Rocco Coronel leads the way as the landmark 20th anniversary season of the Ginetta Junior Championship continues this weekend at Snetterton.
Coronel (R Racing) has enjoyed a phenomenal start to his rookie season, recording the second longest winning streak in Ginetta Junior history with seven consecutive race victories, and narrowly missing out on an eighth. Those successes have built the Red Bull Junior Team ace an impressive lead at the top of the points standings.
The driver to end Coronel’s winning run in the final race at Oulton Park last time out was Fred Green (Elite Motorsport). The current Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner scored his deserved maiden win by just 0.003s, the smallest winning margin in championship history, to add to a handful of second place finishes prior.
The first race-winner of the season back at Donington Park was Alfie Slater meanwhile, who has gone on to pick up two more podiums since. He’s part of a strong line-up from reigning champions R Racing that also includes Red Bull Junior Team driver Scott Kin Lindblom and Max Cuthbert, who both stood on the podium at Oulton.
Green’s win at Oulton Park was a first of the season for former champions Elite Motorsport. They will be targeting more success this weekend with a talented entry of their own, which features multiple 2024 race-winner Colin Cronin and Joseph Smith, a double podium-finisher at Silverstone in April.
Rookie stars George Proudford-Nalder (MDD Racing) and Freddie Lloyd (Fox Motorsport) are ones to watch this weekend, having both put together an impressive run of performances recently. Proudford-Nalder scored a maiden overall podium finish last time out, while Lloyd has a best result of fourth overall so far.
A breakthrough season for the Pace Performance team has seen their drivers Torrin Byrne and Ethan Lennon both starring at the head of the field. Byrne scored a maiden podium at Donington Park and first pole position at Silverstone, while Lennon has been knocking on the door of the podium with a trio of top six finishes.
Ethan Carney is another driver to have celebrated a breakthrough podium finish this year. He’s been joined in the hotly-contested midfield pack by his Elite Motorsport team-mates Emillio Del Grosso and Revie Lake, as well as the likes of Felix Livesey (MDD Racing), Henry Cameron (Fox Motorsport) and R Racing duo Jarrett Clark and Felipe Reijs.
There are three new teams on the Junior grid this season; MKH Racing have scored top ten results with Raul Zunzarren and Harry Bartle, as have Performance One Motorsport with Noah Young, while Tim Gray Motorsport have shown great progression with a four-strong entry of Josh Watts, Joshua Henry, Matthew Chiwara and Katrina EE.
Two drivers will be making their championship debuts this weekend meanwhile, as Andrew Robinson joins the grid with returning race-winning squad E3 Sport, and Max Murray enters with newcomers ProjectR.
Follow the action across the weekend on social media, @GinettaCars.
Provisional Timetable:
Saturday 12 July: Qualifying 10:40; Race One 14:40
Sunday 13 July: Race Two 09:30; Race Three 14:20
All three races will be streamed live on Ginetta’s YouTube channel, while live timing and results will be available via TSL Timing.
