2018 Renault UK Clio Cup explained

The 2018 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 23rd Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 43rd of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 1 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 30 September 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 2018 season. All teams and drivers were British-registered.

Team		Driver	Rounds
WDE Motorsport	2	Nathan Edwards^[1]	1, 6, 9
	5	Lee Pattison	1–6, 8–9
	22	Paul Rivett^[2]	All
	28	Nicolas Hamilton^[3]	All
	45	Dan Zelos^[4]	All
	46	Sam Osborne^[5]	All
Matrix Motorsport	3	Ash Hand	6
	19	Jeff Alden^[6]	All
	21	Andy Wilmot	1–5, 7–9
	37	Michael Epps^[7]	All
	41	Aaron Thompson^[8]	1–8
Team Pyro	4	Jack McCarthy	All
	6	Bradley Burns^[9]	All
	16	Daniel Rowbottom^[10]	1–4
	34	Zak Fulk^[11]	1–7
	71	Max Coates^[12]	All
Westbourne Motorsport	7	James Colburn^[13]	All
	32	James Dorlin	All
	55	Ben Colburn	6–9
M.R.M.	9	Jade Edwards^[14]	All
	12	Brett Lidsey^[15]	1–3, 5–9
	62	Jack Young	6–9
B.L.G.	11	Luke Warr	2–9
Specialised Motorsport	14	Nicholas Reeve	6–9
D.R.M.	16	Daniel Rowbottom	5–9

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	7 April	Max Coates	Max Coates	Paul Rivett	WDE Motorsport
	R2		8 April	Jack McCarthy	Zak Fulk	Max Coates	Team Pyro
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	28 April	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
	R4		29 April	Bradley Burns	Bradley Burns	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	19 May	Max Coates	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
	R6		20 May	Paul Rivett	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	9 June	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport
	R8		10 June	James Dorlin	Lee Pattison	Max Coates	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	23 June	Max Coates	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	WDE Motorsport
	R10		24 June	Max Coates	Lee Pattison	Max Coates	Team Pyro
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	28 July	James Dorlin	Nicholas Reeve	Daniel Rowbottom	D.R.M.
	R12		29 July	Max Coates	Zak Fulk	Max Coates	Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	11 August	Jack McCarthy	Daniel Rowbottom	Daniel Rowbottom	D.R.M.
	R14		12 August	Bradley Burns	Jack McCarthy	Jack McCarthy	Team Pyro
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	15 September	Bradley Burns	Brett Lidsey	Bradley Burns	Team Pyro
	R16		16 September	Bradley Burns	Brett Lidsey	Bradley Burns	Team Pyro
9	R17	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	29 September	Daniel Rowbottom	Jack Young	Daniel Rowbottom	D.R.M.
	R18		30 September	Jack Young	Daniel Rowbottom	James Dorlin	Westbourne Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th+	Ret
25	22	20	18	16	13	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2

Notes

• One point is awarded to a competitor who leads a Renault UK Clio Cup race. This can only be awarded once to a driver that crosses the start/finish line in the lead.
• Two points are awarded to the Driver(s) setting the fastest lap in each round.
• Drivers shall count their results from the total number of races run less one race.
• Each driver’s single dropped score cannot be taken from the final two rounds of the championship.
• Competitors who are excluded from any race must count that excluded race within their total score.

