2017 Renault UK Clio Cup explained

The 2017 Renault UK Clio Cup 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 the Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship. It will be the 22nd Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 42nd of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 2 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 1 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after eighteen races held at nine meetings.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2017 season.

Team		Driver	Rounds
JamSport Racing	1	Graham Field^[1]	2–5
	27	Nathan Harrison^[2]	1
	41	Aaron Thompson^[3]	1–8
	64	Jamie Going	6
	88	Lucas Orrock^[4]	1–4
Team Pyro	2	Ash Hand	1–3
	3	Ollie Pidgley^[5]	1–3
	4	Jack McCarthy^[6]	All
	6	Bradley Burns^[7]	7–9
	21	Mike Bushell^[8]	All
	27	Nathan Harrison	2–9
	34	Zak Fulk^[9]	7–9
	83	Kyle Hornby	1–5
	88	Lucas Orrock	5–9
WDE Motorsport	5	Lee Pattison^[10]	All
	22	Paul Rivett^[11]	All
	26	Paul Streather^[12]	2
	45	Dan Zelos^[13]	All
	46	Sam Osborne	8–9
	82	Nicolas Hamilton^[14]	4–8
	94	Luke Reade	9
PP Motorsport	7	James Colburn^[15]	All
STR Norwich	8	Shawn Taylor	2, 6–7, 9
Ciceley Motorsport	9	Jade Edwards^[16]	All
	41	Aaron Thompson	9
	46	Sam Osborne^[17]	1–7
	71	Max Coates^[18]	All
	94	Luke Reade^[19]	1–8
Westbourne Motorsport	10	Sam Randon^[20]	5–6
	11	Ben Palmer	9
	13	Ambrogio Perfetti	1–2
	32	James Dorlin^[21]	All
	35	Oscar Rovelli	1–2
	95	Myles Collins^[22]	1–3
Mike Ritchie Motorsport	12	Brett Lidsey^[23]	3, 8–9
DRM	16	nowrap	Daniel Rowbottom^[24]	All
SDR Motorsports	28	Shayne Deegan^[25]	1–2, 4–5
Bob Ross Racing	44	James Ross	7

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 25 August 2016, with no major changes from the previous season.^[26]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	2 April	Mike Bushell	James Dorlin	Lee Pattison	WDE Motorsport
	R2			Mike Bushell	Shayne Deegan		Team Pyro
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	16 April	Dan Zelos	Jack McCarthy		Ciceley Motorsport
	R4			Lee Pattison		Lee Pattison	WDE Motorsport
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	7 May	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
	R6			Mike Bushell	Dan Zelos	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	21 May	Mike Bushell		Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
	R8			Mike Bushell	Sam Osborne	James Colburn	PP Motorsport
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	11 June	Mike Bushell		Mike Bushell	Team Pyro
	R10						Team Pyro
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 July		Paul Rivett		Team Pyro
	R12			James Dorlin			Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 August		Lee Pattison		Ciceley Motorsport
	R14					Lee Pattison	WDE Motorsport
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	17 September	Lucas Orrock		James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
	R16				Bradley Burns	Paul Rivett	WDE Motorsport
9	R17	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 October				Team Pyro
	R18				Zak Fulk		Team Pyro

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
32	28	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		SIL		BHGP		valign=middle	Total	valign=middle		valign=middle	Points
1	Mike Bushell	2	1	3	4	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	10	2	5	2	1	1	514		514
2	Paul Rivett	3	3	9	2	6	3	4	7	4	3	5	3	4	7	3	1	16	8	379	-2	377
3	Lee Pattison	1	2	2	1	5	4	8	6	7	6	2	Ret	2	1	8	12	12	7	360		360
4	Max Coates	6	6	1	3	8	Ret	6	5	6	2	7	2	1	3	9	4	8	9	360		360
5		13	10	13	5	4	7	3	3	3	Ret	3	4	6	8	6	3	6	5	322		322
6	James Colburn	12	5	10	Ret	2	6	7	1	8	4	9	8	5	4	11	10	3	6	302		302
7	Jack McCarthy	5	4	Ret	7	9	10	5	Ret	5	10	Ret	11	3	6	4	6	5	3	272		272
8	Dan Zelos	7	8	12	6	10	5	16	4	13	7	6	5	8	9	13	14	2	2	276	-6	270
9	James Dorlin	4	16	7	9	3	1	9	Ret	Ret	8	8	6	14	18	1	5	4	18	259	-2	257
10	Nathan Harrison	11	18	6	8	7	8	2	Ret	2	5	12	9	11	15	12	11	10	11	228		228
11	Lucas Orrock	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	12	14	11	13	4	12	7	5	2	7	7	4	199		199
12	Sam Osborne	15	12	5	11	18	Ret	13	10	14	11	Ret	13	15	17	14	16	Ret	15	122	-6	116
13	Aaron Thompson	18	14	Ret	13	17	11	Ret	12	10	12	13	10	16	11	16	17	15	14	117	-4	113
14	Luke Reade	10	19	Ret	Ret	21	16	11	8	15	Ret	11	Ret	9	13	7	19	14	16	108		108
15	Kyle Hornby	16	Ret	11	12	14	12	10	9	12	16									77		77
16	Jade Edwards	17	15	17	Ret	20	15	Ret	Ret	9	14	Ret	14	20	10	17	8	Ret	DNS	77	-2	75
17	Ash Hand	9	13	4	10	13	9													73		73
18	Brett Lidsey					11	Ret									15	9	9	12	49		49
19	Ollie Pidgley	8	7	Ret	Ret	12	13													47	-2	45
20	Nicolas Hamilton							14	13	Ret	15	15	15	17	20	18	18			44		44
21	Zak Fulk													12	16	Ret	15	11	10	43		43
22	Graham Field	WD	WD	15	17	19	17	15	11	16	17									41	-2	39
23	Bradley Burns													13	14	10	13	Ret	DNS	36		36
24	Myles Collins	20	17	8	16	16	14													36		36
25	Sam Randon									17	Ret	10	7							31		31
26	Shayne Deegan	14	9	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	17	DSQ	Ret	9									37	-10	27
27	Shawn Taylor			16	19							14	Ret	19	19			Ret	17	22		22
28	Ben Palmer																	13	13	16		16
29	Ambrogio Perfetti	21	20	14	15															14		14
30	James Ross													18	12					12		12
31	Jamie Going											16	16							10		10
32	Oscar Rovelli	19	21	Ret	14															9		9
33	Paul Streather	WD	WD	Ret	18	WD	WD													3	-2	1
Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		SIL		BHGP		valign=middle	Total	valign=middle		valign=middle	Points

