2015 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2015 Renault UK Clio Cup season
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The 2015 Renault UK Clio Cup is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and one event in Scotland. 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 20th Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 40th of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 5 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after eighteen races held at nine meetings.

2014 champion Mike Bushell graduated to the BTCC for 2015 to drive for AmD Tuning.com, with vice-champion Josh Cook joining him at Power Maxed Racing – those two being amongst twelve Clio Cup graduates on the 2015 BTCC entry list.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Team Pyro 1 Ash Hand[1] All 28 Josh Price[2] G 7–9 38 Mark Howard[3] M 3–9 39 Brett Smith[4] G 1–2, 4–5 Team BKR[5] 2 James Colburn[6] 3 76 Freddie Hunt[5] 1–2 JamSport Racing 3 Dan Holland[7] 1–6 8 Luke Kidsley[8] 7–9 24 George Jackson[9] G 1–3 43 Tom Grundy[10] G All WDE Motorsport 3 Dan Holland[11] 8–9 22 Paul Rivett[12] All 32 Charlie Ladell[13] G 6–9 63 Rory Green[12] G All 20Ten Racing 4 Peter Felix[14] M 5, 7 7 Sam Watkins[15] G 8–9 12 Ben Palmer[16] 9 19 Jack Mitchell[17] G 6–7 38 Mark Howard[18] M 1–2 50 Graham Field[19] M 1–2, 4–5, 7–8 55 Tom Butler[20] G 8–9 92 Jordan Stilp[21] 1–5 Team Cooksport[22] 9 Alex Sedgwick[23] G 8–9 13 Rory Collingbourne[24] G All 24 George Jackson[25] G 4–9 32 Charlie Ladell[26] G 1–5 42 Paul Knapp[27] M 1–2 72 Jon Maybin[28] 3–4, 9 Maximum Motorsport[29] 10 Ant Whorton-Eales[29] 6–9 14 Tom Witts[30] 8–9 SV Racing 10 Ant Whorton-Eales[31] 1–5 15 Paul Donkin[32] 5 19 Jack Mitchell[33] G 1–5 35 Ben Seyfried[34] M 1–2 Team BMR Restart with Pyro[35] 16 Ashley Sutton[36] G All Rangoni Corse[37] 21 Ben Davis G 8 27 Michele Puccetti M 8 Paul Streather Motorsport with Finesse Motorsport 26 Paul Streather[38] 9 Range Storage with Team Cooksport 29 Lee Pattison[39] M 6

