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2015 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2015 Kick Start Energy 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 ninth Ginetta Junior Championship, and commenced on 4 April 2015 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 11 October 2015 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Tollbar Racing 11   Tristan Charpentier[1] 1–2
12   Alex Day[1] 1–6, 8–10
HHC Motorsport 14   Sophia Flörsch[2] 1–5
26   Devlin DeFrancesco 5–10
28   Charlie Fagg 5–10
38   Jamie Caroline[3] All
44   Patrik Matthiesen[4] All
Total Control Racing 17   Matt Chapman[5] All
25   Connor Grady 5–10
27   Dave Wooder[6] All
31   Cameron Roberts[7] 1–9
R & J Motorsport 21   Lewis Brown All
42   Jonathan Hadfield[8] All
67   Frank Bird All
83   Kyle Hornby[9] All
Supergreen Racing 22   Ben Green[10] All
JHR Developments 23   Billy Monger[11] All
33   Esmee Hawkey[12] 1–4, 6, 8–10
45   Dan Zelos[13] All
66   Senna Proctor[14] All
77   Sebastian Perez[15] All
99   Rowan Bailey[15] All
Hillspeed 24   Harry Mailer[16] 1–2
88   Benjamin Wallace[17] 1–2
Jam-Sport 41   William Stacey[18] 1–6, 9–10
Elite Motorsport 50   Geri Nicosia All
Richardson Chassis Engineering 71   Will Tregurtha[19] All
Douglas Motorsport 75   Stuart Middleton[20] All

Race calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent) 		4 April   Patrik Matthiesen   William Stacey   Billy Monger JHR Developments
R2 5 April   Patrik Matthiesen   Senna Proctor JHR Developments
2 R3 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 		18 April   Jonathan Hadfield   Patrik Matthiesen   Jonathan Hadfield R & J Motorsport
R4 19 April   Sophia Flörsch   Senna Proctor JHR Developments
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire) 		10 May   Stuart Middleton   Matt Chapman   Sophia Flörsch HHC Motorsport
R6   Billy Monger   Sophia Flörsch HHC Motorsport
4 R7 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 		7 June   Dave Wooder   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R8   Lewis Brown   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
5 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire) 		27 June   Sophia Flörsch   Patrik Matthiesen   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R10 28 June   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		8 August   Billy Monger   Patrik Matthiesen   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R12 9 August   Dan Zelos   Billy Monger JHR Developments
7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife) 		22 August   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R14 23 August   Stuart Middleton   Senna Proctor JHR Developments
8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		5 September   Devlin DeFrancesco   Stuart Middleton   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R16 6 September   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		26 September   Kyle Hornby   Kyle Hornby   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R18 27 September   Matt Chapman   Patrik Matthiesen HHC Motorsport
10 R19 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		10 October   Senna Proctor   Jamie Caroline   Jamie Caroline HHC Motorsport
R20 11 October   Matt Chapman   Senna Proctor JHR Developments

Calendar changes edit

  • After using the "International" circuit configuration in 2014, the Oulton Park round reverted to the "Island" layout for 2015.[21]

