The 2016 Mini Challenge season was the fifteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 23 April at Donington Park and ended on 30 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured eight rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Donington Park[1] 23–24 April JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3
2 Brands Hatch 7–8 May JCW 2
3 Silverstone Circuit 28–29 May All 3
4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 18–19 June JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3
5 Brands Hatch 16–17 July All 3
6 Oulton Park 20 August All 2
7 Cadwell Park 3 September Cooper S, Cooper, Open 2
8 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 29–30 October All 3

Entry list

Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
MINI UK VIP 1 United Kingdom Charlie Butler-Henderson All
37 United Kingdom Rob Smith All
52 United Kingdom Dan Prosser 1
United Kingdom Rebecca Jackson 2-3, 5-6
United Kingdom Richard Aucock 7
61 United Kingdom James Turkington 1, 3-7
Sussex Road & Race 2 United Kingdom Ben Seyfried 5-6
26 United Kingdom Luke Reade 1-6
46 United Kingdom Sam Osborne 1-6
194 United Kingdom Michael O'Brien 6
ES Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Steve King 1-5, 7
45 United Kingdom Calum King All
Excelr8 Motorsport 10 United Kingdom Chris Smith All
13 Hungary Bence Balogh 1, 4, 6
18 United Kingdom Mark Wakefield 7
59 Guatemala Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 1, 3
68 United Kingdom Ben Constanduros 3
69 United Kingdom Mark Steward 1-2
79 United Kingdom Jono Brown All
88 United Kingdom Reece Barr 7
666 United Kingdom Luke Caudle All
Unitec Motorsport 16 United Kingdom David Grady All
Mark Wakefield Motorsport 18 United Kingdom Mark Wakefield 1-6
Lawrence Davey Racing 19 United Kingdom Lawrence Davey All
26 United Kingdom Luke Reade 7
46 United Kingdom Sam Osborne 7
68 United Kingdom Scot Adam 5
Coastal Racing 27 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison All
89 United Kingdom Shane Stoney 1
OX4 Racing 35 United Kingdom James Loukes 1-2, 7
United Kingdom Chris Oakman 3-4
United Kingdom Chris Fryer 5-6
Eurotech Racing 39 United Kingdom Brett Smith All
55 United Kingdom Jeff Smith 1, 3, 5-7
76 United Kingdom Jo Polley 1-3, 5-7
Team Dynamics 42 United Kingdom Henry Neal All
AR Performance 56 United Kingdom Adam Cunnington 1-5, 7
Ignis Racing 58 United Kingdom Chris Boon 1, 3-7
80 United Kingdom Nick Boon All
Oakfield Motorsport 77 United Kingdom Neil Newstead All
Privateer 84 United Kingdom Ryan Dignan 6-7
Staffs Racing 99 United Kingdom Kevin O'Connor All
Forster Motorsport 777 United Kingdom Arthur Forster 1
Cooper S Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 24 United Kingdom Rob Austin 2-5, 7
118 United Kingdom Toby Hotston 1
Lawrence Davey Racing 38 United Kingdom Scot Adam All
Oakfield Motorsport 66 United Kingdom Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1-4
77 United Kingdom Neil Newstead 6
94 United Kingdom Tim Porter All
Team Maxxis 90 United Kingdom Scott Jeffs 1-3, 5-7
Sussex Road & Race 176 United Kingdom Carlito Miracco 3-7
Cooper Class
Privateer 4 United Kingdom Michael Bamber All
RTS Motorsport 6 United Kingdom Sam Weller All
Rob Sims Racing 9 United Kingdom Simon Walton 1-5
47 United Kingdom James Goodall All
91 United Kingdom Owen Walton All
96 United Kingdom Adrian Norman All
Excelr8 Motorsport 11 United Kingdom Max Bladon All
21 United Kingdom Adam Davey 1-4
107 United Kingdom Piers Prior 1
United Kingdom Iain Webber 2
United Kingdom Luke Chard-Maple 3
United Kingdom Macaulay Austin 4
United Kingdom Greg Barnard 5
United Kingdom Nick Griggs 6
United Kingdom Will Foulkes 7
108 United Kingdom Fraser Rose 5
Mintech 14 United Kingdom Tony Lynch 1
Coastal Racing 17 United Kingdom Josh Gollin All
20 United Kingdom Kyle Reid 1, 5
25 United Kingdom Nathaniel Gollin 2-4, 7
29 United Kingdom Morgan Jones 1-5
49 United Kingdom Martin Poole 1-2, 4-7
87 United Kingdom Max Leaver 4
93 United Kingdom Ollie Walker 4
Team Dynamics 22 United Kingdom Will Neal All
Privateer 36 United Kingdom Marco Haig 1-2, 5-7
Lawrence Davey Racing 98 United Kingdom Darren Chatt 4
Privateer 117 United Kingdom Brad Hutchison All
Open Class
Privateer 5 United Kingdom Chloe Hewitt All
Sussex Road & Race 23 United Kingdom Simon Clark All
555 United Kingdom Andrew Bailey 1-2
Privateer 28 United Kingdom Martyn Hathaway 2-3, 5
114 United Kingdom Sam Hathaway 2-3, 5
Oakfield Motorsport 33 United Kingdom Stuart Lane 1-3
RTS Motorsport 34 United Kingdom Richard Mills All
AReeve Motorsport 44 United Kingdom Aaron Reeve 1-3, 5
83 United Kingdom Laura Davis 3
121 United Kingdom Jono Davis All
606 United Kingdom Tim Bill 5
Lawrence Davey Racing 81 United Kingdom Keith Issatt All
Privateer 196 United Kingdom Taelor Shand 5

