2020 Mini Challenge UK

2020 Mini Challenge UK

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2020 ToCA Support series:
2020 BTCC
2020 F4 British Championship
2020 Ginetta Junior Championship
2020 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

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. 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.

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:

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the new schedule is as follows:

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Donington Park National	1-2 August	JCW	3
2	Oulton Park Island	22-23 August	Cooper	2
3	Knockhill Racing Circuit	29–30 August	JCW	3
4	Brands Hatch Indy	12 September	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S	2
5	Thruxton Circuit	19-20 September	Cooper	3
6	Silverstone National	26-27 September	JCW	3
7	Snetterton 300	26 September	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
8	Croft Circuit	10–11 October	Cooper	2
9	Snetterton 300	24–25 October	JCW	2
10	Donington Park National	7-8 November	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
11	Brands Hatch Indy	14-15 November	JCW	2
Source:

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
JamSport Racing	5	James Griffith	1
	10	Ant Whorton-Eales	1-2
	23	Ethan Hammerton	1-2
	30	Will Fairclough	TBA
	46	Stuart Gibbs	1-2
	88	Tom Rawlings	1-2
MPH Racing	6	Calum King	1-2
	17	Brad Hutchison	1-2
Lux Motorsport	8	Hannah Chapman	2
	13	Ryan Faulconbridge	1-2
	21	Jack Davidson	1-2
	24	Joe Tanner	2
	66	Ronan Pearson	1-2
	85	Steve King	2
Privateer	9	Billy Hardy	1-2
Lawrence Davey Racing	12	Neil Trotter	1-2
	16	Callum Newsham	1-2
	39	Lewis Brown	1-2
	91	Robbie Dalgleish	1-2
Excelr8 Motorsport	20	Kyle Reid	1-2
	27	Nathan Harrison	1-2
	36	William Newnham	1-2
	45	Dan Zelos	1-2
	99	Josh Stanton	1-2
	123	Isaac Smith	1-2
	315	Jason Lockwood	1-2
JWB Motorsport	31	Matthew Wilson	1-2
Elite Motorsport	44	Max Bird	1-2
	71	Max Coates	1-2
	77	Lewis Galer	1
Privateer	47	James McIntyre	1-2
Privateer	84	Ryan Dignan	1
Sean Walkinshaw Racing	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Cooper S Class
AReeve Motorsport	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	TBA	TBA	TBA
JamSport Racing	TBA	TBA	TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing	TBA	TBA	TBA
Lux Motorsport	TBA	TBA	TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport	TBA	TBA	TBA
Performancetek Racing	TBA	TBA	TBA
Cooper Class
DanKanMiniShop	2	James Hillery	TBA
	35	Ben Kasperczak	TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing	4	Mike Paul	TBA
	20	Charlie Mann	TBA
	60	Brendan Fitzgerald	TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport	5	Nicky Taylor	TBA
	29	Leonardo Panayiotou	TBA
	94	Josh Porter	TBA
	99	Ben Jenkins	TBA
Graves Motorsport	10	Bradley Gravett	TBA
	16	Alex Nevill	TBA
	27	Alfie Glenie	TBA
Performancetek Racing	14	Dominic Wheatley	TBA
Lee Pearce Racing	23	Lee Pearce	TBA
	711	Clark Wells	TBA
AReeve Motorsport	30	James Parker	TBA
	61	Harry Nunn	TBA
	80	Archie O'Brien	TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport	38	Morgan Wroot	TBA
	66	Andrew Ringland	TBA
Mannpower Motorsport	46	Paul Manning	TBA
Elite Motorsport	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	TBA

Results

JCW Class

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Donington Park GP	Ant Whorton-Eales	Lewis Brown	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
	2			Ant Whorton-Eales	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport
	3			Kyle Reid	Max Coates	Elite Motorsport
2	4	Knockhill Racing Circuit	Joe Tanner	Max Bird	Max Bird	Elite Motorsport
	5			Nathan Harrison	Max Bird	Elite Motorsport
	6			Nathan Harrison	Lewis Brown	Lawrence Davey Racing
3	7	Silverstone National
	8
	9
4	10	Snetterton 300
	11
	12
5	13	Brands Hatch Indy
	14
	15

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 Total Pen. Pts 1 Lewis Brown 3 3 5 10 8 1 223 223 2 Dan Zelos 4 2 6 8 3 3 221 221 3 Ant Whorton-Eales 1 6 3 4 4 Ret 208 208 4 Max Bird 9 16 7 1 1 Ret 181 181 5 Nathan Harrison 2 1 Ret Ret 11 4 167 167 6 Max Coates 6 5 1 6 21 5 197 -30 167 7 Isaac Smith 13 12 Ret 2 5 2 167 167 8 Tom Rawlings 10 4 4 3 12 Ret 162 162 9 Kyle Reid 8 7 2 12 7 Ret 161 161 10 Jack Davidson 5 17 8 5 2 6 190 -30 160 11 Josh Stanton 14 11 17 17 17 14 120 120 12 Callum Newsham 11 10 10 13 13 Ret 118 118 13 Robbie Dalgleish 17 13 Ret 14 9 7 117 117 14 Ronan Pearson 16 15 Ret 11 10 8 116 116 15 James MacIntyre 12 9 9 18 15 Ret 112 112 16 Ryan Faulconbridge 18 18 14 16 22 12 112 112 17 Matthew Wilson 19 21 16 21 20 9 106 106 18 William Newnham 15 14 11 20 18 Ret 97 97 19 Ethan Hammerton 21 28 Ret 24 16 18 81 81 20 Stuart Gibbs 23 27 18 Ret 24 17 80 80 21 Jason Lockwood 7 8 Ret 9 6 13 138 -60 78 22 Brad Hutchison Ret 23 13 19 Ret 10 78 78 23 Billy Hardy Ret 24 19 22 Ret 16 65 65 24 Joe Tanner 7 Ret 11 60 60 25 Neil Trotter 22 26 Ret 25 23 Ret 60 60 26 Steve King 23 19 15 51 51 27 Ryan Dignan 20 25 15 50 50 28 Hannah Chapman 15 14 Ret 41 41 29 James Griffith 24 19 Ret 31 31 30 Lewis Galer Ret 20 12 38 -20 18 31 Calum King Ret 22 Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 -20 -5 Pos Driver DON KNO SIL SNE BHI Total Pen. 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)

External links

• Official website