2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom

none Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Renault Clio Cup UK season 2008 2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season 2009 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season 2008 ToCA Tour:2008 BTCC2008 Formula Renault UK2008 SEAT Cupra Championship2008 Ginetta Junior Championship2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB 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 GBR Richard Cannon 1-4, 6 GBR Steven Hunter 5, 8 GBR Matt Allison 9 GBR Max Hunter 10 3 GBR Mark Hazell 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 GBR Steven Hunter 4, 7 11 GBR Paul Rivett All 43 GBR Derek Pierce 7, 10 GBR Steven Hunter 9 Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 GBR Gavin Pyper All 10 IRL Árón Smith All 88 IRL David Dickenson All Team Pyro 4 GBR Ben Winrow 1-9 5 GBR Chris Rice All 6 GBR Alex Dew 8-10 7 GGY Chris Law 1-6, 10 15 GBR Jeff Smith 2-4, 6-10 GBR Neil Waterworth 5 Solutions Racing 6 GBR Alex Dew 1-7 46 GBR Robert Gaffney 1-2 Team Valtra 8 GBR Peter Felix 1 Full Speed Racing 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 23 GBR Chris Panayiotou 1-2, 6 28 GBR Phil Glew All 99 GBR Glenn Bell 1-6 GBR Chaz Small 7-9 Total Control Racing 9 GBR Alex MacDowall All 22 GBR Mike Robinson All 27 GBR Ray MacDowall 1, 3 GBR Nick Adcock 2, 4-5 GBR Jonathan Adam 6 ITA Fulvio Mussi 7 GBR Stefan Hodgetts 8-9 77 GBR Jonathan Ridley-Holloway All Coastal Racing 12 GBR Carl Bradley All 20 GBR Stephen Tyldsley 2-4, 6-7, 9-10 Y4HR Miracle Drywash with SVE 14 AUT Niki Lanik All Amery Motorsport 17 GBR David Shepherd All 21 GBR Jonathan Shepherd 1-8 GBR Dave Newsham 10 26 GBR Rob Austin 6 P9 Raceshop/Range Storage 24 GBR Lee Pattison All APO Sport 29 GBR Alex Osborne All Robertshaw Racing 32 GBR Matt Allison 7 43 GBR Derek Pierce 1-6 46 GBR Robert Gaffney 3-10 Team Wood Racing 44 GBR Lea Wood 1-2, 4-10 Double Six Racing 66 GBR 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 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Derek Pierce GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments R2 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Alex MacDowall GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 12–13 April GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro R4 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments 3 R5 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 3–4 May GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro R6 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Gavin Pyper GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 4 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 17–18 May GBR Ben Winrow GBR Steven Hunter GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro R8 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Alex MacDowall GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments 5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 31 May-1 June GBR Paul Rivett GBR Paul Rivett GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments R10 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Paul Rivett GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments 6 R11 Silverstone Circuit (GP), Northamptonshire 7–8 June GBR Ben Winrow GBR Jonathan Adam GBR Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing R12 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 7 R13 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 12–13 July GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro R14 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Matt Allison GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 8 R15 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 26–27 July GBR Gavin Pyper GBR Lea Wood GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro R16 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow GBR Stefan Hodgetts Total Control Racing 9 R17 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 30–31 August GBR Paul Rivett GBR Ben Winrow GBR Stefan Hodgetts Total Control Racing R18 GBR Paul Rivett GBR Steven Hunter GBR Lee Pattison P9 Raceshop/Range Storage 10 R19 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 20–21 September AUT Niki Lanik GBR Paul RivettGBR Alex MacDowall GBR Paul Rivett JHR Developments R20 AUT Niki Lanik GBR David Shepherd GBR 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 BHI ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BHI Total Drop Pen Pts 1 GBR Ben Winrow 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 20 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 DNS 496 11 1 495 2 GBR 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 GBR 