LEWIS AND DONNELLY CREATE G IN ET TATE AM
Duo plan to run four cars with new apollo outfit
Ex-formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly and former singleseater team owner Jonathan Lewis have teamed up again to set up a Ginetta Junior squad.
The duo have worked together with a Formula Vauxhall Junior programme in the past after Lewis had run the works Van Diemen team in Formula Ford. Now Lewis, who has also achieved success in Mini racing, will again work alongside Donnelly as they plan to run four cars in Ginetta Junior this season.
“We feel that the experience we have together from Vauxhall Junior, we want to use that knowledge and have decided to set up the team,” 13-time grand prix starter Donnelly explained. “Although the juniors probably don’t even know me and Jonathan from back in the day! “We looked at what was available, what was affordable and what was doable. And Ginetta Junior is the same thing [as Vauxhall Junior] just with a bodyshell on it. “Jonathan encouraged Eddie Ives and Elite to do Juniors and we’re looking to come along to kick Elite Motorsport’s ass.”
The team has already made two signings for the 2019 season with Apollo running the new Ginetta Junior scholar Ethan Brooks in a Millers Oils-backed car, following the firm entering a technical partnership with Ginetta. It will also run fellow karting graduate Alex Walker.
Ginetta motorsport manager Ash Gallagher added: “It’s always nice to have some new teams in the series. Although it’s a new name, it’s a very established team of people.”