2015 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2015 Renault UK Clio Cup season
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2015 BTCC
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2015 Ginetta Junior Championship
2015 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

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 his at Power Maxed Racing - those two being amongst twelve Clio Cup graduates on the 2015 BTCC entry list.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team Pyro 1 Ash Hand[1] 1–2
39 Brett Smith[2] G 1–2
JamSport 3 Dan Holland[3] 1–2
24 George Jackson[4] G 1–2
43 Tom Grundy[5] G 1–2
SV Racing 10 Ant Whorton-Eales[6] 1–2
19 Jack Mitchell[7] G 1–2
35 Ben Seyfried[8] M 1–2
Team Cooksport[9] 13 Rory Collingbourne[10] G 1–2
32 Charlie Ladell[11] G 1–2
42 Paul Knapp[12] M 1–2
Team BMR with Pyro[13] 16 Ashley Sutton[14] G 1–2
WDE Motorsport 22 Paul Rivett[15] 1–2
63 Rory Green[15] G 1–2
20Ten Racing 38 Mark Howard M 1–2
50 Graham Field[16] M 1–2
92 Jordan Stilp[17] G 1–2
Team BKR[18] 76 Freddie Hunt[18] 1–2
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 Race postponed
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 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
R6
4 R7 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 7 June
R8
5 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 28 June
R10
6 R11 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 23 August
R12
7 R13 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 6 September
R14
8 R15 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 27 September
R16
9 R17 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 11 October
R18

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
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
1 Ant Whorton-Eales P 1 2 2 1 126 126
2 Ashley Sutton P 2 1 7 2 104 104
3 Jordan Stilp P 4 3 6 6 83 83
4 Ash Hand P 3 Ret 1 4 81 81
5 Jack Mitchell P 13 5 4 3 75 75
6 Brett Smith P 7 4 5 7 74 74
7 Paul Rivett P 6 15 3 5 69 69
8 Charles Ladell P 5 6 8 10 63 63
9 Rory Collingbourne P 11 9 10 8 47 47
10 George Jackson P 8 16 9 9 43 43
11 Ben Seyfried P 15 7 12 11 38 38
12 Rory Green P 14 10 16 12 32 32
13 Mark Howard P 10 13 14 16 31 31
14 Paul Knapp P 9 Ret 11 13 30 30
15 Dan Holland P DNS 8 13 17 26 26
16 Graham Field P 16 14 15 15 24 24
17 Freddie Hunt P 12 11 Ret Ret 19 19
18 Thomas Grundy P DNS 12 Ret 14 16 -2 14
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC 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 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ↑ Paice, Simon (2 March 2015). "Hand Links Up With Pyro For 2015 Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Champion team Pyro signs Brett Smith for 2015 title defence". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 13 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Holland returns with JamSport for first full Clio Cup season". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 28 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jackson graduates into Renault UK Clio Cup with JamSport". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Paice, Simon (6 February 2015). "JamSport Expand To Three With Teenager Grundy". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Teams Champion SVR re-signs Whorton-Eales for 2015 Clio Cup". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 21 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mitchell signs with reigning Teams' Champion for UK Clio Cup assault". SV Racing (Scuderia Vittoria). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Paice, Simon (2 March 2015). "Seyfried Joins CWM FX Backed SV Racing For Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Team Cooksport confirms multi-car entry for Renault UK Clio Cup". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 14 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rookie Collingbourne confirms Clio Cup graduation". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Paice, Simon (23 March 2015). "Ladell Moves To Team Cooksport For Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Paice, Simon (29 March 2015). "Knapp Returns To Clio Cup With Team Cooksport". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "BTCC race winners Team BMR Restart announce 2015 Clio Cup entry". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Paice, Simon (14 January 2015). "Formula Ford Race-Winner Sutton Makes Clio Switch". The Checkered Flag (Black Eagle Media Network). Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Clio Cup rookie Green to join Rivett and Ladell at WDE". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Re-energised Renault UK Clio Cup breaks cover ahead of 2015 season". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Stilp confident of 2015 crown after re-signing with 20Ten Racing". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "James Hunt's son Freddie Hunt to race in 2015 Clio Cup with new BKR team". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.