2013 Renault UK Clio Cup explained

The 2013 Renault UK Clio Cup^[1] is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Clio Renault Sport 200 that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. 2013 will be the final season for the current car.^[1] It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season will be the 18th Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season. The season will commence on 31 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and will conclude on 13 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after sixteen races to be held at eight meetings, all in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship.

Championship changes

After a single year with the SRO as series promoter in 2012, the championship is returning to the hands of the British Automobile Racing Club with Simon North making a return to the role of Championship Manager. A post he held between 1992 and 2011.^[1] Further changes include a switch to Dunlop Tyres for the 2013 season, after several years using Michelin rubber.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Drivers Class Rounds Team Pyro 1 Alex Morgan All 3 Ash Hand G All 88 James Nutbrown G 1–7 99 Josh Files^[2] G All Westbourne Motorsport 2 James Colburn^[3] G All 21 Mike Bushell^[4] 1–3 28 Jacques Mizzi^[5] G All 92 Jordan Stilp G All Scuderia Vittoria 4 Joshua Wakefield G All 5 Stefan Hodgetts^[6] All 7 Devon Modell^[7] G All 8 Finlay Crocker M All 9 Ronnie Klos^[8] M All 10 Ant Whorton-Eales G All 21 Mike Bushell 4–6 Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 6 Martin Byford M 8 22 Paul Rivett 1–7 Handy Motorsport with Pyro 11 Simon Belcher^[9] M All Juta Racing 13 Tautvydas Barštys 1–2, 4, 6–8 55 Ignas Gelžinis G All MBR MBR with Team Pyro 21 Mike Bushell 7–8 JHR 24 Lee Pattison M 2–8 66 Josh Cook^[10] G All 20Ten Racing 25 Graham Field M All 26 Peter Felix M 7 Team AWR 31 Aaron Williamson^[11] G 1–6, 8 Total Control Racing 37 Rob Smith^[12] G All SRC Recycling 50 Luke Herbert 7–8 Finesse Motorsport 77 Jake Giddings^[13] G All

Icon Class M Masters Cup G Graduate Cup

Race calendar and results

The championship calendar was announced by the series organisers on 7 December 2012.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	31 March	Mike Bushell	Josh Files	James Colburn	Westbourne Motorsport
	R2			James Colburn	Josh Files	Alex Morgan	Team Pyro
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	20 April	Paul Rivett	Josh Files	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
	R4		21 April	Josh Files	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	4 May	Lee Pattison	Paul Rivett	Lee Pattison	JHR
	R6		5 May	Stefan Hodgetts	Josh Cook	Stefan Hodgetts	Scuderia Vittoria
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	8 June	Paul Rivett	Stefan Hodgetts	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
	R8		9 June	Paul Rivett	Josh Files	Stefan Hodgetts	Scuderia Vittoria
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	22 June	Josh Files	Josh Files	Josh Files	Team Pyro
	R10		23 June	Josh Files	Mike Bushell	Stefan Hodgetts	Scuderia Vittoria
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	3 August	Josh Files	Josh Files	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
	R12		4 August	Josh Files	Josh Files	Josh Files	Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	14 September	Stefan Hodgetts	Josh Files	Stefan Hodgetts	Scuderia Vittoria
	R14		15 September	Stefan Hodgetts	Josh Files	Ant Whorton-Eales	Scuderia Vittoria
8	R15	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	12 October	James Colburn	Josh Cook	James Colburn	Westbourne Motorsport
	R16		13 October	James Colburn	Josh Cook	Josh Cook	JHR

