2015 Mini Challenge UK

The 2015 Mini Challenge season was the fourteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 25 April at Donington Park and ended on 1 November at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured eight rounds across the UK. The 2015 season saw the introduction of the F56 Class which features the Gen-3 Mini.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Donington Park 25–26 April All 3
2 Brands Hatch 9–10 May F56, JCW 3
3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 23–24 May Cooper 3
4 Silverstone Circuit 13–14 June All 3
5 Brands Hatch 27–28 June All 3
6 Oulton Park 8 August All 2
7 Donington Park 19–20 September All 2
8 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 31 October-1 November All 3

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
F56 Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 13   Bence Balogh All
16   Harry Vaulkhard 1-5, 7
  Jack Mitchell 6
17   William Phillips All
22   Adam Weaver 1
  Luke Caudle 2, 4, 6-7
  Nick Foster 3
24   Lee Pattison All
37   Rob Smith All
45   Jack Mitchell 7
52   Dan Prosser 2, 4
  Chris Smith 3
  Jason Barlow 5
  Vicki Butler-Henderson 6
  Matt Prior 7
69   Mark Steward 1-4, 7
71   Ryan Rhode All
81   Henry Gilbert 5
778   Chris James 5
Oakfield Motorsport 15   Charlie Butler-Henderson 1-3, 5-7
  Ian Curley 4
Lawrence Davey Racing 19   Lawrence Davey All
46   Sam Osborne 5-7
Dale Racing 26   Luke Reade 1-4
46   Sam Osborne 1-4
79   Jono Brown 1
Sussex Road & Race 26   Luke Reade 5-7
OX4 Racing 35   Chris Oakman 1, 5
  Chris Fryer 3, 7
  James Loukes 4, 6
Eurotech Racing 55   Jeff Smith 7
AR Performance 56   Adam Cunnington 7
Ignis Racing 58   Chris Boon All
69   Nick Boon 6
Unitec Motorsport 61   David Grady All
Minicraft 78   Daniel Poole 6
JCW Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 5   Jason Jefferys All
Sussex Road & Race 7   Craig Freeman 1, 5
  Jono Brown 2, 4
31   Keith Issatt 3
32   Alan Taylor 1-6
IN:MINI 8   Hamish Brandon All
Lawrence Davey Racing 25   Toby Hotston 3
38   Scot Adam 4-7
105   Clayton Kingman 1-2
Lohen 28   Henry Duprey 2
ES Motorsport 45   Calum King 5
55   Steve King 5
Oakfield Motorsport 66   Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1-2, 4-7
77   Neil Newstead All
Rob Sims Racing 73   Errka Lindstedt 1-3
Staffs Racing 99   Kevin O'Connor All
Cooper Class
Sussex Road & Race 3   Ricky Page All
70   Craig Freeman 1
  Grace Williams 2, 4
Rob Sims Racing 9   Simon Walton All
10   Adrian Norman All
47   James Goodall 4-7
Excelr8 Motorsport 11   Max Bladon All
21   Adam Davey All
88   Jon Attard All
Mintech 18   Mark Wakefield All
Coastal Racing 23   Max Leaver 1, 3-4, 7
27   Nathan Harrison All
44   Dave Pearce 7
49   Martin Poole All
Team Dynamics 42   Henry Neal All
Dale Racing 76   Jo Polley 1-5
Eurotech Racing 6-7
Privateer 78   Matt Hammond 1-2
HR Multisport 87   Rebecca Ryder 1-2, 4-6
Oakfield Motorsport 98   Darren Chatt All

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 32 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   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th   26th   27th   28th   29th   30th   31st   32nd 
Points 50 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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F56 Class

