2010 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2010 Renault Clio Cup UK season
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The 2010 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom with Michelin season began at Thruxton on 4 April and will finish after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch on 10 October. Fifteen drivers from seven teams will take part throughout the season, mainly supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship but also supporting the UK round of the World Series by Renault.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Team Pyro 1 Jeff Smith M 1–7, 9 4 Dave Newsham M 1–9 33 Jack Goff G 1–5, 7, 9–10 47 Jake Packun G 6–10 88 David Dickenson 1–3 Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 Stefan Hodgetts 9 JHR Developments Tom Carnaby G 1, 3 5 Lee Pattison M All 6 Steven Hunter M 8 23 Fulvio Mussi 1–5 Kane Astin M 6 55 Jason Mills G 10 Total Control Racing 3 James Dixon[1] G 2, 4–10 8 Alistair Barclay[2] G 2–3 22 Mike Robinson All 44 Sam Tordoff G 1–9 77 Andy Jordan G 10 20Ten Racing Limited 6 Graham Mulholland[1] M 2 10 Darren Wilson M All 41 Craig Currie 10 Westbourne Motorsport 9 James Colburn G All 18 Patrick Collins M 1–7, 9–10 Ed Pead 8 46 Robert Gaffney G 1–5 66 Josh Cook G 6–7, 10 Blue Square Data Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 15 Matthew Munson 1–4, 6–7, 9–10 Paul Rivett[3] 5 16 7, 9–10 APO Sport 29 Alex Osborne 9 Meridian Motorsport 46 Robert Gaffney G 9–10 Elite Motorsport 47 Jake Packun G 1–5

Icon Class G Graduate Cup M Masters Cup

Two classes have been introduced for the 2010 season:

• All drivers under 23 are eligible for the Graduate Cup, with the class champion earning 25% off a registration fee for the 2011 season.^[4]
• All drivers over 35 are eligible for the Masters Cup.^[4]

Calendar

The series will support the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on September 19, as the Clio Cup forms part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone. In a change for this season, Saturday races are extended to 40 minutes at most circuits, while races at Rockingham, Croft and Oulton Park are 35 minutes in length.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R2		4 April	Dave Newsham	Jake Packun	Lee Pattison	JHR Developments
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	24 April	Dave Newsham	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R4		25 April	Dave Newsham	Lee Pattison	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
3	R5	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 May	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R6		2 May	Dave Newsham	Jack Goff	Lee Pattison	JHR Developments
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R8		6 June	Dave Newsham	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R10		20 June	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	James Dixon	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R12		8 August	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing
7	R13	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	21 August	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
	R14		22 August	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	4 September	Dave Newsham	James Dixon	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
	R16		5 September	Dave Newsham	James Colburn	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire	18 September	Dave Newsham	James Dixon	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing
	R18		19 September	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	9 October	James Dixon	Paul Rivett	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
	R20		10 October	James Dixon	James Dixon	James Dixon	Total Control Racing

