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Eighteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK
The 2020 Quaife Mini Challenge season was the nineteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK . The season was supposed to start on 28 March at Donington Park and end on 20 October at Donington Park . It included sixteen rounds across the UK, all the JCW Class races and 2 of the Cooper Class races support the British Touring Car Championship .[ 1] The season featured the start of the JCW Mini Challenge Trophy.
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic , the schedule was drastically reduced to five rounds starting 1/2 August.[ 2]
Calendar
The original calendar was as follows:
Round
Circuit
Date
Classes
Races
1
Donington Park National
28–29 March
JCW
3
2
Brands Hatch Indy
11–12 April
JCW
3
3
Silverstone National
25–26 April
JCW
3
4
Cadwell Park
8 May
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S
2
5
Thruxton Circuit
16–17 May
Cooper
3
6
Oulton Park Island
13–14 June
JCW
2
7
Oulton Park Island
20 June
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
8
Snetterton 300
4 July
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
9
Snetterton 300
25–26 July
JCW
3
10
Brands Hatch Indy
8–9 August
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
3
11
Croft Circuit
15–16 August
JCW
2
12
Knockhill Racing Circuit
29–30 August
JCW
3
13
Donington Park National
12 September
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
14
Silverstone International
26–27 September
Cooper
3
15
Brands Hatch GP
10–11 October
JCW
3
16
Donington Park National
24 October
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
Source:[ 3] [ 4]
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic , the new schedule is as follows:[ 2]
Entry list
Team
Driver
Rounds
JCW Class
JamSport Racing [ 7]
5
James Griffith
1
10
Ant Whorton-Eales [ 8]
1
23
Ethan Hammerton
1
30
Will Fairclough
TBA
46
Stuart Gibbs
1
88
Tom Rawlings
1
MPH Racing [ 9]
6
Calum King
1
17
Brad Hutchison
1
Lux Motorsport [ 10]
8
Hannah Chapman
TBA
13
Ryan Faulconbridge
1
21
Jack Davidson
1
24
Joe Tanner
TBA
66
Ronan Pearson [ 11]
1
Privateer
9
Billy Hardy
1
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 12]
12
Neil Trotter
1
16
Callum Newsham [ 13]
1
39
Lewis Brown
1
91
Robbie Dalgleish [ 14]
1
Excelr8 Motorsport [ 15]
20
Kyle Reid [ 16]
1
27
Nathan Harrison
1
36
William Newnham [ 17]
1
45
Dan Zelos [ 18]
1
99
Josh Stanton [ 19]
1
123
Isaac Smith [ 20]
1
315
Jason Lockwood [ 21]
1
JWB Motorsport [ 22]
31
Matthew Wilson
1
Elite Motorsport [ 23] [ 24]
44
Max Bird [ 25]
1
71
Max Coates [ 26]
1
77
Lewis Galer [ 27]
1
Privateer
47
James McIntyre
1
Privateer
84
Ryan Dignan
1
Sean Walkinshaw Racing [ 28] [ 29]
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Cooper S Class
AReeve Motorsport [ 30]
21
Keir McConomy
TBA
24
Rob Austin
TBA
47
James Goodall
TBA
190
Alan Lee
TBA
DanKanMiniShop
23
Dan Butcher-Lloyd
TBA
College of West Anglia
55
Gary Papworth
TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport [ 31]
TBA
TBA
TBA
JamSport Racing [ 32]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 33]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Lux Motorsport [ 34]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport [ 35]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Performancetek Racing [ 36]
TBA
TBA
TBA
Cooper Class
DanKanMiniShop
2
James Hillery
TBA
35
Ben Kasperczak
TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 37]
4
Mike Paul
TBA
20
Charlie Mann
TBA
60
Brendan Fitzgerald [ 38]
TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport [ 39]
5
Nicky Taylor
TBA
29
Leonardo Panayiotou [ 40]
TBA
94
Josh Porter [ 41]
TBA
99
Ben Jenkins
TBA
Graves Motorsport [ 42]
10
Bradley Gravett
TBA
16
Alex Nevill [ 43]
TBA
27
Alfie Glenie
TBA
Performancetek Racing [ 44]
14
Dominic Wheatley
TBA
Lee Pearce Racing
23
Lee Pearce
TBA
711
Clark Wells
TBA
AReeve Motorsport [ 45]
30
James Parker
TBA
61
Harry Nunn [ 46]
TBA
80
Archie O'Brien [ 47]
TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport [ 48]
38
Morgan Wroot
TBA
66
Andrew Ringland
TBA
Mannpower Motorsport
46
Paul Manning
TBA
Elite Motorsport [ 49]
49
Martin Poole
TBA
College of West Anglia
51
Andy Langley
TBA
53
Neal Clarke
TBA
54
Adrian Norman
TBA
Misty Racing
77
Alex Jay
TBA
Privateer
82
Lydia Walmsley [ 50]
TBA
Results
JCW Class
Championship standings
Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the all finishing 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+
PP
FL
Points
50
44
40
37
34
32
30
28
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
6
6
Drivers' Championship
JCW Class
Pos
Driver
DON
KNO
SIL
SNE
BHI
Pts
1
Ant Whorton-Eales
1
6
3
134
2
Lewis Brown
3
3
5
120
3
Max Coates
6
5
1
116
4
Dan Zelos
4
2
6
113
5
Kyle Reid
8
7
2
108
6
Tom Rawlings
10
4
4
99
7
Nathan Harrison
2
1
Ret
94
8
Jack Davidson
5
17
8
80
9
Max Bird
9
16
7
75
10
James McIntyre
12
9
9
75
11
Callum Newsham
11
10
10
74
12
William Newnham
15
14
11
65
13
Josh Stanton
14
11
17
63
14
Jason Lockwood
7
8
Ret
58
15
Ryan Faulconbridge
18
18
14
55
16
Ryan Dignan
20
25
15
50
17
Matthew Wilson
19
21
16
50
18
Stuart Gibbs
23
27
18
47
19
Isaac Smith
13
12
Ret
45
20
Robbie Dalgeish
17
13
Ret
40
21
Ronan Pearson
16
15
Ret
39
22
Lewis Galer
Ret
20
12
38
23
Brad Hutchison
Ret
23
13
37
24
James Griffith
24
19
Ret
31
25
Billy Hardy
Ret
24
19
31
26
Ethan Hammerton
21
28
Ret
30
27
Neil Trotter
22
26
Ret
30
28
Calum King
Ret
22
Ret
15
-
Hannah Chapman
WD
WD
WD
0
-
Joe Tanner
WD
WD
WD
0
Pos
Driver
DON
KNO
SIL
SNE
BHI
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
References
External links