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2016 Mini Challenge UK

The 2016 Mini Challenge season was the fifteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 23 April at Donington Park and ended on 30 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured eight rounds across the UK.

Calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Donington Park[1] 23–24 April JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3
2 Brands Hatch 7–8 May JCW 2
3 Silverstone Circuit 28–29 May All 3
4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 18–19 June JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3
5 Brands Hatch 16–17 July All 3
6 Oulton Park 20 August All 2
7 Cadwell Park 3 September Cooper S, Cooper, Open 2
8 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 29–30 October All 3

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
MINI UK VIP 1   Charlie Butler-Henderson All
37   Rob Smith All
52   Dan Prosser 1
  Rebecca Jackson 2-3, 5-6
  Richard Aucock 7
61   James Turkington 1, 3-7
Sussex Road & Race 2   Ben Seyfried 5-6
26   Luke Reade 1-6
46   Sam Osborne 1-6
194   Michael O'Brien 6
ES Motorsport 7   Steve King 1-5, 7
45   Calum King All
Excelr8 Motorsport 10   Chris Smith All
13   Bence Balogh 1, 4, 6
18   Mark Wakefield 7
59   Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 1, 3
68   Ben Constanduros 3
69   Mark Steward 1-2
79   Jono Brown All
88   Reece Barr 7
666   Luke Caudle All
Unitec Motorsport 16   David Grady All
Mark Wakefield Motorsport 18   Mark Wakefield 1-6
Lawrence Davey Racing 19   Lawrence Davey All
26   Luke Reade 7
46   Sam Osborne 7
68   Scot Adam 5
Coastal Racing 27   Nathan Harrison All
89   Shane Stoney 1
OX4 Racing 35   James Loukes 1-2, 7
  Chris Oakman 3-4
  Chris Fryer 5-6
Eurotech Racing 39   Brett Smith All
55   Jeff Smith 1, 3, 5-7
76   Jo Polley 1-3, 5-7
Team Dynamics 42   Henry Neal All
AR Performance 56   Adam Cunnington 1-5, 7
Ignis Racing 58   Chris Boon 1, 3-7
80   Nick Boon All
Oakfield Motorsport 77   Neil Newstead All
Privateer 84   Ryan Dignan 6-7
Staffs Racing 99   Kevin O'Connor All
Forster Motorsport 777   Arthur Forster 1
Cooper S Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 24   Rob Austin 2-5, 7
118   Toby Hotston 1
Lawrence Davey Racing 38   Scot Adam All
Oakfield Motorsport 66   Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1-4
77   Neil Newstead 6
94   Tim Porter All
Team Maxxis 90   Scott Jeffs 1-3, 5-7
Sussex Road & Race 176   Carlito Miracco 3-7
Cooper Class
Privateer 4   Michael Bamber All
RTS Motorsport 6   Sam Weller All
Rob Sims Racing 9   Simon Walton 1-5
47   James Goodall All
91   Owen Walton All
96   Adrian Norman All
Excelr8 Motorsport 11   Max Bladon All
21   Adam Davey 1-4
107   Piers Prior 1
  Iain Webber 2
  Luke Chard-Maple 3
  Macaulay Austin 4
  Greg Barnard 5
  Nick Griggs 6
  Will Foulkes 7
108   Fraser Rose 5
Mintech 14   Tony Lynch 1
Coastal Racing 17   Josh Gollin All
20   Kyle Reid 1, 5
25   Nathaniel Gollin 2-4, 7
29   Morgan Jones 1-5
49   Martin Poole 1-2, 4-7
87   Max Leaver 4
93   Ollie Walker 4
Team Dynamics 22   Will Neal All
Privateer 36   Marco Haig 1-2, 5-7
Lawrence Davey Racing 98   Darren Chatt 4
Privateer 117   Brad Hutchison All
Open Class
Privateer 5   Chloe Hewitt All
Sussex Road & Race 23   Simon Clark All
555   Andrew Bailey 1-2
Privateer 28   Martyn Hathaway 2-3, 5
114   Sam Hathaway 2-3, 5
Oakfield Motorsport 33   Stuart Lane 1-3
RTS Motorsport 34   Richard Mills All
AReeve Motorsport 44   Aaron Reeve 1-3, 5
83   Laura Davis 3
121   Jono Davis All
606   Tim Bill 5
Lawrence Davey Racing 81   Keith Issatt All
Privateer 196   Taelor Shand 5