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		SIL		BHGP		valign=middle	Total	valign=middle		valign=middle		valign=middle	Points
1	Paul Rivett	1*	2	Ret	4	4	2	2	2	1*	2	7	19	2	4	2*	3	4	3	333			333
2	James Dorlin	10	12	1*	1*	1*	1*	1*	3	6	Ret	8*	2*	5	12	4	2*	3	1*	316			316
3	Max Coates	5*	1*	6	6	2*	3	3	1*	2	1*	11	1*	Ret	3	Ret	5	5	4	309			309
4		3	10	2	11	3*	4	7	DNS	3	4	1*	11	1*	15	3	8	1*	2	278		2	276
5	Bradley Burns	12	5	9	2*	11	7	9	4	8	7	2	8	6	6	1*	1*	2	Ret	242	4		238
6	Michael Epps	6	4	7	9	9	5	8	6	4	6	3	14	8	2	5	10	10	8	211	2		209
7	Jack McCarthy	11	3	3	3*	6	6	Ret	8	9	9	12	6	3*	1*	12	9	8	Ret	199			199
8	Lee Pattison	4	6	Ret	7	5	Ret	4	7	12	3	4	3			7	4	Ret	9	186			186
9	James Colburn	2	Ret	4*	16	8	8	5	5	11	8	10	7	4	11	19	15	7	6	165			165
10	Dan Zelos	8	8	12	12	17	10	6	9	5	5	5	4	Ret	5	8	14	6	7	165			165
11	Zak Fulk	13	7	10	5	10	Ret	11	10	10	12	16	5	12	8					94		2	92
12	Sam Osborne	7	9	8	15	14	9	12	11	16	13	9	Ret	11	7	11	13	17	5	93		2	91
13	Brett Lidsey	Ret	15	5	10	12	Ret			13	10	13	15	9	10	9	7	Ret	10	83			80
14	Jade Edwards	9	16	Ret	8	7	14	10	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	13	17	Ret	19	Ret	13	54			54
15	Jack Young											Ret	Ret	7	9	6	6	12	Ret	49		3	46
16	Andy Wilmot	14	13	14	13	15	12	13	12	15	14			16	16	14	18	11	14	34			34
17	Nicholas Reeve											18	10	14	13	10	11	Ret	DNS	24		2	22
18	Aaron Thompson	16	17	11	17	13	11	17	15	17	17	15	16	10	14	16	12			27		5	22
19	Ash Hand											6	9							20			20
20	Nicolas Hamilton	Ret	14	13	14	16	13	14	Ret	14	15	14	Ret	19	18	15	17	14	Ret	20			20
21	Ben Colburn											Ret	13	15	Ret	13	16	9	11	19			19
22	Nathan Edwards	15	11									17	12					13	12	17			17
23	Luke Warr			16	18	19	16	15	13	18	16	19	18	17	19	18	21	16	15	5			5
24	Jeff Alden	17	18	15	19	18	15	16	14	Ret	18	Ret	17	18	Ret	17	20	15	16	5		2
Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		SIL		BHGP		valign=middle	Total	valign=middle		valign=middle		valign=middle	Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap (+2 points)
* – Leading Lap (+1 point)^[16]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. News: PATTISON, EDWARDS AND MCCARTHY COMPLETE CLIO ENTRY. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 15 March 2018. 15 March 2018.
2. News: TRIPLE CHAMPION RIVETT GUNNING FOR CLIO GLORY IN 2018. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 14 March 2018. 14 March 2018.
3. News: HAMILTON PUSHING FOR THE FRONT IN 2018 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 8 January 2018. 9 January 2018.
4. News: ZELOS TARGETS WINS IN SECOND CLIO CUP CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 24 January 2018. 24 January 2018.
5. News: OSBORNE BACK WITH WDE FOR 2018 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 7 January 2018. 9 January 2018.
6. News: MATRIX MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCE 2018 CLIO CUP AMBITIONS. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 September 2017. 9 January 2018.
7. News: BTCC ACE EPPS HEADS TO CLIO CUP WITH MATRIX. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 7 February 2018. 8 February 2018.
8. News: MATRIX CONFIRM THREE DRIVER CLIO CUP ENTRY. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 25 January 2017. 27 January 2018.
9. News: TEENAGE STAR BURNS CONFIRMED FOR 2018 CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 18 January 2018. 19 January 2018.
10. News: DORLIN AND ROWBOTTOM BACK FOR CLIO CUP TITLE CHALLENGES. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 1 February 2018. 2 February 2018.
11. News: FULK BACK FOR FULL 2018 CLIO CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 8 March 2018. 9 March 2018.
12. News: COATES JOINS PYRO FOR 2018 TITLE CHARGE. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 March 2018. 9 March 2018.
13. News: COLBURN CONFIRMED FOR EIGHTH CLIO CUP CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 14 March 2018. 14 March 2018.
14. News: JADE EDWARDS SECURES LATE DEAL FOR CLIO CUP. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 5 April 2018 . 6 April 2018.
15. News: LIDSEY SET FOR FIRST FULL CLIO CUP CAMPAIGN. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 4 January 2018. 9 January 2018.
16. Web site: Renault Motorsport - History & Formula 1 - Renault UK.