2010 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom

The 2010 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom with Michelin season began at Thruxton on 4 April and will finish after 20 races over 10 events at Brands Hatch on 10 October. Fifteen drivers from seven teams will take part throughout the season, mainly supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship but also supporting the UK round of the World Series by Renault.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Team Pyro	1	Jeff Smith	M	1–7, 9
	4	Dave Newsham	M	1–9
	33	Jack Goff	G	1–5, 7, 9–10
	47	Jake Packun	G	6–10
	88	David Dickenson		1–3
Mardi Gras Motorsport	2	Stefan Hodgetts		9
JHR Developments	2	Tom Carnaby	G	1, 3
	5	Lee Pattison	M	All
	6	Steven Hunter	M	8
	23	Dylan von Pontiac-Jögker		1–5
	23	Kane Astin	M	6
	55	Jason Mills	G	10
Total Control Racing	3	James Dixon^[1]	G	2, 4–10
	8	Alistair Barclay^[2]	G	2–3
	22	Mike Robinson		All
	44	Sam Tordoff	G	1–9
	77	Andy Jordan	G	10
20Ten Racing Limited	6	Graham Mulholland^[1]	M	2
	10	Darren Wilson	M	All
	41	Craig Currie		10
Westbourne Motorsport	9	James Colburn	G	All
	18	Patrick Collins	M	1–7, 9–10
	18	Ed Pead		8
	46	Robert Gaffney	G	1–5
	66	Josh Cook	G	6–7, 10
Blue Square Data Stancombe Vehicle Engineering	15	Matthew Munson		1–4, 6–7, 9–10
	15	Paul Rivett^[3]		5
	16	Paul Rivett^[3]		7, 9–10
APO Sport	29	Alex Osborne		9
Meridian Motorsport	46	Robert Gaffney	G	9–10
Elite Motorsport	47	Jake Packun	G	1–5

Icon	Class
G	Graduate Cup
M	Masters Cup

Two classes have been introduced for the 2010 season:

All drivers under 23 are eligible for the Graduate Cup, with the class champion earning 25% off a registration fee for the 2011 season.^[4]
All drivers over 35 are eligible for the Masters Cup.^[4]

Calendar

The series will support the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on September 19, as the Clio Cup forms part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone. In a change for this season, Saturday races are extended to 40 minutes at most circuits, while races at Rockingham, Croft and Oulton Park are 35 minutes in length.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
1	R2	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	4 April	Dave Newsham	Jake Packun	Lee Pattison	JHR Developments
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	24 April	Dave Newsham	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	25 April	Dave Newsham	Lee Pattison	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
3	R5	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 May	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
3	R6	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	2 May	Dave Newsham	Jack Goff	Lee Pattison	JHR Developments
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
4	R8	Oulton Park, Cheshire	6 June	Dave Newsham	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	20 June	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	James Dixon	Sam Tordoff	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
6	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	8 August	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing
7	R13	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	21 August	Dave Newsham	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
7	R14	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	22 August	Dave Newsham	Paul Rivett	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	4 September	Dave Newsham	James Dixon	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
8	R16	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	5 September	Dave Newsham	James Colburn	Dave Newsham	Team Pyro
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire	18 September	Dave Newsham	James Dixon	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing
9	R18	Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire	19 September	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	9 October	James Dixon	Paul Rivett	James Dixon	Total Control Racing
10	R20	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	10 October	James Dixon	James Dixon	James Dixon	Total Control Racing

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	THR		ROC		BHGP		OUL		CRO		SNE		SIL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Total	Drop	Pen^[5]	Pts	Grad	Mast
1	Dave Newsham	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	14			529			529		475
2	Lee Pattison	6	1	4	4	9	1	5	3	6	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	6	15	449	18		431		377
3	Sam Tordoff	2	3	2	Ret	2	Ret	2	2	3	3	3	1	7	6	Ret	10	1	3			382			382	382
4	James Colburn	4	10	5	3	3	8	7	6	10	Ret	8	5	5	3	5	6	6	6	3	8	356	11		345	306
5	Mike Robinson	8	5	3	2	6	5	4	8	5	4	9	11	3	5	Ret	5	Ret	7	4	7	344			344
6	James Dixon			9	9			8	9	Ret	7	2	2	14	7	4	4	Ret	2	1	1	287		2¹	285	285
7	Jake Packun	3	2	7	8	Ret	DNS	3	4	8	Ret	6	7	6	Ret	6	8	Ret	8	8	9	270		3²	267	267
8	Jeff Smith	11	7	6	6	Ret	9	12	11	7	6	7	6	11	10			4	9			216		2³	214		214
9	Jack Goff	9	8	8	7	Ret	6	9	10	Ret	9			9	9			Ret	5	7	4	193			193	193
10	Paul Rivett									2	11			1	2			Ret	1	2	2	194		2⁴	192
11	Dylan von Pontiac-Jögker	5	13	11	5	5	4	6	5	4	5											180		2⁵	178
12	Darren Wilson	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	13	12	10	13	12	13	12	7	9	5	13	14	13	187	14		173		151
13	Robert Gaffney	12	9	12	10	4	7	10	7	9	12							Ret	10	9	6	168			168	168
14	Patrick Collins	13	12	17	Ret	10	11	11	Ret	11	8	10	DNS	8	13			7	11	12	11	154			154		154
15	Matthew Munson	15	15	15	13	11	12	14	12			12	10	10	11			Ret	12	10	12	131			131
16	Josh Cook											5	8	12	8					5	3	102			102	102
17	Tom Carnaby	7	6			7	3															75			75	75
18	David Dickenson	10	11	10	Ret	8	10															57		2⁶	55
19	Ed Pead															3	3					50			50
20	Jason Mills																			11	5	30			30	30
21	Kane Astin											11	9									22			22		22
22	Alistair Barclay			16	12	Ret	14															21			21	21
23	Craig Currie																			13	10	19			19
24	Graham Mulholland			14	11																	17			17		17
25	Steven Hunter															Ret	7					16			16		16
26	Andy Jordan																			15	14	13			13	13
27	Stefan Hodgetts																	Ret	Ret			0			0
28	Alex Osborne																	Ret	Ret			0		4⁷	−4
Pos	Driver	THR		ROC		BHGP		OUL		CRO		SNE		SIL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Total	Drop	Pen^[5]	Pts	Grad	Mast

