Rocco Coronel has secured his first championship title in motor racing! Finishing fourth in the first race of the final weekend of the British Ginetta Junior Championship at Donington Park was enough for the 14-year-old driver from Eemnes to secure the title. ‘My first title in motor racing, a very special feeling. Thanks to the team and to everyone who made this possible,’ said Coronel, who won eleven of the 22 races he competed in and achieved a total of 19 podium places, making him the clear champion. Coronel described his first season in motor racing, which he crowned with the title, as ‘better than expected’. Coronel, competing as a Red Bull Junior for the R Racing team, is the first non-British driver and also the first Dutchman to become champion in the British Ginetta Junior Championship, which has been in existence since 2005. Rocco Coronel also won the rookie title.

Coronel will make the trip to Kent this weekend with momentum on his side following a dream home event at Zandvoort last time out. The Dutchman charged to two wins on home tarmac, taking his tally to a stunning 11 victories from 15 races so far in his rookie car-racing campaign.

Rocco Coronel secured a sensational double victory in his home event at Zandvoort, as he shared the spoils with Alfie Slater during the Ginetta Junior Championship’s trip to the Netherlands for the fifth round of the 20th anniversary season (26-27 July).

Dutch rising star Rocco Coronel will head into his home event as Ginetta Junior Championship points leader as the series prepares to compete at Circuit Zandvoort for the first time this weekend (26-27 July).

Fred Green (Elite Motorsport) produced a blistering pace in the summer heatwave on his way to a double pole position in qualifying. The 2025 Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner lapped seven tenths of a second faster than anyone else, the biggest pole margin of the season to date. Behind, Alfie Slater edged out his R Racing team-mate Rocco Coronel by just five thousandths of a second to secure a front-row slot for race one. Max Cuthbert (R Racing) and Elite Motorsport duo Ethan Carney and Joseph Smith rounded out the top six overall in the session.