Championship standings

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
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

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos Driver DON BHGP SIL ROC BHI OUL SNE Pts
1 David Grady 5 C 3 9 9 1 1 19 8 9 3 2 1 3 2 15 1 1 C 623
2 Nathan Harrison 2 C 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 9 9 9 12 DNS 2 2 C 614
3 Charlie Butler-Henderson 1 C 2 4 1 5 3 2 7 3 2 3 4 8 Ret DNS 3 3 C 604
4 Jono Brown 6 C 16 1 5 4 4 1 1 1 16 5 18 13 4 14 5 6 C 561
5 Brett Smith 12 C 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 5 Ret 1 2 6 Ret 1 4 4 C 558
6 Chris Smith 3 C 4 2 4 2 5 11 4 2 5 11 10 7 Ret Ret 10 13 C 501
7 Rob Smith 4 C 9 5 3 8 14 8 5 6 Ret 4 3 2 Ret 3 12 10 C 492
8 Lawrence Davey 17 C 10 7 8 7 8 5 9 15 12 18 8 5 13 4 9 8 C 450
9 Henry Neal 11 C 17 11 13 13 10 9 6 7 6 12 7 4 Ret 2 8 5 C 447
10 Mark Wakefield Ret C 18 8 12 11 12 10 12 10 4 17 11 10 7 13 15 12 C 374
11 Sam Osborne 9 C 12 12 10 14 13 12 23 17 10 16 15 14 14 17 6 7 C 351
12 James Turkington 10 C 11 10 9 7 14 20 7 13 12 Ret 11 6 7 9 C 349
13 Neil Newstead 7 C 5 15 15 Ret 17 13 11 13 Ret 10 6 12 6 21 11 Ret C 331
14 Luke Caudle Ret C 13 10 7 12 Ret DNS 15 8 8 8 5 1 3 12 Ret DSQ C 316
15 Calum King 20 C 20 16 18 16 16 14 16 11 9 19 17 Ret 8 16 Ret 20 C 276
16 Luke Reade Ret C 15 14 14 Ret Ret 22 10 21 11 6 DNS 17 20 5 13 14 C 265
17 Chris Boon 15 C DNS 15 Ret 15 22 16 14 15 16 15 9 20 20 18 C 230
18 Nick Boon 21 C 19 20 20 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 17 21 21 18 17 10 18 22 C 227
19 Jeff Smith Ret C 8 Ret 11 16 7 14 11 1 Ret 14 11 C 218
20 Adam Cunnington 13 C 14 18 16 17 21 25 13 Ret DNS 27 20 16 19 17 C 203
21 Kevin O'Connor Ret C DNS 19 17 23 22 24 21 19 15 23 23 19 Ret 9 23 23 C 197
22 Jo Polley 18 C 24 21 21 21 19 18 24 24 20 19 11 22 21 C 187
23 Steve King 22 C Ret 23 23 22 20 23 20 18 18 26 25 Ret 24 24 C 154
24 Bence Balogh 8 C DNS 17 12 Ret 10 7 C 116
25 Chris Oakman C 18 18 21 18 14 13 C 101
26 James Loukes 23 C 21 13 11 17 16 C 99
27 Chris Fryer C 22 19 22 15 18 C 75
28 Mark Steward Ret C 26 17 19 C 38
29 Reece Barr C 16 15 C 35
30 Shane Stoney 16 C 23 C 30
31 Arthur Forster 19 C 22 C 29
32 Dan Prosser Ret C 25 C 9
drivers ineligible for points
  Michael O'Brien C 5 Ret C 0
  Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 14 C 7 9 7 6 C 0
  Ben Seyfried C 14 13 DNS Ret 8 C 0
  Ben Constanduros C 20 14 17 C 0
  Ryan Dignan C 16 19 21 19 C 0
  Rebecca Jackson C 22 22 Ret 23 26 25 Ret 21 18 Ret C 0
  Scot Adam C 20 22 DNS C 0
  Richard Aucock C 25 25 C 0
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)

