2018 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2018 Simpson Race Products 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 British Touring Car Championship centrepiece. It is the twelfth Ginetta Junior Championship, commencing on 8 April 2018 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluding on 30 September 2018 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 25 races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Elite Motorsport	7	Greg Johnson^[1]	All
	17	Louis Foster^[2]	All
	44	Finley Green^[3]	All
	54	Adam Smalley^[4]	All
	67	James Hedley^[4]	All
	81	Jonny Wilkinson^[3]	1–8
Privateer	10	Will Martin	All
	27	Tom Emson	All
	29	Joel Pearson	7, 9–10
	77	Conner Garlick	All
Richardson Racing	11	Luke Browning^[5]	All
	66	James Taylor^[6]	All
	72	Matt Luff	1–7
	99	Emily Linscott^[7]	All
Total Control Racing	14	Daniel Gale	1–2, 10
	24	Theo Edgerton	10
	40	Ethan Hawkey	1, 6, 8–10
	49	Abbi Pulling^[8]	1–3
	55	Ruben del Sarte^[9]	All
	87	Patrick Kibble^[9]	All
Premiership Academy Racing^[10]	20	Harry Dyson	8–10
Premiership Academy Racing^[10]	95	Ben O'Hare	All
Douglas Motorsport	23	Lorcan Hanafin	5–7, 9–10
Douglas Motorsport	57	Gustav Burton	5–7, 9–10
Richardson Chassis Engineering^[11]	37	Charlie McLeod	1–2
WDE Motorsport^[12]	46	Jamie Osborne	1–7, 9–10

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	7 April	Adam Smalley	Ruben del Sarte	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	8 April	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
2	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	28 April	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		28 April	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		29 April		Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
3	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	20 May	Adam Smalley	Finley Green	Patrick Kibble	TCR
3	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	20 May	Louis Foster	James Hedley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	9 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
4	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	10 June	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
5	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	23 June	Adam Smalley^{[N 1]}	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		23 June	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		24 June		Luke Browning	Finley Green	Elite Motorsport
6	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	28 July	Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		28 July	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		29 July		Adam Smalley	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
7	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	11 August	James Hedley	James Hedley	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		11 August	Luke Browning	Patrick Kibble	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		12 August		Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
8	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	25 August	James Hedley	Luke Browning	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
8	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	26 August	Louis Foster	Luke Browning	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
9	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	15 September	Ruben del Sarte	Lorcan Hanafin	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		15 September	Luke Browning	Gustav Burton	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
		16 September		Ethan Hawkey	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport
10	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	29 September	James Hedley	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Richardson Racing
		29 September	Adam Smalley	Luke Browning	Adam Smalley	Elite Motorsport
		30 September		Ethan Hawkey	Louis Foster	Elite Motorsport

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

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON			THR		OUL		CRO			SNE			ROC			KNO		SIL			BHGP			Points
1	Adam Smalley	1	2	4	2	Ret	2	1	1	6	1	1	6	5	2	1	3	4	3	2	3	Ret	4	2	2	1	5	679
2	Louis Foster (R)	4	4	2	3	1	8	3	3	2	5	7	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	671
3	Luke Browning	5	1	1	1	2	3	Ret	DSQ	1	19	2	2	1	1	2	Ret	2	1	4	2	3	3	5	1	4	2	654
4	Patrick Kibble (R)	12	6	7	7	4	1	5	6	7	2	5	4	2	10	12	2	6	5	13	8	5	2	3	3	3	3	496
5	Ruben del Sarte	2	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	Ret	4	3	9	3	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	8	10	4	6	6	8	6	6	425
6	James Taylor (R)	11	8	9	5	7	9	7	10	4	3	6	5	11	5	4	7	3	4	3	5	7	9	4	10	5	4	414
7	Greg Johnson	6	5	3	Ret	8	5	9	7	3	12	8	17	9	6	5	10	5	6	6	6	Ret	13	11	13	7	14	357
8	James Hedley (R)	7	10	8	10	5	6	2	5	12	6	11	10	13	7	6	5	Ret	12	7	4	2	8	18	5	10	18	356
9	Finley Green	3	9	6	8	6	Ret	6	2	13	14	4	1	8	16	9	Ret	13	10	Ret	15	6	5	13	7	Ret	11	315
10	Jonny Wilkinson (R)	8	11	10	9	14	10	12	8	5	8	9	7	6	12	10	6	8	11	5	7							241
11	Tom Emson (R)	15	15	16	11	13	14	10	12	11	9	14	19	19	9	15	9	10	16	9	9	10	10	7	14	12	Ret	217
12	Matt Luff	18	7	Ret	4	9	7	8	Ret	Ret	7	10	11	7	4	8	Ret	11	14									189
13	Lorcan Hanafin (R)										17	12	8	14	8	11	4	7	9			8	7	9	15	11	Ret	167
14	Will Martin (R)	17	16	11	13	12	Ret	13	9	8	13	15	15	16	15	14	Ret	15	13	10	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	9	9	166
15	Conner Garlick (R)	13	17	13	14	15	12	11	15	Ret	18	Ret	13	12	11	Ret	11	12	Ret	Ret	14	15	15	15	9	8	15	164
16	Emily Linscott (R)	16	14	Ret	15	18	11	14	11	9	10	17	14	18	Ret	Ret	14	16	15	14	13	12	14	14	16	13	16	159
17	Ben O'Hare (R)	14	20	Ret	16	Ret	16	17	14	14	15	16	18	20	17	17	15	Ret	18	15	11	14	16	12	Ret	14	10	123
18	Ethan Hawkey (R)	10	12											15	14	13				12	16	11	11	10	11	Ret	8	112
19	Gustav Burton (R)										11	18	12	10	Ret	Ret	13	9	7			9	Ret	8	6	Ret	Ret	108
20	Jamie Osborne (R)	Ret	18	15	17	17	15	15	13	10	16	13	16	17	13	16	DNS	14	17			16	17	17	18	15	13	100
21	Abbi Pulling (R)	9	13	12	12	10	13	16																				62
22	Joel Pearson (R)																12	17	Ret			13	12	16	19	Ret	12	46
23	Harry Dyson																			11	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	Ret	7	35
24	Daniel Gale (R)	19	Ret	14	18	11																			17	Ret	17	30
25	Charlie McLeod (R)	20	19	17	Ret	16																						12
26	Theo Edgerton (R)																								Ret	DNS	DNS	0

2018 Ginetta Junior Championship

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