2015_Mini_Challenge_UK
The 2015 Mini Challenge season was the fourteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 25 April at Donington Park and ended on 1 November at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured eight rounds across the UK. The 2015 season saw the introduction of the F56 Class which features the Gen-3 Mini.
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2015 Mini Challenge UK
More information Round, Circuit ...
| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donington Park | 25–26 April | All | 3 |
| 2 | Brands Hatch | 9–10 May | F56, JCW | 3 |
| 3 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 23–24 May | Cooper | 3 |
| 4 | Silverstone Circuit | 13–14 June | All | 3 |
| 5 | Brands Hatch | 27–28 June | All | 3 |
| 6 | Oulton Park | 8 August | All | 2 |
| 7 | Donington Park | 19–20 September | All | 2 |
| 8 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 31 October-1 November | All | 3 |
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More information Team, No. ...
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| F56 Class | |||
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 13 |  Bence Balogh |
All |
| 16 |  Harry Vaulkhard |
1-5, 7 | |
| Jack Mitchell |
6 | ||
| 17 | William Phillips |
All | |
| 22 | Adam Weaver |
1 | |
| Luke Caudle |
2, 4, 6-7 | ||
| Nick Foster |
3 | ||
| 24 | Lee Pattison |
All | |
| 37 | Rob Smith |
All | |
| 45 | Jack Mitchell |
7 | |
| 52 | Dan Prosser |
2, 4 | |
| Chris Smith |
3 | ||
| Jason Barlow |
5 | ||
| Vicki Butler-Henderson |
6 | ||
| Matt Prior |
7 | ||
| 69 | Mark Steward |
1-4, 7 | |
| 71 |  Ryan Rhode |
All | |
| 81 | Henry Gilbert |
5 | |
| 778 | Chris James |
5 | |
| Oakfield Motorsport | 15 | Charlie Butler-Henderson |
1-3, 5-7 |
| Ian Curley |
4 | ||
| Lawrence Davey Racing | 19 | Lawrence Davey |
All |
| 46 | Sam Osborne |
5-7 | |
| Dale Racing | 26 | Luke Reade |
1-4 |
| 46 | Sam Osborne |
1-4 | |
| 79 | Jono Brown |
1 | |
| Sussex Road & Race | 26 | Luke Reade |
5-7 |
| OX4 Racing | 35 | Chris Oakman |
1, 5 |
| Chris Fryer |
3, 7 | ||
| James Loukes |
4, 6 | ||
| Eurotech Racing | 55 | Jeff Smith |
7 |
| AR Performance | 56 | Adam Cunnington |
7 |
| Ignis Racing | 58 | Chris Boon |
All |
| 69 | Nick Boon |
6 | |
| Unitec Motorsport | 61 | David Grady |
All |
| Minicraft | 78 | Daniel Poole |
6 |
| JCW Class | |||
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 5 | Jason Jefferys |
All |
| Sussex Road & Race | 7 | Craig Freeman |
1, 5 |
| Jono Brown |
2, 4 | ||
| 31 | Keith Issatt |
3 | |
| 32 | Alan Taylor |
1-6 | |
| IN:MINI | 8 | Hamish Brandon |
All |
| Lawrence Davey Racing | 25 | Toby Hotston |
3 |
| 38 | Scot Adam |
4-7 | |
| 105 | Clayton Kingman |
1-2 | |
| Lohen | 28 | Henry Duprey |
2 |
| ES Motorsport | 45 | Calum King |
5 |
| 55 | Steve King |
5 | |
| Oakfield Motorsport | 66 | Steve Ruxton-Cocker |
1-2, 4-7 |
| 77 | Neil Newstead |
All | |
| Rob Sims Racing | 73 |  Errka Lindstedt |
1-3 |
| Staffs Racing | 99 | Kevin O'Connor |
All |
| Cooper Class | |||
| Sussex Road & Race | 3 | Ricky Page |
All |
| 70 | Craig Freeman |
1 | |
| Grace Williams |
2, 4 | ||
| Rob Sims Racing | 9 | Simon Walton |
All |
| 10 | Adrian Norman |
All | |
| 47 | James Goodall |
4-7 | |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 11 | Max Bladon |
All |
| 21 | Adam Davey |
All | |
| 88 | Jon Attard |
All | |
| Mintech | 18 | Mark Wakefield |
All |
| Coastal Racing | 23 | Max Leaver |
1, 3-4, 7 |
| 27 | Nathan Harrison |
All | |
| 44 | Dave Pearce |
7 | |
| 49 | Martin Poole |
All | |
| Team Dynamics | 42 | Henry Neal |
All |
| Dale Racing | 76 | Jo Polley |
1-5 |
| Eurotech Racing | 6-7 | ||
| Privateer | 78 | Matt Hammond |
1-2 |
| HR Multisport | 87 | Rebecca Ryder |
1-2, 4-6 |
| Oakfield Motorsport | 98 | Darren Chatt |
All |
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- 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
More information Position, 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 |
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Drivers' Championship
F56 Class
More information Pos, Driver ...