Cooper S Class

Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Scott Jeffs 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 C 2 3 2 2 1 1 C 675
2 Scot Adam 2 Ret DNS 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 C 2 3 1 Ret 3 4 2 C 645
3 Tim Porter 3 3 2 4 4 5 3 5 1 2 C 5 5 4 3 Ret 2 3 C 633
4 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1 2 Ret 5 5 1 1 2 2 5 C 4 442
5 Carlito Miracco 5 3 Ret 4 C 3 1 2 Ret 1 5 4 C 378
6 Rob Austin 3 3 4 Ret 6 3 1 C 1 4 DNS 3 Ret C 369
7 Toby Hotston 5 4 3 C C 111
8 Neil Newstead C 1 Ret C 50

Cooper Class

Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Max Bladon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 C 812
2 Josh Gollin 2 2 2 4 13 6 2 4 4 2 C 3 DSQ 5 6 1 9 8 C 570
3 Sam Weller 4 4 Ret 5 2 2 4 Ret Ret 6 C 2 4 3 4 3 4 6 C 537
4 Brad Hutchison Ret 6 DSQ 3 Ret 12 5 2 2 Ret C 4 3 Ret 2 5 4 3 C 488
5 Will Neal 8 13 Ret 9 10 11 11 9 5 12 C 8 Ret 10 5 2 3 2 C 473
6 Michael Bamber 5 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 6 6 6 4 C 4 Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret C 467
7 Owen Walton 10 12 11 6 11 10 8 5 11 9 C 10 8 8 DNS DNS 7 7 C 394
8 James Goodall 9 9 10 10 5 5 7 7 3 13 C 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 9 C 392
9 Adrian Norman 11 14 8 12 9 9 12 11 7 10 C Ret 7 Ret 8 8 11 11 C 367
10 Martin Poole Ret 7 7 Ret 6 3 14 C Ret 5 1 3 Ret 2 4 C 349
11 Marco Haig 6 8 Ret 8 12 8 C 6 6 10 7 12 12 C 294
12 Simon Walton Ret 15 5 13 8 4 3 3 DNS 3 C DNS Ret DNS C 270
13 Adam Davey 7 3 9 7 3 DSQ 10 8 10 8 C DNS C 262
14 Nathaniel Gollin 11 7 7 9 Ret Ret 11 C 9 6 5 C 228
15 Morgan Jones Ret 11 6 14 14 13 Ret 12 8 WD C WD Ret 9 C 196
16 Kyle Reid Ret Ret 3 C 1 4 C 127
17 Piers Prior 3 5 4 C C 108
18 Luke Chard-Maple 13 10 9 C C 70
19 Iain Webber 15 15 14 C C 55
20 Nick Griggs C 9 9 C 52
21 Macaulay Austin 15 C 7 C 48
22 Fraser Rose C 10 11 C 46
23 Will Foulkes C 13 10 C 44
24 Ollie Walker 5 C Ret C 34
25 Max Leaver Ret C 6 C 32
26 Darren Chatt 7 C Ret C 30
27 Greg Barnard C 9 Ret C 26
28 Tony Lynch 12 Ret DNS C C 21

Open Class

Pos Driver SIL BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts
1 Keith Issatt 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 6 2 2 2 2 C 482
2 Jono Davis 4 3 Ret 4 C 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 C 457
3 Richard Mills 2 4 1 2 C 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 C 422
4 Chloe Hewitt 5 6 4 8 C DNS 5 4 5 4 5 7 C 337
5 Simon Clark DNS 5 3 5 C 3 2 3 3 Ret Ret 6 C 307
6 Stuart Lane 3 1 5 3 C 6 DNS DNS C 202
7 Aaron Reeve Ret Ret Ret 6 C 5 Ret Ret 4 4 C 140
8 Sam Hathaway 7 C 7 DNS DNS Ret 5 C 60
9 Tim Bill C 6 10 C 56
10 Taelor Shand C 7 9 C 56
11 Martyn Hathaway 9 C 8 DNS DNS Ret 8 C 54
12 Laura Davis C Ret 5 C 34
13 Andrew Bailey Ret Ret DNS Ret C Ret C 0

References

  1. "Donington set for weekend Mini mayhem". Derby Evening Telegraph (UK). April 22, 2016. p. 43. ProQuest 1783586892.
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