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2020 Ginetta Junior Championship Croft

Lebbon victorious as Tomlinson takes maiden podium

by Bethonie Waring October 11, 2020

Tom Lebbon closes in on Bailey Voisin’s championship lead with victory in the second Ginetta Junior race of the weekend at Croft.

Lebbon was pretty much untouchable throughout the race. Starting from pole, he did come under pressure from Aston Millar in the opening laps but quickly pulled away from the R Racing driver.

Lebbon’s charge was only helped as those beind him began to battle position. Tom Edgar, who had started second and fallen back on the opening laps, tried to reclaim positions, while Will Vincent, Millar, and Josh Rattican also joined the fight.

Vincent and Egdar collided will battling for position, sending both drivers into a spin and collecting Millar in the princess.

By the end of the attack, it was Freddie Tomlinson leading the charge. He couldn’t begin to close the gap t oLebbon, though, as he too fell into the battle for second.

Lebbon came home at the end of the 8 laps almost seven seconds ahead of the battle, while Tomlinson held on to claim P2.

Race one winner Rattican completed the podium ahead of Joel Pearson and Will Jenkins.

Championship leader Bailey Voisin had another disappointing weekend. After stating from the pit lane, it wasn’t long before he was back in with an apparent mechanical issue and he wouldn’t get back out.

Edgar dropped back to sixth by the chequered flag, holding off Josh Miller to retain the position.

At the back end of the top 10, the positions changed almost every lap, with Will Aspin, Georgi Dimitrov, and Tommy Pintos each took turns leading the battle.

Aspin jumped up to ninth on the final lap, while Pintos denied Dimitrov a top 10 finish.

Image courtesy of Ginetta/Jakob Ebrey Photography

Croft 2020 Race 2

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2020 Ginetta Junior Championship Croft

Rattican pips Lebbon to Croft victory

by Bethonie Waring October 10, 2020

written by Bethonie Waring

Josh Rattican denied Tom Lebbon the race win in the opening Ginetta Junior race of the weekend at Croft after a last lap move to snatch the victory.

An incident for Rowan Vincent further back brought out the safety car in the closing stages of the race. With less than a minute on the clock, the safety car returned to the pits and Lebbon brought the field round for one last flying lap.

Lebbon made a good restart, but he couldn’t shake Rattican and the Rattican made a move around the outside to snatch the lead.

With Tom Edgar now breathing down his neck, Lebbon was forced to defend P2 and couldn’t attempt to retake the position.

At the end of the lap, Rattican came through to take the win 0.723s ahead of Lebbon.

Second place was still enough for Lebbon to move into the championship lead, as title rival Bailey Voisin could only manage 10^th.

Voisin had qualified on pole, but was disqualified from the session after scrutineering. He was sent to the back of the grid and forced to climb back through the order.

His progress was hindered at the end of the opening lap, when an incident for Josh Miller caused the Elite Motorsport driver to stop on track.

The safety car was brought out while Voisin was 15^th, running behind Aston Millar and Will Rochford.

Voisin continued to climb forward after the restart, briefly setting the fastest lap of the race before the time was beaten by Rattican.

He had climbed up to 11^th by the time the second safety car came out, and was just able to take 10^th from Joe Wheeler on the final lap.

At the top of the order, Tom Edgar took a well earned podium after spending much of the race defending against Will Jenkins. Jenkins pushed Edgar hard, only for a small mistake to send him wide and drop him back down the order.

Jenkins recovered to take fifth from Freddie Tomlinson but ran out of laps before he could bring a challenge to Will Vincent.

Joel Pearson took seventh ahead of the Elite Motorsport duo of Tommy Pintos and Sebastian Hopkins.

Image courtesy of Ginetta/Jakob Ebrey Photography

Croft 2020 Race 1

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2020 Ginetta Junior Championship Croft

Voisin on top in Croft qualifying

by Bethonie Waring October 10, 2020

written by Bethonie Waring

Bailey Voisin takes his fifth and sixth pole positions of the season with an impressive performance at Croft.

The R Racing drover topped the times early in the session and was unbeatable throughout. A small hiccup came late on, when a flying lap was deleted as he exceeded track limits. However, Voisin improved on the earlier time to secure his place at the top of the order.

Behind him, Tom Lebbon and Freddie Tomlinson swapped times in the battle for second. Lebbon came out on top with his last lap of the morning, but it was still more than half a second slower than Voisin’s 1m38.378s.

It was a difficult session for Georgi Dimitrov, who was forced to come to the pits early on with an apparent mechanical issue. The Richardson Racing team worked hard to try to get him back out, but the issue couldn’t be solved to the pit lane and he sat the rest of the session out. Having not set a lap time he starts from the back of the grid.

Tom Edgar put himself third on the grid ahead of Josh Rattican and Will Jenkins, who carries forward strong momentum after a positive weekend at Silverstone.

Will Vincent also put in an impressive performance. He briefly placed fifth before having a lap time removed for exceeding track limits. He dropped back out of the top 10, only to improve again and finish sixth.

Seb Hopkins and early pace setter Aston Millar took seventh and eighth while Joel Pearson and Tomlinson completed the top 10.

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Lebbon victorious as Tomlinson takes maiden podium

Croft 2020 Race 2

Rattican pips Lebbon to Croft victory

Croft 2020 Race 1

Voisin on top in Croft qualifying

Croft 2020 Qualifying