2012 Formula Renault BARC season

The Protyre 2012 Formula Renault BARC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2012 season was the 18th Formula Renault BARC Championship; the season began at Snetterton 200 on 7 April and ended on 7 October at Silverstone, after fourteen races, all held in England.

2012 Formula Renault BARC
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Following a second-place finish in the final race at Silverstone, Scott Malvern secured the championship title after achieving three victories during the season and eleven podiums in total, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the opening half of the season and Cullen Motorsport thereafter. MGR Motorsport driver Josh Webster finished the season as runner-up for the second consecutive year; although he won five races – tied for most wins in the season along with Fortec Motorsport's Seb Morris – during the campaign, a less consistent finishing record allowed Malvern to take the title by 33 points via dropped scores. Morris was third at the end of the season, having started half of the season's races from pole position in his first year in the series having graduated from Ginetta Juniors. The only other race winner was Webster's team-mate David Wagner, who finished fourth in the championship.

Teams and drivers
2012 Entry List[1]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport 2 Chris Middlehurst All
Cliff Dempsey Racing 3 Trent Hindman 1–3
4 Scott Malvern 1–3
22 Falco Wauer 5
23 Matthew Brabham 6
42 James Theodore 4
Cullen Motorsport 4 Scott Malvern 4–6
17 Ryan Cullen 6
Antel Motorsport 5 Ivan Taranov 1–5
6 Raoul Owens All
7 Tom Oliphant All
8 Henry Chart All
18 Jake Hughes 6
Scorpio Motorsport 5 Ivan Taranov 6
16 Henrique Baptista All
20 Macaulay Walsh All
MGR Motorsport 9 Josh Webster All
25 Jake Dalton All
43 David Wagner All
66 James Fletcher All
RPD Motorsport 10 Ovie Iroro 2
Hillspeed Matt Rao 6
15 Struan Moore 5–6
28 Kieran Vernon 2–6
44 Jacob Nortoft 1–5
49 Marcus Allen 1–2
MTECH Lite 11 Joe Ghanem 2–6
12 Shahan Sarkissian 2–6
33 Sean Walkinshaw[2] All
36 Jorge Cevallos All
ACS Motorsport 13 Oliver Sirrell 1–5
Fortec Motorsports 21 Laura Tillett[3] All
26 Diego Menchaca All
31 Seb Morris All
88 Martin Cao[4] All
SWB Motorsport 24 Tommy Ostgaard 6
27 Jack Dex 1–2, 6
JWA-Avila 30 Michael Epps All
55 Matt Tiffin All
National College for Motorsport 32 Max Robinson 6
Core Motorsport 50 Anton Spires 6

Race calendar and results

The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and will expand to fourteen rounds at six events, with two triple header events. A provisional calendar was released on 10 November 2011, with the final round still to be confirmed. This first provisional calendar showed Snetterton and Brands Hatch as the season opening triple headers.[5] A revised provisional calendar was released on 2 December 2011, adding Silverstone as the final round, in support of the British Touring Car Championship. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced in favour of a round at Thruxton. The calendar also had major date changes, with the triple header events moved to Snetterton,[6] and Donington Park.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Snetterton 200 7 April Seb Morris Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R2 8 April Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R3 Seb Morris Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing
2 R4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 20 May Seb Morris Scott Malvern Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R5 Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
3 R6 Thruxton Circuit 17 June Josh Webster Josh Webster Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing
R7 Josh Webster Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
4 R8 Croft Circuit 22 July Josh Webster Josh Webster Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R9 David Wagner Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
5 R10 Donington Park (National) 18 August Josh Webster Josh Webster Josh Webster MGR Motorsport
R11 19 August Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Cullen Motorsport
R12 David Wagner Seb Morris David Wagner MGR Motorsport
6 R13 Silverstone Circuit 6 October Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R14 7 October Seb Morris Scott Malvern Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 13 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points
1 Scott Malvern 13 3 1 2 2 1 5 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 368
2 Josh Webster 1 2 2 13 20 2 1 1 1 1 4 6 2 13 335
3 Seb Morris 6 1 5 1 1 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 3 1 1 274
4 David Wagner 2 4 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 3 7 2 1 Ret 5 243
5 Kieran Vernon 4 5 3 2 2 5 6 7 7 7 3 236
6 Macaulay Walsh 3 7 4 5 10 5 3 Ret 17 4 8 4 10 22 214
7 James Fletcher Ret 5 7 3 3 18 8 3 8 8 6 12 9 9 210
8 Jake Dalton 5 Ret 3 7 12 4 4 13 Ret 5 10 8 14 8 192
9 Chris Middlehurst 11 14 15 Ret Ret DNS 11 11 10 3 3 5 5 Ret 147
10 Ivan Taranov 9 6 16 18 7 9 9 14 12 Ret 19 19 8 4 142
11 Diego Menchaca 8 8 9 10 13 19 Ret 7 6 11 18 15 12 Ret 130
12 Jorge Cevallos 14 Ret 11 16 14 7 6 9 7 Ret 12 13 Ret 10 123
13 Michael Epps 19 15 13 15 21 Ret DNS 10 Ret 9 9 9 4 7 112
14 Martin Cao Ret 12 12 8 4 22 7 DNS 15 Ret 13 11 25 18 100
15 Jacob Nortoft Ret Ret DNS 9 8 14 15 Ret 9 10 11 10 87
16 Tom Oliphant 18 17 17 17 17 13 10 Ret 13 14 14 18 20 20 73
17 Jack Dex 7 9 10 Ret Ret 11 6 71
18 Sean Walkinshaw 17 13 20 19 16 15 17 8 18 13 21 Ret Ret 12 71
19 Raoul Owens 10 11 24 12 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 24 NC 23 19 70
20 Henrique Baptista 12 19 19 24 19 21 13 16 Ret 18 Ret 17 NC 11 51
21 James Theodore 5 4 42
22 Matt Tiffin 15 Ret 18 22 15 17 19 15 Ret 17 22 21 21 21 38
23 Joe Ghanem Ret Ret 16 18 12 Ret 20 16 14 18 Ret 36
24 Oliver Sirrell 16 16 21 21 22 11 14 18 Ret 21 Ret 23 35
25 Marcus Allen 21 Ret 14 14 9 31
26 Laura Tillett 20 18 22 20 18 DNS DNS 19 16 Ret 17 20 22 25 24
27 Struan Moore 19 23 16 13 17 21
28 Henry Chart 22 Ret 23 23 24 Ret 16 20 14 15 20 24 27 24 21
29 Shahan Sarkissian Ret 23 20 Ret 17 Ret 16 15 22 26 Ret 17
30 Jake Hughes 24 15 7
31 Tommy Ostgaard 15 Ret 7
32 Matt Rao 16 Ret 6
33 Anton Spires Ret 16 6
34 Ryan Cullen 17 23 5
35 Max Robinson 19 Ret 3
Falco Wauer Ret Ret Ret 0
Ovie Iroro DNS DNS 0
Ineligible drivers
Trent Hindman 4 10 8 11 6 12 12 0
Matthew Brabham 6 14 0
Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Formula Renault BARC Winter Series