Championship standings edit

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 32 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   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th   26th   27th   28th   29th   30th   31st   32nd 
Points 50 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship edit

JCW Class edit

Pos Driver DON BHGP SIL ROC BHI OUL SNE Pts
1 David Grady 5 C 3 9 9 1 1 19 8 9 3 2 1 3 2 15 1 1 C 623
2 Nathan Harrison 2 C 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 9 9 9 12 DNS 2 2 C 614
3 Charlie Butler-Henderson 1 C 2 4 1 5 3 2 7 3 2 3 4 8 Ret DNS 3 3 C 604
4 Jono Brown 6 C 16 1 5 4 4 1 1 1 16 5 18 13 4 14 5 6 C 561
5 Brett Smith 12 C 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 5 Ret 1 2 6 Ret 1 4 4 C 558
6 Chris Smith 3 C 4 2 4 2 5 11 4 2 5 11 10 7 Ret Ret 10 13 C 501
7 Rob Smith 4 C 9 5 3 8 14 8 5 6 Ret 4 3 2 Ret 3 12 10 C 492
8 Lawrence Davey 17 C 10 7 8 7 8 5 9 15 12 18 8 5 13 4 9 8 C 450
9 Henry Neal 11 C 17 11 13 13 10 9 6 7 6 12 7 4 Ret 2 8 5 C 447
10 Mark Wakefield Ret C 18 8 12 11 12 10 12 10 4 17 11 10 7 13 15 12 C 374
11 Sam Osborne 9 C 12 12 10 14 13 12 23 17 10 16 15 14 14 17 6 7 C 351
12 James Turkington 10 C 11 10 9 7 14 20 7 13 12 Ret 11 6 7 9 C 349
13 Neil Newstead 7 C 5 15 15 Ret 17 13 11 13 Ret 10 6 12 6 21 11 Ret C 331
14 Luke Caudle Ret C 13 10 7 12 Ret DNS 15 8 8 8 5 1 3 12 Ret DSQ C 316
15 Calum King 20 C 20 16 18 16 16 14 16 11 9 19 17 Ret 8 16 Ret 20 C 276
16 Luke Reade Ret C 15 14 14 Ret Ret 22 10 21 11 6 DNS 17 20 5 13 14 C 265
17 Chris Boon 15 C DNS 15 Ret 15 22 16 14 15 16 15 9 20 20 18 C 230
18 Nick Boon 21 C 19 20 20 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 17 21 21 18 17 10 18 22 C 227
19 Jeff Smith Ret C 8 Ret 11 16 7 14 11 1 Ret 14 11 C 218
20 Adam Cunnington 13 C 14 18 16 17 21 25 13 Ret DNS 27 20 16 19 17 C 203
21 Kevin O'Connor Ret C DNS 19 17 23 22 24 21 19 15 23 23 19 Ret 9 23 23 C 197
22 Jo Polley 18 C 24 21 21 21 19 18 24 24 20 19 11 22 21 C 187
23 Steve King 22 C Ret 23 23 22 20 23 20 18 18 26 25 Ret 24 24 C 154
24 Bence Balogh 8 C DNS 17 12 Ret 10 7 C 116
25 Chris Oakman C 18 18 21 18 14 13 C 101
26 James Loukes 23 C 21 13 11 17 16 C 99
27 Chris Fryer C 22 19 22 15 18 C 75
28 Mark Steward Ret C 26 17 19 C 38
29 Reece Barr C 16 15 C 35
30 Shane Stoney 16 C 23 C 30
31 Arthur Forster 19 C 22 C 29
32 Dan Prosser Ret C 25 C 9
drivers ineligible for points
 – Michael O'Brien C 5 Ret C 0
 – Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 14 C 7 9 7 6 C 0
 – Ben Seyfried C 14 13 DNS Ret 8 C 0
 – Ben Constanduros C 20 14 17 C 0
 – Ryan Dignan C 16 19 21 19 C 0
 – Rebecca Jackson C 22 22 Ret 23 26 25 Ret 21 18 Ret C 0
 – Scot Adam C 20 22 DNS C 0
 – Richard Aucock C 25 25 C 0
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)

