2015 Ginetta Junior Championship season

2015 Ginetta Junior Championship season
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The 2015 KICK Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features 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 forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It is the ninth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 4 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 11 October 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

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Tollbar Racing	11	Tristan Charpentier^[1]	1–2
Tollbar Racing	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	Frankie 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
Hillspeed	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

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
1	R2	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	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
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	19 April		Sophia Flörsch	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	10 May	Stuart Middleton	Matt Chapman	Sophia Flörsch	HHC Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	10 May		Billy Monger	Sophia Flörsch	HHC Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	7 June	Dave Wooder	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	7 June		Lewis Brown	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	27 June	Sophia Flörsch	Patrik Matthiesen	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
5	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	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
6	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	9 August		Dan Zelos	Billy Monger	JHR Developments
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	22 August	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	Jamie Caroline	HHC Motorsport
7	R14	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	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
8	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
9	R18	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	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
10	R20	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	11 October		Matt Chapman	Senna Proctor	JHR Developments

Calendar changes

After using the "International" circuit configuration in 2014, the Oulton Park round will revert to the "Island" layout.^[21]

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 18 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	No.	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		ROC		SIL		BHGP		Total	Drop	Pen.	Points
1	Jamie Caroline	38	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	66	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	21	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	45	9	5	6	5	2	5	2	3	Ret	19	7	3	4	3	4	3	15	7	3	19	366	−2		364
5	Billy Monger	23	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)	44	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)	75	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	42	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)	83	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	17	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)	14	5	21	8	8	1	1	4	4	2	3											220		−9	211
12	William Tregurtha (R)	71	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)	27	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)	12	23	20	17	Ret	Ret	14	9	13	11	10	5	7			12	Ret	8	14	8	9	145		−6	139
15	Geri Nicosia	50	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)	41	7	10	Ret	14	12	16	18	11	15	12	12	Ret					16	12	11	15	110			110
17	Rowan Bailey (R)	99	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)	22	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)	28									16	16	12	10	Ret	10	8	10	24	9	18	6	99			99
20	Sebastian Perez	77	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)	31	18	9	Ret	12	18	7	Ret	16	14	20	Ret	9	8	Ret	15	Ret	6	23			94		−24	70
22	Frankie Bird	67	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)	26									Ret	23	20	13	7	11	14	11	11	Ret	Ret	18	66			66
24	Connor Grady (R)	25									17	22	14	20	11	15	17	16	19	10	20	13	59			59
25	Esmee Hawkey	33	22	Ret	18	22	19	Ret	14	14			Ret	17			21	18	18	22	19	Ret	34			34
26	Harry Mailer	24	17	12	12	15																	28			28
27	Benjamin Wallace	88	19	17	19	23																	8			8
28	Tristan Charpentier (R)	11	16	22	DSQ	DNS																	5		−18	−13
Pos	Driver	No.	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		ROC		SIL		BHGP		Total	Drop	Pen.	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

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

References

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External links

Ginetta racing championships in the United Kingdom

Ginetta G50 Cup	2008 2009 2010

Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Ginetta Junior Championship	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also: Ginetta GT5 Challenge

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