The 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series with Michelin will be the 15th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season without the Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship, making this the first BARC championship only winter series. The series will commence at Brands Hatch on 20–21 October and end at Rockingham on 10 November, after four races at two rounds held in England.[7]

Teams and drivers

The series organisers announced a 19 car grid on 18 October 2012, for the opening round of the winter series, with more cars expected for the Rockingham round.[8]

Team No. Driver name Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport GTR 2 Chris Middlehurst All
MGR Motorsport 4 Gustav Malja 1
8 Jake Hughes 2
14 Matt Mason All
15 Tom Oliphant 2
Cliff Dempsey Racing
(Team USA)[N 1]		 5 Olly Rae All
23 Matthew Brabham All
Cullen Motorsport 7 Ryan Cullen 1
MTech Lite 9 Joe Ghanem All
13 Shahan Sarkissian 2
33 Sean Walkinshaw All
Hillspeed 10 Matthew Rao All
21 George Gamble All
Core Motorsport 11 Ivan Taranov All
30 Michael Epps All
Fortec Motorsport 12 Jack Aitken All
16 Patric Armand 2
26 Laura Tillett 1
31 Seb Morris All
88 Hongwei Cao All
Jamun Racing Services 17 Luke Williams All
SWB Motorsport 27 Cameron Twynham All
Kingdom Motorsport 50 Anton Spires 1
  1. Matthew Brabham competed with the Team USA Banner

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 7 September 2012, with the first round at Brands Hatch in support of the British Touring Car Championship.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 20 October Matt Mason Matt Mason Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R2 21 October Jack Aitken Matt Mason Matt Mason MGR Motorsport
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 10 November Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
R4 Seb Morris Jack Aitken[N 1] Jack Aitken Fortec Motorsport
Notes
  1. Aitken achieved the fastest lap among championship competitors, as Matthew Brabham set the fastest lap of the race, but was ineligible to score the two championship points on offer.

Championship standings
Pos Driver BRH ROC Points
1 Seb Morris 1 4 1 4 113
2 Jack Aitken 2 3 3 1 112
3 Matt Mason 6 1 5 3 104
4 Chris Middlehurst 3 2 4 6 95
5 Hongwei Cao 7 9 2 5 82
6 Cameron Twynham 10 6 10 12 54
7 George Gamble 8 7 Ret 8 50
8 Ivan Taranov 15 Ret 6 7 43
9 Sean Walkinshaw 12 14 13 10 39
10 Michael Epps 4 Ret Ret 9 36
11 Olly Rae 14 10 12 18 34
12 Ryan Cullen 9 8 30
13 Joe Ghanem Ret 11 11 14 30
14 Jake Hughes 8 13 23
15 Tom Oliphant 7 16 22
16 Anton Spires 11 13 20
17 Laura Tillett 13 12 19
18 Luke Williams Ret 15 Ret 15 14
19 Shahan Sarkissian 14 17 13
20 Matt Rao DNS DNS Ret 11 11
Gustav Malja Ret Ret 0
Ineligible drivers
Matthew Brabham 5 5 9 2 0
Patric Armand Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver BRH ROC Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References
  1. Paice, Simon (8 March 2012). "Renault BARC Set For Bumper 2012 Grid". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. Turner, Kevin (23 February 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Ginetta champ Morris closes in on single-seater move after Fortec run". Autosport. Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications. 207 (8): 83. Reigning Ginetta Junior champion Seb Morris is closing in on a deal to move into single-seaters this season in Formula Renault BARC...Meanwhile, rival squad MTECH Lite has signed Sean Walkinshaw for this season and is hoping to run James Thorp alongside him.
  3. Turner, Kevin (1 March 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Fortec seat for kart ace Tillett". Autosport. Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications. 207 (9): 82. World Championship kart racer Laura Tillett will graduate to single-seaters this season in Formula Renault BARC. The 20-year-old daughter of renowned kart-seat manufacturer Steve Tillett will drive for the Fortec Motorsports team that ran Josh Webster to the runner-up spot in last season's FR BARC championship.
  4. "2012 is go go go!". Fortec Motorsport. WordPress. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. "Impressive Fourteen Round Provisional 2012 Calendar Revealed". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. "TOCA Support Date For 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Finale". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. "BTCC finale support date for Formula Renault BARC Winter Series". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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