The 2023 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England. The championship includes a mix of professional teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that are conformed to the technical regulations for the championship.
Calendar
[edit]The calendar was unveiled on 21 September 2022, and ran alongside the British GT Championship for the first time, as was previously run as part of the TOCA package.[1][2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Map of circuit locations |
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8–10 April | 2023 Ginetta Junior Championship (England) |
2 | ![]() |
6–7 May | |
3 | ![]() |
27–28 May | |
4 | ![]() |
2–4 June | |
5 | ![]() |
17–18 June | |
6 | ![]() |
22–23 July | |
7 | ![]() |
9–10 September | |
8 | ![]() |
21–22 October | |
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Teams and Drivers
[edit]Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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R Racing | 7 | ![]() |
1–6 |
19 | ![]() |
All | |
27 | ![]() |
8 | |
37 | ![]() |
2–4 | |
48 | ![]() |
All | |
51 | ![]() |
All | |
78 | ![]() |
All | |
Preptech UK | 16 | ![]() |
1–5, 7–8 |
26 | ![]() |
2–8 | |
74 | ![]() |
4, 7–8 | |
84 | ![]() |
7–8 | |
Elite Motorsport | 21 | ![]() |
All |
22 | ![]() |
7–8 | |
24 | ![]() |
1–2 | |
33 | ![]() |
All | |
50 | ![]() |
All | |
66 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
Fox Motorsport | 23 | ![]() |
All |
24 | ![]() |
3–7 | |
45 | ![]() |
7–8 | |
47 | ![]() |
All | |
Xentek Motorsport | 31 | ![]() |
1–6 |
MDD Racing | 7–8 | ||
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport | 37 | ![]() |
1 |
84 | ![]() |
1–2 | |
Breakell Racing | 3–4 | ||
Assetto Motorsport | 38 | ![]() |
1–7 |
90 | ![]() |
All |
Race Calendar and Results
[edit]Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Oulton Park, Cheshire (International Circuit) |
8–10 April | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() |
R2 | ![]() |
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R3 | ![]() |
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2 | R4 | Silverstone, Northamptonshire (Grand Prix Circuit) |
6–7 May | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() |
R5 | ![]() |
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R6 | ![]() |
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3 | R7 | Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) |
26–27 May | ![]() |
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Elite Motorsport | ![]() |
R8 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R9 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | ||||
4 | R10 | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire (Grand Prix Circuit) |
2–4 June | ![]() |
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R11 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R12 | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire (National Circuit) |
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R Racing | ![]() | ||
R13 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R14 | ![]() |
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R15 | ![]() |
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5 | R16 | Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit) |
17–18 June | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() |
R17 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R18 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | ||||
6 | R19 | Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire | 22–23 July | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() |
R20 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R21 | ![]() |
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7 | R22 | Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit) |
9–10 September | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() |
R23 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R24 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | ||||
8 | R25 | Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) |
21–22 October | ![]() |
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Elite Motorsport | ![]() |
R26 | ![]() |
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R Racing | ![]() | |||
R27 | ![]() |
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Championship Standings
[edit]Points system | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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]Pos | Driver | OUL | SIL1 | DON1 | SIL2 | SNE | CAD | BRA | DON1 | Total | Drop | Pen. | Points | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 642 | 642 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 607 | –15 | 592 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 563 | 9 | -9 | 545 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 545 | -6 | 539 | |
5 | ![]() |
Ret | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 498 | -6 | 492 | |
6 | ![]() |
9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 494 | -6 | 488 | |
7 | ![]() |
2 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 489 | -15 | 474 | |
8 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | DNS | 11 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 361 | –27 | 334 | ||||
9 | ![]() |
6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 310 | 310 | |||||
10 | ![]() |
8 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | 11 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 311 | –12 | 299 | |
11 | ![]() |
13 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 260 | 260 | ||
12 | ![]() |
9 | 15 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | NC | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 262 | –6 | 256 | ||||
13 | ![]() |
11 | 9 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 247 | 247 | |||||
14 | ![]() |
15 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | Ret | WD | WD | 179 | 179 | ||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() |
14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | DNS | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 156 | 156 | ||
16 | ![]() |
Ret | 15 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 159 | –27 | 132 | |
17 | ![]() |
16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 164 | -32 | 132 | |
18 | ![]() |
10 | 16 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 13 | DNS | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 128 | 128 | ||||||||
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12 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 128 | 128 | |||||||||||
20 | ![]() |
18 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
21 | ![]() |
Ret | 12 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 35 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | ![]() |
9 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | ![]() |
16 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[20] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ginetta expands British GT support series commitment from 2023". britishgt.com. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (21 September 2022). "Ginetta In New Partnership with SRO, Switches Championships from TOCA Package (Updated)". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Ginetta Announce Provisional 2023 Race Calendar". Ginetta.com. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Freddie Slater to race for R Racing in 2023 season". Ginetta.com. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Junior Winter Series Rookie Vice Champion, Mikey Porter signs with R Racing in 2023". Ginetta.com. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Junior driver Luca Hopkinson returns to the Championship with R Racing". Ginetta.com. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Reza Seewooruthun joins R Racing for his first full season in the Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Tom Spragg joins Preptech for his first year of racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta.com. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Henry Joslyn joins Preptech for his first Ginetta Junior Championship season". Ginetta.com. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Former Ginetta Junior Scholarship Winner Alisha Palmowski Joins Elite Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "McKenzie Douglass returns to the Ginetta Junior grid for his second season of racing with Elite Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Hugo Schwarze embarks on Rookie Ginetta Junior Campaign with Elite Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Charlie Hart Joins Elite For Maiden Ginetta Junior Campaign". Ginetta.com. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Holly Miall joins Fox Motorsport for rookie Ginetta Junior campaign". Ginetta.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Fox Motorsport launch 2023 Ginetta Junior campaign with Harry Moss". Ginetta.com. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Felix Livesey makes Ginetta Junior debut with Xentek Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Leo Robinson to make Ginetta Junior debut with Alastair Rushforth Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Brea Angliss to make Ginetta Junior Championship debut season with Alastair Rushforth Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "2023 Junior Scholarship Winner Chase Fernandez To Race With Assetto Motorsport". Ginetta.com. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "2023 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship - Championship Standings" (PDF). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.