2020 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.

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

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]

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, Cooper 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:[5][6]

Entry list
Team No. 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
36 Mark Cornell TBA
85 Toby Goodman TBA
94 Josh Porter [41] TBA
99 Ben Jenkins TBA
Privateer 14 Dominic Wheatley TBA
Graves Motorsport [42] 16 Alex Nevill [43] TBA
21 Bradley Gravett TBA
27 Alfie Glenie TBA
Privateer 23 Lee Pearce TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport [44] 38 Morgan Wroot TBA
66 Andrew Ringland TBA
Mannpower Motorsport 46 Paul Manning TBA
Elite Motorsport [45] 49 Martin Poole TBA
College of West Anglia 51 Andy Langley TBA
53 Neal Clarke TBA
54 Adrian Norman TBA
AReeve Motorsport [46] 61 Harry Nunn [47] TBA
80 Archie O'Brien [48] TBA
Misty Racing 77 Alex Jay TBA
Privateer 82 Lydia Walmsley [49] TBA
JamSport Racing [50] TBA TBA TBA
Lux Motorsport [51] TBA TBA TBA
Performancetek Racing [52] TBA TBA 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
5
6
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 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
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)

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