19th season of the Mini Challenge UK
The 2020 Quaife Mini Challenge season was the nineteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK . The season was supposed to start on 28 March at Donington Park and end on 20 October at Donington Park . It included sixteen rounds across the UK, all the JCW Class races and 2 of the Cooper Class races support the British Touring Car Championship .[ 1] The season featured the start of the JCW Mini Challenge Trophy.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the schedule was drastically reduced to five rounds starting 1/2 August.[ 2]
The original calendar was as follows:
Round
Circuit
Date
Classes
Races
1
Donington Park National
28–29 March
JCW
3
2
Brands Hatch Indy
11–12 April
JCW
3
3
Silverstone National
25–26 April
JCW
3
4
Cadwell Park
8 May
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S
2
5
Thruxton Circuit
16–17 May
Cooper
3
6
Oulton Park Island
13–14 June
JCW
2
7
Oulton Park Island
20 June
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
8
Snetterton 300
4 July
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
9
Snetterton 300
25–26 July
JCW
3
10
Brands Hatch Indy
8–9 August
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
3
11
Croft Circuit
15–16 August
JCW
2
12
Knockhill Racing Circuit
29–30 August
JCW
3
13
Donington Park National
12 September
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
14
Silverstone International
26–27 September
Cooper
3
15
Brands Hatch GP
10–11 October
JCW
3
16
Donington Park National
24 October
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper
2
Source:[ 3] [ 4]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the new schedule is as follows:[ 2]
Team
Driver
Rounds
JCW Class
JamSport Racing [ 7]
5
James Griffith
1,3-5
10
Ant Whorton-Eales [ 8]
All
22
Oliver Barker
4
23
Ethan Hammerton
1-3
46
Stuart Gibbs
1-2
88
Tom Rawlings
All
MPH Racing [ 7]
6
Calum King
1-4
17
Brad Hutchison
All
Lux Motorsport [ 7]
4
Liam Lambert
4-5
8
Hannah Chapman
2-3,5
13
Ryan Faulconbridge
All
21
Jack Davidson
All
24
Joe Tanner
2
66
Ronan Pearson [ 9]
All
85
Steve King
2-4
Autotech Motorsport
9
Billy Hardy
All
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 7]
12
Neil Trotter
All
16
Callum Newsham [ 10]
All
39
Lewis Brown
All
91
Robbie Dalgleish [ 11]
All
Excelr8 Motorsport [ 7]
20
Kyle Reid [ 12]
1-2
27
Nathan Harrison
All
36
William Newnham [ 13]
1-4
45
Dan Zelos [ 14]
All
99
Josh Stanton [ 15]
All
123
Isaac Smith [ 16]
All
315
Jason Lockwood [ 17]
All
333
Neb Bursac
3-4
JWB Motorsport [ 7]
31
Matthew Wilson
All
Elite Motorsport [ 18] [ 7]
44
Max Bird [ 19]
All
71
Max Coates [ 20]
All
77
Lewis Galer [ 21]
1,3
Privateer
47
James McIntyre
All
Privateer
84
Ryan Dignan
1,4
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 7]
112
Neil Trotter
1
Cooper S Class
AReeve Motorsport [ 7]
21
Keir McConomy
1
24
Rob Austin
1
33
Stu Lane
1
47
James Goodall
1
190
Alan Lee
1
DanKanMiniShop
23
Dan Butcher-Lloyd
1
College of West Anglia
55
Gary Papworth
1
Privateer
231
Steve Webb
1
Privateer
666
Sami Bowler
1
Cooper Class
DanKanMiniShop
2
James Hillery
TBA
35
Ben Kasperczak
TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing [ 7]
4
Mike Paul
TBA
20
Charlie Mann
TBA
60
Brendan Fitzgerald [ 22]
TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport [ 7]
5
Nicky Taylor
TBA
29
Leonardo Panayiotou [ 23]
TBA
94
Josh Porter [ 24]
TBA
99
Ben Jenkins
TBA
Graves Motorsport [ 25]
10
Bradley Gravett
TBA
16
Alex Nevill [ 26]
TBA
27
Alfie Glenie
TBA
Performancetek Racing [ 7]
14
Dominic Wheatley
TBA
Lee Pearce Racing
23
Lee Pearce
TBA
711
Clark Wells
TBA
AReeve Motorsport [ 7]
30
James Parker
TBA
61
Harry Nunn [ 27]
TBA
80
Archie O'Brien [ 28]
TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport [ 7]
38
Morgan Wroot
TBA
66
Andrew Ringland
TBA
Mannpower Motorsport
46
Paul Manning
TBA
Elite Motorsport [ 7]
49
Martin Poole
TBA
College of West Anglia
51
Andy Langley
TBA
53
Neal Clarke
TBA
54
Adrian Norman
TBA
Misty Racing
77
Alex Jay
TBA
Privateer
82
Lydia Walmsley [ 29]
TBA
Championship standings [ edit ]
Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the all finishing 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+
PP
FL
Points
50
44
40
37
34
32
30
28
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
6
6
Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Pos
Driver
DON
KNO
SIL
SNE
BHI
Total
Drop
Pen.