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 GBR Carl Bradley NC 8 4 4 5 4 10 5 4 Ret 11 Ret 8 14 4 5 9 19 6 4 280 22 2 278 5 AUT Niki Lanik 17 3 16 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 5 4 6 Ret 19 21 7 4 8 5 2 3 264 23 3 262 6 GBR 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 GBR 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 GBR Rob Boston 9 15 5 Ret 20 18 6 Ret Ret 9 10 7 11 8 7 4 4 2 211 211 9 IRL 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 GBR 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 GBR 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 GBR 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 GBR Steven Hunter 2 2 20 12 5 3 9 DNS DNS 2 155 155 14 GBR 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 GBR 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 GBR Lea Wood 12 11 25 Ret 14 15 11 Ret 17 18 13 Ret 2 9 DNS 14 21 10 117 24 4 115 17 GBR Derek Pierce 14 4 10 12 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 28 14 Ret 19 10 Ret 110 2 108 18 GBR Alex Dew 8 Ret 14 16 16 14 Ret 19 19 16 24 Ret 11 16 17 15 17 10 17 16 96 25 5 94 19 GBR Stefan Hodgetts 14 1 1 3 96 36 6 93 20 GBR Glenn Bell 13 Ret 13 5 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 14 DNS DNS 85 85 21 GBR Richard Cannon Ret 13 6 3 Ret 16 19 22 7 13 82 82 22 GBR Peter Felix 10 12 17 9 13 15 Ret Ret 23 19 13 14 18 13 78 37 7 75 23 GBR Chris Rice DNS 16 24 23 19 12 Ret Ret 17 18 16 16 15 Ret Ret 12 13 17 15 11 76 28 8 74 24 GBR David Shepherd Ret 14 20 13 Ret 11 7 6 Ret Ret 25 Ret 14 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 15 78 89 9 70 25 GBR Stephen Tyldsley Ret 11 9 Ret 15 8 13 Ret Ret 15 15 20 12 14 79 910 10 70 26 IRL David Dickenson 5 Ret 26 Ret 14 Ret 17 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 22 16 17 19 18 19 19 71 211 11 69 27 GBR Jonathan Adam 1 2 62 62 28 GBR Matt Allison 3 12 Ret 6 54 54 29 GBR Nick Adcock 21 15 12 21 8 9 41 41 30 GGY Chris Law 16 10 23 21 DSQ 17 18 16 13 15 19 Ret 18 13 55 1912 12 36 31 GBR Chaz Small Ret 17 10 Ret 12 11 34 34 32 GBR Dave Newsham 3 Ret 25 25 33 GBR Jeff Smith Ret 25 20 18 Ret 23 22 17 Ret 23 12 16 21 Ret 22 18 25 25 34 ITA Fulvio Mussi 17 6 22 22 35 GBR Mark Hazell 19 18 Ret 24 17 Ret Ret 19 26 20 18 DNS 20 DNS Ret Ret 16 2 14 36 GBR Max Hunter 16 12 14 213 13 12 37 GBR Ray MacDowall DNS 21 10 Ret 11 11 38 GBR Jonathan Shepherd 18 23 27 19 21 Ret 21 24 21 Ret Ret 21 20 24 19 18 11 614 14 5 39 GBR Neil Waterworth 18 Ret 3 3 40 GBR Chris Panayiotou Ret 20 22 20 21 Ret 2 2 41 GBR Rob Austin 27 Ret 0 0 Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BHI Total Drop Pen Pts Notes: 1.1 - Ben Winrow was docked one point at Thruxton. 2.2 - Carl Bradley was docked two points at Thruxton. 3.3 - Niki Lanik was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting. 4.4 - Lea Wood was docked two points at Snetterton. 5.5 - Alex Dew was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting. 6.6 - Stefan Hodgetts was docked three points at Oulton Park. 7.7 - Peter Felix was docked three points at Donington Park. 8.8 - Chris Rice was docked two points at Thruxton. 9.9 - David Shepherd was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further six point penalty. 10.10 - Stephen Tyldsley was docked three points at Donington Park as well as a further six point penalty. 11.11 - David Dickenson was docked two points at Rockingham. 12.12 - Chris Law was docked four points at Donington Park as well as a further fifteen point penalty. 13.13 - Max Hunter was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting. 14.14 - 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 GBR Alex MacDowall All 9 GBR Ray MacDowall All PH Motorsport 5 GBR Phil House All Amery Motorsport 7 GBR Darren Wilson All 50 GBR Dave Newsham All Team Pyro 10 IRL Árón Smith All 55 IRL Quentin Smith All Mardi Gras Motorsport 88 IRL David Dickenson All Calendar & Winners Round Venue Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 November IRL Árón Smith GBR Phil House IRL Árón Smith Team Pyro R2 IRL Árón Smith IRL Árón Smith IRL Árón Smith Team Pyro 2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 8 November GBR Alex MacDowall GBR Phil House GBR Phil House PH Motorsport R4 GBR Alex MacDowall IRL Árón Smith GBR 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 IRL Árón Smith 1 1 2 2 124 2 GBR Phil House 2 3 1 8 103 3 GBR Alex MacDowall 3 2 4 3 100 4 IRL David Dickenson 4 5 5 4 84 5 GBR Dave Newsham 5 Ret 3 1 77 6 IRL Quentin Smith 6 6 7 7 68 7 GBR Ray MacDowall Ret 4 6 5 60 8 GBR Darren Wilson Ret 7 8 6 48 Pos Driver CRO ROC Pts External links Official website Timing Solutions Ltd. Renault Clip Cup Category:Renault Clio Cup UK seasons