Icon Class M Masters Cup G Graduate Cup

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 27 November 2014. Silverstone Circuit returns to the calendar in 2015 at the expense of Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	4 April	Ashley Sutton	Race abandoned[N 1]
	R2		5 April	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Ant Whorton-Eales	SV Racing
2	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	18 April	Ashley Sutton	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with Pyro
	R3		19 April	Ashley Sutton	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
	R4			Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	SV Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	10 May	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
	R6			Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	6 June	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ashley Sutton	Paul Rivett	WDE Motorsport
	R8		7 June	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	27 June	Paul Rivett	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with Pyro
	R10		28 June	Ash Hand	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
6	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	23 August	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
	R12			Ash Hand	Ashley Sutton	Ash Hand	Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	6 September	Ash Hand	Paul Rivett	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with Pyro
	R14			Ashley Sutton	Ash Hand	Ant Whorton-Eales	Maximum Motorsport
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 September	Ant Whorton-Eales	Paul Rivett	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with Pyro
	R16			Ant Whorton-Eales	Paul Rivett	Ant Whorton-Eales	Maximum Motorsport
9	R17	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	11 October	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with Pyro
	R18			Ant Whorton-Eales	Luke Kidsley	Ashley Sutton	Team BMR Restart with 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 KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Ashley Sutton C 2 1 7 2 2 2 5 Ret 1 2 2 3 1 5 1 2 1 1 475 –16 459 2 Ash Hand C 3 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 2 7 470 –16 454 3 Ant Whorton-Eales C 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 7 3 4 5 3 1 3 1 Ret DNS 428 −2 426 4 Paul Rivett C 6 15 3 5 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 Ret 2 2 4 Ret Ret 357 –2 355 5 Charles Ladell C 5 6 8 10 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 Ret DSQ 13 11 253 −17 236 6 Rory Collingbourne C 11 9 10 7 9 8 8 15 9 13 10 10 4 6 12 15 6 8 222 –12 210 7 Jack Mitchell C 13 5 4 3 7 9 10 6 4 5 7 9 DNS DNS 202 202 8 George Jackson C 8 16 9 8 10 11 12 10 13 10 11 8 6 4 8 Ret 8 Ret 197 197 9 Jordan Stilp C 4 3 6 6 5 10 4 3 10 Ret 172 172 10 Dan Holland C DNS 8 13 17 Ret 13 9 8 11 7 8 7 Ret 3 Ret 3 164 164 11 Thomas Grundy C DNS 12 Ret 14 11 12 14 12 8 9 9 11 Ret 12 14 9 10 6 156 −2 154 12 Rory Green C 14 10 16 12 13 15 13 11 15 Ret 13 12 5 13 13 10 11 Ret 144 144 13 Mark Howard C 10 13 14 16 12 14 16 13 Ret 12 12 Ret 9 10 10 11 12 Ret 129 129 14 Brett Smith C 7 4 5 9 11 9 6 Ret 110 −2 108 15 Jon Maybin 6 6 7 7 3 Ret 93 93 16 Josh Price 7 11 7 5 4 Ret 84 84 17 Graham Field C 16 14 15 15 15 14 16 14 Ret 14 15 16 67 67 18 Alex Sedgwick 16 12 5 9 46 46 19 Tom Butler 11 14 7 10 44 44 20 Peter Felix 14 8 10 9 44 44 21 Lee Pattison 5 4 42 42 22 Ben Seyfried C 15 7 12 11 41 −3 38 23 Luke Kidsley Ret 7 Ret DNS DSQ 4 40 −6 34 24 Ben Davis 6 7 34 34 25 Ben Palmer 9 5 32 32 26 Paul Knapp C 9 Ret 11 13 30 30 27 Paul Streather Ret 2 28 28 28 Michele Puccetti 9 8 26 26 29 Freddie Hunt C 12 11 Ret Ret 19 19 30 Paul Donkin 12 11 19 19 31 Tom Witts 5 Ret Ret Ret 20 –2 18 32 James Colburn Ret 7 16 16 33 Sam Watkins Ret 13 Ret Ret 8 8 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO 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 KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points 1 Team Pyro Team BMR Restart with Pyro C 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 967 C 3 4 5 4 2 2 5 9 3 2 2 3 2 5 4 5 2 7 2 WDE Motorsport C 6 10 3 5 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 5 2 2 3 11 3 582 C 14 15 16 12 13 15 13 11 15 Ret 6 6 8 8 13 4 13 11 3 Team Cooksport C 5 6 8 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 8 12 3 8 580 C 9 9 10 10 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 6 6 12 15 5 9 4 SV Racing C 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 4 3 438 C 13 5 4 3 7 9 10 6 7 5 5 20Ten Racing C 4 3 6 6 5 10 4 3 10 8 7 9 10 9 11 13 7 5 393 C 10 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 Ret 14 15 14 9 10 6 JamSport Racing C 8 8 9 8 10 11 9 8 8 7 8 7 Ret 7 14 9 10 4 359 C DNS 12 13 14 11 12 14 12 11 9 9 11 Ret 12 Ret DNS DSQ 6 7 Maximum Motorsport 4 5 3 1 3 1 Ret Ret 176 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 Rangoni Corse 6 7 60 9 8 9 Team BKR C 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 35 10 Paul Streather Motorsport with Finesse Motorsport Ret 2 28 Pos Team BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO 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)

Notes

1. The race was stopped on the first lap after a multi-car accident, involving Dan Holland, Tom Grundy and Mark Howard.^[40] Due to other scheduled events that were to be held before the circuit's curfew, the race was postponed until the Donington Park meeting.^[41]

References

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40. Paice, Simon (4 April 2015). "Clio Opener Cancelled After First Lap Incident". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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External links

• Official website