2018 Renault UK Clio Cup
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The 2018 Renault UK Clio Cup is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in the Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship. It will be the 23rd Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 43rd of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 1 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 30 September at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after eighteen races held at nine meetings.
Teams and drivers
[edit]The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2018 season. All teams and drivers were British-registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDE Motorsport | 2 | Nathan Edwards[1] | 1, 6, 9 |
| 5 | Lee Pattison[1] | 1–6, 8–9 | |
| 22 | Paul Rivett[2] | All | |
| 28 | Nicolas Hamilton[3] | All | |
| 45 | Dan Zelos[4] | All | |
| 46 | Sam Osborne[5] | All | |
| Matrix Motorsport | 3 | Ash Hand | 6 |
| 19 | Jeff Alden[6] | All | |
| 21 | Andy Wilmot[6] | 1–5, 7–9 | |
| 37 | Michael Epps[7] | All | |
| 41 | Aaron Thompson[8] | 1–8 | |
| Team Pyro | 4 | Jack McCarthy[1] | All |
| 6 | Bradley Burns[9] | All | |
| 16 | Daniel Rowbottom[10] | 1–4 | |
| 34 | Zak Fulk[11] | 1–7 | |
| 71 | Max Coates[12] | All | |
| Westbourne Motorsport | 7 | James Colburn[13] | All |
| 32 | James Dorlin[10] | All | |
| 55 | Ben Colburn | 6–9 | |
| M.R.M. | 9 | Jade Edwards[14] | All |
| 12 | Brett Lidsey[15] | 1–3, 5–9 | |
| 62 | Jack Young | 6–9 | |
| B.L.G. | 11 | Luke Warr | 2–9 |
| Specialised Motorsport | 14 | Nicholas Reeve | 6–9 |
| D.R.M. | 16 | Daniel Rowbottom | 5–9 |
Race calendar
[edit]| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent) |
7 April | Max Coates | Max Coates | Paul Rivett | WDE Motorsport |
| R2 | 8 April | Jack McCarthy | Zak Fulk | Max Coates | Team Pyro | ||
| 2 | R3 | Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire) |
28 April | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport |
| R4 | 29 April | Bradley Burns | Bradley Burns | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport | ||
| 3 | R5 | Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire) |
19 May | Max Coates | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport |
| R6 | 20 May | Paul Rivett | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport | ||
| 4 | R7 | Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire) |
9 June | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport |
| R8 | 10 June | James Dorlin | Lee Pattison | Max Coates | Team Pyro | ||
| 5 | R9 | Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire) |
23 June | Max Coates | Paul Rivett | Paul Rivett | WDE Motorsport |
| R10 | 24 June | Max Coates | Lee Pattison | Max Coates | Team Pyro | ||
| 6 | R11 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk) |
28 July | James Dorlin | Nicholas Reeve | Daniel Rowbottom | D.R.M. |
| R12 | 29 July | Max Coates | Zak Fulk | Max Coates | Team Pyro | ||
| 7 | R13 | Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
11 August | Jack McCarthy | Daniel Rowbottom | Daniel Rowbottom | D.R.M. |
| R14 | 12 August | Bradley Burns | Jack McCarthy | Jack McCarthy | Team Pyro | ||
| 8 | R15 | Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
15 September | Bradley Burns | Brett Lidsey | Bradley Burns | Team Pyro |
| R16 | 16 September | Bradley Burns | Brett Lidsey | Bradley Burns | Team Pyro | ||
| 9 | R17 | Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) |
29 September | Daniel Rowbottom | Jack Young | Daniel Rowbottom | D.R.M. |
| R18 | 30 September | Jack Young | Daniel Rowbottom | James Dorlin | Westbourne Motorsport | ||
Championship standings
[edit]| Points system | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th+ | Ret | Leading a lap | Fastest lap |
| 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- Notes
- One point is awarded to a competitor who leads a Renault UK Clio Cup race. This can only be awarded once to a driver that crosses the start/finish line in the lead.
- Two points are awarded to the Driver(s) setting the fastest lap in each round.
- Drivers shall count their results from the total number of races run less one race.
- Each driver’s single dropped score cannot be taken from the final two rounds of the championship.
- Competitors who are excluded from any race must count that excluded race within their total score.
Drivers' championship
[edit]| Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | THR | OUL | CRO | SNE | ROC | SIL | BHGP | Total | Drop | Pen. | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Rivett | 1* | 2 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2* | 3 | 4 | 3 | 333 | 333 | ||
| 2 | James Dorlin | 10 | 12 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 3 | 6 | Ret | 8* | 2* | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2* | 3 | 1* | 316 | 316 | ||
| 3 | Max Coates | 5* | 1* | 6 | 6 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 11 | 1* | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 309 | 309 | ||
| 4 | Daniel Rowbottom | 3 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 3* | 4 | 7 | DNS | 3 | 4 | 1* | 11 | 1* | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1* | 2 | 278 | 2 | 276 | |
| 5 | Bradley Burns | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2* | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1* | 1* | 2 | Ret | 242 | 4 | 238 | |
| 6 | Michael Epps | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 211 | 2 | 209 | |
| 7 | Jack McCarthy | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3* | 6 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3* | 1* | 12 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 199 | 199 | ||
| 8 | Lee Pattison | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 186 | 186 | ||||
| 9 | James Colburn | 2 | Ret | 4* | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 165 | 165 | ||
| 10 | Dan Zelos | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 165 | 165 | ||
| 11 | Zak Fulk | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 94 | 2 | 92 | |||||
| 12 | Sam Osborne | 7 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 93 | 2 | 91 | |
| 13 | Brett Lidsey | Ret | 15 | 5 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 83 | 80 | ||||
| 14 | Jade Edwards | 9 | 16 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 17 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 13 | 54 | 54 | ||
| 15 | Jack Young | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 49 | 3 | 46 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Andy Wilmot | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Nicholas Reeve | 18 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 24 | 2 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Aaron Thompson | 16 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Ash Hand | 6 | 9 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Nicolas Hamilton | Ret | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | Ben Colburn | Ret | 13 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Nathan Edwards | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Luke Warr | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 24 | Jeff Alden | 17 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 17 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | THR | OUL | CRO | SNE | ROC | SIL | BHGP | Total | Drop | Pen. | Points | |||||||||
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap (+2 points)
* – Leading Lap (+1 point)
| Colour | Result |
|---|---|
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Withdrew (WD) | |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Excluded (EX) |
References
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