2012 Mini Challenge UK

The 2012 Mini Challenge season was the eleventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 14 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 7 October at Donington Park. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Silverstone Circuit 14-15 April All 2
2 Castle Combe Circuit 7 May All 2
3 Brands Hatch 16-17 June All 3
4 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 30 June-1 July All 4
5 Oulton Park 18 July All 2
6 Brands Hatch 15-16 September All 3
7 Donington Park 6-7 October All 4

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
Mark Fish Motorsport 1 Chris Knox 2
77 1
50 Jason Richardson 1-2, 6-7
Forster Motorsport 3 Arthur Forster 2-3
37 5, 7
Coastal Racing 4 Stewart Lines 1-5
5 Lee Pattison 2-7
7 Craig Freeman 2-5, 7
30 Martin Depper 1-5
Excelr8 Motorsport 4 Stewart Lines 7
10 Chris Smith All
18 Sam Osborne All
58 Paul O'Neill 6
Advent Motorsport 15 Patrick Mortimer All
44 Freddy Nordström 3
Stratford Motors 16 William Davison 3-6
46 Shaun King 6-7
Minimax Motorsport 22 Chris Smiley All
Truck Align 26 Lee Allen All
29 Chris Panayiotou 1-3, 5, 7
Lohen 45 David Ogden 7
54 Ant Whorton-Eales 4
99 Kevin O'Connor All
Jack Doyle Racing 70 Bob Hosier All
CSK Motorsport 89 Shane Stoney 1-6
Cooper Class
Team Dean 2 Dean Raymond 1-2
Advent Motorsport 8 Adrian Norman All
51 Martin Mortimer 7
Excelr8 Motorsport 11 Trevor Bates 3
17 Simon Hillery 1-3
79 Jono Brown All
80 Mike Phillips All
81 Henry Gilbert All
88 Daniel Bishop 4-5
94 Ben Gridley 6-7
Max Leaver Racing 23 Max Leaver All

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 15 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position and Fastest Lap.

Championship Race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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JCW Class

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Pos Driver SIL CAS BHI SNE OUL BHGP DON Pts
1 Lee Allen 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 DSQ 3 2 2 Ret 1 2 1 2 2 1 332
2 Chris Smith 2 2 7 5 5 3 1 4 4 4 2 5 1 DSQ 4 Ret 4 5 3 2 266
3 Chris Smiley 8 5 3 Ret 6 8 Ret 5 5 2 8 7 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 210
4 Sam Osborne 4 10 2 4 2 2 DSQ 3 3 1 4 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 10 9 5 5 207
5 Lee Pattison 5 2 15 DNS DNS 13 Ret DSQ DNS 4 DSQ 2 3 1 2 1 1 6 170
6 Shane Stoney 7 6 1 6 3 5 3 6 DNS 5 6 1 DSQ 4 Ret Ret 156
7 Martin Depper 5 3 6 3 7 4 6 2 9 Ret 5 Ret 8 126
8 Stewart Lines 6 4 9 8 4 6 11 11 10 8 Ret 10 DNS 7 10 6 Ret 116
9 Kevin O'Connor 9 7 DNS DNS 11 10 8 10 8 6 10 Ret Ret 5 9 Ret 11 Ret 8 7 105
10 William Davison 10 11 7 7 6 Ret 7 9 7 7 6 7 92
11 Bob Hosier 11 11 12 11 14 13 12 14 11 Ret 9 12 9 9 10 9 Ret 12 11 10 88
12 Patrick Mortimer 10 8 13 10 13 12 9 12 7 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 Ret 8 13 Ret 12 9 85
13 Chris Panayiotou DNS DNS 10 Ret Ret 9 5 11 10 9 7 9 3 73
14 Arthur Forster Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret 3 5 3 3 10 Ret 70
15 Ant Whorton-Eales 8 2 3 1 60
16 Paul O'Neill 1 2 3 52
17 Craig Freeman 14 Ret 12 14 10 9 Ret 7 Ret 8 6 Ret DNS DNS DNS 48
18 Jason Richardson Ret DNS 11 9 DNS 7 5 6 8 DNS DNS 46
19 Shaun King 6 8 6 8 6 Ret Ret 46
20 Chris Knox 1 9 8 7 44
21 Freddy Nordström 9 7 4 29
22 David Ogden 12 11 7 8 26

Cooper Class

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Pos Driver SIL CAS BHI SNE OUL BHGP DON Pts
1 Henry Gilbert 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 3 1 1 5 379
2 Jono Brown 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 7 DNS 1 329
3 Max Leaver 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 308
4 Adrian Norman 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 6 217
5 Mike Phillips 6 7 5 4 6 Ret 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 6 4 5 4 210
6 Ben Gridley 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 94
7 Daniel Bishop 4 2 4 3 3 3 88
8 Simon Hillery Ret 3 3 Ret 3 4 3 73
9 Martin Mortimer 7 6 6 3 44
10 Trevor Bates 7 6 5 30
11 Dean Raymond 3 5 Ret DNS 27


References

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