Championship standings edit

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 edit

  • A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
1   Jamie Caroline 10 2 20 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 18 1 1 1 16 1 16 477 −4 473
2   Senna Proctor 3 1 2 1 11 9 3 2 13 9 6 2 2 1 3 7 2 2 4 1 491 −18 473
3   Lewis Brown 8 4 4 3 Ret Ret 5 5 4 6 4 5 3 2 5 3 7 4 7 2 393 −6 387
4   Dan Zelos 9 5 6 5 2 5 2 3 Ret 19 7 3 4 3 4 15 3 7 3 19 366 −2 364
5   Billy Monger 1 14 3 10 5 2 7 19 3 15 2 1 Ret 6 9 5 22 20 2 17 330 −5 325
6   Patrik Matthiesen (R) 2 3 5 9 9 Ret 12 18 5 4 3 16 13 8 11 4 5 1 Ret 7 309 309
7   Stuart Middleton (R) 4 15 10 17 3 4 10 8 7 5 Ret 15 Ret 7 2 2 10 5 5 20 289 −6 283
8   Jonathan Hadfield 6 11 1 2 8 Ret 6 6 8 7 17 9 5 4 20 14 12 18 13 Ret 260 −1 259
9   Kyle Hornby (R) 15 7 9 6 10 6 16 Ret 6 2 8 Ret 9 9 13 9 9 3 6 5 261 −6 255
10   Matt Chapman 13 18 16 11 7 8 8 7 Ret 21 Ret 11 6 5 7 6 21 6 9 3 227 227
11   Sophia Flörsch (R) 5 21 8 8 1 1 4 4 2 3 220 −9 211
12   William Tregurtha (R) 14 6 7 7 6 13 11 10 18 11 9 4 10 19 DNS DNS 14 17 12 12 187 187
13   Dave Wooder (R) 11 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret Ret 9 Ret 18 16 14 15 DNS 6 8 4 8 15 4 153 153
14   Alex Day (R) 23 20 17 Ret Ret 14 9 13 11 10 5 7 12 Ret 8 14 8 9 145 −6 139
15   Geri Nicosia 12 8 11 21 13 15 17 12 19 17 11 6 17 17 Ret 17 13 11 Ret 8 138 −15 123
16   William Stacey (R) 7 10 Ret 14 12 16 18 11 15 12 12 Ret 16 12 11 15 110 110
17   Rowan Bailey (R) 20 Ret 13 19 15 12 13 Ret 12 13 19 18 Ret 13 18 13 18 13 14 10 104 104
18   Ben Green (R) 24 19 14 16 14 10 19 20 9 8 13 19 14 16 10 Ret 17 19 10 Ret 104 −2 102
19   Charlie Fagg (R) 16 16 12 10 Ret 10 8 10 24 9 18 6 99 99
20   Sebastian Perez 21 13 15 20 Ret 11 15 15 10 14 10 Ret 16 12 16 12 21 17 17 14 99 −6 93
21   Cameron Roberts (R) 18 9 Ret 12 18 7 Ret 16 14 20 Ret 9 8 Ret 15 Ret 6 23 94 −24 70
22   Frank Bird Ret 16 21 18 17 17 Ret 17 20 Ret 15 21 12 14 19 19 20 15 16 11 69 69
23   Devlin DeFrancesco (R) Ret 23 20 13 7 11 14 11 11 Ret Ret 18 66 66
24   Connor Grady (R) 17 22 14 20 11 15 17 16 19 10 20 13 59 59
25   Esmee Hawkey 22 Ret 18 22 19 Ret 14 14 Ret 17 21 18 18 22 19 Ret 34 34
26   Harry Mailer 17 12 12 15 28 28
27   Benjamin Wallace 19 17 19 23 8 8
28   Tristan Charpentier (R) 16 22 DSQ DNS 5 −18 −13
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(R) – Rookie

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tollbar Racing Welcomes Day and Charpentier to Rookie Squad". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Sophia Floersch for Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Caroline Returns to Ginetta Junior Grid with Pirtek Backing". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Patrik Matthiesen Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Juniors". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Chapman Returns with TCR for Second Season in Ginetta Junior". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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  8. ^ "Jonathan Hadfield Returns to Kick Start Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Kyle Hornby Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Ben Green Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 19 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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  12. ^ "Esmee Hawkey Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Dan Zelos Confirms Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Return". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  14. ^ Paice, Simon (11 March 2015). "BTCC Outfit Team BMR Joins Ginettas With Proctor". The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Rowan Bailey Joins Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Hillspeed Retains Mailer in Planned Three-Car Ginetta Junior Team". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Wallace Returns to Ginetta Junior with Hillspeed". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  18. ^ "William Stacey for Kick Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Will Tregurtha Enters Ginetta Junior Championship with RCE". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  20. ^ "Scholarship Winner Stuart Middleton Joins Douglas Motorsport". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  21. ^ "BTCC 2015 calendar confirmed". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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