Pts
1
Nathan Harrison
2
1
Ret
Ret
11
4
1
3
5
1
14
2
8
465
465
2
Dan Zelos
4
2
6
8
3
3
2
Ret
11
2
5
3
2
457
24
433
3
Ant Whorton-Eales
1
6
3
4
4
Ret
3
1
7
6
Ret
4
7
427
427
4
Max Bird
9
16
7
1
1
Ret
6
4
8
14
8
1
6
418
19
399
5
Lewis Brown
3
3
5
7
8
1
Ret
Ret
18
3
10
8
1
384
384
6
Max Coates
6
5
1
6
21
5
10
5
4
7
2
5
4
444
40
30
374
7
Tom Rawlings
10
4
4
3
12
Ret
14
8
1
5
3
11
Ret
360
360
8
Isaac Smith
13
12
Ret
2
5
2
4
2
10
9
1
23
12
394
15
30
349
9
Callum Newsham
11
10
10
13
13
Ret
11
9
2
16
11
6
3
336
21
315
10
Jack Davidson
5
17
8
5
2
6
7
Ret
DNS
8
4
9
11
336
30
306
11
Ronan Pearson
16
15
Ret
11
10
8
9
7
3
12
9
16
18
302
18
284
12
Jason Lockwood
7
8
Ret
9
6
13
5
6
6
4
7
14
10
353
22
50
281
13
James MacIntyre
12
9
9
18
15
Ret
16
14
15
27
13
7
5
274
15
259
14
Robbie Dalgleish
17
13
Ret
14
9
7
12
17
12
22
12
12
13
267
15
252
15
Josh Stanton
14
11
17
17
17
14
17
13
Ret
18
Ret
13
20
218
218
16
Brad Hutchison
Ret
23
13
19
Ret
10
19
11
9
10
Ret
15
15
211
211
17
Matthew Wilson
19
21
16
21
20
9
24
20
17
17
Ret
17
Ret
193
193
18
James Griffith
24
19
Ret
15
12
16
24
16
19
14
167
167
19
Ryan Faulconbridge
18
18
14
16
22
12
22
19
22
23
19
21
19
222
30
30
162
20
Kyle Reid
8
7
2
12
7
Ret
161
161
21
William Newnham
15
14
11
20
18
Ret
8
10
13
19
Ret
190
30
160
22
Billy Hardy
Ret
24
19
22
Ret
16
21
Ret
21
Ret
18
20
17
148
148
23
Hannah Chapman
15
14
Ret
18
15
14
18
16
137
137
24
Steve King
23
19
15
23
21
20
26
Ret
111
111
25
Neil Trotter
22
26
Ret
25
23
Ret
Ret
DNS
DNS
25
17
22
Ret
109
109
26
Ethan Hammerton
21
28
Ret
24
16
18
13
Ret
Ret
103
103
27
Stuart Gibbs
23
27
18
Ret
24
17
80
80
28
Liam Lambert
15
Ret
10
9
71
71
29
Ryan Dignan
20
25
15
21
Ret
66
66
30
Joe Tanner
7
Ret
11
60
60
31
Oliver Barker
11
6
56
56
32
Lewis Galer
Ret
20
12
Ret
18
19
71
20
51
33
Neb Bursac
20
16
DSQ
20
Ret
51
40
11
34
Calum King
Ret
22
Ret
Ret
DNS
Ret
Ret
Ret
DNS
13
15
59
50
9
Pos
Driver
DON
KNO
SIL
SNE
BHI
Total
Drop
Pen.
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)