2022 Ginetta Junior Championship

The 2022 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship included a mix of professional teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that were conformed to the technical regulations for the championship.^[1]^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
R Racing	10	Josh Rowledge	All
	26	Freddie Slater	6, 8–9
	31	Akshay Bohra	1–4, 7
	37	Luke Watts	All
	42	Luca Hopkinson	All
	72	Sonny Smith	1–8
	77	Ian Aguilera	1–5
Elite Motorsport	14	Aqil Alibhai	All
	18	Will Macintyre	All
	19	Kanato Le	All
	24	McKenzie Douglass	All
	44	Shravan Shanmugavel	1–5, 7–9
	95	Joe Warhurst	All
Preptech UK	16	Thomas Spragg	8–9
	21	Alisha Palmowski	All
	27	Flynn McHardy	All
	54	Mikey Porter	8–9
	71	Fergus Chalmers	1–3, 5
	81	Zac Meakin	All
Assetto Motorsport	23	Harri Reynolds	All
	28	Ella Lloyd	All
	38	Finn Harrison	8–9
	80	Liona Theobald	All
	88	James Wyres	1–4, 6–7
Fox Motorsport	47	Harry Moss	8
	48	Liam McNeilly	All
	49	Maurice Henry	All
	94	Jacob Hodgkiss	1–6
	99	Sid Smith	8–9
Ultimate Speed Racing	50	Adam Brown	All
Team HARD	70	AJ Rock	1

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Donington Park, Leicestershire (National Circuit)	23–24 April
2	Brands Hatch, Kent (Indy Circuit)	14–15 May
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	28–29 May
4	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	25–26 June
5	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	20–31 July
6	Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit)	13–14 August
7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	27–28 August
8	Silverstone, Northamptonshire (National Circuit)	24–25 September
9	Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit)	8–9 October
Source:^[3]

Race results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	23–24 April	Sonny Smith	Joe Warhurst	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Sonny Smith
	R2			Harri Reynolds	Josh Rowledge	Harri Reynolds	Assetto Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R3				Will Macintyre	Harri Reynolds	Assetto Motorsport	Will Macintyre
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	14–15 May	Luke Watts	Joe Warhurst	Kanato Le	Elite Motorsport	Kanato Le
	R5			Joe Warhurst	Harri Reynolds	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R6				McKenzie Douglass	Harri Reynolds	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	28–29 May	Will Macintyre	Aqil Alibhai	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
3	R8	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	28–29 May	Aqil Alibhai	Harri Reynolds	Ian Aguilera	R Racing	Will Macintyre
4	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	25–26 June	Sonny Smith	Sonny Smith	Sonny Smith	R Racing	Sonny Smith
4	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	25–26 June	Harri Reynolds	Sonny Smith	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
5	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	30–31 July	Sonny Smith	Maurice Henry	Maurice Henry	Fox Motorsport	Sonny Smith
	R12			Josh Rowledge	Joe Warhurst	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
	R13				Joe Warhurst	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
6	R14	Snetterton (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	13–14 August	Liam McNeilly	Maurice Henry	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R15			Maurice Henry	Liam McNeilly	Kanato Le	Elite Motorsport	Kanato Le
	R16				Will Macintyre	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
7	R17	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	27–28 August	Kanato Le	Josh Rowledge	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R18			Harri Reynolds	Josh Rowledge	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
	R19				Joe Warhurst	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Sonny Smith
8	R20	Silverstone (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	24–25 September	Sonny Smith	Josh Rowledge	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Kanato Le
	R21			Sonny Smith	Sonny Smith	Josh Rowledge	R Racing	Will Macintyre
	R22				Josh Rowledge	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre
9	R23	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	8–9 October	Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R24			Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	Fox Motorsport	Will Macintyre
	R25				Joe Warhurst	Will Macintyre	Elite Motorsport	Will Macintyre