Cooper S Class edit

Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Scott Jeffs 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 C 2 3 2 2 1 1 C 675
2 Scot Adam 2 Ret DNS 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 C 2 3 1 Ret 3 4 2 C 645
3 Tim Porter 3 3 2 4 4 5 3 5 1 2 C 5 5 4 3 Ret 2 3 C 633
4 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1 2 Ret 5 5 1 1 2 2 5 C 4 442
5 Carlito Miracco 5 3 Ret 4 C 3 1 2 Ret 1 5 4 C 378
6 Rob Austin 3 3 4 Ret 6 3 1 C 1 4 DNS 3 Ret C 369
7 Toby Hotston 5 4 3 C C 111
8 Neil Newstead C 1 Ret C 50

Cooper Class edit

Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Max Bladon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 C 812
2 Josh Gollin 2 2 2 4 13 6 2 4 4 2 C 3 DSQ 5 6 1 9 8 C 570
3 Sam Weller 4 4 Ret 5 2 2 4 Ret Ret 6 C 2 4 3 4 3 4 6 C 537
4 Brad Hutchison Ret 6 DSQ 3 Ret 12 5 2 2 Ret C 4 3 Ret 2 5 4 3 C 488
5 Will Neal 8 13 Ret 9 10 11 11 9 5 12 C 8 Ret 10 5 2 3 2 C 473
6 Michael Bamber 5 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 6 6 6 4 C 4 Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret C 467
7 Owen Walton 10 12 11 6 11 10 8 5 11 9 C 10 8 8 DNS DNS 7 7 C 394
8 James Goodall 9 9 10 10 5 5 7 7 3 13 C 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 9 C 392
9 Adrian Norman 11 14 8 12 9 9 12 11 7 10 C Ret 7 Ret 8 8 11 11 C 367
10 Martin Poole Ret 7 7 Ret 6 3 14 C Ret 5 1 3 Ret 2 4 C 349
11 Marco Haig 6 8 Ret 8 12 8 C 6 6 10 7 12 12 C 294
12 Simon Walton Ret 15 5 13 8 4 3 3 DNS 3 C DNS Ret DNS C 270
13 Adam Davey 7 3 9 7 3 DSQ 10 8 10 8 C DNS C 262
14 Nathaniel Gollin 11 7 7 9 Ret Ret 11 C 9 6 5 C 228
15 Morgan Jones Ret 11 6 14 14 13 Ret 12 8 WD C WD Ret 9 C 196
16 Kyle Reid Ret Ret 3 C 1 4 C 127
17 Piers Prior 3 5 4 C C 108
18 Luke Chard-Maple 13 10 9 C C 70
19 Iain Webber 15 15 14 C C 55
20 Nick Griggs C 9 9 C 52
21 Macaulay Austin 15 C 7 C 48
22 Fraser Rose C 10 11 C 46
23 Will Foulkes C 13 10 C 44
24 Ollie Walker 5 C Ret C 34
25 Max Leaver Ret C 6 C 32
26 Darren Chatt 7 C Ret C 30
27 Greg Barnard C 9 Ret C 26
28 Tony Lynch 12 Ret DNS C C 21

Open Class edit

Pos Driver SIL BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Keith Issatt 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 6 2 2 2 2 C 482
2 Jono Davis 4 3 Ret 4 C 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 C 457
3 Richard Mills 2 4 1 2 C 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 C 422
4 Chloe Hewitt 5 6 4 8 C DNS 5 4 5 4 5 7 C 337
5 Simon Clark DNS 5 3 5 C 3 2 3 3 Ret Ret 6 C 307
6 Stuart Lane 3 1 5 3 C 6 DNS DNS C 202
7 Aaron Reeve Ret Ret Ret 6 C 5 Ret Ret 4 4 C 140
8 Sam Hathaway 7 C 7 DNS DNS Ret 5 C 60
9 Tim Bill C 6 10 C 56
10 Taelor Shand C 7 9 C 56
11 Martyn Hathaway 9 C 8 DNS DNS Ret 8 C 54
12 Laura Davis C Ret 5 C 34
13 Andrew Bailey Ret Ret DNS Ret C Ret C 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Donington set for weekend Mini mayhem". Derby Evening Telegraph (UK). April 22, 2016. p. 43. ProQuest 1783586892.
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