2015 Renault UK Clio Cup


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 him 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, excepting UAE-registered Tom Grundi and Italian-registered Michele Puccetti.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team Pyro 1 Ash Hand[1] All
28 Josh Price[2] G 7–9
38 Mark Howard[3] M 3–9
39 Brett Smith[4] G 1–2, 4–5
Team BKR[5] 2 James Colburn[6] 3
76 Freddie Hunt[5] 1–2
JamSport Racing 3 Dan Holland[7] 1–6
8 Luke Kidsley[8] 7–9
24 George Jackson[9] G 1–3
43 Tom Grundy[10] G All
WDE Motorsport 3 Dan Holland[11] 8–9
22 Paul Rivett[12] All
32 Charlie Ladell[13] G 6–9
63 Rory Green[12] G All
20Ten Racing 4 Peter Felix[14] M 5, 7
7 Sam Watkins[15] G 8–9
12 Ben Palmer[16] 9
19 Jack Mitchell[17] G 6–7
38 Mark Howard[18] M 1–2
50 Graham Field[19] M 1–2, 4–5, 7–8
55 Tom Butler[20] G 8–9
92 Jordan Stilp[21] 1–5
Team Cooksport[22] 9 Alex Sedgwick[23] G 8–9
13 Rory Collingbourne[24] G All
24 George Jackson[25] G 4–9
32 Charlie Ladell[26] G 1–5
42 Paul Knapp[27] M 1–2
72 Jon Maybin[28] 3–4, 9
Maximum Motorsport[29] 10 Ant Whorton-Eales[29] 6–9
14 Tom Witts[30] 8–9
SV Racing
10 Ant Whorton-Eales[31] 1–5
15 Paul Donkin[32] 5
19 Jack Mitchell[33] G 1–5
35 Ben Seyfried[34] M 1–2
Team BMR Restart with Pyro[35] 16 Ashley Sutton[36] G All
Rangoni Corse[37] 21 Ben Davis G 8
27 Michele Puccetti M 8
Paul Streather Motorsport with Finesse Motorsport 26 Paul Streather[38] 9
Range Storage with Team Cooksport 29 Lee Pattison[39] M 6
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 Ashley Sutton Race abandoned[N 1]
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 Restart 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 Ash Hand Ash Hand Ash Hand Team Pyro
R6 Ash Hand Ash Hand Ash Hand Team Pyro
4 R7 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 6 June Ant Whorton-Eales Ashley Sutton Paul Rivett WDE Motorsport
R8 7 June Ash Hand Ash Hand Ash Hand Team Pyro
5 R9 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 27 June Paul Rivett Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton Team BMR Restart with Pyro
R10 28 June Ash Hand Ant Whorton-Eales Ash Hand Team Pyro
6 R11 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(National Circuit, Fife)		 23 August Ash Hand Ash Hand Ash Hand Team Pyro
R12 Ash Hand Ashley Sutton Ash Hand Team Pyro
7 R13 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 6 September Ash Hand Paul Rivett Ashley Sutton Team BMR Restart with Pyro
R14 Ashley Sutton Ash Hand Ant Whorton-Eales Maximum Motorsport
8 R15 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 27 September Ant Whorton-Eales Paul Rivett Ashley Sutton Team BMR Restart with Pyro
R16 Ant Whorton-Eales Paul Rivett Ant Whorton-Eales Maximum Motorsport
9 R17 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 11 October Ant Whorton-Eales Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton Team BMR Restart with Pyro
R18 Ant Whorton-Eales Luke Kidsley Ashley Sutton Team BMR Restart with Pyro

