The Protyre 2012 Formula Renault BARC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2012 season was the 18th Formula Renault BARC Championship; the season began at Snetterton 200 on 7 April and ended on 7 October at Silverstone, after fourteen races, all held in England.
Following a second-place finish in the final race at Silverstone, Scott Malvern secured the championship title after achieving three victories during the season and eleven podiums in total, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the opening half of the season and Cullen Motorsport thereafter. MGR Motorsport driver Josh Webster finished the season as runner-up for the second consecutive year; although he won five races – tied for most wins in the season along with Fortec Motorsport's Seb Morris – during the campaign, a less consistent finishing record allowed Malvern to take the title by 33 points via dropped scores. Morris was third at the end of the season, having started half of the season's races from pole position in his first year in the series having graduated from Ginetta Juniors. The only other race winner was Webster's team-mate David Wagner, who finished fourth in the championship.
Teams and drivers 2012 Entry List Team Driver name Rounds Middlehurst Motorsport 2 Chris Middlehurst All Cliff Dempsey Racing 3 Trent Hindman 1–3 4 Scott Malvern 1–3 22 Falco Wauer 5 23 Matthew Brabham 6 42 James Theodore 4 Cullen Motorsport 4 Scott Malvern 4–6 17 Ryan Cullen 6 Antel Motorsport 5 Ivan Taranov 1–5 6 Raoul Owens All 7 Tom Oliphant All 8 Henry Chart All 18 Jake Hughes 6 Scorpio Motorsport 5 Ivan Taranov 6 16 Henrique Baptista All 20 Macaulay Walsh All MGR Motorsport 9 Josh Webster All 25 Jake Dalton All 43 David Wagner All 66 James Fletcher All RPD Motorsport 10 Ovie Iroro 2 Hillspeed Matt Rao 6 15 Struan Moore 5–6 28 Kieran Vernon 2–6 44 Jacob Nortoft 1–5 49 Marcus Allen 1–2 MTECH Lite 11 Joe Ghanem 2–6 12 Shahan Sarkissian 2–6 33 Sean Walkinshaw All 36 Jorge Cevallos All ACS Motorsport 13 Oliver Sirrell 1–5 Fortec Motorsports 21 Laura Tillett All 26 Diego Menchaca All 31 Seb Morris All 88 Martin Cao All SWB Motorsport 24 Tommy Ostgaard 6 27 Jack Dex 1–2, 6 JWA-Avila 30 Michael Epps All 55 Matt Tiffin All National College for Motorsport 32 Max Robinson 6 Core Motorsport 50 Anton Spires 6
Race calendar and results The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and will expand to fourteen rounds at six events, with two triple header events. A provisional calendar was released on 10 November 2011, with the final round still to be confirmed. This first provisional calendar showed Snetterton and Brands Hatch as the season opening triple headers. A revised provisional calendar was released on 2 December 2011, adding Silverstone as the final round, in support of the British Touring Car Championship. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced in favour of a round at Thruxton. The calendar also had major date changes, with the triple header events moved to Snetterton, and Donington Park.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Snetterton 200 7 April Seb Morris Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport R2 8 April Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport R3 Seb Morris Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing 2 R4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 20 May Seb Morris Scott Malvern Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport R5 Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport 3 R6 Thruxton Circuit 17 June Josh Webster Josh Webster Scott Malvern Cliff Dempsey Racing R7 Josh Webster Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport 4 R8 Croft Circuit 22 July Josh Webster Josh Webster Josh Webster MGR Motorsport R9 David Wagner Scott Malvern Josh Webster MGR Motorsport 5 R10 Donington Park (National) 18 August Josh Webster Josh Webster Josh Webster MGR Motorsport R11 19 August Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Scott Malvern Cullen Motorsport R12 David Wagner Seb Morris David Wagner MGR Motorsport 6 R13 Silverstone Circuit 6 October Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport R14 7 October Seb Morris Scott Malvern Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport
