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The 2011 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the ninth season of the Ginetta Junior Championship series for junior drivers aged 14 to 17. The series was based in the United Kingdom and gives aspiring racing drivers aged between 14 and 17 the chance to take their first steps up the motor racing ladder.

The 2011 season commenced on 3 April 2011 at Brands Hatch and concluded on 16 October 2011 at Silverstone, after twenty races to be held at ten meetings in support of the 2011 British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Hillspeed	3	Will Palmer	6, 9–10
	25	Struan Moore	1–8, 10
	31	Seb Morris	All
Beacon Racing	5	Niall Murray	All
FML	7	Jake Giddings	All
Privateer	8	Finlay Ractliffe	2–3
	71	Max Coates	All
Rollcentre	12	Eric Morris	1–4
TJ Motorsport	14	Declan Jones	10
	21	George Gamble	All
	40	Sennan Fielding	All
	84	Brad Bailey	All
Kelvin Jones Motorsport	14	Declan Jones	1–7
	22	Patrick McClughan	1–3
Westbourne Motorsport	14	Declan Jones	8–9
	95	Myles Collins	1–6
Tollbar Racing with WIRED	20	Tom Howard	All
	41	William Foster	All
HHC	22	Patrick McClughan	4–6, 8–10
	54	Andrew Watson	10
	55	Charlie Robertson	All
	79	Michael Day	1–6
	95	Myles Collins	7–9
JHR	33	Ollie Chadwick	2–10
	34	Christie Doran	7

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in the United Kingdom. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	3 April	Jake Giddings	Charlie Robertson	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R2			Seb Morris	Charlie Robertson	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
2	R3	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 April	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R4		17 April	Seb Morris	George Gamble	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 April	George Gamble	Seb Morris	George Gamble	TJ Motorsport
	R6		1 May	George Gamble	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	4 June	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R8		5 June	Seb Morris	Niall Murray	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	George Gamble	TJ Motorsport
	R10			Charlie Robertson	Seb Morris	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R12			Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	3 September	George Gamble	Struan Moore	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R14		4 September	George Gamble	Struan Moore	George Gamble	TJ Motorsport
8	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	17 September	Charlie Robertson	Charlie Robertson	Seb Morris	Hillspeed
	R16		18 September	Charlie Robertson	Sennan Fielding	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
9	R17	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 October	George Gamble	Sennan Fielding	Niall Murray	Beacon Racing
	R18		2 October	George Gamble	Niall Murray	Charlie Robertson	HHC Motorsport
10	R19	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	15 October	Brad Bailey	Brad Bailey	Sennan Fielding	TJ Motorsport
	R20		16 October	Brad Bailey	William Foster	Niall Murray	Beacon Racing

Standings

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Total Drop Pen Pts 1 Seb Morris 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 1 4 2 2 3 2 625 39 24 562 2 Charlie Robertson 4 5 2 DSQ 6 10 2 4 2 1 2 4 5 3 8 1 4 1 6 3 476 27 12 437 3 George Gamble 6 6 5 5 1 2 3 3 1 13 11 2 2 1 Ret 5 Ret DNS 4 9 402 1 18 383 4 Niall Murray 7 8 3 8 Ret NC 8 2 13 4 Ret 10 6 4 2 2 1 3 2 1 383 27 356 5 William Foster 5 3 4 2 10 8 6 5 3 3 4 9 7 Ret 6 12 Ret Ret 8 5 325 15 310 6 Max Coates 9 4 6 4 3 3 17 7 5 9 6 11 10 8 4 13 3 6 9 11 327 12 6 309 7 Sennan Fielding Ret 7 Ret 12 5 7 4 8 10 10 12 7 4 9 3 3 9 Ret 1 15 285 285 8 Tom Howard 3 2 Ret 3 16 5 9 6 6 2 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 263 15 248 9 Brad Bailey Ret 10 Ret 13 4 4 7 11 Ret 8 8 8 8 10 9 15 6 4 5 10 248 9 239 10 Jake Giddings 2 Ret 10 15 9 13 5 Ret 7 12 3 5 Ret DNS 10 11 5 5 12 14 236 9 227 11 Myles Collins Ret 11 12 6 7 11 13 12 11 6 9 15 9 7 5 6 Ret 7 208 208 12 Struan Moore Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 Ret 16 DNS 8 7 7 3 3 2 Ret 14 7 4 204 9 195 13 Declan Jones Ret Ret 14 10 13 9 12 9 15 14 13 13 11 5 Ret 7 10 9 14 13 172 172 14 Patrick McClughan 8 Ret 9 9 11 14 11 15 9 Ret 15 14 7 10 8 DSQ 13 8 159 159 15 Ollie Chadwick Ret 11 15 16 15 14 12 11 10 12 12 11 12 9 7 Ret 15 12 144 144 16 Michael Day 11 9 8 7 12 6 14 10 14 Ret Ret 16 109 109 17 Eric Morris 10 Ret 13 14 14 12 10 13 61 61 18 Will Palmer 14 17 11 8 10 Ret 46 46 19 Andrew Watson 11 6 28 28 20 Finlay Ractliffe 7 Ret Ret 15 22 22 21 Christie Doran 13 Ret 8 8 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Total Drop Pen Pts

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

References

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External links

• Ginetta Junior Championship Official website

• 2011 in British motorsport
• Ginetta Junior Championship seasons