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pts 1 Josh Files 11* 4 2 2 2 3 7 10 1 3 2 1 3 2 4 5 2 384 2 Alex Morgan 4 1 4 3 3 12* 4 2 8 7 4 6 5 8 2 4 330 3 Paul Rivett 5 2 1 1 4 9 1 3 5 16 1 4 Ret* 6 304 4 James Colburn 1 3 7 8 7 7 6 7 9* 4 9 3 6 4 1 7 300 5 Josh Cook 2 Ret* 12 13 5 4 3 6 3 11 3 5 8 12 5 1 3 288 6 Stefan Hodgetts 18 7 8 Ret* Ret 1 2 1 2 1 Ret 2 1 17 3 Ret 276 7 6 5 11 5 DNS* DNS Ret 8 7 2 7 10 2 1 7 3 6 248 8 Lee Pattison 9 7 1 2 5 5 4 5 12 8 7 16 12 Ret 223 9 Ash Hand 10 12 10 14 8 8 10 Ret* 6 6 5 7 9 3 6 10 2 213 10 Jake Giddings 7 8 13 4 6 11 8 4 Ret* 10 14 15 14 5 9 6 205 11 Mike Bushell 3 9 3 Ret* 9 6 9 11 Ret 8 8 9 Ret DNS 8 2 5 193 12 Devon Modell 13 11 Ret* 12 17 5 12 12 Ret DNS 6 14 4 9 Ret 12 2 135 13 Jordan Stilp 15 10 5 20 10 10 11 13 20 Ret* 11 19 11 7 11 Ret 2 125 14 Rob Smith 9 6 Ret* 10 12 17 15 9 15 Ret 17 12 12 Ret Ret 14 107 15 Ignas Gelžinis 12 Ret* Ret 15 14 15 16 15 12 12 16 13 10 Ret 10 8 106 16 James Nutbrown 14 16 6 11 11 14 13 Ret* 14 9 10 Ret 20 Ret 96 17 Joshua Wakefield Ret* 13 15 9 15 16 20 16 10 Ret 13 11 DSQ DSQ 13 9 9 83 18 Simon Belcher Ret* 17 16 17 13 13 14 14 13 17 19 17 Ret 18 19 16 71 19 Aaron Williamson 8 Ret* 14 6 Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 16 14 11 70 20 Finlay Crocker 17 15 Ret* 18 18 20 Ret Ret 11 13 20 Ret 15 15 15 Ret 54 21 Jacques Mizzi 16 19 17 16 19 19 17 17 17 14 22 Ret* 18 11 Ret DNS 2 50 22 Tautvydas Barstys 19 14 Ret* 19 19 19 18 Ret 16 14 17 17 38 23 Ronnie Klos Ret* Ret 19 Ret 16 18 18 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 15 31 24 Graham Field 20 18 18 21* 20 21 21 18 19 15 21 18 19 19 20 18 30 25 Peter Felix 13 10 19 26 Luke Herbert Ret 13 16 Ret 13 27 Martin Byford Ret 13 8 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE ROC BHGP Pts

(*) Drivers drop lowest race result (excluding DSQ)

Notes and References

1. News: British Automobile Racing Club takes helm of Renault UK Clio Cup . Renault Sport UK . . 7 December 2012 . 8 December 2012 .
2. News: Five Car Attack For Pyro. BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. 18 February 2013. 18 February 2013. Chris. Ashby.
3. News: Colburn Leads Four-Car Westbourne Attack. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 18 March 2013. 19 March 2013. Simon. Paice.
4. News: Bushell Back With Westbourne. BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. 28 February 2013. 28 February 2013. Chris. Ashby.
5. News: Mizzi Mixing It In Clios. BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. 2 March 2013. 2 March 2013. Chris. Ashby.
6. News: Clio and Ginetta stars given KX Academy backing. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 19 December 2012. 20 December 2012. Simon. Paice.
7. News: Clio Cup newcomers Wakefield & Modell confirmed at Scuderia Vittoria. Renault Sport UK. Renault Sport. 29 January 2013. 9 February 2013.
8. News: Scuderia Vittoria trio return for 2013 Clio Cup. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 11 February 2013. 11 February 2013. Simon. Paice.
9. News: Belcher confirms second season in clios. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 3 January 2013. 3 January 2013. Simon. Paice.
10. News: Cook joins returning JHR for 2013 Clio Cup. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 18 January 2013. 18 January 2013. Simon. Paice.
11. News: Clio Cup return for Williamson. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. 8 February 2013. 8 February 2013. Simon. Paice.
12. News: Clio Cup Racer Smith Officially Confirms Second Season with TCR. Rob Smith Motorsport. 22 February 2013. 22 February 2013. Rob. Smith. https://web.archive.org/web/20130225132908/http://www.robsmithmotorsport.com/1/post/2013/02/clio-cup-racer-smith-officially-confirms-second-season-with-tcr.html. 25 February 2013. dead.
13. News: Girling gears up for BTCC bow . . . 18 March 2013 . 19 March 2013 . The thought of moving into BTCC is extremely exciting for us, we ran Jake in the Clios last year and will continue to do so this year, which adds even more to the challenge. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525000504/http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3344 . 25 May 2013 .