2010 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2010 Renault Clio Cup UK season
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The 2010 Elf Renault Clio Cup with Michelin season began at Thruxton on April 4 and will finish after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch on October 10. Fifteen drivers from seven teams will take part throughout the season, mainly supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship but also supporting the UK round of the World Series by Renault.

Contents

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team Pyro 1 Jeff Smith M 1–7, 9
4 Dave Newsham M 1–9
33 Jack Goff G 1–5, 7, 9–10
47 Jake Packun G 6–10
88 David Dickenson 1–3
Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 Stefan Hodgetts 9
JHR Developments Tom Carnaby G 1, 3
5 Lee Pattison M All
6 Steven Hunter M 8
23 Fulvio Mussi 1–5
Kane Astin M 6
55 Jason Mills G 10
Total Control Racing 3 James Dixon[1] G 2, 4–10
8 Alistair Barclay[2] G 2–3
22 Mike Robinson All
44 Sam Tordoff G 1–9
77 Andy Jordan G 10
20Ten Racing Limited 6 Graham Mulholland[1] M 2
10 Darren Wilson M All
41 Craig Currie 10
Westbourne Motorsport 9 James Colburn G All
18 Patrick Collins M 1–7, 9–10
Ed Pead 8
46 Robert Gaffney G 1–5
66 Josh Cook G 6–7, 10
Blue Square Data
Stancombe Vehicle Engineering		 15 Matthew Munson 1–4, 6–7, 9–10
Paul Rivett[3] 5
16 7, 9–10
APO Sport 29 Alex Osborne 9
Meridian Motorsport 46 Robert Gaffney G 9–10
Elite Motorsport 47 Jake Packun G 1–5
Icon Class
G Graduate Cup
M Masters Cup

Two classes have been introduced for the 2010 season:

Calendar

The series will support the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on September 19, as the Clio Cup forms part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone. In a change for this season, Saturday races are extended to 40 minutes at most circuits, while races at Rockingham, Croft and Oulton Park are 35 minutes in length.[4]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 3 April Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R2 4 April Dave Newsham Jake Packun Lee Pattison JHR Developments
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 24 April Dave Newsham Sam Tordoff Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R4 25 April Dave Newsham Lee Pattison Dave Newsham Team Pyro
3 R5 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 1 May Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R6 2 May Dave Newsham Jack Goff Lee Pattison JHR Developments
4 R7 Oulton Park, Cheshire 5 June Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R8 6 June Dave Newsham Sam Tordoff Dave Newsham Team Pyro
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 19 June Dave Newsham Paul Rivett Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R10 20 June Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Team Pyro
6 R11 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 7 August James Dixon Sam Tordoff Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R12 8 August Sam Tordoff Sam Tordoff Sam Tordoff Total Control Racing
7 R13 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 21 August Dave Newsham Dave Newsham Paul Rivett Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
R14 22 August Dave Newsham Paul Rivett Dave Newsham Team Pyro
8 R15 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 4 September Dave Newsham James Dixon Dave Newsham Team Pyro
R16 5 September Dave Newsham James Colburn Dave Newsham Team Pyro
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire 18 September Dave Newsham James Dixon Sam Tordoff Total Control Racing
R18 19 September Paul Rivett Paul Rivett Paul Rivett Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
10 R19 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 9 October James Dixon Paul Rivett James Dixon Total Control Racing
R20 10 October James Dixon James Dixon James Dixon Total Control Racing

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver THR
 ROC
 BHGP
 OUL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 KNO
 SIL
 BHI
 Total Drop Pen[5] Pts Grad Mast
1 Dave Newsham 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 14 529 529 475
2 Lee Pattison 6 1 4 4 9 1 5 3 6 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 15 449 18 431 377
3 Sam Tordoff 2 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 2 2 3 3 3 1 7 6 Ret 10 1 3 382 382 382
4 James Colburn 4 10 5 3 3 8 7 6 10 Ret 8 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 3 8 356 11 345 306
5 Mike Robinson 8 5 3 2 6 5 4 8 5 4 9 11 3 5 Ret 5 Ret 7 4 7 344 344
6 James Dixon 9 9 8 9 Ret 7 2 2 14 7 4 4 Ret 2 1 1 287 21 285 285
7 Jake Packun 3 2 7 8 Ret DNS 3 4 8 Ret 6 7 6 Ret 6 8 Ret 8 8 9 270 32 267 267
8 Jeff Smith 11 7 6 6 Ret 9 12 11 7 6 7 6 11 10 4 9 216 23 214 214
9 Jack Goff 9 8 8 7 Ret 6 9 10 Ret 9 9 9 Ret 5 7 4 193 193 193
10 Paul Rivett 2 11 1 2 Ret 1 2 2 194 24 192
11 Fulvio Mussi 5 13 11 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 180 25 178
12 Darren Wilson 14 14 13 14 12 13 13 13 12 10 13 12 13 12 7 9 5 13 14 13 187 14 173 151
13 Robert Gaffney 12 9 12 10 4 7 10 7 9 12 Ret 10 9 6 168 168 168
14 Patrick Collins 13 12 17 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 11 8 10 DNS 8 13 7 11 12 11 154 154 154
15 Matthew Munson 15 15 15 13 11 12 14 12 12 10 10 11 Ret 12 10 12 131 131
16 Josh Cook 5 8 12 8 5 3 102 102 102
17 Tom Carnaby 7 6 7 3 75 75 75
18 David Dickenson 10 11 10 Ret 8 10 57 26 55
19 Ed Pead 3 3 50 50
20 Jason Mills 11 5 30 30 30
21 Kane Astin 11 9 22 22 22
22 Alistair Barclay 16 12 Ret 14 21 21 21
23 Craig Currie 13 10 19 19
24 Graham Mulholland 14 11 17 17 17
25 Steven Hunter Ret 7 16 16 16
26 Andy Jordan 15 14 13 13 13
27 Stefan Hodgetts Ret Ret 0 0
28 Alex Osborne Ret Ret 0 47 −4
Pos Driver THR
 ROC
 BHGP
 OUL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 KNO
 SIL
 BHI
 Total Drop Pen[5] Pts Grad Mast
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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
Excluded (EX)

