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2012 Formula Renault BARC season

The Protyre 2012 Formula Renault BARC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2012 season was the 18th Formula Renault BARC Championship; the season began at Snetterton 200 on 7 April and ended on 7 October at Silverstone, after fourteen races, all held in England.

Following a second-place finish in the final race at Silverstone, Scott Malvern secured the championship title after achieving three victories during the season and eleven podiums in total, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the opening half of the season and Cullen Motorsport thereafter. MGR Motorsport driver Josh Webster finished the season as runner-up for the second consecutive year; although he won five races – tied for most wins in the season along with Fortec Motorsport's Seb Morris – during the campaign, a less consistent finishing record allowed Malvern to take the title by 33 points via dropped scores. Morris was third at the end of the season, having started half of the season's races from pole position in his first year in the series having graduated from Ginetta Juniors. The only other race winner was Webster's team-mate David Wagner, who finished fourth in the championship.

Teams and drivers edit

2012 Entry List[1]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport 2   Chris Middlehurst All
Cliff Dempsey Racing 3   Trent Hindman 1–3
4   Scott Malvern 1–3
22   Falco Wauer 5
23   Matthew Brabham 6
42   James Theodore 4
Cullen Motorsport 4   Scott Malvern 4–6
17   Ryan Cullen 6
Antel Motorsport 5   Ivan Taranov 1–5
6   Raoul Owens All
7   Tom Oliphant All
8   Henry Chart All
18   Jake Hughes 6
Scorpio Motorsport 5   Ivan Taranov 6
16   Henrique Baptista All
20   Macaulay Walsh All
MGR Motorsport 9   Josh Webster All
25   Jake Dalton All
43   David Wagner All
66   James Fletcher All
RPD Motorsport 10   Ovie Iroro 2
Hillspeed   Matt Rao 6
15   Struan Moore 5–6
28   Kieran Vernon 2–6
44   Jacob Nortoft 1–5
49   Marcus Allen 1–2
MTECH Lite 11   Joe Ghanem 2–6
12   Shahan Sarkissian 2–6
33   Sean Walkinshaw[2] All
36   Jorge Cevallos All
ACS Motorsport 13   Oliver Sirrell 1–5
Fortec Motorsports 21   Laura Tillett[3] All
26   Diego Menchaca All
31   Seb Morris All
88   Martin Cao[4] All
SWB Motorsport 24   Tommy Ostgaard 6
27   Jack Dex 1–2, 6
JWA-Avila 30   Michael Epps All
55   Matt Tiffin All
National College for Motorsport 32   Max Robinson 6
Core Motorsport 50   Anton Spires 6

Race calendar and results edit

The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and will expand to fourteen rounds at six events, with two triple header events. A provisional calendar was released on 10 November 2011, with the final round still to be confirmed. This first provisional calendar showed Snetterton and Brands Hatch as the season opening triple headers.[5] A revised provisional calendar was released on 2 December 2011, adding Silverstone as the final round, in support of the British Touring Car Championship. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced in favour of a round at Thruxton. The calendar also had major date changes, with the triple header events moved to Snetterton,[6] and Donington Park.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Snetterton 200 7 April   Seb Morris   Scott Malvern   Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R2 8 April   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R3   Seb Morris   Scott Malvern   Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing
2 R4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 20 May   Seb Morris   Scott Malvern   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R5   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
3 R6 Thruxton Circuit 17 June   Josh Webster   Josh Webster   Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing
R7   Josh Webster   Scott Malvern   Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
4 R8 Croft Circuit 22 July   Josh Webster   Josh Webster   Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R9   David Wagner   Scott Malvern   Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
5 R10 Donington Park (National) 18 August   Josh Webster   Josh Webster   Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R11 19 August   Scott Malvern   Scott Malvern   Scott Malvern Cullen Motorsport
R12   David Wagner   Seb Morris   David Wagner MGR Motorsport
6 R13 Silverstone Circuit 6 October   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R14 7 October   Seb Morris   Scott Malvern   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport

Championship standings edit

A driver's best 13 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points
1   Scott Malvern 13 3 1 2 2 1 5 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 368
2   Josh Webster 1 2 2 13 20 2 1 1 1 1 4 6 2 13 335
3   Seb Morris 6 1 5 1 1 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 3 1 1 274
4   David Wagner 2 4 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 3 7 2 1 Ret 5 243
5   Kieran Vernon 4 5 3 2 2 5 6 7 7 7 3 236
6   Macaulay Walsh 3 7 4 5 10 5 3 Ret 17 4 8 4 10 22 214
7   James Fletcher Ret 5 7 3 3 18 8 3 8 8 6 12 9 9 210
8   Jake Dalton 5 Ret 3 7 12 4 4 13 Ret 5 10 8 14 8 192
9   Chris Middlehurst 11 14 15 Ret Ret DNS 11 11 10 3 3 5 5 Ret 147
10   Ivan Taranov 9 6 16 18 7 9 9 14 12 Ret 19 19 8 4 142
11   Diego Menchaca 8 8 9 10 13 19 Ret 7 6 11 18 15 12 Ret 130
12   Jorge Cevallos 14 Ret 11 16 14 7 6 9 7 Ret 12 13 Ret 10 123
13   Michael Epps 19 15 13 15 21 Ret DNS 10 Ret 9 9 9 4 7 112
14   Martin Cao Ret 12 12 8 4 22 7 DNS 15 Ret 13 11 25 18 100
15   Jacob Nortoft Ret Ret DNS 9 8 14 15 Ret 9 10 11 10 87
16   Tom Oliphant 18 17 17 17 17 13 10 Ret 13 14 14 18 20 20 73
17   Jack Dex 7 9 10 Ret Ret 11 6 71
18   Sean Walkinshaw 17 13 20 19 16 15 17 8 18 13 21 Ret Ret 12 71
19   Raoul Owens 10 11 24 12 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 24 NC 23 19 70
20   Henrique Baptista 12 19 19 24 19 21 13 16 Ret 18 Ret 17 NC 11 51
21   James Theodore 5 4 42
22   Matt Tiffin 15 Ret 18 22 15 17 19 15 Ret 17 22 21 21 21 38
23   Joe Ghanem Ret Ret 16 18 12 Ret 20 16 14 18 Ret 36
24   Oliver Sirrell 16 16 21 21 22 11 14 18 Ret 21 Ret 23 35
25   Marcus Allen 21 Ret 14 14 9 31
26   Laura Tillett 20 18 22 20 18 DNS DNS 19 16 Ret 17 20 22 25 24
27   Struan Moore 19 23 16 13 17 21
28   Henry Chart 22 Ret 23 23 24 Ret 16 20 14 15 20 24 27 24 21
29   Shahan Sarkissian Ret 23 20 Ret 17 Ret 16 15 22 26 Ret 17
30   Jake Hughes 24 15 7
31   Tommy Ostgaard 15 Ret 7
32   Matt Rao 16 Ret 6
33   Anton Spires Ret 16 6
34   Ryan Cullen 17 23 5
35   Max Robinson 19 Ret 3
  Falco Wauer Ret Ret Ret 0
  Ovie Iroro DNS DNS 0
Ineligible drivers
  Trent Hindman 4 10 8 11 6 12 12 0
  Matthew Brabham 6 14 0
Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points
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)

Formula Renault BARC Winter Series edit

The 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series with Michelin will be the 15th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season without the Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship, making this the first BARC championship only winter series. The series will commence at Brands Hatch on 20–21 October and end at Rockingham on 10 November, after four races at two rounds held in England.[7]

Teams and drivers edit

The series organisers announced a 19 car grid on 18 October 2012, for the opening round of the winter series, with more cars expected for the Rockingham round.[8]

