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2011 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2011 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the ninth season of the Ginetta Junior Championship series for junior drivers aged 14 to 17. The series was based in the United Kingdom and gives aspiring racing drivers aged between 14 and 17 the chance to take their first steps up the motor racing ladder.

2011 champion Seb Morris side-by-side with another competitor at Croft

The 2011 season commenced on 3 April 2011 at Brands Hatch and concluded on 16 October 2011 at Silverstone, after twenty races to be held at ten meetings in support of the 2011 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Hillspeed 3   Will Palmer[1] 6, 9–10
25   Struan Moore[2] 1–8, 10
31   Seb Morris[2] All
Beacon Racing 5   Niall Murray[3] All
FML 7   Jake Giddings[4] All
Privateer 8   Finlay Ractliffe 2–3
71   Max Coates[5] All
Rollcentre 12   Eric Morris[6] 1–4
TJ Motorsport 14   Declan Jones 10
21   George Gamble[7] All
40   Sennan Fielding[7] All
84   Brad Bailey[7] All
Kelvin Jones Motorsport 14   Declan Jones[8] 1–7
22   Patrick McClughan[8] 1–3
Westbourne Motorsport 14   Declan Jones 8–9
95   Myles Collins[9] 1–6
Tollbar Racing with WIRED 20   Tom Howard[6] All
41   William Foster[6] All
HHC 22   Patrick McClughan[10] 4–6, 8–10
54   Andrew Watson 10
55   Charlie Robertson[11] All
79   Michael Day[12] 1–6
95   Myles Collins[13] 7–9
JHR 33   Ollie Chadwick 2–10
34   Christie Doran[14] 7

Race calendar and results edit

All rounds were held in the United Kingdom. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 3 April   Jake Giddings   Charlie Robertson   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R2   Seb Morris   Charlie Robertson   Seb Morris Hillspeed
2 R3 Donington Park, Leicestershire 16 April   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R4 17 April   Seb Morris   George Gamble   Seb Morris Hillspeed
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 30 April   George Gamble   Seb Morris   George Gamble TJ Motorsport
R6 1 May   George Gamble   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
4 R7 Oulton Park, Cheshire 4 June   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R8 5 June   Seb Morris   Niall Murray   Seb Morris Hillspeed
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 19 June   Charlie Robertson   Charlie Robertson   George Gamble TJ Motorsport
R10   Charlie Robertson   Seb Morris   Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 7 August   Charlie Robertson   Charlie Robertson   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R12   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 3 September   George Gamble   Struan Moore   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R14 4 September   George Gamble   Struan Moore   George Gamble TJ Motorsport
8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 17 September   Charlie Robertson   Charlie Robertson   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R16 18 September   Charlie Robertson   Sennan Fielding   Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport
9 R17 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 1 October   George Gamble   Sennan Fielding   Niall Murray Beacon Racing
R18 2 October   George Gamble   Niall Murray   Charlie Robertson HHC Motorsport
10 R19 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 15 October   Brad Bailey   Brad Bailey   Sennan Fielding TJ Motorsport
R20 16 October   Brad Bailey   William Foster   Niall Murray Beacon Racing

Standings edit

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Total Drop Pen Pts
1   Seb Morris 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 1 4 2 2 3 2 625 39 24 562
2   Charlie Robertson 4 5 2 DSQ 6 10 2 4 2 1 2 4 5 3 8 1 4 1 6 3 476 27 12 437
3   George Gamble 6 6 5 5 1 2 3 3 1 13 11 2 2 1 Ret 5 Ret DNS 4 9 402 1 18 383
4   Niall Murray 7 8 3 8 Ret NC 8 2 13 4 Ret 10 6 4 2 2 1 3 2 1 383 27 356
5   William Foster 5 3 4 2 10 8 6 5 3 3 4 9 7 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 8 5 325 15 310
6   Max Coates 9 4 6 4 3 3 17 7 5 9 6 11 10 8 4 13 3 6 9 11 327 12 6 309
7   Sennan Fielding Ret 7 Ret 12 5 7 4 8 10 10 12 7 4 9 3 3 9 Ret 1 15 285 285
8   Tom Howard 3 2 Ret 3 16 5 9 6 6 2 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 263 15 248
9   Brad Bailey Ret 10 Ret 13 4 4 7 11 Ret 8 8 8 8 10 9 15 6 4 5 10 248 9 239
10   Jake Giddings 2 Ret 10 15 9 13 5 Ret 7 12 3 5 Ret DNS 10 11 5 5 12 14 236 9 227
11   Myles Collins Ret 11 12 6 7 11 13 12 11 6 9 15 9 7 5 6 Ret 7 208 208
12   Struan Moore Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 Ret 16 DNS 8 7 7 3 3 2 Ret 14 7 4 204 9 195
13   Declan Jones Ret Ret 14 10 13 9 12 9 15 14 13 13 11 5 Ret 7 10 9 14 13 172 172
14   Patrick McClughan 8 Ret 9 9 11 14 11 15 9 Ret 15 14 7 10 8 DSQ 13 8 159 159
15   Ollie Chadwick Ret 11 15 16 15 14 12 11 10 12 12 11 12 9 7 Ret 15 12 144 144
16   Michael Day 11 9 8 7 12 6 14 10 14 Ret Ret 16 109 109
17   Eric Morris 10 Ret 13 14 14 12 10 13 61 61
18   Will Palmer 14 17 11 8 10 Ret 46 46
19   Andrew Watson 11 6 28 28
20   Finlay Ractliffe 7 Ret Ret 15 22 22
21   Christie Doran 13 Ret 8 8
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Total Drop Pen Pts
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)

References edit

  1. ^ "Ginetta Junior Title Rivals Robertson and Morris Take A Pole Apiece at Snetterton". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Hillspeed Announces Morris and Rookie Moore For Ginetta Junior". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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  4. ^ "Jake Giddings". FML. Finesse Motorsport Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  5. ^ Westcott, Matt (30 March 2011). "Coates gunning for Ginetta glory". The Northern Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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  7. ^ a b c "Brad Shines in his New Ginetta G40". Brad Bailey Racing. Brad Bailey. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  8. ^ a b "McClughan to remain in Ginettas with Kelvin Jones Motorsport". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Myles signs with Westbourne Motorsport". Myles Collins. Zeal Digital. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Super Seb marches on in Ginetta Junior Championship". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Season preview ahead of season openers at Brands Hatch". Ginetta Junior Championship. Ginetta Cars. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Mikey Day signs for HHC Motorsport for the 2011 Ginetta Junior Championship". HHC Motorsport. Junior Race Car Academy. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  13. ^ "Knaresborough lad eyes Ginetta success after inking HHC deal". Wetherby News. Johnston Press. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  14. ^ "Doran's living life in the fast lane - Falkirk Herald". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.

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