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 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded 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.

2015 Ginetta Junior Championship
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2015 ToCA Tour:
2015 British Touring Car Championship season
2015 MSA Formula Championship
2015 Ginetta GT Supercup
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2015 Renault Clio Cup UK

Teams and drivers
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 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
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
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
  • After using the "International" circuit configuration in 2014, the Oulton Park round reverted to the "Island" layout for 2015.[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 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 Frankie 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

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

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