Team No. Driver name Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport GTR 2   Chris Middlehurst All
MGR Motorsport 4   Gustav Malja 1
8   Jake Hughes 2
14   Matt Mason All
15   Tom Oliphant 2
Cliff Dempsey Racing
(Team USA)[N 1] 		5   Olly Rae All
23   Matthew Brabham All
Cullen Motorsport 7   Ryan Cullen 1
MTech Lite 9   Joe Ghanem All
13   Shahan Sarkissian 2
33   Sean Walkinshaw All
Hillspeed 10   Matthew Rao All
21   George Gamble All
Core Motorsport 11   Ivan Taranov All
30   Michael Epps All
Fortec Motorsport 12   Jack Aitken All
16   Patric Armand 2
26   Laura Tillett 1
31   Seb Morris All
88   Hongwei Cao All
Jamun Racing Services 17   Luke Williams All
SWB Motorsport 27   Cameron Twynham All
Kingdom Motorsport 50   Anton Spires 1
  1. ^ Matthew Brabham competed with the Team USA Banner

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 7 September 2012, with the first round at Brands Hatch in support of the British Touring Car Championship.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 20 October   Matt Mason   Matt Mason   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R2 21 October   Jack Aitken   Matt Mason   Matt Mason MGR Motorsport
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 10 November   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R4   Seb Morris   Jack Aitken[N 1]   Jack Aitken Fortec Motorsport
Notes
  1. ^ Aitken achieved the fastest lap among championship competitors, as Matthew Brabham set the fastest lap of the race, but was ineligible to score the two championship points on offer.

Championship standings edit

Pos Driver BRH ROC Points
1   Seb Morris 1 4 1 4 113
2   Jack Aitken 2 3 3 1 112
3   Matt Mason 6 1 5 3 104
4   Chris Middlehurst 3 2 4 6 95
5   Hongwei Cao 7 9 2 5 82
6   Cameron Twynham 10 6 10 12 54
7   George Gamble 8 7 Ret 8 50
8   Ivan Taranov 15 Ret 6 7 43
9   Sean Walkinshaw 12 14 13 10 39
10   Michael Epps 4 Ret Ret 9 36
11   Olly Rae 14 10 12 18 34
12   Ryan Cullen 9 8 30
13   Joe Ghanem Ret 11 11 14 30
14   Jake Hughes 8 13 23
15   Tom Oliphant 7 16 22
16   Anton Spires 11 13 20
17   Laura Tillett 13 12 19
18   Luke Williams Ret 15 Ret 15 14
19   Shahan Sarkissian 14 17 13
20   Matt Rao DNS DNS Ret 11 11
  Gustav Malja Ret Ret 0
Ineligible drivers
  Matthew Brabham 5 5 9 2 0
  Patric Armand Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver BRH ROC Points
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 edit

  1. ^ Paice, Simon (8 March 2012). "Renault BARC Set For Bumper 2012 Grid". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ^ Turner, Kevin (23 February 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Ginetta champ Morris closes in on single-seater move after Fortec run". Autosport. 207 (8). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 83. Reigning Ginetta Junior champion Seb Morris is closing in on a deal to move into single-seaters this season in Formula Renault BARC...Meanwhile, rival squad MTECH Lite has signed Sean Walkinshaw for this season and is hoping to run James Thorp alongside him.
  3. ^ Turner, Kevin (1 March 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Fortec seat for kart ace Tillett". Autosport. 207 (9). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 82. World Championship kart racer Laura Tillett will graduate to single-seaters this season in Formula Renault BARC. The 20-year-old daughter of renowned kart-seat manufacturer Steve Tillett will drive for the Fortec Motorsports team that ran Josh Webster to the runner-up spot in last season's FR BARC championship.
  4. ^ "2012 is go go go!". Fortec Motorsport. WordPress. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Impressive Fourteen Round Provisional 2012 Calendar Revealed". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. ^ "TOCA Support Date For 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Finale". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. ^ a b "BTCC finale support date for Formula Renault BARC Winter Series". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Twenty-car grid for Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

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