2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

2008 Renault Clio Cup UK season
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The 2008 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 29 March and finished after 20 races over 10 events at the same circuit on 21 September. The Championship was won by Ben Winrow driving for Team Pyro.

Changes for 2008

• Entries were limited to 36 to ensure that the championship was contested over 20 races.
• The series returned to using the double-header race format as seen prior to 2007.

Teams and drivers

All competitors raced in Renault Clio Cup 197s.

Team No. Drivers Rounds JHR Developments 1 Richard Cannon 1-4, 6 Steven Hunter 5, 8 Matt Allison 9 Max Hunter 10 3 Mark Hazell 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Steven Hunter 4, 7 11 Paul Rivett All 43 Derek Pierce 7, 10 Steven Hunter 9 Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 Gavin Pyper All 10 Árón Smith All 88 David Dickenson All Team Pyro 4 Ben Winrow 1-9 5 Chris Rice All 6 Alex Dew 8-10 7 Chris Law 1-6, 10 15 Jeff Smith 2-4, 6-10 Neil Waterworth 5 Solutions Racing 6 Alex Dew 1-7 46 Robert Gaffney 1-2 Team Valtra 8 Peter Felix 1 Full Speed Racing 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 23 Chris Panayiotou 1-2, 6 28 Phil Glew All 99 Glenn Bell 1-6 Chaz Small 7-9 Total Control Racing 9 Alex MacDowall All 22 Mike Robinson All 27 Ray MacDowall 1, 3 Nick Adcock 2, 4-5 Jonathan Adam 6 Fulvio Mussi 7 Stefan Hodgetts 8-9 77 Jonathan Ridley-Holloway All Coastal Racing 12 Carl Bradley All 20 Stephen Tyldsley 2-4, 6-7, 9-10 Y4HR Miracle Drywash with SVE 14 Niki Lanik All Amery Motorsport 17 David Shepherd All 21 Jonathan Shepherd 1-8 Dave Newsham 10 26 Rob Austin 6 P9 Raceshop/Range Storage 24 Lee Pattison All APO Sport 29 Alex Osborne All Robertshaw Racing 32 Matt Allison 7 43 Derek Pierce 1-6 46 Robert Gaffney 3-10 Team Wood Racing 44 Lea Wood 1-2, 4-10 Double Six Racing 66 Rob Boston 1-2, 4-10

Calendar & Winners

The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at nine of the ten rounds. The series skipped the round at Knockhill and instead raced at the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone on 7–8 June.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	29–30 March	Ben Winrow	Derek Pierce	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
	R2			Ben Winrow	Alex MacDowall	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	12–13 April	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
	R4			Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
3	R5	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	3–4 May	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
	R6			Ben Winrow	Gavin Pyper	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
4	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17–18 May	Ben Winrow	Steven Hunter	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
	R8			Ben Winrow	Alex MacDowall	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	31 May-1 June	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
	R10			Ben Winrow	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
6	R11	Silverstone Circuit (GP), Northamptonshire	7–8 June	Ben Winrow	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing
	R12			Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
7	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	12–13 July	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
	R14			Ben Winrow	Matt Allison	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
8	R15	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	26–27 July	Gavin Pyper	Lea Wood	Ben Winrow	Team Pyro
	R16			Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Stefan Hodgetts	Total Control Racing
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	30–31 August	Paul Rivett	Ben Winrow	Stefan Hodgetts	Total Control Racing
	R18			Paul Rivett	Steven Hunter	Lee Pattison	P9 Raceshop/Range Storage
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	20–21 September	Niki Lanik	Paul Rivett Alex MacDowall	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
	R20			Niki Lanik	David Shepherd	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments

