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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.
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]
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The 2012 calendar supports the BTCC at all rounds, with no major changes from 2011. [1]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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| 1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent | 1 April |  Sennan Fielding | Charlie Robertson |  Niall Murray | Douglas Motorsport |
| R2 | Charlie Robertson | George Gamble | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 2 | R3 | Donington Park (National), Leicestershire | 14 April | George Gamble | Sennan Fielding | Niall Murray | Douglas Motorsport |
| R4 | 15 April | George Gamble | Sennan Fielding | Sennan Fielding | JHR Developments | ||
| 3 | R5 | Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire | 28 April | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport |
| R6 | 29 April | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport | ||
| 4 | R7 | Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire | 9 June | Charlie Robertson | Niall Murray | Niall Murray | Douglas Motorsport |
| R8 | 10 June | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | Niall Murray | Douglas Motorsport | ||
| 5 | R9 | Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 24 June | Sennan Fielding | Niall Murray | Sennan Fielding | JHR Developments |
| R10 | Sennan Fielding | Niall Murray | Sennan Fielding | JHR Developments | |||
| 6 | R11 | Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk | 12 August | Ollie Chadwick | Charlie Robertson |  Pepe Massot | Hillspeed |
| R12 | Ollie Chadwick | Sennan Fielding | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 7 | R13 | Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife | 26 August | Charlie Robertson | Harry Woodhead | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport |
| R14 | Charlie Robertson | Niall Murray | Charlie Robertson | HHC Motorsport | |||
| 8 | R15 | Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire | 22 September | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | Ollie Chadwick | JHR Developments |
| R16 | 23 September | Charlie Robertson | Sennan Fielding | Sennan Fielding | JHR Developments | ||
| 9 | R17 | Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire | 6 October | Charlie Robertson | Andrew Watson | Andrew Watson | Douglas Motorsport |
| R18 | 7 October | Charlie Robertson | Sennan Fielding | Pepe Massot | Hillspeed | ||
| 10 | R19 | Brands Hatch (GP), Kent | 20 October | Pepe Massot | Andrew Watson | Niall Murray | Douglas Motorsport |
| R20 | 21 October | Charlie Robertson | Charlie Robertson | Sennan Fielding | JHR Developments | ||
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