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI Total Drop Pen[5] Pts Grad Mast 1 Dave Newsham 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 14 529 529 475 2 Lee Pattison 6 1 4 4 9 1 5 3 6 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 15 449 18 431 377 3 Sam Tordoff 2 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 2 2 3 3 3 1 7 6 Ret 10 1 3 382 382 382 4 James Colburn 4 10 5 3 3 8 7 6 10 Ret 8 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 3 8 356 11 345 306 5 Mike Robinson 8 5 3 2 6 5 4 8 5 4 9 11 3 5 Ret 5 Ret 7 4 7 344 344 6 James Dixon 9 9 8 9 Ret 7 2 2 14 7 4 4 Ret 2 1 1 287 2^1 285 285 7 Jake Packun 3 2 7 8 Ret DNS 3 4 8 Ret 6 7 6 Ret 6 8 Ret 8 8 9 270 3^2 267 267 8 Jeff Smith 11 7 6 6 Ret 9 12 11 7 6 7 6 11 10 4 9 216 2^3 214 214 9 Jack Goff 9 8 8 7 Ret 6 9 10 Ret 9 9 9 Ret 5 7 4 193 193 193 10 Paul Rivett 2 11 1 2 Ret 1 2 2 194 2^4 192 11 Fulvio Mussi 5 13 11 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 180 2^5 178 12 Darren Wilson 14 14 13 14 12 13 13 13 12 10 13 12 13 12 7 9 5 13 14 13 187 14 173 151 13 Robert Gaffney 12 9 12 10 4 7 10 7 9 12 Ret 10 9 6 168 168 168 14 Patrick Collins 13 12 17 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 11 8 10 DNS 8 13 7 11 12 11 154 154 154 15 Matthew Munson 15 15 15 13 11 12 14 12 12 10 10 11 Ret 12 10 12 131 131 16 Josh Cook 5 8 12 8 5 3 102 102 102 17 Tom Carnaby 7 6 7 3 75 75 75 18 David Dickenson 10 11 10 Ret 8 10 57 2^6 55 19 Ed Pead 3 3 50 50 20 Jason Mills 11 5 30 30 30 21 Kane Astin 11 9 22 22 22 22 Alistair Barclay 16 12 Ret 14 21 21 21 23 Craig Currie 13 10 19 19 24 Graham Mulholland 14 11 17 17 17 25 Steven Hunter Ret 7 16 16 16 26 Andy Jordan 15 14 13 13 13 27 Stefan Hodgetts Ret Ret 0 0 28 Alex Osborne Ret Ret 0 4^7 −4 Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI Total Drop Pen[5] Pts Grad Mast

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Notes:

1.^  – James Dixon was penalised two points at Croft.^[6]

2.^  – Jake Packun was penalised three points at Silverstone Arena.^[5]

3.^  – Jeff Smith was penalised two points at Silverstone Arena.^[5]

4.^  – Paul Rivett was penalised two points at Brands Hatch Indy.^[5]

5.^  – Fulvio Mussi was penalised two points at Croft.^[6]

6.^  – David Dickenson was penalised two points at Thruxton.^[7]

7.^  – Alex Osborne was penalised four points at Silverstone Arena.^[8]

Entrants' Championship

Pos Entrant THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI Pts 1 Team Pyro 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 5 7 4 883 9 7 6 6 8 6 9 10 7 6 6 6 6 9 6 8 4 8 8 9 2 Total Control Racing 2 3 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 5 4 4 1 2 1 1 880 8 5 3 9 6 14 4 8 5 4 3 2 7 6 Ret 5 Ret 3 4 7 3 JHR Developments 5 1 4 4 5 1 5 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 5 710 6 6 11 5 7 3 6 5 6 6 11 9 Ret 7 11 15 4 Westbourne Motorsport 4 9 5 3 3 7 7 6 9 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 3 3 678 12 10 12 10 4 8 10 7 10 Ret 8 8 8 8 5 6 7 11 5 8 5 Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 15 15 15 13 11 12 14 12 2 11 12 10 1 2 Ret 1 2 2 317 10 11 Ret 12 10 12 6 20Ten Racing Limited 14 14 13 11 12 13 13 13 12 10 13 12 13 12 7 9 5 13 13 10 223 14 14 14 13 7 Elite Motorsport 3 2 7 8 Ret DNS 3 4 8 Ret 144 8 Meridian Motorsport Ret 10 9 6 41 APO Sport Ret Ret 0 Mardi Gras Motorsport Ret Ret 0 Pos Entrant THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI Pts

References

1. Turner, Kevin (ed.) (2010-04-22). "More racers to join Clio Cup pack". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 200 (4): 91.
2. "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin — Qualifying — Round 3 - Classification". TSL Timing. Timing Solutions Limited. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
3. "Double Clio Cup champion makes welcome return at Croft". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
4. Broomhead, James (2009-11-12). "Renault announce changes for 2010 Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
5. "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin – Drivers Points Table" (PDF). renaultsport.co.uk. Renaultsport UK. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
6. "Clio cup win for Newsham at Croft". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
7. "Pattison and Newsham share spoils at Thruxton". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
8. "Tordoff & Rivett share Clio Cup spoils at Silverstone". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

External links

• Official website