One of the feel-good stories from Silverstone last month in the Ginetta Junior Championship powered by Sunoco Race Fuels was a breakthrough weekend for rookie contender Dominic Darling.
Darling had an up-and-down car-racing debut at Donington Park earlier in April. The Scottish racer found himself in the thick of the action in the first two races, before tackling the sudden rain downpour in race three, but saw it all as a valuable learning experience.
“Donington wasn’t the easiest start, getting into some contact and then the third race was rain and chaos.” said Darling.
“It was fun though and I ticked off some of the big learning lessons very quickly. There’s always more to learn though.”
With that experience under his belt, Darling made great progress at Silverstone with Performance One Motorsport. Scoring his first points finish in race two, he then took to the Ginetta Junior podium for the first time with Freshman class success in the closer.
“It’s a pretty good feeling to get on the podium for the first time,” he added. “It look longer than I hoped, I felt we had the pace to win at Donington, but I got there and I’ve enjoyed it.
“I unlocked an extra layer of pace this weekend. I reckon I could have been in the top 15, but it’s just a thing here and there. I’m really confident about Oulton next.”
The 2026 Ginetta Junior Championship powered by Sunoco Race Fuels season continues later this month with three races at Oulton Park across the Spring bank holiday weekend (23-25 May).
