2002 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2002 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 14th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 1 April and ended on 22 September at Donington Park, after seventeen rounds held in England and Scotland, with most events only staging one race and two events staging a double header.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver name Rounds
Motaworld Racing 1   Robert Bell All
2   Alex Lloyd All
3   Will Davison All
4   Gary Turkington All
Aztec International 5   Robert Scott All
6   Ricardo van der Ende 1-2
  Chaz Small 4
Mackie Motorsport 7   Steven Kane 1-3
8   Charlie Hollings All
Paston Racing 9   Hayanari Shimoda 1, 3-4, 7, 9-11
33   Marc McLoughlin All
43   James Murphy All
Scorpio 10   Oliver Scullion 1-5
11   David Hall 1-7
Team DFR 12   Susie Stoddart 1-10
  Mark Fell 11
Fortec Motorsport 14   Danny Watts All
15   Luciano Garcia All
16   Jamie Green All
17   Katherine Legge 1-4
John Village Automotive 18   Ryan Sharp All
19   Stuart King 1-2
  Aurelio López Jr. 11
20   Vasilije Calasan 1-8
21   Stefan Söderberg All
Status Motorsport 22   Philip Kershaw All
44   Leighton Walker 1-2
  Robby Coleman 4
55   Ivor McCullough All
Manor Motorsport 23   Patrick Long All
24   Ernesto José Viso All
25   Lewis Hamilton All
26   Matt Griffin All
66   Fabian Coulthard 10-11
Falcon Motorsport 27   Robin Rudholm All
28   James Rossiter 1-10
29   Ben Reeves All
Cliff Dempsey Racing 30   Keith Dempsey 1-10
  Alan Dwyer 11
31   Richard Goransson 1-2
  Daniel Welch 4-5
  Gideon Cresswell 6
  Barry Sime 7-9
  Takahiro Ito 10
  Noel Roddy 11
Saxon International 76   Jason Coffin 1
  Chaz Small 2-3
  Alex Kapadia 5
77   Alex Buncombe 1-2, 4-5
  Daren Taylor 3
Welch Motorsport 86   Philip Keen 11
88   Daniel Welch 11

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 1 April   Danny Watts   Marc McLoughlin   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport
2 R2 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 21 April   Katherine Legge   Danny Watts   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport
3 R3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 6 May   Robert Bell   Lewis Hamilton   Marc McLoughlin Paston Racing
4 R4 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 3 June   Jamie Green   Lewis Hamilton   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport
5 R5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 16 June   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport
6 R6 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 30 June   Danny Watts   Danny Watts   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport
7 R7 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 14 July   Danny Watts   Jamie Green   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport
8 R8 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 28 July   Patrick Long   Danny Watts   Patrick Long Manor Motorsport
R9   Danny Watts   Jamie Green   Jamie Green Fortec Motorsport
9 R10 Knockhill Circuit, Fife 11 August   Jamie Green   Danny Watts   Jamie Green Fortec Motorsport
10 R11 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 26 August   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport
11 R12 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 21 September   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport
R13 22 September   Robert Bell   Danny Watts   Danny Watts Fortec Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

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  • Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship.
Pos Driver BRH OUL THR SIL THR BRH CRO SNE KNO BRH DON Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1   Danny Watts 1 1 DSQ 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 1 333
2   Jamie Green Ret Ret 8 2 2 2 2 6 1 1 3 4 5 279
3   Lewis Hamilton 3 15 2 9 1 20 6 2 Ret 2 1 1 4 274
4   Will Davison 7 6 3 8 11 6 3 4 3 10 Ret 5 6 222
5   Robert Bell 4 4 DSQ 4 6 7 5 9 10 4 4 3 Ret 212
6   Ryan Sharp 13 2 7 5 5 4 7 11 12 8 5 16 2 211
7   Marc McLoughlin 2 3 1 3 17 12 8 10 7 Ret 14 8 8 201
8   Patrick Long 5 Ret 11 20 12 5 25 1 2 19 6 6 3 183
9   Alex Lloyd 12 Ret 6 6 8 3 4 7 11 6 7 11 15 182
10   Gary Turkington 17 5 12 13 10 9 13 8 5 18 9 10 9 141
11   Matt Griffin Ret 12 18 7 4 14 23 16 16 13 12 7 7 116
12   Robin Rudholm 6 Ret 5 Ret 7 8 14 12 Ret Ret 13 12 10 112
13   James Rossiter 14 17 4 12 Ret 10 Ret 15 6 7 11 103
14   Luciano Garcia 15 16 Ret Ret 15 19 9 5 9 5 16 14 16 100
15   Stefan Söderberg 20 7 16 14 Ret 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 8 15 11 90
16   Keith Dempsey 10 Ret 9 11 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 11 DNS 73
17   James Murphy DNS Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret Ret 20 Ret 13 14 47
18   Susie Stoddart Ret 10 20 18 16 15 21 21 15 14 15 45
19   Ivor McCullough 21 9 Ret 23 20 18 16 13 Ret 9 Ret 22 Ret 41
20   Ernesto José Viso 18 18 Ret 16 Ret Ret 20 17 20 23 10 9 Ret 40
21   Robert Scott Ret DNS Ret Ret 22 16 15 19 19 15 17 20 12 35
22   Oliver Scullion 11 Ret 13 15 13 32
23   Charlie Hollings DNS DNS 15 19 Ret Ret 19 20 13 17 18 17 Ret 30
24   Philip Kershaw DNS DNS Ret 22 18 Ret 17 18 14 12 20 19 23 29
25   Ben Reeves Ret 13 14 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 21
26   Chaz Small 8 19 21 16
27   Ricardo van der Ende 8 Ret 14
28   Hayanari Shimoda Ret 17 17 18 22 21 26 18 14
29   Alex Buncombe Ret Ret 10 19 13
30   Richard Göransson 9 Ret 12
31   Leighton Walker Ret 11 10
32   Barry Sime 22 22 17 16 9
33   Daniel Welch 24 Ret Ret 13 8
34   Steven Kane Ret 14 Ret 7
35   Alex Kapadia 14 7
36   Fabian Coulthard 23 18 17 7
37   Katherine Legge 16 Ret DSQ 29 5
38   Vasilije Calasan DNS DNS 23 27 Ret Ret Ret 23 18 21 Ret 3
39   Aurelio López, Jr. 24 19 2
40   Stuart King 19 Ret 2
41   Alan Dwyer 25 20 1
  David Hall DNS DNS 21 26 21 21 24 0
  Mark Fell 21 22 0
  Philip Keen 23 21 0
  Daren Taylor 22 0
  Takahiro Ito 22 0
  Noel Roddy 27 Ret 0
  Robby Coleman 28 0
  Gideon Cresswell Ret 0
  Jason Coffin DNS 0
Pos Driver BRH OUL THR SIL THR BRH CRO SNE KNO BRH DON Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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Italics – Fastest Lap

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