Championship standings A driver's best 13 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points 1 Scott Malvern 13 3 1 2 2 1 5 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 Josh Webster 1 2 2 13 20 2 1 1 1 1 4 6 2 13 3 Seb Morris 6 1 5 1 1 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 3 1 1 274 4 David Wagner 2 4 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 3 7 2 1 Ret 5 243 5 Kieran Vernon 4 5 3 2 2 5 6 7 7 7 3 236 6 Macaulay Walsh 3 7 4 5 10 5 3 Ret 17 4 8 4 10 22 214 7 James Fletcher Ret 5 7 3 3 18 8 3 8 8 6 12 9 9 210 8 Jake Dalton 5 Ret 3 7 12 4 4 13 Ret 5 10 8 14 8 192 9 Chris Middlehurst 11 14 15 Ret Ret DNS 11 11 10 3 3 5 5 Ret 147 10 Ivan Taranov 9 6 16 18 7 9 9 14 12 Ret 19 19 8 4 142 11 Diego Menchaca 8 8 9 10 13 19 Ret 7 6 11 18 15 12 Ret 130 12 Jorge Cevallos 14 Ret 11 16 14 7 6 9 7 Ret 12 13 Ret 10 123 13 Michael Epps 19 15 13 15 21 Ret DNS 10 Ret 9 9 9 4 7 112 14 Martin Cao Ret 12 12 8 4 22 7 DNS 15 Ret 13 11 25 18 100 15 Jacob Nortoft Ret Ret DNS 9 8 14 15 Ret 9 10 11 10 87 16 Tom Oliphant 18 17 17 17 17 13 10 Ret 13 14 14 18 20 20 73 17 Jack Dex 7 9 10 Ret Ret 11 6 71 18 Sean Walkinshaw 17 13 20 19 16 15 17 8 18 13 21 Ret Ret 12 71 19 Raoul Owens 10 11 24 12 11 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 24 NC 23 19 70 20 Henrique Baptista 12 19 19 24 19 21 13 16 Ret 18 Ret 17 NC 11 51 21 James Theodore 5 4 42 22 Matt Tiffin 15 Ret 18 22 15 17 19 15 Ret 17 22 21 21 21 38 23 Joe Ghanem Ret Ret 16 18 12 Ret 20 16 14 18 Ret 36 24 Oliver Sirrell 16 16 21 21 22 11 14 18 Ret 21 Ret 23 35 25 Marcus Allen 21 Ret 14 14 9 31 26 Laura Tillett 20 18 22 20 18 DNS DNS 19 16 Ret 17 20 22 25 24 27 Struan Moore 19 23 16 13 17 21 28 Henry Chart 22 Ret 23 23 24 Ret 16 20 14 15 20 24 27 24 21 29 Shahan Sarkissian Ret 23 20 Ret 17 Ret 16 15 22 26 Ret 17 30 Jake Hughes 24 15 7 31 Tommy Ostgaard 15 Ret 7 32 Matt Rao 16 Ret 6 33 Anton Spires Ret 16 6 34 Ryan Cullen 17 23 5 35 Max Robinson 19 Ret 3 Falco Wauer Ret Ret Ret 0 Ovie Iroro DNS DNS 0 Ineligible drivers Trent Hindman 4 10 8 11 6 12 12 0 Matthew Brabham 6 14 0 Pos Driver SNE ROC THR CRO DON SIL Points
Formula Renault BARC Winter Series The 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series with Michelin will be the 15th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season without the Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship, making this the first BARC championship only winter series. The series will commence at Brands Hatch on 20–21 October and end at Rockingham on 10 November, after four races at two rounds held in England.
Teams and drivers The series organisers announced a 19 car grid on 18 October 2012, for the opening round of the winter series, with more cars expected for the Rockingham round. Team Driver name Rounds Middlehurst Motorsport GTR 2 Chris Middlehurst All MGR Motorsport 4 Gustav Malja 1 8 Jake Hughes 2 14 Matt Mason All 15 Tom Oliphant 2 Cliff Dempsey Racing(Team USA) 5 Olly Rae All 23 Matthew Brabham All Cullen Motorsport 7 Ryan Cullen 1 MTech Lite 9 Joe Ghanem All 13 Shahan Sarkissian 2 33 Sean Walkinshaw All Hillspeed 10 Matthew Rao All 21 George Gamble All Core Motorsport 11 Ivan Taranov All 30 Michael Epps All Fortec Motorsport 12 Jack Aitken All 16 Patric Armand 2 26 Laura Tillett 1 31 Seb Morris All 88 Hongwei Cao All Jamun Racing Services 17 Luke Williams All SWB Motorsport 27 Cameron Twynham All Kingdom Motorsport 50 Anton Spires 1
Race calendar and results The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 7 September 2012, with the first round at Brands Hatch in support of the British Touring Car Championship.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 20 October Matt Mason Matt Mason Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport R2 21 October Jack Aitken Matt Mason Matt Mason MGR Motorsport 2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 10 November Seb Morris Seb Morris Seb Morris Fortec Motorsport R4 Seb Morris Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Fortec Motorsport Notes
Championship standings Pos Driver BRH ROC Points 1 Seb Morris 1 4 1 4 113 2 Jack Aitken 2 3 3 1 112 3 Matt Mason 6 1 5 3 104 4 Chris Middlehurst 3 2 4 6 95 5 Hongwei Cao 7 9 2 5 82 6 Cameron Twynham 10 6 10 12 54 7 George Gamble 8 7 Ret 8 50 8 Ivan Taranov 15 Ret 6 7 43 9 Sean Walkinshaw 12 14 13 10 39 10 Michael Epps 4 Ret Ret 9 36 11 Olly Rae 14 10 12 18 34 12 Ryan Cullen 9 8 30 13 Joe Ghanem Ret 11 11 14 30 14 Jake Hughes 8 13 23 15 Tom Oliphant 7 16 22 16 Anton Spires 11 13 20 17 Laura Tillett 13 12 19 18 Luke Williams Ret 15 Ret 15 14 19 Shahan Sarkissian 14 17 13 20 Matt Rao DNS DNS Ret 11 11 Gustav Malja Ret Ret 0 Ineligible drivers Matthew Brabham 5 5 9 2 0 Patric Armand Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver BRH ROC Points
References
External links The official website of the Formula Renault BARC Championship