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 Team Drivers Rounds Elite Motorsport 10 Tom Wood All 19 Harry King All JHR Developments 11 Sebastian Priaulx All 26 Cameron Roberts 1–5, 7 29 Harry Dyson 9–10 30 Dhyllan Skiba 1–2, 4–6 46 Jenson Dineen 8–10 50 Geri Nicosia All 64 Olli Caldwell 5–7, 9–10 77 Sebastian Perez All 83 Kyle Hornby 1–6, 8–9 Tollbar Racing 12 Alex Day 6 Team Pyro 20 Zak Fulk 1 HHC Motorsport 21 Lewis Brown All 23 Tom Gamble 1–6 28 Charlie Fagg All 31 Charlie Digby 6–10 71 Will Tregurtha 1–9 Optimum Motorsport 22 Connor O'Brien 8 Total Control Racing 25 Connor Grady All 27 Dave Wooder All 44 Max Bird 1–6, 8 68 Jordan Collard All Douglas Motorsport 33 Daniel Harper All 74 Enzo Fittipaldi 1–7 75 Stuart Middleton All Mectech Motorsport 58 Anthony Ayres 1–4, 6, 9–10 Rob Boston Racing 79 Greg Johnson 1–3, 5–6, 8–10
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 Stuart Middleton Stuart Middleton Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport R2 3 April Lewis Brown Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport 2 R3 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 16 April Lewis Brown Stuart Middleton Lewis Brown HHC Motorsport R4 Lewis Brown Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R5 17 April Lewis Brown Daniel Harper Douglas Motorsport 3 R6 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 8 May Sebastian Perez Harry King Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R7 Stuart Middleton Dave Wooder Total Control Racing 4 R8 Oulton Park(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 4 June Will Tregurtha Dave Wooder Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport R9 5 June Dave Wooder Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport 5 R10 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 18 June Stuart Middleton Cameron Roberts Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R11 Daniel Harper Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R12 19 June Lewis Brown Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport 6 R13 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 30 July Will Tregurtha Dave Wooder Daniel Harper Douglas Motorsport R14 31 July Daniel Harper Harry King Elite Motorsport 7 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife) 13 August Sebastian Priaulx Stuart Middleton Sebastian Perez JHR Developments R16 Daniel Harper Geri Nicosia JHR Developments R17 14 August Stuart Middleton Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport 8 R18 Rockingham Motor Speedway(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 27 August Will Tregurtha Will Tregurtha Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R19 Will Tregurtha Will Tregurtha HHC Motorsport R20 28 August Will Tregurtha Harry King Elite Motorsport 9 R21 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 17 September Sebastian Priaulx Lewis Brown Dave Wooder Total Control Racing R22 Sebastian Perez Sebastian Priaulx JHR Developments R23 18 September Stuart Middleton Dave Wooder Total Control Racing 10 R24 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 1 October Dave Wooder Stuart Middleton Stuart Middleton Douglas Motorsport R25 2 October Geri Nicosia 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 353026222018161412111098765432111
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 Points 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Cameron Roberts 6 4 19 6 5 4 14 NC 14 6 20 5 8 14 8 176 176 15 Tom Gamble (R) 5 8 6 13 13 11 10 17 10 7 6 Ret 10 10 160 160 16 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 Max Bird (R) 4 17 9 7 6 14 Ret 13 16 14 15 12 14 13 10 13 13 147 −6 141 18 Enzo Fittipaldi (R) 12 19 12 10 18 17 12 16 15 13 12 8 15 18 10 11 12 113 113 19 Olli Caldwell (R) 5 16 13 13 Ret 15 10 10 14 12 13 8 11 105 105 20 Anthony Ayres (R) 20 18 16 18 19 19 17 18 14 18 16 13 13 Ret 14 12 70 70 21 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 Charlie Digby 21 21 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 19 16 Ret DNS 35 35 23 Harry Dyson (R) 7 11 Ret 13 Ret 34 34 24 Dhyllan Skiba (R) 19 16 17 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 17 20 20 31 31 25 Jenson Dineen (R) 19 Ret 18 15 17 15 Ret DNS 21 21 26 Zak Fulk (R) 17 15 10 10 27 Conor O'Brien (R) 18 18 17 10 10 28 Alex Day 19 17 6 6 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (R) – Rookie
References
External links
Ginetta Junior Series News