2010 Ginetta Junior Championship

2010 champion Tom Ingram at Oulton Park

The 2010 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the eighth season of the Ginetta Junior Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April 2010 and concluded after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch on 10 October 2010. The championship introduced the G40 model to replace the G20 for the 2010 season.[1]

Hillspeed's Tom Ingram became champion after a strong run towards the end of the season which included weekend sweeps at Silverstone and Knockhill, as well as a season-opening victory at Thruxton. Ingram's success, which included eight other podium finishes to go with his five wins, came despite having one of the smallest budgets of all the grid.[2] Ingram's championship-winning margin was 65 points over Tollbar driver Jake Hill,[3] who won ten races, but championship aspirations were thwarted by a disqualification at the Brands Hatch GP meeting, and accidents at Silverstone and Brands Hatch Indy. TJ Motorsport's Louise Richardson finished third with a pair of victories at Snetterton and Brands Hatch Indy, along with ten other podium finishes, including a run of eight successive podium finishes during the middle part of the season. Her team-mate Jody Fannin got the better of Tom Howard, who was a TJ driver until mid-season when he joined Hill at Tollbar, for fourth and fifth places; Fannin took victories at Brands Hatch GP and Croft, while Howard took the other victory at Rockingham. Defending champion Sarah Moore struggled for consistency in the season, but three end-of-season podiums enabled her to finish seventh in the championship behind brother David.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Eurotech Racing[4] 1 United Kingdom Sarah Moore All
77 United Kingdom David Moore All
Team Parker Racing 3 United Kingdom Chris Swanwick 1–7
4 United Kingdom Adam Bonham All
8 United Kingdom Finlay Ractliffe All
Tollbar 5 United Kingdom Jake Hill All
20 United Kingdom Tom Howard[5] 6–10
FML 7 United Kingdom Jake Giddings All
51 United Kingdom Alex Austin 1–8, 10
HHC Motorsport 10 United Kingdom Carl Stirling 4
79 United Kingdom Michael Day 10
86 United Kingdom George Salter 10
TJ Motorsport 20 United Kingdom Tom Howard 1–5
25 United Kingdom Louise Richardson All
27 United Kingdom Jody Fannin All
Tranzpower 22 Northern Ireland Patrick McClughan 3–7, 9–10
Hillspeed 31 United Kingdom Seb Morris All
80 United Kingdom Tom Ingram All
Piranha Motorsport 33 United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe 1–2, 4–10
Tockwith 41 United Kingdom William Foster All
69 Spain Maverick Domene All
Privateer 71 United Kingdom Max Coates All
Brad Bailey Racing 84 United Kingdom Brad Bailey All

Calendar

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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 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 3 April United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jody Fannin United Kingdom Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R2 4 April United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 24 April United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Tom Howard TJ Motorsport
R4 25 April United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
3 R5 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 1 May United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Jody Fannin TJ Motorsport
R6 2 May United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
4 R7 Oulton Park, Cheshire 5 June United Kingdom Louise Richardson United Kingdom Jody Fannin United Kingdom Jody Fannin TJ Motorsport
R8 6 June United Kingdom Jody Fannin United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 19 June United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
R10 20 June United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 8 August United Kingdom Louise Richardson United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Louise Richardson TJ Motorsport
R12 United Kingdom Chris Swanwick United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
7 R13 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 21 August United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R14 22 August United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram Hillspeed
8 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 4 September United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R16 5 September United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Tom Ingram Hillspeed
9 R17 Donington Park, Leicestershire 19 September United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Adam Bonham United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
R18 United Kingdom Tom Ingram United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar
10 R19 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 9 October United Kingdom Louise Richardson United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Louise Richardson TJ Motorsport
R20 10 October United Kingdom Louise Richardson United Kingdom Jake Hill United Kingdom Jake Hill Tollbar

