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]

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	Map of circuit locations
1	Donington Park, Leicestershire (National Circuit)	1–2 August	Knockhill Donington Park Croft Circuit Silverstone Snetterton Thruxton Circuit Brands Hatch 2020 Ginetta Junior Championship (the United Kingdom)
2	Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit)	8–9 August
3	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	29–30 August
4	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	19–20 September
5	Silverstone, Northamptonshire (National Circuit)	26–27 September
6	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	10–11 October
7	Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit)	24–25 October
8	Brands Hatch, Kent (Indy Circuit)	14–15 November
Source:^[15]

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]

Race results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner
1	Donington Park, Leicestershire (National Circuit)	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, Kent (GP Circuit)	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 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, Northamptonshire (National Circuit)	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, Norfolk (300 Circuit)	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, Kent (Indy Circuit)	14 November	Josh Miller	Tom Edgar	Josh Rattican	Elite Racing	Tom Lebbon
15 November	Josh Miller	Bailey Voisin	Josh Miller	Elite Motorsport	Josh Miller

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

v t e Ginetta racing championships in the United Kingdom
Ginetta G50 Cup	2008 2009 2010
Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ginetta Junior Championship	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Ginetta G40 Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ginetta GT Academy	2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Ginetta GT Championship	2023 2024 2025 2026
See also: Ginetta GT5 Challenge

2020 Ginetta Junior Championship

Race calendar

Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

References

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