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Notes:

1.^ – James Dixon was penalised two points at Croft.^[6]

2.^ – Jake Packun was penalised three points at Silverstone Arena.^[5]

3.^ – Jeff Smith was penalised two points at Silverstone Arena.^[5]

4.^ – Paul Rivett was penalised two points at Brands Hatch Indy.^[5]

5.^ – Fulvio Mussi was penalised two points at Croft.^[6]

6.^ – David Dickenson was penalised two points at Thruxton.^[7]

7.^ – Alex Osborne was penalised four points at Silverstone Arena.^[8]

Entrants' Championship

Pos	Entrant	THR		ROC		BHGP		OUL		CRO		SNE		SIL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts
1	Team Pyro	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	5	7	4	883
1	Team Pyro	9	7	6	6	8	6	9	10	7	6	6	6	6	9	6	8	4	8	8	9	883
2	Total Control Racing	2	3	2	2	2	5	2	2	3	3	2	1	3	5	4	4	1	2	1	1	880
2	Total Control Racing	8	5	3	9	6	14	4	8	5	4	3	2	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	3	4	7	880
3	JHR Developments	5	1	4	4	5	1	5	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	6	5	710
3	JHR Developments	6	6	11	5	7	3	6	5	6	6	11	9			Ret	7			11	15	710
4	Westbourne Motorsport	4	9	5	3	3	7	7	6	9	8	5	5	5	3	3	3	6	6	3	3	678
4	Westbourne Motorsport	12	10	12	10	4	8	10	7	10	Ret	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	11	5	8	678
5	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering	15	15	15	13	11	12	14	12	2	11	12	10	1	2			Ret	1	2	2	317
5	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering													10	11			Ret	12	10	12	317
6	20Ten Racing Limited	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	13	12	13	12	7	9	5	13	13	10	223
6	20Ten Racing Limited			14	14															14	13	223
7	Elite Motorsport	3	2	7	8	Ret	DNS	3	4	8	Ret											144
8	Meridian Motorsport																	Ret	10	9	6	41
	APO Sport																	Ret	Ret			0
	Mardi Gras Motorsport																	Ret	Ret			0
Pos	Entrant	THR		ROC		BHGP		OUL		CRO		SNE		SIL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts

References

^ ^a ^b Turner, Kevin, ed. (2010-04-22). "More racers to join Clio Cup pack". Autosport. 200 (4). Haymarket Publications: 91.
^ "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin — Qualifying — Round 3 - Classification". TSL Timing. Timing Solutions Limited. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
^ "Double Clio Cup champion makes welcome return at Croft". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Broomhead, James (2009-11-12). "Renault announce changes for 2010 Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin – Drivers Points Table" (PDF). renaultsport.co.uk. Renaultsport UK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
^ ^a ^b "Clio cup win for Newsham at Croft". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-06-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
^ "Pattison and Newsham share spoils at Thruxton". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ "Tordoff & Rivett share Clio Cup spoils at Silverstone". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-09-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

External links

Official website

[Clio_newbies-1] Turner, Kevin, ed. (2010-04-22). "More racers to join Clio Cup pack". Autosport. 200 (4). Haymarket Publications: 91.

[2] "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin — Qualifying — Round 3 - Classification". TSL Timing. Timing Solutions Limited. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

[3] "Double Clio Cup champion makes welcome return at Croft". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-19.

[Changes-4] Broomhead, James (2009-11-12). "Renault announce changes for 2010 Clio Cup". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

[Pen-5] "2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin – Drivers Points Table" (PDF). renaultsport.co.uk. Renaultsport UK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-10-11.

[Croft-6] "Clio cup win for Newsham at Croft". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-06-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

[7] "Pattison and Newsham share spoils at Thruxton". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

[8] "Tordoff & Rivett share Clio Cup spoils at Silverstone". Girlracer. Girlracer Group. 2010-09-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

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