The 2016 Mini Challenge season was the fifteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 23 April at Donington Park and ended on 30 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured eight rounds across the UK.
Calendar
Round Circuit Date Classes Races 1 Donington Park 23–24 April JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3 2 Brands Hatch 7–8 May JCW 2 3 Silverstone Circuit 28–29 May All 3 4 Rockingham Motor Speedway 18–19 June JCW, Cooper S, Cooper 3 5 Brands Hatch 16–17 July All 3 6 Oulton Park 20 August All 2 7 Cadwell Park 3 September Cooper S, Cooper, Open 2 8 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 29–30 October All 3
Entry list
Team Driver Rounds JCW Class MINI UK VIP 1 Charlie Butler-Henderson All 37 Rob Smith All 52 Dan Prosser 1 Rebecca Jackson 2-3, 5-6 Richard Aucock 7 61 James Turkington 1, 3-7 Sussex Road & Race 2 Ben Seyfried 5-6 26 Luke Reade 1-6 46 Sam Osborne 1-6 194 Michael O'Brien 6 ES Motorsport 7 Steve King 1-5, 7 45 Calum King All Excelr8 Motorsport 10 Chris Smith All 13 Bence Balogh 1, 4, 6 18 Mark Wakefield 7 59 Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 1, 3 68 Ben Constanduros 3 69 Mark Steward 1-2 79 Jono Brown All 88 Reece Barr 7 666 Luke Caudle All Unitec Motorsport 16 David Grady All Mark Wakefield Motorsport 18 Mark Wakefield 1-6 Lawrence Davey Racing 19 Lawrence Davey All 26 Luke Reade 7 46 Sam Osborne 7 68 Scot Adam 5 Coastal Racing 27 Nathan Harrison All 89 Shane Stoney 1 OX4 Racing 35 James Loukes 1-2, 7 Chris Oakman 3-4 Chris Fryer 5-6 Eurotech Racing 39 Brett Smith All 55 Jeff Smith 1, 3, 5-7 76 Jo Polley 1-3, 5-7 Team Dynamics 42 Henry Neal All AR Performance 56 Adam Cunnington 1-5, 7 Ignis Racing 58 Chris Boon 1, 3-7 80 Nick Boon All Oakfield Motorsport 77 Neil Newstead All Privateer 84 Ryan Dignan 6-7 Staffs Racing 99 Kevin O'Connor All Forster Motorsport 777 Arthur Forster 1 Cooper S Class Excelr8 Motorsport 24 Rob Austin 2-5, 7 118 Toby Hotston 1 Lawrence Davey Racing 38 Scot Adam All Oakfield Motorsport 66 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1-4 77 Neil Newstead 6 94 Tim Porter All Team Maxxis 90 Scott Jeffs 1-3, 5-7 Sussex Road & Race 176 Carlito Miracco 3-7 Cooper Class Privateer 4 Michael Bamber All RTS Motorsport 6 Sam Weller All Rob Sims Racing 9 Simon Walton 1-5 47 James Goodall All 91 Owen Walton All 96 Adrian Norman All Excelr8 Motorsport 11 Max Bladon All 21 Adam Davey 1-4 107 Piers Prior 1 Iain Webber 2 Luke Chard-Maple 3 Macaulay Austin 4 Greg Barnard 5 Nick Griggs 6 Will Foulkes 7 108 Fraser Rose 5 Mintech 14 Tony Lynch 1 Coastal Racing 17 Josh Gollin All 20 Kyle Reid 1, 5 25 Nathaniel Gollin 2-4, 7 29 Morgan Jones 1-5 49 Martin Poole 1-2, 4-7 87 Max Leaver 4 93 Ollie Walker 4 Team Dynamics 22 Will Neal All Privateer 36 Marco Haig 1-2, 5-7 Lawrence Davey Racing 98 Darren Chatt 