2011 Formula Renault BARC season

The Protyre 2011 Formula Renault BARC season was the 17th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The BARC is the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) that is one of the biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom. The season began at Donington Park on 23 April and ended on 16 October at Silverstone, after twelve rounds held in England.

Teams and drivers

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2011 Entry List
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Hillspeed 1   Howard Fuller[1] All
9   Zaamin Jaffer[2] All
33   Sean Walkinshaw[3] All
Fortec Motorsport 2   Archie Hamilton[4] All
4   Kieran Vernon[5] 1–4
  James Theodore 6
5   Josh Webster[5] All
25   Víctor Jiménez[6] All
KG Motorsport 6   Anton Spires 6
Antel Motorsport 7   Callum Bowyer[3] All
8   Dino Zamparelli[4] All
MGR Motorsport 14   Matt Mason[7] All
23   Russell Danzey[7] 1–3
  Luke Wright[8] 4
28   Andrew Jarman 6
43   David Wagner[9] All
JWA Racing 17   Tom Walker[10] All
RPD Motorsport 18   Steven Durrant[3] All
SWB Motorsport 26   Macaulay Walsh[9] 1–3
27   Jack Dex[9] All
28   Andrew Jarman[7] 1–4
29   Raoul Owens[3] All
Scorpio Motorsport 35   Hector Hurst[7] All
77   Kourosh Khani All
MTECH Lite 36   James Thorp[3] All
99   James Theodore 3
National College for Motorsport 41   Max Robinson 6
Daytona Motorsport 55   Ivan Taranov[3] All

Calendar

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The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings. The final round at Silverstone will be part of the British Touring Car Championship meeting.[2] On 3 March, a non-championship round was announced, to be held at Zandvoort, supporting the Masters of Formula 3 event and racing alongside the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.[11] Only Hillspeed took cars to the event. All rounds held in United Kingdom

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Donington Park (National) 24 April   Dino Zamparelli   Josh Webster   Josh Webster Fortec Motorsport
R2   James Thorp   Dino Zamparelli   James Thorp MTECH Lite
2 R3 Brands Hatch (Indy) 15 May   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon Fortec Motorsport
R4   Dino Zamparelli   Víctor Jiménez   Dino Zamparelli Antel Motorsport
3 R5 Oulton Park (Island) 28 May   Dino Zamparelli   Josh Webster   Josh Webster Fortec Motorsport
R6   Dino Zamparelli   Dino Zamparelli   Kourosh Khani Scorpio Motorsport
4 R7 Croft Circuit 24 July   Dino Zamparelli   James Thorp   James Thorp MTECH Lite
R8   Josh Webster   Josh Webster   Dino Zamparelli Antel Motorsport
5 R9 Thruxton Circuit 3 September   Dino Zamparelli   Dino Zamparelli   Dino Zamparelli Antel Motorsport
R10   Dino Zamparelli   Dino Zamparelli   Dino Zamparelli Antel Motorsport
6 R11 Silverstone (National) 15 October   Josh Webster   Josh Webster   Josh Webster Fortec Motorsport
R12 16 October   Matt Mason   Dino Zamparelli   Matt Mason MGR Motorsport

Championship standings

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Pos Driver DON BRH OUL CRO THR SIL Points
1   Dino Zamparelli 4 8 6 1 Ret 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 295
2   Josh Webster 1 Ret 2 5 1 2 Ret 2 3 3 1 2 286
3   James Thorp 2 1 10 2 6 DSQ 1 6 2 7 7 5 238
4   Kourosh Khani 15 Ret 4 3 4 1 3 5 9 5 DSQ 7 200
5   Archie Hamilton 6 3 3 6 3 8 Ret 3 Ret 6 2 Ret 196
6   Matt Mason 8 9 9 7 Ret 6 8 15 4 2 9 1 186
7   Kieran Vernon 10 2 1 Ret 2 4 17 4 149
8   Steven Durrant 3 4 8 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 21 9 147
9   Howard Fuller Ret 5 5 8 Ret 10 6 12 8 9 8 10 143
10   Callum Bowyer 19 Ret 11 14 5 Ret 5 8 7 Ret 4 6 129
11   David Wagner 12 7 12 11 Ret 12 10 10 6 Ret 16 4 120
12   Zaamin Jaffer 7 14 7 9 7 9 13 14 Ret 10 15 13 119
13   Hector Hurst 5 13 Ret 12 Ret 14 9 9 Ret 8 5 8 116
14   Ivan Taranov 11 11 15 16 10 Ret Ret 16 10 12 11 14 84
15   Jack Dex 14 16 16 17 12 13 11 11 Ret 11 10 17 83
16   Víctor Jiménez 13 6 Ret 15 Ret DNS 7 13 Ret DNS 20 15 65
17   Tom Walker Ret 15 17 18 13 16 16 18 12 13 14 19 60
18   Russell Danzey 9 Ret 13 10 9 11 53
19   James Theodore Ret 5 6 11 48
20   Andrew Jarman 18 10 Ret DNS 8 15 12 Ret 17 21 47
21   Raoul Owens Ret 12 14 19 Ret Ret 14 17 11 Ret 19 18 44
22   Sean Walkinshaw 17 Ret Ret 20 14 Ret 15 19 13 14 18 20 39
23   Luke Wright 4 7 38
24   Macaulay Walsh 16 Ret Ret 13 Ret 7 29
25   Anton Spires 13 12 17
26   Max Robinson 12 16 14
Pos Driver DON BRH OUL CRO THR 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)

References

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  1. ^ Paice, Simon (15 March 2011). "Fuller Stays With Hillspeed For 2011". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Protyre Formula Renault BARC Series to make BTCC appearance as 2011 calendar announced". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 24 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Second new team joins paddock as interest continues". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. ^ a b Turner, Kevin, ed. (3 March 2011). "Zamparelli joins Antel for 2011 Formula Renault BARC title push". Autosport. 203 (9). Haymarket Publications: 79. Zamparelli will partner karting graduate Callum Bowyer at Antel, while series returnee Archie Hamilton has defected from Antel to rival team Fortec.
  5. ^ a b Turner, Kevin, ed. (7 April 2011). "Vernon moves to Fortec". Autosport. 204 (1). Haymarket Publications: 80.
  6. ^ "Zamparelli leads the way in first official Formula Renault BARC test". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2011. Fortec Motorsport's latest signing Spaniard Victor Jiminez, 27, was also looking sharp with SWB Motorsport's Raoul Owens, 16, and Hillspeed's Sean Walkinshaw from Chipping Norton, also making steady progress.
  7. ^ a b c d "Five new drivers sign for 2011 Protyre Formula Renault Series". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Wright To Replace Danzey at MGR This Weekend". Michelin. Michelin Tyre PLC. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  9. ^ a b c "Protyre BARC entry list climbs past 20 with three new signings". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Stop Press: Latest Signing". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  11. ^ "Protyre BARC drivers gifted international race experience". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
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