| Pos | Driver | DON | BHGP | SIL | BHI | OUL | DON | SNE | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Butler-Henderson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 733 | |||
| 2 | David Grady | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 709 |
| 3 | Lee Pattison | 6 | 10 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 637 |
| 4 | Lawrence Davey | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 10 | 623 |
| 5 | William Phillips | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 602 |
| 6 | Ryan Rhode | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 563 |
| 7 | Rob Smith | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 515 |
| 8 | Harry Vaulkhard | 9 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 470 | ||
| 9 | Bence Balogh | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 465 |
| 10 | Luke Caudle | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 402 | ||||||||
| 11 | Sam Osborne | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 19 | 10 | 7 | 363 |
| 12 | Luke Reade | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 307 |
| 13 | Chris Boon | 10 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 10 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 8 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 291 |
| 14 | Mark Steward | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 13 | 16 | DNS | 254 | ||||
| 15 | Jack Mitchell | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 152 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Dan Prosser | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 141 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Jeff Smith | 6 | 5 | 3 | 109 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Chris Fryer | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 108 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | James Loukes | 8 | 8 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 78 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Chris Smith | 7 | 10 | 13 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Ian Curley | 9 | 10 | 9 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Jono Brown | 8 | 5 | Ret | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Matt Prior | 12 | 13 | 15 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Nick Foster | Ret | 8 | 7 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Adam Cunnington | 15 | 15 | 16 | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Vicki Butler-Henderson | 12 | 9 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Jason Barlow | 12 | 10 | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Chris Oakman | Ret | DNS | DNS | 11 | 11 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | Nick Boon | 10 | 14 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Adam Weaver | Ret | 13 | 11 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Daniel Poole | 13 | 13 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Henry Gilbert | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Chris James | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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JCW Class
More information Pos, Driver ...
| Pos | Driver | DON | BHGP | SIL | BHI | OUL | DON | SNE | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Newstead | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 964 |
| 2 | Hamish Brandon | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 773 |
| 3 | Alan Taylor | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 498 | |||
| 4 | Steve Ruxton-Cocker | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 494 | |||
| 5 | Kevin O'Connor | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 | 3 | 454 |
| 6 | Jason Jefferys | DNS | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 5 | 401 |
| 7 | Scot Adam | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 330 | |||||||||
| 8 | Errka Lindstedt | Ret | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 316 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Jono Brown | 1 | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 143 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Henry Duprey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 140 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Clayton Kingman | Ret | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 134 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Keith Issatt | 5 | 6 | 5 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Craig Freeman | 6 | DNS | DNS | 7 | 5 | 96 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Toby Hotston | 6 | 7 | 7 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Steve King | Ret | 4 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Calum King | 6 | Ret | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
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Cooper Class
More information Pos, Driver ...
| Pos | Driver | DON | ROC | SIL | BHI | OUL | DON | SNE | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Harrison | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 902 |
| 2 | Ricky Page | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | DSQ | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 797 |
| 3 | Mark Wakefield | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 762 |
| 4 | Simon Walton | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 586 |
| 5 | Max Bladon | 9 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 558 |
| 6 | Henry Neal | 8 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 539 |
| 7 | Darren Chatt | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 483 |
| 8 | Martin Poole | 3 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 465 |
| 9 | Adam Davey | Ret | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 449 |
| 10 | Jo Polley | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 413 |
| 11 | Jon Attard | Ret | 11 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 411 |
| 12 | Adrian Norman | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 405 |
| 13 | Max Leaver | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 310 | |||||||
| 14 | Rebecca Ryder | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 266 | ||||||
| 15 | James Goodall | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 228 | |||||||||
| 16 | Matt Hammond | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 186 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Grace Williams | Ret | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 113 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Dave Pearce | 14 | 12 | 10 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Craig Freeman | 11 | DNS | DNS | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
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