4 Privateer 117 Brad Hutchison All Open Class Privateer 5 Chloe Hewitt All Sussex Road & Race 23 Simon Clark All 555 Andrew Bailey 1-2 Privateer 28 Martyn Hathaway 2-3, 5 114 Sam Hathaway 2-3, 5 Oakfield Motorsport 33 Stuart Lane 1-3 RTS Motorsport 34 Richard Mills All AReeve Motorsport 44 Aaron Reeve 1-3, 5 83 Laura Davis 3 121 Jono Davis All 606 Tim Bill 5 Lawrence Davey Racing 81 Keith Issatt All Privateer 196 Taelor Shand 5
Championship standings 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
JCW Class
Pos Driver DON BHGP SIL ROC BHI OUL SNE Pts 1 David Grady 5 C 3 9 9 1 1 19 8 9 3 2 1 3 2 15 1 1 C 623 2 Nathan Harrison 2 C 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 9 9 9 12 DNS 2 2 C 614 3 Charlie Butler-Henderson 1 C 2 4 1 5 3 2 7 3 2 3 4 8 Ret DNS 3 3 C 604 4 Jono Brown 6 C 16 1 5 4 4 1 1 1 16 5 18 13 4 14 5 6 C 561 5 Brett Smith 12 C 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 5 Ret 1 2 6 Ret 1 4 4 C 558 6 Chris Smith 3 C 4 2 4 2 5 11 4 2 5 11 10 7 Ret Ret 10 13 C 501 7 Rob Smith 4 C 9 5 3 8 14 8 5 6 Ret 4 3 2 Ret 3 12 10 C 492 8 Lawrence Davey 17 C 10 7 8 7 8 5 9 15 12 18 8 5 13 4 9 8 C 450 9 Henry Neal 11 C 17 11 13 13 10 9 6 7 6 12 7 4 Ret 2 8 5 C 447 10 Mark Wakefield Ret C 18 8 12 11 12 10 12 10 4 17 11 10 7 13 15 12 C 374 11 Sam Osborne 9 C 12 12 10 14 13 12 23 17 10 16 15 14 14 17 6 7 C 351 12 James Turkington 10 C 11 10 9 7 14 20 7 13 12 Ret 11 6 7 9 C 349 13 Neil Newstead 7 C 5 15 15 Ret 17 13 11 13 Ret 10 6 12 6 21 11 Ret C 331 14 Luke Caudle Ret C 13 10 7 12 Ret DNS 15 8 8 8 5 1 3 12 Ret DSQ C 316 15 Calum King 20 C 20 16 18 16 16 14 16 11 9 19 17 Ret 8 16 Ret 20 C 276 16 Luke Reade Ret C 15 14 14 Ret Ret 22 10 21 11 6 DNS 17 20 5 13 14 C 265 17 Chris Boon 15 C DNS 15 Ret 15 22 16 14 15 16 15 9 20 20 18 C 230 18 Nick Boon 21 C 19 20 20 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 17 21 21 18 17 10 18 22 C 227 19 Jeff Smith Ret C 8 Ret 11 16 7 14 11 1 Ret 14 11 C 218 20 Adam Cunnington 13 C 14 18 16 17 21 25 13 Ret DNS 27 20 16 19 17 C 203 21 Kevin O'Connor Ret C DNS 19 17 23 22 24 21 19 15 23 23 19 Ret 9 23 23 C 197 22 Jo Polley 18 C 24 21 21 21 19 18 24 24 20 19 11 22 21 C 187 23 Steve King 22 C Ret 23 23 22 20 23 20 18 18 26 25 Ret 24 24 C 154 24 Bence Balogh 8 C DNS 17 12 Ret 10 7 C 116 25 Chris Oakman C 18 18 21 18 14 13 C 101 26 James Loukes 23 C 21 13 11 17 16 C 99 27 Chris Fryer C 22 19 22 15 18 C 75 28 Mark Steward Ret C 26 17 19 C 38 29 Reece Barr C 16 15 C 35 30 Shane Stoney 16 C 23 C 30 31 Arthur Forster 19 C 22 C 29 32 Dan Prosser Ret C 25 C 9 drivers ineligible for points – Michael O'Brien C 5 Ret C 0 – Juan Diego Hernandes Leiva 14 C 7 9 7 6 C 0 – Ben Seyfried C 14 13 DNS Ret 8 C 0 – Ben Constanduros C 20 14 17 C 0 – Ryan Dignan C 16 19 21 19 C 0 – Rebecca Jackson C 22 22 Ret 23 26 25 Ret 21 18 Ret C 0 – Scot Adam C 20 22 DNS C 0 – Richard Aucock C 25 25 C 0
