2011 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2011 Renault Clio Cup UK season
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The 2011 AirAsia Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season will begin at Brands Hatch on 3 April and will finish after 16 races over 8 events at Brands Hatch on 2 October. The season will support rounds of the British Touring Car Championship. On 28 February, AirAsia X was announced as title sponsor to the series in a three-year deal.^[1]

Rule changes

The 2011 season will see several rules introducued in an effort to cut costs for competitors to an annual budget of approximately £60,000. These changes including a reduction in the number of rounds from 20 to 16, a reduction in tyre allocation from 60 slick tyres per year to 48 and a reduction of official test days and a freedom of test venue introduced.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Scuderia Vittoria 0 Ash Miller G 8 6 Chris Smith G 8 11 Matt Allison[3] 1–6 Ant Whorton-Eales G 7–8 41 Luke Wright[4] G All Westbourne Motorsport 2 James Colburn[5] G All Total Control Racing 3 James Dixon[6] G All 8 Andy Jordan 6 17 Tom Grice[7] G 1–5 28 Nicolas Hamilton[8] G All 66 Mark Proctor[9] 1–2 M 4–8 Team Pyro 4 Árón Smith[5] G All 7 Chris Swanwick[10] G 1–5 Neb Bursac 6 David Dickenson 7–8 16 Adam Bonham[5] G All 33 Jack Goff[5] G All 42 Craig Currie[11] 1–7 99 Josh Files[12] G All JHR Developments 5 Lee Pattison[13] M 1–3 Rob Boston 7–8 20Ten Racing 10 Darren Wilson[13] M All 18 Andy Gorton 7–8 27 Tim Sweet 6 Handy Motorsport 12 Simon Belcher M 8 Get On Track Developments 13 Jake Packun[5] G All Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 15 Matthew Munson[13] 2 22 Paul Rivett[5] All 23 Mark Gibbons M 7

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Race calendar and results

The 2011 ToCA calendar was announced on 8 September 2010.^[14] Renault have subsequently announced that the Clio Cup will support the BTCC at eight meetings.^[2] Two non-championship races were held at the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone in conjunction with the Dutch Clio Cup.^[15] Luke Wright won both races for the Scuderia Vittoria team,^[16] but he was the only full-time competitor from the British series to take part.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	2 April	Jake Packun	Paul Rivett	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
	R2		3 April	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
2	R3	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 April	James Dixon	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
	R4		17 April	James Dixon	Paul Rivett	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 April	Árón Smith	Tom Grice	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
	R6		1 May	Árón Smith	Paul Rivett	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	4 June	James Dixon	Árón Smith	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
	R8		5 June	James Dixon	Tom Grice	Jack Goff	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	18 June	Matt Allison	James Colburn	Matt Allison	Scuderia Vittoria
	R10		19 June	Matt Allison	James Colburn	Matt Allison	Scuderia Vittoria
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	6 August	James Colburn	James Colburn	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
	R12		7 August	Árón Smith	James Colburn	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	17 September	Jack Goff	Josh Files	Jack Goff	Team Pyro
	R14		18 September	Jack Goff	James Colburn	Jack Goff	Team Pyro
8	R15	Brands Hatch, Kent	1 October	Paul Rivett	Ant Whorton-Eales	James Colburn	Westbourne Motorsport
	R16		2 October	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pen Pts 1 Paul Rivett 3 1 1 3 12 2 5 7 6 10 6 4 7 8 2 1 2 356 2 Árón Smith 6 3 7 10 1 1 6 2 3 8 Ret 1 3 5 3 3 348 3 James Colburn 4 8 6 6 2 Ret 2 4 2 3 10 3 5 3 1 4 348 4 James Dixon 1 13 2 1 4 6 1 3 5 Ret 1 Ret 6 2 10 6 324 5 Jack Goff Ret 2 13 11 6 3 3 1 Ret 4 9 2 1 1 Ret DNS 272 6 Jake Packun 2 Ret 3 4 5 10 10 Ret 4 5 5 9 4 Ret 4 2 8 255 7 Josh Files 9 12 11 8 8 11 9 Ret 10 12 3 6 2 Ret 6 5 3 209 8 Adam Bonham 7 9 4 9 13 4 8 6 Ret DNS 4 7 Ret 9 7 11 2 198 9 Matt Allison Ret 4 5 5 Ret Ret 7 12 1 1 Ret 5 3 168 10 Tom Grice 10 6 8 Ret 3 7 4 9 9 6 2 150 11 Luke Wright Ret 10 10 7 Ret DNS 11 13 Ret 2 2 10 Ret 4 Ret DNS 145 12 Craig Currie 11 11 12 Ret 9 9 12 5 12 11 8 11 10 Ret 136 13 Darren Wilson Ret 14 16 16 11 12 16 8 8 9 11 14 13 11 17 14 2 127 14 Nicolas Hamilton 12 15 17 14 10 13 15 Ret 11 Ret 14 13 14 14 9 10 113 15 Mark Proctor Ret Ret 15 15 14 11 7 7 12 12 12 12 14 Ret 105 16 Chris Swanwick 8 7 9 12 7 8 13 10 Ret Ret 100 17 Lee Pattison 5 5 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 85 18 Ant Whorton-Eales 8 7 5 7 68 19 Rob Boston 9 10 8 8 51 20 David Dickenson 11 6 13 9 49 21 Neb Bursac 7 8 30 22 Andy Gorton 15 13 15 12 30 23 Matthew Munson 14 13 15 24 Tim Sweet 13 15 14 25 Simon Belcher 16 15 13 26 Chris Smith 11 Ret 10 27 Mark Gibbons 16 Ret 5 Andy Jordan Ret DNS 0 Guest driver ineligible for points Ash Miller 12 13 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pen Pts

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)

Entrants' Championship

Pos Entrant BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pts 1 Team Pyro 6 2 4 8 1 1 3 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 740 7 3 7 9 6 3 6 2 10 8 4 2 2 5 6 5 2 Total Control Racing 1 6 2 1 3 6 1 3 5 6 1 12 6 2 9 6 566 10 13 8 14 4 7 4 9 7 7 12 13 12 12 10 10 3 Scuderia Vittoria Ret 4 5 5 Ret Ret 7 12 1 1 2 5 8 4 5 7 392 Ret 10 10 7 Ret DNS 11 13 Ret 2 Ret 10 Ret 7 11 Ret 4 Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 3 1 1 3 12 2 5 7 6 10 6 4 7 8 2 1 366 14 13 16 Ret 5 Westbourne Motorsport 4 8 6 6 2 Ret 2 4 2 3 10 3 5 3 1 4 338 6 Get On Track Developments 2 Ret 3 4 5 10 10 Ret 4 5 5 9 4 Ret 4 2 263 7 20Ten Racing Ret 14 16 16 11 12 16 8 8 9 11 14 13 11 15 12 170 13 15 15 13 17 14 8 JHR Developments 5 5 Ret 2 Ret 5 9 10 8 8 139 9 Handy Motorsport 16 15 11 Pos Entrant BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pts

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)

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