2016 Mini Challenge UK

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.

2016 Mini Challenge UK
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017

Calendar
Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Donington Park 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 Charlie Butler-Henderson All
37 Rob Smith All
52 Dan Prosser 1
Rebecca Jackson 2-3, 5-6
Richard Aucock 7
61 James Turkington 1, 3-7
Sussex Road & Race 2 Ben Seyfried 5-6
26 Luke Reade 1-6
46 Sam Osborne 1-6
194 Michael O'Brien 6
ES Motorsport 7 Steve King 1-5, 7
45 Calum King All
Excelr8 Motorsport 10 Chris Smith All
13 Bence Balogh 1, 4, 6
18 Mark Wakefield 7
59 Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 1, 3
68 Ben Constanduros 3
69 Mark Steward 1-2
79 Jono Brown All
88 Reece Barr 7
666 Luke Caudle All
Unitec Motorsport 16 David Grady All
Mark Wakefield Motorsport 18 Mark Wakefield 1-6
Lawrence Davey Racing 19 Lawrence Davey All
26 Luke Reade 7
46 Sam Osborne 7
68 Scot Adam 5
Coastal Racing 27 Nathan Harrison All
89 Shane Stoney 1
OX4 Racing 35 James Loukes 1-2, 7
Chris Oakman 3-4
Chris Fryer 5-6
Eurotech Racing 39 Brett Smith All
55 Jeff Smith 1, 3, 5-7
76 Jo Polley 1-3, 5-7
Team Dynamics 42 Henry Neal All
AR Performance 56 Adam Cunnington 1-5, 7
Ignis Racing 58 Chris Boon 1, 3-7
80 Nick Boon All
Oakfield Motorsport 77 Neil Newstead All
Privateer 84 Ryan Dignan 6-7
Staffs Racing 99 Kevin O'Connor All
Forster Motorsport 777 Arthur Forster 1
Cooper S Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 24 Rob Austin 2-5, 7
118 Toby Hotston 1
Lawrence Davey Racing 38 Scot Adam All
Oakfield Motorsport 66 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1-4
77 Neil Newstead 6
94 Tim Porter All
Team Maxxis 90 Scott Jeffs 1-3, 5-7
Sussex Road & Race 176 Carlito Miracco 3-7
Cooper Class
Privateer 4 Michael Bamber All
RTS Motorsport 6 Sam Weller All
Rob Sims Racing 9 Simon Walton 1-5
47 James Goodall All
91 Owen Walton All
96 Adrian Norman All
Excelr8 Motorsport 11 Max Bladon All
21 Adam Davey 1-4
107 Piers Prior 1
Iain Webber 2
Luke Chard-Maple 3
Macaulay Austin 4
Greg Barnard 5
Nick Griggs 6
Will Foulkes 7
108 Fraser Rose 5
Mintech 14 Tony Lynch 1
Coastal Racing 17 Josh Gollin All
20 Kyle Reid 1, 5
25 Nathaniel Gollin 2-4, 7
29 Morgan Jones 1-5
49 Martin Poole 1-2, 4-7
87 Max Leaver 4
93 Ollie Walker 4
Team Dynamics 22 Will Neal All
Privateer 36 Marco Haig 1-2, 5-7
Lawrence Davey Racing 98 Darren Chatt 4
Privateer 117 Brad Hutchison All
Open Class
Privateer 5 Chloe Hewitt All
Sussex Road & Race 23 Simon Clark All
555 Andrew Bailey 1-2
Privateer 28 Martyn Hathaway 2-3, 5
114 Sam Hathaway 2-3, 5
Oakfield Motorsport 33 Stuart Lane 1-3
RTS Motorsport 34 Richard Mills All
AReeve Motorsport 44 Aaron Reeve 1-3, 5
83 Laura Davis 3
121 Jono Davis All
606 Tim Bill 5
Lawrence Davey Racing 81 Keith Issatt All
Privateer 196 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
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)

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
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