2010 Ginetta Junior Championship season
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The 2010 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the eighth season of the Ginetta Junior Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship
The Ginetta Junior Championship is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom for young racing drivers aged 14 – 17 years old, run by Ginetta Cars. It is a support series for the British Touring Car Championship...

. The season began at Thruxton
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....

 on 3 April and concluded after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

 on 10 October. The championship introduced the G40 model to replace the G20 for the 2010 season.

Hillspeed's Tom Ingram became champion after a strong run towards the end of the season which included weekend sweeps at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...

 and Knockhill
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife is Scotland's national Motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the Fife countryside about north of Dunfermline. The track, initially opened in 1974, is long and 10 metres wide and was created by joining service roads to a nearby disused mineral railway,...

, 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. Ingram's championship-winning margin was 65 points over Tollbar driver Jake Hill, 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
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...

 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
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit...

, while Howard took the other victory at Rockingham
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...

. 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

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Eurotech Racing
Eurotech Racing
Eurotech Racing is a British motor racing team founded by Mike Jordan.-History:Mike originally ran and raced for Team Eurotech in the BTCC.-2010:Under the Pirtek Racing banner, Eurotech will run a Vauxhall Vectra in the 2010 season...

1   Sarah Moore All
77   David Moore All
Team Parker Racing 3   Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick is a British racing car driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Rob Austin Racing. Swanwick made his BTCC début on 2 October 2011 at Brands Hatch...

1–7
4   Adam Bonham All
8   Finlay Ractliffe All
Tollbar 5   Jake Hill All
20   Tom Howard 6–10
FML 7   Jake Giddings All
51   Alex Austin 1–8, 10
HHC Motorsport 10   Carl Stirling 4
79   Michael Day 10
86   George Salter 10
TJ Motorsport 20   Tom Howard 1–5
25   Louise Richardson All
27   Jody Fannin All
Tranzpower 22   Patrick McClughan 3–7, 9–10
Hillspeed 31   Seb Morris All
80   Tom Ingram All
Piranha Motorsport 33   Ryan Ratcliffe 1–2, 4–10
Tockwith 41   William Foster All
69   Maverick Domene All
Privateer 71   Max Coates All
Brad Bailey Racing 84   Brad Bailey All

Calendar

The series supported the British Touring Car Championship
2010 British Touring Car Championship season
The 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 53rd British Touring Car Championship season. It began at Thruxton Circuit on April 4 and finished after 30 races over ten events at Brands Hatch on October 10....

 at all rounds.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....

, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

3 April   Jake Hill   Jody Fannin   Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R2 4 April   Jake Hill   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
2 R3   Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

24 April   Jake Hill   Jake Hill   Tom Howard TJ Motorsport
R4 25 April   Jake Hill   Tom Ingram   Jake Hill Tollbar
3 R5   Brands Hatch (GP)
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

1 May   Jake Hill   Tom Ingram   Jody Fannin TJ Motorsport
R6 2 May   Jake Hill   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
4 R7   Oulton Park
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...

, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

5 June   Louise Richardson   Jody Fannin   Jody Fannin TJ Motorsport
R8 6 June   Jody Fannin   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
5 R9   Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit...

, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

19 June   Jake Hill   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
R10 20 June   Jake Hill   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
6 R11   Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...

, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

8 August   Louise Richardson   Tom Ingram   Louise Richardson TJ Motorsport
R12   Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick is a British racing car driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Rob Austin Racing. Swanwick made his BTCC début on 2 October 2011 at Brands Hatch...

  Tom Ingram   Jake Hill Tollbar
7 R13   Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

21 August   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R14 22 August   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram Hillspeed
8 R15   Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife is Scotland's national Motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the Fife countryside about north of Dunfermline. The track, initially opened in 1974, is long and 10 metres wide and was created by joining service roads to a nearby disused mineral railway,...

, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

4 September   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram Hillspeed
R16 5 September   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram   Tom Ingram Hillspeed
9 R17   Donington Park
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...

, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

19 September   Tom Ingram   Adam Bonham   Jake Hill Tollbar
R18   Tom Ingram   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar
10 R19   Brands Hatch (Indy)
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

9 October   Louise Richardson   Jake Hill   Louise Richardson TJ Motorsport
R20 10 October   Louise Richardson   Jake Hill   Jake Hill Tollbar

Standings

EWLINE
Pos Driver THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
ROC
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...


 
BHGP
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
OUL
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...


 
CRO
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit...


 
SNE
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
KNO
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife is Scotland's national Motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the Fife countryside about north of Dunfermline. The track, initially opened in 1974, is long and 10 metres wide and was created by joining service roads to a nearby disused mineral railway,...


 
DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
BHI
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
Pen Pts
1   Tom Ingram 1 5 4 4 3 2 12 4 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 556
2   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   Louise Richardson 4 4 2 3 Ret 5 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 11 3 7 8 1 Ret 454
4   Jody Fannin 9 9 9 5 1 Ret 1 2 5 5 2 6 Ret 6 8 11 8 12 5 5 352
5   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   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   Sarah Moore 11 6 13 11 Ret 11 4 6 7 12 4 10 7 11 14 15 2 4 3 3 297
8   Alex Austin 7 2 5 2 Ret 9 8 Ret 4 4 5 5 6 Ret 10 8 4 Ret 15 256
9   Maverick Domene 10 13 15 14 Ret 7 7 16 18 11 9 9 4 9 7 4 13 14 Ret 9 205
10   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   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   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   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   Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick
Chris Swanwick is a British racing car driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Rob Austin Racing. Swanwick made his BTCC début on 2 October 2011 at Brands Hatch...

2 7 8 7 5 4 11 18 9 9 10 2 5 DSQ 55 162
15   Brad Bailey 17 15 17 17 10 13 19 15 17 15 11 13 17 10 13 10 11 Ret 13 10 136
16   William Foster 13 16 16 16 7 Ret 13 17 14 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 13 14 10 7 13 132
17   Ryan Ratcliffe 16 12 12 15 17 14 Ret 16 17 Ret 8 4 12 6 12 13 Ret DNS 129
18   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   Patrick McClughan Ret 12 18 13 16 Ret 15 14 14 13 Ret 9 15 8 85
20   Carl Stirling 15 10 17
21   Michael Day 17 12 13
22   George Salter 16 14 12
Pos Driver THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
ROC
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...


 
BHGP
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
OUL
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...


 
CRO
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit...


 
SNE
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
KNO
Knockhill Racing Circuit
Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife is Scotland's national Motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the Fife countryside about north of Dunfermline. The track, initially opened in 1974, is long and 10 metres wide and was created by joining service roads to a nearby disused mineral railway,...


 
DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
BHI
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
Pen Pts


Ginetta Junior Winter Series

The 2010 Ginetta Junior Winter Series was the third Ginetta Junior Winter Series
Ginetta Junior Championship
The Ginetta Junior Championship is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom for young racing drivers aged 14 – 17 years old, run by Ginetta Cars. It is a support series for the British Touring Car Championship...

. The series was held over four rounds at Pembrey
Pembrey Circuit
Pembrey Circuit is a racing circuit outside Pembrey village, south Wales. It is deemed to be the home of Welsh motorsport, providing racing for cars, motorcycles, karts and trucks...

 on the weekend of 13–14 November. It formed part of the BARC
British Automobile Racing Club
The British Automobile Racing Club is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom.-History:The Cyclecar Club was formed in 1912, running races for the small and light motorbike powered vehicles at Brooklands as well as rallies and sporting trials. Among the founder...

 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

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

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
R1   Pembrey
Pembrey Circuit
Pembrey Circuit is a racing circuit outside Pembrey village, south Wales. It is deemed to be the home of Welsh motorsport, providing racing for cars, motorcycles, karts and trucks...

, Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...

November 13   David Moore   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
R2   David Moore   Seb Morris   Max Coates Privateer
R3 November 14   Adam Bonham   Adam Bonham   Adam Bonham Team Parker Racing
R4   Adam Bonham   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Hillspeed
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