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

Pos	Driver	DON			BHI			THR1		CRO		KNO			SNE			THR2			SIL			BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points
1	Josh Rowledge	1	2	3	4	2	4	1	4	Ret	2	2	1	1	6	5	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	2	DNS	DNS	652			652
2	Will Macintyre (R)	8	5	4	2	1	3	2	6	2	1	11	5	3	1	10	2	1	3	4	11	3	1	4	2	1	636	10	15	611
3	Liam McNeilly	9	6	5	9	8	7	Ret	7	5	6	5	3	2	2	2	6	4	4	6	3	12	6	1	1	2	520		6	514
4	Harri Reynolds	3	1	1	5	3	1	4	3	3	3	Ret	14	Ret	3	8	3	7	12	15	4	2	2	DSQ	8	DNS	479		36	443
5	Joe Warhurst	5	3	2	3	4	6	Ret	DNS	10	22	4	2	4	4	4	8	5	6	3	13	Ret	11	9	4	5	427			427
6	Aqil Alibhai	15	4	11	10	6	2	3	2	6	16	6	6	6	5	7	10	3	9	10	12	Ret	12	3	5	4	413	5	9	399
7	Kanato Le (R)	7	7	8	1	15	9	Ret	Ret	8	4	9	13	11	9	1	5	17	7	12	2	5	3	Ret	7	3	380		6	374
8	Maurice Henry	10	Ret	9	6	5	14	8	9	Ret	9	1	Ret	9	Ret	6	7	8	15	8	7	6	8	6	9	8	315		9	306
9	Sonny Smith (R)	2	18	7	Ret	7	8	5	18	1	5	3	21	8	DSQ	3	4	6	10	2	Ret	4	DSQ				333		36	297
10	Luke Watts (R)	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	11	4	8	10	8	13	Ret	12	11	15	5	5	6	10	9	11	3	10	293		12	281
11	Zac Meakin	12	15	Ret	8	10	12	13	5	18	11	7	4	5	10	11	12	10	2	9	8	Ret	16	Ret	10	9	273			273
12	McKenzie Douglass (R)	16	10	14	7	14	19	7	12	13	12	14	10	10	8	9	15	9	13	7	10	7	7	7	12	6	274	3	6	265
13	Alisha Palmowski (R)	21	9	Ret	12	Ret	17	12	Ret	Ret	13	8	9	18	Ret	14	9	12	19	11	9	13	13	8	Ret	18	156			156
14	Adam Brown	14	8	19	16	11	18	14	10	16	Ret	16	17	14	Ret	13	13	11	8	DNS	22	15	15	14	14	11	156			156
15	Freddie Slater (R)														7	15	14				5	11	5	6	6	7	133			133
16	Luca Hopkinson (R)	19	14	16	17	13	16	16	Ret	12	18	Ret	12	Ret	11	17	18	19	16	13	18	14	10	10	11	15	137		21	116
17	Ian Aguilera	6	Ret	10	20	Ret	11	DSQ	1	7	7	DSQ	7	7													139		36	103
18	Fergus Chalmers	13	11	6	11	12	10	10	8			15	11	19													109		6	103
19	Jacob Hodgkiss	11	Ret	12	14	9	Ret	9	16	11	15	12	15	12	WD	WD	WD										95		6	89
20	James Wyres (R)	17	16	13	15	17	13	15	13	Ret	14				12	16	16	16	17	Ret	WD	WD	WD				75			75
21	Ella Lloyd (R)	23	Ret	20	21	16	20	18	Ret	19	19	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	17	14	11	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	13	15	13	73		6	67
22	Shravan Shanmugavel (R)	20	17	18	18	19	Ret	19	15	17	21	17	18	20				18	18	16	20	19	18	Ret	19	17	56			56
23	Liona Theobald (R)	22	19	17	Ret	20	22	20	14	15	20	18	19	17	13	19	19	20	DNS	DNS	21	18	19	18	17	DNS	57		6	51
24	Sid Smith (R)																				15	9	17	12	13	12	48			48
25	Flynn McHardy (R)	Ret	Ret	21	19	21	21	17	Ret	14	17	13	20	15	Ret	18	20	WD	WD	WD	19	Ret	20	17	21	16	48			48
26	Mikey Porter (R)																				17	8	14	15	18	19	36			36
27	Thomas Spragg (R)																				16	16	Ret	16	16	20	21			21
28	AJ Rock (R)	Ret	13	15																							14			14
29	Finn Harrison (R)																				23	17	21	Ret	20	14	12		6	6
30	Akshay Bohra (R)	18	12	Ret	13	18	15	11	17	9	10							13	14	14	WD	WD	WD				88		100	-12
–	Harry Moss (R)																				WD	WD	WD				–			–
Pos	Driver	DON			BHI			THR1		CRO		KNO			SNE			THR2			SIL			BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Did not finish, but classified (completed more than 75% of race distance)

(R) - Rookie

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