andrew Watson Andrew Watson Douglas Motorsport R18 7 October Charlie Robertson Sennan Fielding Pepe Massot Hillspeed 10 R19 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 20 October Pepe Massot Andrew Watson Niall Murray Douglas Motorsport R20 21 October Charlie Robertson Charlie Robertson Sennan Fielding JHR Developments

Championship standings Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Pts 1 12 1 2 Ret 1 1 4 7 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 Ret 4 2 524 11 6 507 2 Sennan Fielding 7 4 3 1 8 6 3 2 1 1 4 2 2 5 13 1 6 4 6 1 503 22 481 3 Niall Murray 1 2 1 DSQ 2 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 4 2 6 4 5 3 1 5 527 38 21 468 4 Pepe Massot Ret 6 Ret 2 6 8 2 3 2 4 1 5 6 11 4 5 11 1 2 4 411 16 395 5 Andrew Watson 6 7 6 3 5 10 Ret 10 6 11 2 6 5 3 7 Ret 1 2 3 7 367 367 6 Harry Woodhead 5 11 5 Ret 3 3 6 4 5 10 8 10 3 7 5 6 3 Ret 5 3 351 351 7 Ollie Chadwick 11 5 4 8 12 4 Ret 6 8 5 7 4 Ret 4 1 3 8 8 7 6 334 15 319 8 Keith Donegan 9 12 7 6 9 9 7 5 9 6 9 7 Ret 6 3 11 4 6 8 10 292 9 9 274 9 3 9 Ret 4 11 11 5 9 11 8 6 9 7 Ret 9 8 7 5 9 8 270 9 261 10 Tom Jackson 10 Ret 8 7 10 12 9 8 7 7 Ret 11 Ret 10 11 12 13 9 10 Ret 190 190 11 Elliot Paterson 8 13 Ret 10 10 11 10 9 12 12 8 9 12 10 12 10 11 11 181 10 171 12 Will Palmer NC 10 Ret Ret 4 7 8 12 11 8 10 8 10 9 9 7 13 Ret 180 10 170 13 Nathan Harrison 4 8 Ret 5 7 5 92 92 14 Freddie Lee 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 7 10 Ret Ret 9 76 76 15 George Gamble 2 3 Ret DNS 59 9 50 16 Finlay Ractliffe Ret 9 12 Ret 21 21 17 Ricky Collard 11 Ret 10 10 Aiden Moffat Ret NC 0 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Pts

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