{"id":7601,"date":"2026-04-20T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:55:44","slug":"preview-2026-ginetta-junior-championship-silverstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginetta.com\/us\/news\/preview-2026-ginetta-junior-championship-silverstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: 2026 Ginetta Junior Championship \u2013 Silverstone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Following a record-breaking start to the 2026 season at Donington Park earlier this month, the Ginetta Junior Championship powered by Sunoco Race Fuels now heads to Silverstone for what\u2019s sure to be another exhilarating weekend of racing (25-26 April).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 drivers battled it out across the opening three races of 2026 at Donington, the biggest-ever grid for a season opener in Ginetta Junior history. The talented teenagers served up some thrilling action across that weekend and are sure to do the same around the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit this time out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis Goff comes into round two as the driver to beat, after stealing the headlines with a dominant display in Leicestershire. He led every single racing lap en-route to a perfect hat-trick of wins, with those successes including a milestone 100<sup>th<\/sup> victory in Ginetta Junior competition for R Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesse Phillips came close to stopping his team-mate with a late challenge for victory in race three, as he started his season off with a double podium. He\u2019ll return to Silverstone in high spirits, having won the 2025 Ginetta Junior Winter Series title at the circuit back in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Bartle (Pace Performance) also kicked off his season with a couple of overall podiums, having tailed Goff to the chequered flag in the opening two races. Red Bull Junior Team driver Melvin Kalousdian (R Racing) and Harry Mackie (Elite Motorsport) marked their Ginetta debuts with trips to the podium too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The racing was hotly-contested in the leading pack, with R Racing pair Max Murray and Riley Cranham in the thick of the action as they made trips to the rookie rostrum. Elite Motorsport duo Daniel Oliver and Jacob Ashcroft were also in the fight for trophies, the latter in his McLaren Papaya livered car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noah Young (Performance One) put in one of the drives of the weekend at Donington as he charged forward 16 places to ninth in the final race. Sebastien Leusch (R Racing) and Henry Cameron (Elite Motorsport) joined him in picking up top ten finishes to kick off the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narrowly missing out on the top ten were the likes of Josh Watts (Performance One), Kai Veitch (Pace Performance), Addison Smith (MDD Motorsport) and Jorn Helder (Project R), as the Ginetta Junior class of 2026 indicated we\u2019re set for an incredibly competitive year of racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exciting addition to the grid for 2026 is leading GT squad Paradine Competition. Whilst they mount a challenge for another Silverstone 500 victory in British GT, they\u2019ll also be running Juniors for Samuel Del Gaudio and Vicky Farfus, daughter of professional GT racer Augusto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner Devon Hagelen is one to watch with Elite Motorsport, likewise Vladislav Tomenchuk. Pace Performance\u2019s bumper line-up includes Pearce Wade and Henry Carter, while RABsport Racing\u2019s first full Ginetta campaign comes with Anesu Maphumulo and Oscar Stockley-King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MK Racing pair Bailey Doughty and Ethan Brass both enjoyed a positive debut weekend at Donington, sharing the wins in the Freshmans Cup class. The grid this weekend is rounded out by Andrew Robinson with former race-winners E3 Sport, Dominic Darling (Performance One) and Jake Woods (Orion SPR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ginetta_motorsport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Ginetta_Motorsport<\/a> on Instagram for all the latest updates across the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Provisional Timetable:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 25 April: Qualifying 09:00-09:20; Race One 14:35-14:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 26 April: Race Two 10:44-11:04; Race Three 16:50-17:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three races will be streamed live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/gtworld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SRO\u2019s GT World YouTube channel<\/a>, while live timing and results will be available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl-timing.com\/event\/261705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">via TSL Timing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a record-breaking start to the 2026 season at Donington Park earlier this month, the Ginetta Junior Championship powered by Sunoco Race Fuels now heads to Silverstone for what\u2019s sure to be another exhilarating weekend of racing (25-26 April). 28 drivers battled it out across the opening three races of 2026 at Donington, the biggest-ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Preview: Ginetta Junior Racing Championship at Silverstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2026 Ginetta Junior Championship is heading to Silverstone for another exhilarating weekend of racing. 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