External links

• • http://www.barc.net/championships/clio-cup

Notes and References

1. News: RIVETT TARGETS CLIO CUP TITLE NUMBER FOUR WITH WDE. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 8 March 2017. 9 March 2017.
2. News: MINI STAR HARRISON ANNOUNCES CLIO CUP SWITCH. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 4 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
3. News: CLIO CUP DEBUTANT THOMPSON JOINS JAMSPORT RANKS. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 21 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
4. News: SEAT EUROCUP STAR ORROCK MAKES CLIO CUP MOVE WITH JAMSPORT. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 24 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
5. News: PIDGLEY REUNITES WITH TEAM PYRO FOR 2017 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 14 December 2016. 9 March 2017.
6. News: KARTING STAR MCCARTHY TO MAKE RACING BOW IN CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 2 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
7. News: BURNS AND FULK TO JUMP UP TO RENAULT UK CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 July 2017. 28 July 2017.
8. News: BUSHELL TARGETS HISTORIC SECOND TITLE IN 2017 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 16 March 2017. 16 March 2017.
9. News: BURNS AND FULK TO JUMP UP TO RENAULT UK CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 July 2017. 28 July 2017.
10. News: PATTISON NAMED AS WDE'S LATEST 2017 CLIO CUP RECRUIT. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 9 March 2017. 10 March 2017.
11. News: RIVETT TARGETS CLIO CUP TITLE NUMBER FOUR WITH WDE. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 8 March 2017. 9 March 2017.
12. News: STREATHER HEADS TO WDE FOR SECOND CLIO CUP CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 January 2017. 9 March 2017.
13. News: ZELOS SWAPS CICELEY FOR WDE AHEAD OF 2017 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
14. News: NICOLAS HAMILTON TO MAKE RACING COMEBACK AT OULTON NEXT WEEKEND. news2.msv.com. Motorsport Vision. 10 May 2017. 10 May 2017.
15. News: COLBURN CONFIRMS FULL-TIME CLIO CUP RETURN WITH PP MOTORSPORT. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 4 March 2017. 9 March 2017.
16. News: EDWARDS FOLLOWS IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS WITH CLIO CUP MOVE. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 10 March 2017. 11 March 2017.
17. News: MINI DUO JOIN CICELEY FOR CLIO CUP DEBUTS. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 16 December 2016. 9 March 2017.
18. News: COATES BACK FOR CLIO CUP TITLE CHALLENGE IN 2017. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 December 2016. 9 March 2017.
19. News: MINI DUO JOIN CICELEY FOR CLIO CUP DEBUTS. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 16 December 2016. 9 March 2017.
20. News: RANDON TO JOIN RENAULT UK CLIO CUP FIELD AT CROFT. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 25 May 2017. 29 May 2017.
21. News: CLIO SERIES CHAMPION DORLIN CONFIRMS CLIO CUP GRADUATION. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 30 January 2017. 9 March 2017.
22. News: COLLINS REUNITES WITH WESTBOURNE FOR CLIO CUP BOW. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 January 2017. 9 March 2017.
23. News: LIDSEY TO MAKE RENAULT UK CLIO CUP DEBUT AT THRUXTON. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 April 2016. 27 April 2017.
24. News: ROWBOTTOM BACK FOR FULL CLIO CAMPAIGN WITH DRM TEAM. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 16 March 2017. 16 March 2017.
25. News: DEEGAN FORMS OWN SDR MOTORSPORT TEAM FOR 2017 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 10 March 2017. 11 March 2017.
26. Web site: Bumper calendar confirmed for 2017 Renault UK Clio Cup - The BARC. 2016-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919005959/http://www.barc.net/news/1057/2017-clio-cup-calendar-confirmed. 2016-09-19. dead.