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The 2013 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 forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece.
This season was the seventh Ginetta Junior Championship. The season commenced on 31 March 2013 at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 13 October 2013 at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship.
After introducing slick racing tyres in 2012, the championship reverted to treaded road tyres from this season onwards. The switch back was made in effort to cut costs, by saving 75% on the tyre budget. [1]
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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HHC Motorsport [2] | 6 | Harry Woodhead [2] | 1–9 |
11 | Will Palmer [3] | All | |
13 | James Kellett [4] | All | |
Junior Race Car Academy [5] | 10 | Tom Jackson [6] | All |
41 | William Taylforth | 8–10 | |
42 | Jonathan Hadfield | 8–10 | |
44 | Ryan Hadfield [5] | All | |
17 | Josh White [7] | 8–10 | |
Hillspeed [7] | 1–6 | ||
Tollbar Racing | 18 | Tom Brown | 8–10 |
Privateer | 19 | Jack Mitchell | All |
46 | Jack Rawles [8] | All | |
63 | James Webb | 9–10 | |
77 | Ben Pearson | 4–10 | |
Douglas Motorsport [9] | 30 | Keith Donegan | All |
JHR Developments [10] | 33 | Ollie Chadwick [10] | All |
55 | Jamie Chadwick [10] | All | |
Border Reivers [11] | 72 | Elliot Paterson [11] | 1–2 |
77 | Ben Pearson | 1–3 | |
Meridian Motorsport | 82 | Connor Mills | 1–3 |
The provisional calendar was announced by the British Touring Car Championship organisers on 29 August 2012. [12]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent) | 30 March | Harry Woodhead | James Kellett | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport |
R2 | 31 March | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | ||
2 | R3 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) | 20 April | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport |
R4 | 21 April | Harry Woodhead | Ollie Chadwick | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | ||
3 | R5 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) | 5 May | Will Palmer | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport |
R6 | Harry Woodhead | Will Palmer | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | |||
4 | R7 | Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire) | 8 June | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport |
R8 | 9 June | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | ||
5 | R9 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) | 23 June | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport |
R10 | Harry Woodhead | Keith Donegan | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | |||
6 | R11 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) | 3 August | Will Palmer | Keith Donegan | Keith Donegan | Douglas Motorsport |
R12 | 4 August | Will Palmer | Jack Mitchell | Jack Mitchell | Privateer | ||
7 | R13 | Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife) | 24 August | Harry Woodhead | Tom Jackson | Keith Donegan | Douglas Motorsport |
R14 | 25 August | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | Harry Woodhead | HHC Motorsport | ||
8 | R15 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 14 September | James Kellett | Jack Mitchell | James Kellett | HHC Motorsport |
R16 | 15 September | Jack Mitchell | Ollie Chadwick | Will Palmer | HHC Motorsport | ||
9 | R17 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) | 29 September | Ollie Chadwick | Will Palmer | Keith Donegan | Douglas Motorsport |
R18 | Jack Mitchell | Ollie Chadwick | Keith Donegan | Douglas Motorsport | |||
10 | R19 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) | 12 October | Ollie Chadwick | Ollie Chadwick | Ollie Chadwick | JHR Developments |
R20 | 13 October | Will Palmer | Will Palmer | Ollie Chadwick | JHR Developments |
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Bold – Pole |
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