2012 Mini Challenge UK explained

The 2012 Mini Challenge season was the eleventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 14 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 7 October at Donington Park. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Silverstone Circuit	14-15 April	All	2
2	Castle Combe Circuit	7 May	All	2
3	Brands Hatch	16-17 June	All	3
4	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	30 June-1 July	All	4
5	Oulton Park	18 July	All	2
6	Brands Hatch	15-16 September	All	3
7	Donington Park	6-7 October	All	4

Entry list

Team		Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Mark Fish Motorsport	1	Chris Knox	2
	77		1
	50	Jason Richardson	1-2, 6-7
Forster Motorsport	3	Arthur Forster	2-3
	37		5, 7
Coastal Racing	4	Stewart Lines	1-5
	5	Lee Pattison	2-7
	7	Craig Freeman	2-5, 7
	30	Martin Depper	1-5
Excelr8 Motorsport	4	Stewart Lines	7
	10	Chris Smith	All
	18	Sam Osborne	All
	58	Paul O'Neill	6
Advent Motorsport	15	Patrick Mortimer	All
	44	Freddy Nordström	3
Stratford Motors	16	William Davison	3-6
	46	Shaun King	6-7
Minimax Motorsport	22	Chris Smiley	All
Truck Align	26	Lee Allen	All
	29	Chris Panayiotou	1-3, 5, 7
Lohen	45	David Ogden	7
	54	Ant Whorton-Eales	4
	99	Kevin O'Connor	All
Jack Doyle Racing	70	Bob Hosier	All
CSK Motorsport	89	Shane Stoney	1-6
Cooper Class
Team Dean	2	Dean Raymond	1-2
Advent Motorsport	8	Adrian Norman	All
	51	Martin Mortimer	7
Excelr8 Motorsport	11	Trevor Bates	3
	17	Simon Hillery	1-3
	79	Jono Brown	All
	80	Mike Phillips	All
	81	Henry Gilbert	All
	88	Daniel Bishop	4-5
	94	Ben Gridley	6-7
Max Leaver Racing	23	Max Leaver	All

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship points were awarded for the first 15 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
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos	Driver	SIL		CAS		BHI			SNE				OUL		BHGP			DON				valign=middle	Pts
1	Lee Allen	3	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	DSQ	3	2	2	Ret	1	2	1	2	2	1	332
2	Chris Smith	2	2	7	5	5	3	1	4	4	4	2	5	1	DSQ	4	Ret	4	5	3	2	266
3	Chris Smiley	8	5	3	Ret	6	8	Ret	5	5	2	8	7	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	210
4	Sam Osborne	4	10	2	4	2	2	DSQ	3	3	1	4	6	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	9	5	5	207
5	Lee Pattison			5	2	15	DNS	DNS	13	Ret	DSQ	DNS	4	DSQ	2	3	1	2	1	1	6	170
6	Shane Stoney	7	6	1	6	3	5	3	6	DNS	5	6	1	DSQ	4	Ret	Ret					156
7	Martin Depper	5	3	6	3	7	4	6	2	9	Ret	5	Ret	8								126
8	Stewart Lines	6	4	9	8	4	6	11	11	10	8	Ret	10	DNS				7	10	6	Ret	116
9	Kevin O'Connor	9	7	DNS	DNS	11	10	8	10	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	5	9	Ret	11	Ret	8	7	105
10	William Davison					10	11	7	7	6	Ret	7	9	7	7	6	7					92
11	Bob Hosier	11	11	12	11	14	13	12	14	11	Ret	9	12	9	9	10	9	Ret	12	11	10	88
12	Patrick Mortimer	10	8	13	10	13	12	9	12	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	8	Ret	8	13	Ret	12	9	85
13	Chris Panayiotou	DNS	DNS	10	Ret	Ret	9	5					11	10				9	7	9	3	73
14	Arthur Forster			Ret	DNS	8	Ret	Ret					3	5				3	3	10	Ret	70
15	Ant Whorton-Eales								8	2	3	1										60
16	Paul O'Neill														1	2	3					52
17	Craig Freeman			14	Ret	12	14	10	9	Ret	7	Ret	8	6				Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	48
18	Jason Richardson	Ret	DNS	11	9										DNS	7	5	6	8	DNS	DNS	46
19	Shaun King														6	8	6	8	6	Ret	Ret	46
20	Chris Knox	1	9	8	7																	44
21	Freddy Nordström					9	7	4														29
22	David Ogden																	12	11	7	8	26

Cooper Class

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Pos	Driver	SIL		CAS		BHI			SNE				OUL		BHGP			DON				valign=middle	Pts
1	Henry Gilbert	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	3	1	1	5	379
2	Jono Brown	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	1	2	3	2	2	7	DNS	1	329
3	Max Leaver	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	308
4	Adrian Norman	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	6	217
5	Mike Phillips	6	7	5	4	6	Ret	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	6	4	5	4	210
6	Ben Gridley														4	4	3	4	3	3	7	94
7	Daniel Bishop								4	2	4	3	3	3								88
8	Simon Hillery	Ret	3	3	Ret	3	4	3														73
9	Martin Mortimer																	7	6	6	3	44
10	Trevor Bates					7	6	5														30
11	Dean Raymond	3	5	Ret	DNS																	27