2020 Mini Challenge UK

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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]

Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Donington Park National 1–2 August JCW 3
2 Oulton Park Island 22–23 August Cooper 2
3 Knockhill Racing Circuit 29–30 August JCW 3
4 Brands Hatch Indy 12 September JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S 2
5 Thruxton Circuit 19–20 September Cooper 3
6 Silverstone National 26–27 September JCW 3
7 Snetterton 300 26 September JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper 2
8 Croft Circuit 10–11 October Cooper 2
9 Snetterton 300 24–25 October JCW 2
10 Donington Park National 7–8 November JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper 2
11 Brands Hatch Indy 14–15 November JCW 2
Source:[5][6]

Entry list

Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
JamSport Racing [7] 5 United Kingdom James Griffith 1,3-5
10 United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales[8] All
22 United Kingdom Oliver Barker 4
23 United Kingdom Ethan Hammerton 1-3
46 United Kingdom Stuart Gibbs 1-2
88 United Kingdom Tom Rawlings All
MPH Racing [7] 6 United Kingdom Calum King 1-4
17 United Kingdom Brad Hutchison All
Lux Motorsport [7] 4 United Kingdom Liam Lambert 4-5
8 United Kingdom Hannah Chapman 2-3,5
13 United Kingdom Ryan Faulconbridge All
21 United Kingdom Jack Davidson All
24 United Kingdom Joe Tanner 2
66 United Kingdom Ronan Pearson[9] All
85 United Kingdom Steve King 2-4
Autotech Motorsport 9 United Kingdom Billy Hardy All
Lawrence Davey Racing [7] 12 United Kingdom Neil Trotter All
16 United Kingdom Callum Newsham [10] All
39 United Kingdom Lewis Brown All
91 United Kingdom Robbie Dalgleish [11] All
Excelr8 Motorsport[7] 20 United Kingdom Kyle Reid [12] 1-2
27 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison All
36 United Kingdom William Newnham [13] 1-4
45 United Kingdom Dan Zelos [14] All
99 United Kingdom Josh Stanton [15] All
123 United Kingdom Isaac Smith [16] All
315 United Kingdom Jason Lockwood [17] All
333 Serbia Neb Bursac 3-4
JWB Motorsport [7] 31 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson All
Elite Motorsport[18][7] 44 United Kingdom Max Bird [19] All
71 United Kingdom Max Coates[20] All
77 United Kingdom Lewis Galer [21] 1,3
Privateer 47 United Kingdom James McIntyre All
Privateer 84 United Kingdom Ryan Dignan 1,4
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy
Lawrence Davey Racing [7] 112 United Kingdom Neil Trotter 1
Cooper S Class
AReeve Motorsport [7] 21 United Kingdom Keir McConomy 1
24 United Kingdom Rob Austin 1
33 United Kingdom Stu Lane 1
47 United Kingdom James Goodall 1
190 United Kingdom Alan Lee 1
DanKanMiniShop 23 United Kingdom Dan Butcher-Lloyd 1
College of West Anglia 55 United Kingdom Gary Papworth 1
Privateer 231 United Kingdom Steve Webb 1
Privateer 666 United Kingdom Sami Bowler 1
Cooper Class
DanKanMiniShop 2 United Kingdom James Hillery TBA
35 United Kingdom Ben Kasperczak TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing [7] 4 United Kingdom Mike Paul TBA
20 United Kingdom Charlie Mann TBA
60 Republic of Ireland Brendan Fitzgerald [22] TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport[7] 5 United Kingdom Nicky Taylor TBA
29 United Kingdom Leonardo Panayiotou [23] TBA
94 United Kingdom Josh Porter [24] TBA
99 United Kingdom Ben Jenkins TBA
Graves Motorsport [25] 10 United Kingdom Bradley Gravett TBA
16 United Kingdom Alex Nevill [26] TBA
27 United Kingdom Alfie Glenie TBA
Performancetek Racing [7] 14 United Kingdom Dominic Wheatley TBA
Lee Pearce Racing 23 United Kingdom Lee Pearce TBA
711 United Kingdom Clark Wells TBA
AReeve Motorsport [7] 30 United Kingdom James Parker TBA
61 United Kingdom Harry Nunn [27] TBA
80 United Kingdom Archie O'Brien [28] TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport [7] 38 United Kingdom Morgan Wroot TBA
66 United Kingdom Andrew Ringland TBA
Mannpower Motorsport 46 United Kingdom Paul Manning TBA
Elite Motorsport[7] 49 United Kingdom Martin Poole TBA
College of West Anglia 51 United Kingdom Andy Langley TBA
53 United Kingdom Neal Clarke TBA
54 United Kingdom Adrian Norman TBA
Misty Racing 77 United Kingdom Alex Jay TBA
Privateer 82 United Kingdom Lydia Walmsley [29] TBA

Results

JCW Class

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Donington Park GP United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales United Kingdom Lewis Brown United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales JamSport Racing
2 United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales United Kingdom Nathan Harrison Excelr8 Motorsport
3 United Kingdom Kyle Reid United Kingdom Max Coates Elite Motorsport
2 4 Knockhill Racing Circuit United Kingdom Joe Tanner United Kingdom Max Bird United Kingdom Max Bird Elite Motorsport
5 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Max Bird Elite Motorsport
6 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Lewis Brown Lawrence Davey Racing
3 7 Silverstone National United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Dan Zelos United Kingdom Nathan Harrison Excelr8 Motorsport
8 United Kingdom Callum Newsham United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales JamSport Racing
9 United Kingdom Isaac Smith United Kingdom Tom Rawlings JamSport Racing
4 10 Snetterton 300 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Nathan Harrison Excelr8 Motorsport
11 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Isaac Smith Excelr8 Motorsport
5 12 Brands Hatch Indy United Kingdom Max Coates United Kingdom Max Bird United Kingdom Max Bird Elite Motorsport
13 United Kingdom Nathan Harrison United Kingdom Lewis Brown Lawrence Davey Racing

Championship standings

References

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