2016 Renault UK Clio Cup

2016 Renault UK Clio Cup season
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The 2016 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. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC. It will be the 21st Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 41st of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 2 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 2 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after eighteen races held at nine meetings.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Team Pyro 1 Mike Bushell[1] All 28 Josh Price[2] All 44 David Dickenson[3] All 99 Darren Johnson[4] M 2 JamSport Racing 2 Chris Smiley 6–9 8 Luke Kidsley[5] All 15 Paul Donkin 9 27 James Grint 9 50 Graham Field[6] M 1–4, 8–9 Ciceley Motorsport 3 Ollie Pidgley[7] G All 45 Dan Zelos[8] G All 71 Max Coates[9] G All PP Motorsport 4 James Colburn 8–9 11 Anton Spires[10] 1–7 20Ten Racing 6 Peter Felix M 1 7 Sam Watkins[11] G 1–4 55 Tom Butler[12] G 1–2 65 Craig Milner M 2, 6 JamSport with AWE Motorsport 10 Ant Whorton-Eales[13] All Team Cooksport 13 Rory Collingbourne[14] All 24 George Jackson[15] All 46 Lee Pattison[5] M All 88 Shayne Deegan G 6–8 Vanquish Motorsport with WDE 20 Paul Plant[16] 1–3, 6 R-Tech Team Pyro 21 Ben Davis 8 WDE Motorsport 22 Paul Rivett[17] All 23 Charlie Ladell[18] All 63 Rory Green[19] 1–2, 4–6 Finesse Motorsport Team EcoMotive with Finesse 26 Paul Streather[20] G All 92 Jake Giddings G 3–4, 8 32 Daniel Rowbottom[21] 2–5 Team EcoMotive with DRM 1 Team BMR with Pyro[22] 66 Senna Proctor[23] G All

Icon Class M Masters Cup G Graduate Cup

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 28 October 2015. Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit returns to the calendar in 2016, replacing the round held at Knockhill Racing Circuit.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Daniel Rowbottom	Ant Whorton-Eales	Paul Streather	Finesse Motorsport
	R2		3 April	Lee Pattison	Ant Whorton-Eales	Lee Pattison	Team Cooksport
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	17 April	Max Coates	Max Coates	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
	R4			Ant Whorton-Eales	Paul Streather	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8 May	Mike Bushell	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
	R6			Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
	R8		5 June	Mike Bushell	Charlie Ladell	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18 June	Paul Rivett	Lee Pattison	Paul Rivett	4Front Motor Group with WDE
	R10		19 June	Mike Bushell	Paul Rivett	Max Coates	Ciceley Motorsport
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	31 July	Mike Bushell	Max Coates	Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
	R12			Mike Bushell	Paul Rivett	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August	Mike Bushell	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
	R14		28 August	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September	Max Coates	Ollie Pidgley	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
	R16		17 September	Mike Bushell	Paul Streather	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport with AWE Motorsport
9	R17	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October	Mike Bushell	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	4Front Motor Group with WDE
	R18		2 October	Mike Bushell	Luke Kidsley	Josh Price	Team Pyro

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	Fastest lap
32	28	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Notes

• A driver's best 16 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Ant Whorton-Eales 8 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 7 Ret 1 1 4 1 1 4 7 430 430 2 Mike Bushell 4 3 5 6 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 2 Ret Ret 422 422 3 Max Coates 6 8 4 5 9 10 3 5 2 1 2 5 8 3 5 3 6 2 394 23 361 4 Paul Rivett 3 2 3 2 4 8 7 12 1 17 Ret 3 2 2 4 4 1 16 364 4 360 5 Lee Pattison 2 1 2 18 5 4 6 7 11 6 5 8 16 13 18 6 3 8 300 7 293 6 Josh Price 7 13 Ret 9 2 3 9 15 Ret 3 4 12 6 5 3 17 2 1 286 286 7 Paul Streather 1 4 7 4 15 6 13 9 6 5 13 6 14 15 9 9 Ret 6 259 6 253 8 Senna Proctor 11 21 Ret 8 8 9 4 3 7 8 3 10 Ret 6 13 5 5 4 249 249 9 Charlie Ladell 5 5 Ret 3 14 11 5 4 Ret 4 14 9 7 7 10 Ret Ret 3 233 233 10 David Dickenson 12 9 Ret 15 7 7 12 11 8 Ret 6 11 4 8 7 11 Ret 12 191 191 11 Luke Kidsley 9 17 13 12 Ret 16 10 8 12 13 19 2 Ret 12 8 7 Ret Ret 147 147 12 Rory Collingbourne 13 22 11 10 12 14 16 18 10 12 12 13 15 9 14 12 10 9 147 3 144 13 George Jackson 14 10 6 14 10 15 18 14 9 15 10 20 13 Ret 17 18 9 Ret 125 125 14 Daniel Rowbottom Ret 7 8 7 13 NC 8 6 5 9 118 118 15 Anton Spires 17 15 9 Ret 6 5 14 17 14 10 9 16 11 Ret 114 114 16 Ollie Pidgley 16 11 10 Ret 17 12 15 16 13 11 16 14 12 11 16 10 Ret Ret 112 112 17 Chris Smiley 8 7 5 Ret 11 14 7 10 92 92 18 Dan Zelos Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 20 17 19 Ret 16 7 15 10 14 Ret 15 11 11 79 79 19 James Colburn 6 8 8 5 66 66 20 Jake Giddings 11 13 19 10 12 16 45 45 21 Rory Green 20 16 Ret Ret 11 13 15 14 17 18 42 42 22 Shayne Deegan 15 17 9 10 Ret 13 41 41 23 Paul Plant 10 14 Ret 11 Ret 17 11 Ret 40 40 24 Graham Field 19 23 15 17 Ret 18 20 21 19 19 13 15 34 34 25 Sam Watkins 15 12 12 Ret 16 19 DNS 20 30 30 26 Paul Donkin 12 13 17 17 27 Tom Butler 18 19 16 13 16 16 28 Craig Milner 17 16 18 19 14 14 29 Darren Johnson 14 19 9 9 30 James Grint Ret 14 7 7 31 Ben Davis 15 Ret 6 6 32 Peter Felix Ret 18 3 3 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos Team BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Points 1 Team Pyro Team BMR with Pyro 4 3 5 5 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 531 7 9 14 7 3 3 4 3 7 3 3 10 2 JamSport Racing JamSport with AWE Motorsport 8 6 1 11 1 1 2 1 4 7 8 1 414 17 9 13 16 Ret 16 10 8 12 13 19 2 3 WDE Motorsport Vanquish Motorsport with WDE 3 2 3 1 4 8 5 4 1 4 11 3 412 5 5 Ret 2 14 11 7 12 15 14 14 9 4 Team Cooksport 2 1 2 9 5 4 6 7 9 6 5 8 352 13 10 6 13 10 14 16 14 10 12 10 13 5 Ciceley Motorsport 6 8 4 4 9 10 3 5 2 1 2 5 341 16 11 10 Ret 17 12 15 16 13 11 7 14 6 Finesse Motorsport Team EcoMotive with Finesse 1 4 7 3 11 6 8 6 5 5 13 6 314 8 6 13 13 13 9 6 9 7 PP Motorsport 17 15 9 Ret 6 5 14 17 14 10 9 16 106 8 20Ten Racing 15 12 12 12 16 19 DNS 20 18 19 61 18 18 16 15 9 Team EcoMotive with DRM Ret 14 16 Pos Team BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC SIL BHGP Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

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External links

• Official website