Standings

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Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI Pen Pts
1 United Kingdom Tom Ingram 1 5 4 4 3 2 12 4 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 556
2 United Kingdom Jake Hill 5 1 10 1 DSQ 1 6 1 1 1 12 1 3 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 1 20 491
3 United Kingdom Louise Richardson 4 4 2 3 Ret 5 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 11 3 7 8 1 Ret 454
4 United Kingdom Jody Fannin 9 9 9 5 1 Ret 1 2 5 5 2 6 Ret 6 8 11 8 12 5 5 352
5 United Kingdom Tom Howard 8 8 1 6 2 Ret 3 5 6 6 8 7 15 8 3 5 5 7 8 7 15 340
6 United Kingdom David Moore 3 3 3 13 4 3 5 7 10 8 7 8 Ret DNS 5 12 3 5 12 4 10 321
7 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 11 6 13 11 Ret 11 4 6 7 12 4 10 7 11 14 15 2 4 3 3 297
8 United Kingdom Alex Austin 7 2 5 2 Ret 9 8 Ret 4 4 5 5 6 Ret 10 8 4 Ret 15 256
9 Spain Maverick Domene 10 13 15 14 Ret 7 7 16 18 11 9 9 4 9 7 4 13 14 Ret 9 205
10 United Kingdom Adam Bonham 6 10 7 10 9 6 10 12 8 10 Ret 15 10 2 6 DSQ 6 Ret 11 Ret 30 195
11 United Kingdom Max Coates 18 17 14 12 8 8 9 9 11 14 13 16 11 7 15 7 9 11 10 6 10 194
12 United Kingdom Seb Morris 12 14 11 8 Ret Ret 14 11 12 17 6 Ret 13 Ret 4 9 10 3 6 11 10 185
13 United Kingdom Jake Giddings 15 11 6 9 6 10 16 8 15 7 14 12 9 12 9 14 Ret Ret 9 15 15 175
14 United Kingdom Chris Swanwick 2 7 8 7 5 4 11 18 9 9 10 2 5 DSQ 55 162
15 United Kingdom Brad Bailey 17 15 17 17 10 13 19 15 17 15 11 13 17 10 13 10 11 Ret 13 10 136
16 United Kingdom William Foster 13 16 16 16 7 Ret 13 17 14 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 13 14 10 7 13 132
17 United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe 16 12 12 15 17 14 Ret 16 17 Ret 8 4 12 6 12 13 Ret DNS 129
18 United Kingdom Finlay Ractliffe 14 18 18 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 13 16 17 16 5 17 16 Ret 6 14 Ret 10 90
19 Northern Ireland Patrick McClughan Ret 12 18 13 16 Ret 15 14 14 13 Ret 9 15 8 85
20 United Kingdom Carl Stirling 15 10 17
21 United Kingdom Michael Day 17 12 13
22 United Kingdom George Salter 16 14 12
Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO DON BHI 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)

Ginetta Junior Winter Series

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The 2010 Ginetta Junior Winter Series was the third Ginetta Junior Winter Series. The series was held over four rounds at Pembrey on the weekend of 13–14 November.[6] It formed part of the British Automobile Racing Club Winter Series. The series was won by Hillspeed's Seb Morris, who took two wins. Second place went to privateer Max Coates, who took one win and third place went to Tockwith driver David Moore. Adam Bonham of Team Parker Racing took the other race victory.

Teams and drivers

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All teams and driver were British-registered.

2010 Winter Series Entry List
Team No Driver
Team Parker Racing 4 Adam Bonham
8 Finlay Ractliffe
Tockwith 6 David Moore
95 Myles Collins
FML 7 Jake Giddings
HHC Motorsport 9 George Gamble
79 Michael Day
Hillspeed 31 Seb Morris
Piranha Motorsport 33 Ryan Ratcliffe
JT Motorsport 40 Sennan Fielding
Privateer 71 Max Coates

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
R1 Pembrey, Carmarthenshire 13 November David Moore Seb Morris Seb Morris Hillspeed
R2 David Moore Seb Morris Max Coates Privateer
R3 14 November Adam Bonham Adam Bonham Adam Bonham Team Parker Racing
R4 Adam Bonham Seb Morris Seb Morris Hillspeed

References

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  1. ^ "Ginetta G40 Breaks Cover". Pistonheads. Carrenza. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  2. ^ "Ginetta Junior title tops 'best year' for Tom Ingram". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Tom Ingram crowned Ginetta Junior Champion 2010". BBC Three Counties. BBC. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Ginetta Juniors prepare for Thruxton!". Ginetta. Ginetta Cars. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-10-23.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Howard Gets 'Wired' with Tollbar Racing". Wired. WordPress. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  6. ^ "Seb's a winner with Winter Series!". Ginetta. Ginetta Cars. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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