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
  • A driver's best 16 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
1 Ashley Sutton C 2 1 7 2 2 2 5 Ret 1 2 2 3 1 5 1 2 1 1 475 16 459
2 Ash Hand C 3 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 2 7 470 16 454
3 Ant Whorton-Eales C 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 7 3 4 5 3 1 3 1 Ret DNS 428 2 426
4 Paul Rivett C 6 15 3 5 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 Ret 2 2 4 Ret Ret 357 2 355
5 Charles Ladell C 5 6 8 10 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 Ret DSQ 13 11 253 17 236
6 Rory Collingbourne C 11 9 10 7 9 8 8 15 9 13 10 10 4 6 12 15 6 8 222 12 210
7 Jack Mitchell C 13 5 4 3 7 9 10 6 4 5 7 9 DNS DNS 202 202
8 George Jackson C 8 16 9 8 10 11 12 10 13 10 11 8 6 4 8 Ret 8 Ret 197 197
9 Jordan Stilp C 4 3 6 6 5 10 4 3 10 Ret 172 172
10 Dan Holland C DNS 8 13 17 Ret 13 9 8 11 7 8 7 Ret 3 Ret 3 164 164
11 Thomas Grundy C DNS 12 Ret 14 11 12 14 12 8 9 9 11 Ret 12 14 9 10 6 156 2 154
12 Rory Green C 14 10 16 12 13 15 13 11 15 Ret 13 12 5 13 13 10 11 Ret 144 144
13 Mark Howard C 10 13 14 16 12 14 16 13 Ret 12 12 Ret 9 10 10 11 12 Ret 129 129
14 Brett Smith C 7 4 5 9 11 9 6 Ret 110 2 108
15 Jon Maybin 6 6 7 7 3 Ret 93 93
16 Josh Price 7 11 7 5 4 Ret 84 84
17 Graham Field C 16 14 15 15 15 14 16 14 Ret 14 15 16 67 67
18 Alex Sedgwick 16 12 5 9 46 46
19 Tom Butler 11 14 7 10 44 44
20 Peter Felix 14 8 10 9 44 44
21 Lee Pattison 5 4 42 42
22 Ben Seyfried C 15 7 12 11 41 3 38
23 Luke Kidsley Ret 7 Ret DNS DSQ 4 40 6 34
24 Ben Davis 6 7 34 34
25 Ben Palmer 9 5 32 32
26 Paul Knapp C 9 Ret 11 13 30 30
27 Paul Streather Ret 2 28 28
28 Michele Puccetti 9 8 26 26
29 Freddie Hunt C 12 11 Ret Ret 19 19
30 Paul Donkin 12 11 19 19
31 Tom Witts 5 Ret Ret Ret 20 2 18
32 James Colburn Ret 7 16 16
33 Sam Watkins Ret 13 Ret Ret 8 8
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO ROC SIL BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship
Pos Team BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points
1 Team Pyro
Team BMR Restart with Pyro		 C 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 967
C 3 4 5 4 2 2 5 9 3 2 2 3 2 5 4 5 2 7
2 WDE Motorsport C 6 10 3 5 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 5 2 2 3 11 3 582
C 14 15 16 12 13 15 13 11 15 Ret 6 6 8 8 13 4 13 11
3 Team Cooksport C 5 6 8 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 8 12 3 8 580
C 9 9 10 10 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 6 6 12 15 5 9
4 SV Racing C 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 4 3 438
C 13 5 4 3 7 9 10 6 7 5
5 20Ten Racing C 4 3 6 6 5 10 4 3 10 8 7 9 10 9 11 13 7 5 393
C 10 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 Ret 14 15 14 9 10
6 JamSport Racing C 8 8 9 8 10 11 9 8 8 7 8 7 Ret 7 14 9 10 4 359
C DNS 12 13 14 11 12 14 12 11 9 9 11 Ret 12 Ret DNS DSQ 6
7 Maximum Motorsport 4 5 3 1 3 1 Ret Ret 176
5 Ret Ret DNS
8 Rangoni Corse 6 7 60
9 8
9 Team BKR C 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 35
10 Paul Streather Motorsport with Finesse Motorsport Ret 2 28
Pos Team BHI DON THR OUL CRO KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Notes
  1. The race was stopped on the first lap after a multi-car accident, involving Dan Holland, Tom Grundy and Mark Howard.[40] Due to other scheduled events that were to be held before the circuit's curfew, the race was postponed until the Donington Park meeting.[41]

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