FIESTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

New in 2011 the Ford Fiesta Junior Championship is for drivers who are aged between 14 – 16 years of age on January 1st.

Having enjoyed demonstartion sessions at Brands Hatch & Lydden Hill this season in the 2012 the championship will be run in conjunction with the senior Ford Fiesta Championship, but will have separate qualifying and races. The racing will take place over selected weekends in order to defray the costs of attending multi-single day races.

The race car selected for the championship will be the Ford Fiesta ST manufactured from 2005 to 2008. Fiesta ST has been chosen because it has been shown to perform well on safety grounds and has now gained several years of development in searching race conditions. At circuits across the UK the Fiesta ST has proved to be robust and very popular with drivers and spectators.

There will be some extra safety features incorporated into Fiesta Junior at the behest of the championship organisers Ford Racing UK. These concern extra security in roll-cage strength and both belt anchorage points and seat mounting points to enable the HANS device to be utilised.

Photos courtesy of Ford Racing UK