Cooper S Class
Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts 1 Scott Jeffs 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 C 2 3 2 2 1 1 C 675 2 Scot Adam 2 Ret DNS 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 C 2 3 1 Ret 3 4 2 C 645 3 Tim Porter 3 3 2 4 4 5 3 5 1 2 C 5 5 4 3 Ret 2 3 C 633 4 Steve Ruxton-Cocker 1 2 Ret 5 5 1 1 2 2 5 C 4 442 5 Carlito Miracco 5 3 Ret 4 C 3 1 2 Ret 1 5 4 C 378 6 Rob Austin 3 3 4 Ret 6 3 1 C 1 4 DNS 3 Ret C 369 7 Toby Hotston 5 4 3 C C 111 8 Neil Newstead C 1 Ret C 50
Cooper Class
Pos Driver DON SIL ROC BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts 1 Max Bladon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 C 812 2 Josh Gollin 2 2 2 4 13 6 2 4 4 2 C 3 DSQ 5 6 1 9 8 C 570 3 Sam Weller 4 4 Ret 5 2 2 4 Ret Ret 6 C 2 4 3 4 3 4 6 C 537 4 Brad Hutchison Ret 6 DSQ 3 Ret 12 5 2 2 Ret C 4 3 Ret 2 5 4 3 C 488 5 Will Neal 8 13 Ret 9 10 11 11 9 5 12 C 8 Ret 10 5 2 3 2 C 473 6 Michael Bamber 5 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 6 6 6 4 C 4 Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret C 467 7 Owen Walton 10 12 11 6 11 10 8 5 11 9 C 10 8 8 DNS DNS 7 7 C 394 8 James Goodall 9 9 10 10 5 5 7 7 3 13 C 11 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 9 C 392 9 Adrian Norman 11 14 8 12 9 9 12 11 7 10 C Ret 7 Ret 8 8 11 11 C 367 10 Martin Poole Ret 7 7 Ret 6 3 14 C Ret 5 1 3 Ret 2 4 C 349 11 Marco Haig 6 8 Ret 8 12 8 C 6 6 10 7 12 12 C 294 12 Simon Walton Ret 15 5 13 8 4 3 3 DNS 3 C DNS Ret DNS C 270 13 Adam Davey 7 3 9 7 3 DSQ 10 8 10 8 C DNS C 262 14 Nathaniel Gollin 11 7 7 9 Ret Ret 11 C 9 6 5 C 228 15 Morgan Jones Ret 11 6 14 14 13 Ret 12 8 WD C WD Ret 9 C 196 16 Kyle Reid Ret Ret 3 C 1 4 C 127 17 Piers Prior 3 5 4 C C 108 18 Luke Chard-Maple 13 10 9 C C 70 19 Iain Webber 15 15 14 C C 55 20 Nick Griggs C 9 9 C 52 21 Macaulay Austin 15 C 7 C 48 22 Fraser Rose C 10 11 C 46 23 Will Foulkes C 13 10 C 44 24 Ollie Walker 5 C Ret C 34 25 Max Leaver Ret C 6 C 32 26 Darren Chatt 7 C Ret C 30 27 Greg Barnard C 9 Ret C 26 28 Tony Lynch 12 Ret DNS C C 21
Open Class
Pos Driver SIL BHI OUL CAD SNE Pts 1 Keith Issatt 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 6 2 2 2 2 C 482 2 Jono Davis 4 3 Ret 4 C 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 C 457 3 Richard Mills 2 4 1 2 C 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 C 422 4 Chloe Hewitt 5 6 4 8 C DNS 5 4 5 4 5 7 C 337 5 Simon Clark DNS 5 3 5 C 3 2 3 3 Ret Ret 6 C 307 6 Stuart Lane 3 1 5 3 C 6 DNS DNS C 202 7 Aaron Reeve Ret Ret Ret 6 C 5 Ret Ret 4 4 C 140 8 Sam Hathaway 7 C 7 DNS DNS Ret 5 C 60 9 Tim Bill C 6 10 C 56 10 Taelor Shand C 7 9 C 56 11 Martyn Hathaway 9 C 8 DNS DNS Ret 8 C 54 12 Laura Davis C Ret 5 C 34 13 Andrew Bailey Ret Ret DNS Ret C Ret C 0
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