Ginetta Junior
Everything you need to know about the Ginetta Junior Championship 2024.
Ginetta Junior
Everything you need to know about the Ginetta Junior Championship 2024.
Overview
The Ginetta Junior Championship is widely regarded as the entry point into car motor racing for aspiring young racing drivers. Drivers have to be between 14 and 17 years of age to race, with many of them having graduated from racing karts.
It has a long list of prestigious former drivers, including the Formula 1 superstar Lando Norris, who was the 2014 Rookie Champion in the series.
The car
All the drivers race the same car – the Ginetta G40. This is one of the factors that makes the racing so exciting, with often only fractions of a second between drivers. It really is all about driving ability. There are also testing and tyre restrictions to help control team budgets.
The car is powered by a 1.8 litre, four cylinder Zetec engine which is limited to 100 bhp for Junior racing but still capable of an impressive top speed of 120 mph.
The Rules
The Championship for 2024 takes place over 8 race weekends. Drivers typically race in teams. Holly is racing for a second season with Fox Motorsport for 2024.
Qualifying is an important aspect of each weekend. Qualifying is taken over three laps, with no room for error. The fastest lap determines the starting position for race 1; and the second fastest for race 2. The third and final race starting positions are determined by the race 2 result. As everyone qualifies on the track at the same time this can also lead to some exciting moments and requires even more skill and concentration from the drivers.
Typically, there are 3x 15 minute races per weekend with 25 races planned overall for 2024. Points are awarded for placings, as well as fastest lap time. If a driver races all 25 races, then the worst 2 races are excluded from the final overall points for a driver. At the end of the season, the driver with the most points wins.
New!
Driver Shoot Out
New for 2024 is a Driver Shootout. The top 4 full season Junior drivers are automatically entered in this event with free entry into the 2025 Protyre Motorsport GT Championship as well as the hire of a G56 GT Pro for the season. We are awaiting full details but this sounds exciting!
The Season
The racing season runs from 30th March 2024 to 29th September 2024. It consists of a number of four official test days for the season; as well as eight racing weekends this year, delivering 25 rounds of action across some of the UK’s most iconic race tracks.
Holly’s calendar is below which includes information on all the races and testing.
Silverstone GP Circuit Donington GP Brands Hatch
Race weekend – Silverstone
Silverstone GP Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TNRace weekend – Donington Park
Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2BNRace weekend – Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch, Colin Chapman Way, West Kingsdown, Longfield DA3 8NG
RACE REPORTS!
Ginetta Junior Championship 2024 Rounds 1-3
The first three rounds of the Ginetta Junior Championship 2024 were held over the Easter weekend. read more
Donington Park – Rounds 25, 26 and 27
After 27 rounds of action-packed Ginetta Juniors racing, the season is finally over … And what a way to finish it! I achieved my best finish to date, taking 10th spot in the final race of the season. read more
Brands Hatch – Rounds 22, 23 and 24
Great weekend meeting motorsport fans, supporters and friends - old and new! As ever, the racing was tight and the driver conditions tough with some late summer weather. Happy with my finishes and looking forward to the final weekend of the season at Donington Park starting on 21st October. read more
Cadwell Park – Rounds 19, 20 and 21
A challenging weekend's racing at Cadwell Park for Holly and the Fox Motorsport team as G-Fest arrived at Cadwell Park read more
Snetterton – Rounds 16, 17 and 18
Holly achieved her best results to date in a thrilling weekend of racing as rounds 16, 17 and 18 played out at the Snetterton racing circuit in Norfolk. read more
G-Fest Silverstone – Rounds 10 to 15
Once again, there was an exciting weekend of racing for the Juniors at the Ginetta G-Fest held at Silverstone. Holly competed hard to deliver her best performances to date. read more
Donington Rounds 7, 8 and 9
A great weekend at Donington Park saw Holly achieve her highest finish to date, and successfully complete all three races. read more
Silverstone – Rounds 4,5 and 6
After an excellent start to the Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship in challenging conditions at Oulton Park, we moved to Silverstone for Rounds 4, 5 and 6 read more
Oulton Park – Rounds 1, 2 and 3
Holly's inaugural race weekend at Oulton Park with the first three rounds of the Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship read more
The Ginetta G40 Junior Racing Car
Holly is racing the Ginetta G40 Junior racing car this season. Find out why it's the perfect car for racers transitioning into car racing for the first time. read more
Meet Fox Motorsport – The Winning Team
Holly is racing with Fox Motorsport in the Ginetta Junior Championship for the 2023 season. Read more about this respected and very successful team. read more
Michelin Ginetta Junior Championships
I have finally made the transition from karts to cars and will be racing in the Ginetta Junior Championships in the 2023 season. But what is the Ginetta Championships? How fast are the cars? How many races are there? Have any famous racing drivers come from this platform? Read on, and I will attempt to tell you more read more
Warden Law Kart Club Pre Round
Warden Law Pre-Round Having only been to the track once before Holly had a lot to learn. Friday Test With mixed conditions ... read more
HKRC Championship Round 6
Kimbolton Saturday A good day testing ready for race day Sunday, Holly was showing good pace all day and in the final session ... read more
Fast R WMKC Round 6 – Whilton Mill
Saturday - Testing On Saturday, the weather was good and testing went well with Holly showing some good pace throughout the first ... read more
Bayford Club Race – 17th to 19th July 2020
Friday – Testing Having not raced since February we needed all the track time we could get, improving our lap times each session ... read more
BKC Round 8 – Wombwell Final Round
Saturday – Testing Having never been to Wombwell, Saturday testing was important so I could learn the track, especially as the ... read more
Minimax Testing in Europe
Getting physical with the MiniMax We have just had a great week testing in Europe at Kerpen in Germany and Genk in ... read more
BKC Round 5 Rissington
Saturday Practice Saturday practice gave us rain for the whole day. Being our first time at the track, the first session was all ... read more
BKC Round 4 – Larkhall
Saturday – Testing Having only been to Larkhall once before, Saturday testing was important so I could re-learn the track, ... read more
Round 3 BKC Update
After a 7hr drive in traffic on Friday, Saturday testing was warm and sunny. Having only been to to the track once before it took a ... read more
Round 2 BKC – Rowrah
Having never been to the track before I struggled to learn the track and get up to speed in practice on Saturday. But after a good ... read more
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The Cost
The official entry fee is £19,100. That said, it costs a lot more than this with costs around the team, car, kit, testing and much more to consider. In reality, racing is not cheap and a full season will cost at least £300,000.
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Get Involved
The best way to get involved is to come to a race weekend!
There is plenty of action – not just from the Ginetta Junior class. Three other Ginetta Championships will also be on the bill with Ginetta Juniors, Ginetta GT Championship and the Ginetta GT Academy all competing, as well as GB4.
GinettaTV
If you can’t make the action in person, then GinettaTV on YouTube streams all the races live.
Visit GinettaTV on YouTube