2012 Mini Challenge UK

The 2012 Mini Challenge season was the eleventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 14 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 7 October at Donington Park.^[1] The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

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Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Silverstone Circuit	14–15 April	All	2
2	Castle Combe Circuit	7 May	All	2
3	Brands Hatch	16–17 June	All	3
4	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	30 June-1 July	All	4
5	Oulton Park	18 July	All	2
6	Brands Hatch	15–16 September	All	3
7	Donington Park	6–7 October	All	4

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Mark Fish Motorsport	1	Chris Knox	2
	77	Chris Knox	1
	50	Jason Richardson	1-2, 6-7
Forster Motorsport	3	Arthur Forster	2-3
Forster Motorsport	37	Arthur Forster	5, 7
Coastal Racing	4	Stewart Lines	1-5
	5	Lee Pattison	2-7
	7	Craig Freeman	2-5, 7
	30	Martin Depper	1-5
Excelr8 Motorsport	4	Stewart Lines	7
	10	Chris Smith	All
	18	Sam Osborne	All
	58	Paul O'Neill	6
Advent Motorsport	15	Patrick Mortimer	All
Advent Motorsport	44	Freddy Nordström	3
Stratford Motors	16	William Davison	3-6
Stratford Motors	46	Shaun King	6-7
Minimax Motorsport	22	Chris Smiley	All
Truck Align	26	Lee Allen	All
Truck Align	29	Chris Panayiotou	1-3, 5, 7
Lohen	45	David Ogden	7
	54	Ant Whorton-Eales	4
	99	Kevin O'Connor	All
Jack Doyle Racing	70	Bob Hosier	All
CSK Motorsport	89	Shane Stoney	1-6
Cooper Class
Team Dean	2	Dean Raymond	1-2
Advent Motorsport	8	Adrian Norman	All
Advent Motorsport	51	Martin Mortimer	7
Excelr8 Motorsport	11	Trevor Bates	3
	17	Simon Hillery	1-3
	79	Jono Brown	All
	80	Mike Phillips	All
	81	Henry Gilbert	All
	88	Daniel Bishop	4-5
	94	Ben Gridley	6-7
Max Leaver Racing	23	Max Leaver	All

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	SIL		CAS		BHI			SNE				OUL		BHGP			DON				Pts
1	Lee Allen	3	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	DSQ	3	2	2	Ret	1	2	1	2	2	1	332
2	Chris Smith	2	2	7	5	5	3	1	4	4	4	2	5	1	DSQ	4	Ret	4	5	3	2	266
3	Chris Smiley	8	5	3	Ret	6	8	Ret	5	5	2	8	7	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	210
4	Sam Osborne	4	10	2	4	2	2	DSQ	3	3	1	4	6	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	9	5	5	207
5	Lee Pattison			5	2	15	DNS	DNS	13	Ret	DSQ	DNS	4	DSQ	2	3	1	2	1	1	6	170
6	Shane Stoney	7	6	1	6	3	5	3	6	DNS	5	6	1	DSQ	4	Ret	Ret					156
7	Martin Depper	5	3	6	3	7	4	6	2	9	Ret	5	Ret	8								126
8	Stewart Lines	6	4	9	8	4	6	11	11	10	8	Ret	10	DNS				7	10	6	Ret	116
9	Kevin O'Connor	9	7	DNS	DNS	11	10	8	10	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	5	9	Ret	11	Ret	8	7	105
10	William Davison					10	11	7	7	6	Ret	7	9	7	7	6	7					92
11	Bob Hosier	11	11	12	11	14	13	12	14	11	Ret	9	12	9	9	10	9	Ret	12	11	10	88
12	Patrick Mortimer	10	8	13	10	13	12	9	12	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	8	Ret	8	13	Ret	12	9	85
13	Chris Panayiotou	DNS	DNS	10	Ret	Ret	9	5					11	10				9	7	9	3	73
14	Arthur Forster			Ret	DNS	8	Ret	Ret					3	5				3	3	10	Ret	70
15	Ant Whorton-Eales								8	2	3	1										60
16	Paul O'Neill														1	2	3					52
17	Craig Freeman			14	Ret	12	14	10	9	Ret	7	Ret	8	6				Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	48
18	Jason Richardson	Ret	DNS	11	9										DNS	7	5	6	8	DNS	DNS	46
19	Shaun King														6	8	6	8	6	Ret	Ret	46
20	Chris Knox	1	9	8	7																	44
21	Freddy Nordström					9	7	4														29
22	David Ogden																	12	11	7	8	26

Pos	Driver	SIL		CAS		BHI			SNE				OUL		BHGP			DON				Pts
1	Henry Gilbert	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	3	1	1	5	379
2	Jono Brown	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	1	2	3	2	2	7	DNS	1	329
3	Max Leaver	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	308
4	Adrian Norman	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	6	217
5	Mike Phillips	6	7	5	4	6	Ret	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	6	4	5	4	210
6	Ben Gridley														4	4	3	4	3	3	7	94
7	Daniel Bishop								4	2	4	3	3	3								88
8	Simon Hillery	Ret	3	3	Ret	3	4	3														73
9	Martin Mortimer																	7	6	6	3	44
10	Trevor Bates					7	6	5														30
11	Dean Raymond	3	5	Ret	DNS																	27

2012 Mini Challenge UK

Entry list

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Cooper Class

References

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