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Pos Driver DON BHGP SIL BHI OUL DON SNE Pts
1 Charlie Butler-Henderson 3 1 2 6 4 1 10 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 733
2 David Grady 2 2 4 5 2 2 5 5 4 5 5 1 4 3 3 4 17 8 6 709
3 Lee Pattison 6 10 Ret 1 12 12 1 7 1 13 4 Ret 3 1 4 2 5 2 2 637
4 Lawrence Davey 5 9 10 12 5 13 2 2 2 1 1 2 6 4 6 Ret 3 3 10 623
5 William Phillips 12 7 7 3 Ret 6 3 15 6 3 6 4 2 9 8 3 11 6 5 602
6 Ryan Rhode 4 6 3 4 8 Ret 4 1 5 2 2 3 5 7 Ret 7 18 Ret 11 563
7 Rob Smith 1 3 1 2 3 8 8 Ret 8 4 3 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 9 515
8 Harry Vaulkhard 9 4 Ret 7 7 5 6 4 9 6 11 6 7 5 10 11 14 470
9 Bence Balogh 13 12 8 8 6 3 9 6 Ret 11 14 7 9 12 7 11 9 12 12 465
10 Luke Caudle 11 1 4 7 7 5 5 6 2 1 4 402
11 Sam Osborne 7 8 5 9 Ret 9 11 9 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 14 Ret 19 10 7 363
12 Luke Reade Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 9 12 10 8 9 8 8 9 8 307
13 Chris Boon 10 Ret 6 Ret 10 7 Ret 13 12 12 Ret 8 Ret DNS 11 10 16 14 18 291
14 Mark Steward 11 11 9 13 11 11 12 12 14 Ret 13 Ret 13 16 DNS 254
15 Jack Mitchell 2 12 4 7 13 152
16 Dan Prosser 10 13 10 10 12 10 141
17 Jeff Smith 6 5 3 109
18 Chris Fryer 13 14 15 14 17 17 108
19 James Loukes 8 8 11 Ret Ret 78
20 Chris Smith 7 10 13 74
21 Ian Curley 9 10 9 74
22 Jono Brown 8 5 Ret 62
23 Matt Prior 12 13 15 59
24 Nick Foster Ret 8 7 58
25 Adam Cunnington 15 15 16 53
26 Vicki Butler-Henderson 12 9 47
27 Jason Barlow 12 10 45
28 Chris Oakman Ret DNS DNS 11 11 44
29 Nick Boon 10 14 43
30 Adam Weaver Ret 13 11 42
31 Daniel Poole 13 13 40
32 Henry Gilbert Ret Ret 0
33 Chris James Ret Ret 0

JCW Class

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Pos Driver DON BHGP SIL BHI OUL DON SNE Pts
1 Neil Newstead 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 964
2 Hamish Brandon 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 Ret 2 1 1 3 1 2 Ret 3 1 773
3 Alan Taylor 4 4 5 7 6 6 4 5 6 5 6 5 8 8 Ret 4 498
4 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 3 5 6 8 9 8 3 3 3 9 7 Ret DNS 2 1 4 494
5 Kevin O'Connor 5 2 4 6 5 7 Ret 3 3 Ret DNS DNS 3 2 Ret DNS Ret 5 3 454
6 Jason Jefferys DNS 7 7 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 4 4 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 6 5 401
7 Scot Adam 4 5 6 5 6 4 3 Ret 4 2 330
8 Errka Lindstedt Ret 6 3 5 3 5 3 4 2 316
9 Jono Brown 1 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret 143
10 Henry Duprey 3 1 2 140
11 Clayton Kingman Ret 8 8 10 8 9 134
12 Keith Issatt 5 6 5 100
13 Craig Freeman 6 DNS DNS 7 5 96
14 Toby Hotston 6 7 7 92
15 Steve King Ret 4 37
16 Calum King 6 Ret 32

Cooper Class

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Pos Driver DON ROC SIL BHI OUL DON SNE Pts
1 Nathan Harrison 1 2 3 1 1 9 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 14 5 902
2 Ricky Page 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 5 DSQ 6 3 4 5 6 797
3 Mark Wakefield 13 4 4 3 2 1 6 3 5 6 3 7 3 1 4 2 2 3 1 762
4 Simon Walton 2 3 2 10 14 Ret 7 5 8 5 4 6 2 4 Ret 5 3 6 15 586
5 Max Bladon 9 10 5 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 3 2 5 13 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 2 2 558
6 Henry Neal 8 Ret DNS Ret 10 4 4 8 6 9 6 4 6 2 5 7 8 1 4 539
7 Darren Chatt 5 5 10 7 5 12 9 Ret 12 7 7 Ret 7 6 7 9 12 7 7 483
8 Martin Poole 3 13 Ret Ret 12 11 11 9 7 3 10 9 Ret 5 3 4 6 13 8 465
9 Adam Davey Ret 12 7 4 11 8 5 10 10 Ret 9 5 13 12 9 6 10 10 11 449
10 Jo Polley 10 9 9 9 8 10 12 11 11 11 13 10 10 8 Ret 12 15 15 14 413
11 Jon Attard Ret 11 11 6 13 6 8 Ret 9 10 8 14 8 11 Ret 8 9 8 9 411
12 Adrian Norman 6 8 8 5 9 3 DNS 7 Ret Ret 12 Ret 11 9 8 10 13 9 13 405
13 Max Leaver Ret 7 Ret 10 6 4 8 Ret 3 7 4 3 310
14 Rebecca Ryder 12 14 12 11 15 13 14 15 12 12 10 11 13 266
15 James Goodall 13 14 11 9 7 10 11 11 11 12 228
16 Matt Hammond 7 6 6 8 7 5 186
17 Grace Williams Ret 6 7 12 11 8 113
18 Dave Pearce 14 12 10 64
19 Craig Freeman 11 DNS DNS 22