2020 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2020 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional 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 fourteenth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 1 August 2020 at Donington Park and concluding on 15 November 2020 at Brands Hatch, utilising the Grand Prix circuit. After nine meetings, all in support of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship, Tom Lebbon was crowned champion.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Total Control Racing 11 William Rochford[2] 1–4, 6–8
52 Tom Edgar[2] All
95 Joe Warhurst 7–8
Preptech UK 12 James Higgins[3] 5, 7–8
Elite Motorsport 14 Josh Miller[4] All
16 William Aspin[5] All
18 Seb Hopkins[6] All
34 Tom Lebbon[7] All
46 William Vincent[8] All
77 Tommy Pintos[9] All
Richardson Racing[10] 19 Rowan Vincent[11] All
23 Georgi Dimitrov[11] All
41 Trennon Bettany[11] 1–5, 7–8
R Racing 21 Josh Rattican[12] All
22 Bailey Voisin[13] All
29 Joel Pearson[12] All
62 Freddie Tomlinson[12] All
70 Aston Millar[12] All
Team HARD 26 Luke Constantine 6
Privateer 30 Will Jenkins[2] All
Fox Motorsport 48 Liam McNeilly[14] All
Assetto Motorsport 88 Joe Wheeler All
Alastair Rushforth Motorsport 99 Zak Taylor[2] 1–6

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner
1 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 1 August Tom Lebbon Joel Pearson Bailey Voisin R Racing Georgi Dimitrov
Tom Lebbon Tom Lebbon Georgi Dimitrov Richardson Racing Georgi Dimitrov
2 August Aston Millar Georgi Dimitrov Richardson Racing Georgi Dimitrov
2 Brands Hatch
(GP Circuit, Kent) 		8 August Tom Lebbon Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin R Racing Tom Lebbon
Bailey Voisin Zak Taylor Bailey Voisin R Racing Tom Lebbon
9 August Bailey Voisin Tom Lebbon Elite Motorsport Tom Lebbon
3 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife) 		29 August Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin R Racing Tom Lebbon
30 August Georgi Dimitrov Bailey Voisin Georgi Dimitrov Richardson Racing Georgi Dimitrov
Bailey Voisin Josh Rattican R Racing Tom Lebbon
4 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire) 		19 September Tom Lebbon Freddie Tomlinson Bailey Voisin R Racing Tom Lebbon
20 September Tom Lebbon Tom Lebbon Josh Rattican R Racing Tom Lebbon
5 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		26 September Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin R Racing William Vincent
27 September Bailey Voisin Seb Hopkins Georgi Dimitrov Richardson Racing Georgi Dimitrov
Tom Edgar Bailey Voisin R Racing Georgi Dimitrov
6 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire) 		10 October Tom Lebbon Josh Rattican Josh Rattican Elite Racing Tom Lebbon
11 October Tom Lebbon Josh Rattican Tom Lebbon Elite Motorsport Tom Lebbon
7 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		24 October Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin Tom Lebbon Elite Motorsport Tom Lebbon
Bailey Voisin Bailey Voisin Tom Lebbon Elite Motorsport Tom Lebbon
25 October Joel Pearson Tom Lebbon Elite Motorsport Tom Lebbon
8 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent) 		14 November Josh Miller Tom Edgar Josh Rattican Elite Racing Tom Lebbon
15 November Josh Miller Bailey Voisin Josh Miller Elite Motorsport Josh Miller

Calendar Changes

The Ginetta Junior Championship will not support every round of the British Touring Car Championship in 2020. The series will miss the third round of the BTCC season, Oulton Park.[1]

Championship standings

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

  • A driver's best 19 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver DON BHGP KNO THR SIL CRO SNE BHI Points
1 Tom Lebbon (R) 5 2 9 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 11 Ret (13) 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 528
2 Josh Rattican 3 4 (15) 3 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 3 21 4 2 1 3 519
3 Bailey Voisin 1 19 6 1 1 2 1 5 3 1 Ret 1 2 1 10 Ret 2 2 3 8 4 516
4 Georgi Dimitrov (R) 2 1 1 5 9 8 6 1 7 12 Ret Ret 1 3 15 11 3 7 12 7 6 386
5 Seb Hopkins (R) Ret 7 11 9 6 6 10 9 (20) 5 8 4 6 7 9 10 5 5 6 3 5 320
6 Tom Edgar (R) 8 (13) 8 12 11 7 4 Ret 11 8 4 8 5 2 3 6 7 9 7 6 7 304
7 Tommy Pintos (R) (12) 11 4 8 7 10 11 10 10 (19) 7 10 10 11 8 10 4 3 5 Ret 8 269
8 Joel Pearson 4 5 2 10 17 Ret 3 6 6 4 9 18 Ret Ret 7 4 14 8 4 11 9 267
9 Freddie Tomlinson 13 8 7 7 5 5 7 Ret 13 10 5 12 Ret 10 6 2 13 (16) 8 9 14 249
10 Aston Millar (R) 7 3 5 11 16 Ret (19) 3 5 9 10 9 7 6 12 18 10 10 13 7 16 240
11 Josh Miller (R) 9 10 Ret 14 10 13 9 14 9 7 3 6 Ret 14 Ret 8 15 11 17 4 1 239
12 William Vincent (R) 6 Ret (17) 6 13 9 17 17 17 15 6 3 4 5 4 17 17 17 10 12 Ret 209
13 Zak Taylor (R) 10 6 3 4 4 4 12 8 12 6 Ret 5 8 8 18 12 202
14 Will Jenkins (R) 11 16 13 16 Ret Ret Ret 7 4 11 12 15 9 15 5 5 6 13 9 10 Ret 198
15 William Aspin (R) 18 9 10 13 8 Ret 15 15 19 14 11 7 Ret 16 13 9 8 6 21 Ret 15 158
16 Liam McNeilly (R) 14 14 12 15 19 11 8 13 8 17 Ret 14 13 Ret 16 13 11 14 11 Ret Ret 136
17 Joe Wheeler (R) 17 18 16 19 12 14 13 16 16 18 13 17 Ret 18 11 14 9 (20) 15 15 12 107
18 Rowan Vincent (R) 16 12 18 17 14 12 16 18 15 20 Ret 13 12 17 Ret 15 19 18 18 17 Ret 91
19 Trennon Bettany (R) 19 17 14 18 15 15 14 11 14 16 Ret 16 11 9 18 12 20 Ret Ret 88
20 William Rochford 15 15 Ret Ret 18 16 18 12 18 13 Ret 14 19 16 15 16 13 11 77
21 James Higgins (R) 19 Ret 12 12 19 14 16 10 45
22 Joe Warhurst (R) 20 21 19 14 13 18
23 Luke Constantine (R) 17 16 9

References

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  6. ^ "Elite Motorsport adds Seb Hopkins to 2020 line-up". Ginetta Junior Update. 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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