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2012 Ginetta Junior Championship

2012 Ginetta Junior Championship

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The 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured 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 formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece.

This season was the sixth Ginetta Junior Championship. The season commenced on 1 April 2012 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 21 October 2012 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races at ten meetings, all in support of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Regulation changes

The championship included a new two class structure, with a rookie class running alongside the main class. The rookie class was run by Ginetta instead of independent teams and open to any race driver who had not been in the championship before. The £2,800 cost per weekend was intended to encourage young drivers to enter motorsport.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar supports the BTCC at all rounds, with no major changes from 2011.[1]

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Championship standings

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References

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    "Ginetta to boost junior motorsport career ladder, rookie style!". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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    "Ginetta Juniors gear up for Brands opener". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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    Turner, Kevin (23 February 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "News in Brief". Autosport. 207 (8). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 85. William Palmer, son of circuit boss Jonathan, will return to Ginetta Juniors for a full season in 2012. The 15-year-old brother of GP2 racer Jolyon, who contested a part-season in 2011 with Hillspeed, will drive for HHC Motorsport.
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    Turner, Kevin (9 February 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Robertson back for title attack". Autosport. 207 (6). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 86. Ginetta Junior frontrunner Charlie Robertson will return to the series for a second season this year with HHC Motorsport...Robertson will drive alongside former kart racer Tom Jackson, who has graduated from HHC's Junior Academy.
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    Turner, Kevin (1 March 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "New Irish team to Ginettas". Autosport. 207 (9). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 82. Ex-Formula Vauxhall race winner Wayne Douglas will enter a new team in Ginetta Junior this year to run series frontrunner Niall Murray and Irish graduate Andrew Watson. Douglas...will run two Ginetta G40s under the Douglas Motorsport banner.
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    "Ginetta recruit stars of the future and discover Nathan Harrison". Ginetta.com. Ginetta Cars. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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