GINETTA READY TO SIGN OFF 2024 WITH JUNIOR WINTER SERIES AT SILVERSTONE
Written by Ginetta – The 2024 Ginetta race season comes to an end this weekend (02-03 November) with a bumper grid of teenage talents ready to put in a show in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series at Silverstone.
The traditional end-of-season mini-series, which has been a key fixture in the Ginetta race calendar for more than 15 years, heads to the ‘Home of British Motor Racing’ for the first time to race alongside the world’s largest Formula Ford 1600 event, the Walter Hayes Trophy.
An exciting grid features existing Junior drivers signing off their 2024 season alongside rookie talents getting their first taste of Ginetta racing. They’re sure to provide plenty of action across three races on the Silverstone National circuit, which has historically produced some phenomenal Junior racing.
R Racing head into the event looking to complete a clean sweep of the 2024 Ginetta Junior titles, having won all three championships on offer in the main season. They won the last Winter Series in 2022 too with Freddie Slater, and aiming to follow in his footsteps is his younger brother Alfie Slater.
Slater, an overall podium-finisher this season at Brands Hatch, is part of a five-car entry from R Racing. Max Cuthbert is a fellow returning driver, having contested the opening three rounds of the season and scoring a best result of 11th, while successful karter Jarrett Clark makes his car-racing debut.
The R Racing line-up is completed by two drivers from the Red Bull Junior Team, Rocco Coronel and Scott Lindblom. Bringing the iconic Red Bull livery to the Junior grid for the first time, the two international rising stars were both finalists in the recent Ginetta Junior Scholarship.
Isaac Phelps heads into the weekend as one of the favourites for a title challenge with Elite Motorsport, having scored three race wins in the main season. He also notched up a couple of overall podium finishes on the Silverstone National circuit on the championship’s visit in August.
Fellow race-winner Colin Cronin is also one to watch, with his memorable breakthrough race victory coming in the penultimate round at Donington Park. He’s joined at Fox Motorsport by Henry Cameron, while Elite’s entry includes top-ten finisher Ethan Carney and rookie duo Joseph Smith and Josh Watts.
MDD Racing have made an impact in their first season of Ginetta Junior racing this year and will be aiming to end it on a high this weekend. Felix Livesey and James Ellis both scored top ten finishes in the main championship, while scholarship finalist Hamish Forrest makes his debut.