Standings

Points were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BRA ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BRA Total Drop Pen Pts 1 Ben Winrow 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 20 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 DNS 496 1 495 2 Paul Rivett 1 2 3 1 Ret DNS 5 1 1 1 4 5 9 Ret 3 10 2 7 1 1 437 437 3 Phil Glew 3 5 12 10 7 6 4 7 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 345 345 4 Carl Bradley NC 8 4 4 5 4 10 5 4 Ret 11 Ret 8 14 4 5 9 19 6 4 280 2 278 5 Niki Lanik 17 3 16 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 5 4 6 Ret 19 21 7 4 8 5 2 3 264 2 262 6 Mike Robinson 11 9 18 7 4 2 8 Ret 16 17 8 7 Ret 8 6 3 6 12 7 Ret 244 3 241 7 Alex MacDowall 15 6 19 22 18 10 3 4 15 11 5 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 16 8 5 230 2 228 8 Rob Boston 9 15 5 Ret 20 18 6 Ret Ret 9 10 7 11 8 7 4 4 2 211 211 9 Árón Smith 4 7 8 8 11 8 13 13 10 6 14 15 12 13 15 7 11 9 11 Ret 219 6 7 206 10 Lee Pattison Ret DNS 7 6 6 9 Ret 17 9 Ret 20 10 7 10 Ret 13 4 1 14 8 202 202 11 Gavin Pyper 7 Ret 2 18 Ret 3 16 14 DSQ 5 9 6 6 11 Ret Ret 10 8 13 Ret 197 10 187 12 Robert Gaffney 6 19 15 14 3 5 22 10 14 13 10 8 4 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 17 184 184 13 Steven Hunter 2 2 20 12 5 3 9 DNS DNS 2 155 155 14 Alex Osborne Ret 22 11 Ret 15 13 11 12 7 8 15 11 Ret 20 8 6 14 15 Ret 9 147 2 145 15 Jonathan Ridley-Holloway Ret 17 9 17 12 Ret 9 Ret 12 7 18 12 16 9 Ret 11 16 Ret 9 7 138 138 16 Lea Wood 12 11 25 Ret 14 15 11 Ret 17 18 13 Ret 2 9 DNS 14 21 10 117 2 115 17 Derek Pierce 14 4 10 12 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 28 14 Ret 19 10 Ret 110 2 108 18 Alex Dew 8 Ret 14 16 16 14 Ret 19 19 16 24 Ret 11 16 17 15 17 10 17 16 96 2 94 19 Stefan Hodgetts 14 1 1 3 96 3 93 20 Glenn Bell 13 Ret 13 5 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 14 DNS DNS 85 85 21 Richard Cannon Ret 13 6 3 Ret 16 19 22 7 13 82 82 22 Peter Felix 10 12 17 9 13 15 Ret Ret 23 19 13 14 18 13 78 3 75 23 Chris Rice DNS 16 24 23 19 12 Ret Ret 17 18 16 16 15 Ret Ret 12 13 17 15 11 76 2 74 24 David Shepherd Ret 14 20 13 Ret 11 7 6 Ret Ret 25 Ret 14 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 15 78 8 70 25 Stephen Tyldsley Ret 11 9 Ret 15 8 13 Ret Ret 15 15 20 12 14 79 9 70 26 David Dickenson 5 Ret 26 Ret 14 Ret 17 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 22 16 17 19 18 19 19 71 2 69 27 Jonathan Adam 1 2 62 62 28 Matt Allison 3 12 Ret 6 54 54 29 Nick Adcock 21 15 12 21 8 9 41 41 30 Chris Law 16 10 23 21 DSQ 17 18 16 13 15 19 Ret 18 13 55 19 36 31 Chaz Small Ret 17 10 Ret 12 11 34 34 32 Dave Newsham 3 Ret 25 25 33 Jeff Smith Ret 25 20 18 Ret 23 22 17 Ret 23 12 16 21 Ret 22 18 25 25 34 Fulvio Mussi 17 6 22 22 35 Mark Hazell 19 18 Ret 24 17 Ret Ret 19 26 20 18 DNS 20 DNS Ret Ret 16 2 14 36 Max Hunter 16 12 14 2 12 37 Ray MacDowall DNS 21 10 Ret 11 11 38 Jonathan Shepherd 18 23 27 19 21 Ret 21 24 21 Ret Ret 21 20 24 19 18 11 6 5 39 Neil Waterworth 18 Ret 3 3 40 Chris Panayiotou Ret 20 22 20 21 Ret 2 2 41 Rob Austin 27 Ret 0 0 Pos Driver BRA ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BRA Total Drop 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)

Notes:

1.^ - Ben Winrow was docked one point at Thruxton.

2.^ - Carl Bradley was docked two points at Thruxton.

3.^ - Niki Lanik was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting.

4.^ - Lea Wood was docked two points at Snetterton.

5.^ - Alex Dew was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting.

6.^ - Stefan Hodgetts was docked three points at Oulton Park.

7.^ - Peter Felix was docked three points at Donington Park.

8.^ - Chris Rice was docked two points at Thruxton.

9.^ - David Shepherd was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further six point penalty.

10.^ - Stephen Tyldsley was docked three points at Donington Park as well as a further six point penalty.

11.^ - David Dickenson was docked two points at Rockingham.

12.^ - Chris Law was docked four points at Donington Park as well as a further fifteen point penalty.

13.^ - Max Hunter was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

14.^ - Jonathan Shepherd was docked two points at Thruxton as well as a further four point penalty.

Winter Cup

The Winter Cup was contested over two rounds at Croft on 1 November and Rockingham on 8 November. It was won by Árón Smith driving for Team Pyro.

Teams & Drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds Total Control Racing 1 Alex MacDowall All 9 Ray MacDowall All PH Motorsport 5 Phil House All Amery Motorsport 7 Darren Wilson All 50 Dave Newsham All Team Pyro 10 Árón Smith All 55 Quentin Smith All Mardi Gras Motorsport 88 David Dickenson All

Calendar & Winners

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 November	Árón Smith	Phil House	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
	R2			Árón Smith	Árón Smith	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	8 November	Alex MacDowall	Phil House	Phil House	PH Motorsport
	R4			Alex MacDowall	Árón Smith	Dave Newsham	Amery Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on the same scale as the main championship. All scores counted.

Pos Driver CRO ROC Pts 1 Árón Smith 1 1 2 2 124 2 Phil House 2 3 1 8 103 3 Alex MacDowall 3 2 4 3 100 4 David Dickenson 4 5 5 4 84 5 Dave Newsham 5 Ret 3 1 77 6 Quentin Smith 6 6 7 7 68 7 Ray MacDowall Ret 4 6 5 60 8 Darren Wilson Ret 7 8 6 48 Pos Driver CRO ROC Pts

External links

• Official website
• Timing Solutions Ltd.