Notes:

1.^ – James Dixon was penalised two points at Croft.[6]
2.^ – Jake Packun was penalised three points at Silverstone Arena.[5]
3.^ – Jeff Smith was penalised two points at Silverstone Arena.[5]
4.^ – Paul Rivett was penalised two points at Brands Hatch Indy.[5]
5.^ – Fulvio Mussi was penalised two points at Croft.[6]
6.^ – David Dickenson was penalised two points at Thruxton.[7]
7.^ – Alex Osborne was penalised four points at Silverstone Arena.[8]

Entrants' Championship

Pos Entrant THR
 ROC
 BHGP
 OUL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 KNO
 SIL
 BHI
 Pts
1 Team Pyro 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 5 7 4 883
9 7 6 6 8 6 9 10 7 6 6 6 6 9 6 8 4 8 8 9
2 Total Control Racing 2 3 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 5 4 4 1 2 1 1 880
8 5 3 9 6 14 4 8 5 4 3 2 7 6 Ret 5 Ret 3 4 7
3 JHR Developments 5 1 4 4 5 1 5 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 5 710
6 6 11 5 7 3 6 5 6 6 11 9 Ret 7 11 15
4 Westbourne Motorsport 4 9 5 3 3 7 7 6 9 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 3 3 678
12 10 12 10 4 8 10 7 10 Ret 8 8 8 8 5 6 7 11 5 8
5 Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 15 15 15 13 11 12 14 12 2 11 12 10 1 2 Ret 1 2 2 317
10 11 Ret 12 10 12
6 20Ten Racing Limited 14 14 13 11 12 13 13 13 12 10 13 12 13 12 7 9 5 13 13 10 223
14 14 14 13
7 Elite Motorsport 3 2 7 8 Ret DNS 3 4 8 Ret 144
8 Meridian Motorsport Ret 10 9 6 41
APO Sport Ret Ret 0
Mardi Gras Motorsport Ret Ret 0
Pos Entrant THR
 ROC
 BHGP
 OUL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 KNO
 SIL
 BHI
 Pts

References

  1. ^ a b Turner, Kevin (ed.) (2010-04-22). "More racers to join Clio Cup pack". Autosport (Haymarket Publications) 200 (4): p. 91. 
  2. ^ "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin - Qualifying - Round 3 - Classification". TSL Timing. Timing Solutions Limited. 2010-04-24. http://tsl-timing.com/?loc=major&season=2010&series=BTCC&event=races&source=toca2006&eventid=101603&table=101603qu1cli&tabletype=gif. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  3. ^ "Double Clio Cup champion makes welcome return at Croft". renaultsport.co.uk (Renault Sport). 2010-06-10. http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/cliocup/news/ObjectId/5711/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
  4. ^ a b c Broomhead, James (2009-11-12). "Renault announce changes for 2010 Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2009/11/renault-announce-changes-for-2010-clio-cup/. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
  5. ^ a b c d e "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin – Drivers Points Table" (PDF). renaultsport.co.uk. Renaultsport UK. http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/Portals/1/Files/PDF/ClioCup/PointsTables/2010%20ELF%20Renault%20Clio%20Cup%20with%20Michelin%20-%20Driver%20Points%20Table.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  6. ^ a b "Clio cup win for Newsham at Croft". Girlracer (Girlracer Group). 2010-06-21. http://www.girlracer.co.uk/motorsport/msnews/5345-clio-cup-win-for-newsham-at-croft.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20. 
  7. ^ "Pattison and Newsham share spoils at Thruxton". Racecar (Racecar New Media Services Ltd.). 2010-04-06. http://www.racecar.co.uk/Motorsport/News/Pattison-and-Newsham-share-spoils-at-THRUXTON/33520.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 
  8. ^ "Tordoff & Rivett share Clio Cup spoils at Silverstone". Girlracer (Girlracer Group). 2010-09-20. http://www.girlracer.co.uk/motorsport/msnews/6699-tordoff-a-rivett-share-clio-cup-spoils-at-silverstone.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20. 

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