2011 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom

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The 2011 AirAsia Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season will begin at Brands Hatch on 3 April and will finish after 16 races over 8 events at Brands Hatch on 2 October. The season will support rounds of the British Touring Car Championship. On 28 February, AirAsia X was announced as title sponsor to the series in a three-year deal.

Rule changes

The 2011 season will see several rules introduced in an effort to cut costs for competitors to an annual budget of approximately £60,000. These changes including a reduction in the number of rounds from 20 to 16, a reduction in tyre allocation from 60 slick tyres per year to 48 and a reduction of official test days and a freedom of test venue introduced.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Scuderia Vittoria	0	Australia Ash Miller	G	8
	6	United Kingdom Chris Smith	G	8
	11	United Kingdom Matt Allison		1–6
	11	United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales	G	7–8
	41	United Kingdom Luke Wright	G	All
Westbourne Motorsport	2	United Kingdom James Colburn	G	All
Total Control Racing	3	United Kingdom James Dixon	G	All
	8	United Kingdom Andy Jordan		6
	17	United Kingdom Tom Grice	G	1–5
	28	United Kingdom Nicolas Hamilton	G	All
	66	United Kingdom Mark Proctor		1–2
	66	United Kingdom Mark Proctor	M	4–8
Team Pyro	4	Ireland Árón Smith	G	All
	7	United Kingdom Chris Swanwick	G	1–5
		Serbia Neb Bursac		6
		Ireland David Dickenson		7–8
	16	United Kingdom Adam Bonham	G	All
	33	United Kingdom Jack Goff	G	All
	42	United Kingdom Craig Currie		1–7
	99	United Kingdom Josh Files	G	All
JHR Developments	5	United Kingdom Lee Pattison	M	1–3
JHR Developments	5	United Kingdom Rob Boston		7–8
20Ten Racing	10	United Kingdom Darren Wilson	M	All
	18	United Kingdom Andy Gorton		7–8
	27	United Kingdom Tim Sweet		6
Handy Motorsport	12	United Kingdom Simon Belcher	M	8
Get On Track Developments	13	United Kingdom Jake Packun	G	All
Stancombe Vehicle Engineering	15	United Kingdom Matthew Munson		2
	22	United Kingdom Paul Rivett		All
	23	United Kingdom Mark Gibbons	M	7

Icon	Class
G	Graduate Cup
M	Masters Cup

Race calendar and results

The 2011 ToCA calendar was announced on 8 September 2010. Renault have subsequently announced that the Clio Cup will support the BTCC at eight meetings. Two non-championship races were held at the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone in conjunction with the Dutch Clio Cup. Luke Wright won both races for the Scuderia Vittoria team, but he was the only full-time competitor from the British series to take part.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	2 April	United Kingdom Jake Packun	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom James Dixon	Total Control Racing
1	R2	Brands Hatch, Kent	3 April	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
2	R3	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 April	United Kingdom James Dixon	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering
2	R4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	17 April	United Kingdom James Dixon	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom James Dixon	Total Control Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 April	Ireland Árón Smith	United Kingdom Tom Grice	Ireland Árón Smith	Team Pyro
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	1 May	Ireland Árón Smith	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	Ireland Árón Smith	Team Pyro
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	4 June	United Kingdom James Dixon	Ireland Árón Smith	United Kingdom James Dixon	Total Control Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	United Kingdom James Dixon	United Kingdom Tom Grice	United Kingdom Jack Goff	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	18 June	United Kingdom Matt Allison	United Kingdom James Colburn	United Kingdom Matt Allison	Scuderia Vittoria
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	United Kingdom Matt Allison	United Kingdom James Colburn	United Kingdom Matt Allison	Scuderia Vittoria
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	6 August	United Kingdom James Colburn	United Kingdom James Colburn	United Kingdom James Dixon	Total Control Racing
6	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	Ireland Árón Smith	United Kingdom James Colburn	Ireland Árón Smith	Team Pyro
7	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	17 September	United Kingdom Jack Goff	United Kingdom Josh Files	United Kingdom Jack Goff	Team Pyro
7	R14	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	18 September	United Kingdom Jack Goff	United Kingdom James Colburn	United Kingdom Jack Goff	Team Pyro
8	R15	Brands Hatch, Kent	1 October	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales	United Kingdom James Colburn	Westbourne Motorsport
8	R16	Brands Hatch, Kent	2 October	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		BHGP		Pen	Pts
1	United Kingdom Paul Rivett	3	1	1	3	12	2	5	7	6	10	6	4	7	8	2	1	2	356
2	Ireland Árón Smith	6	3	7	10	1	1	6	2	3	8	Ret	1	3	5	3	3		348
3	United Kingdom James Colburn	4	8	6	6	2	Ret	2	4	2	3	10	3	5	3	1	4		348
4	United Kingdom James Dixon	1	13	2	1	4	6	1	3	5	Ret	1	Ret	6	2	10	6		324
5	United Kingdom Jack Goff	Ret	2	13	11	6	3	3	1	Ret	4	9	2	1	1	Ret	DNS		272
6	United Kingdom Jake Packun	2	Ret	3	4	5	10	10	Ret	4	5	5	9	4	Ret	4	2	8	255
7	United Kingdom Josh Files	9	12	11	8	8	11	9	Ret	10	12	3	6	2	Ret	6	5	3	209
8	United Kingdom Adam Bonham	7	9	4	9	13	4	8	6	Ret	DNS	4	7	Ret	9	7	11	2	198
9	United Kingdom Matt Allison	Ret	4	5	5	Ret	Ret	7	12	1	1	Ret	5					3	168
10	United Kingdom Tom Grice	10	6	8	Ret	3	7	4	9	9	6							2	150
11	United Kingdom Luke Wright	Ret	10	10	7	Ret	DNS	11	13	Ret	2	2	10	Ret	4	Ret	DNS		145
12	United Kingdom Craig Currie	11	11	12	Ret	9	9	12	5	12	11	8	11	10	Ret				136
13	United Kingdom Darren Wilson	Ret	14	16	16	11	12	16	8	8	9	11	14	13	11	17	14	2	127
14	United Kingdom Nicolas Hamilton	12	15	17	14	10	13	15	Ret	11	Ret	14	13	14	14	9	10		113
15	United Kingdom Mark Proctor	Ret	Ret	15	15			14	11	7	7	12	12	12	12	14	Ret		105
16	United Kingdom Chris Swanwick	8	7	9	12	7	8	13	10	Ret	Ret								100
17	United Kingdom Lee Pattison	5	5	Ret	2	Ret	5											3	85
18	United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales													8	7	5	7		68
19	United Kingdom Rob Boston													9	10	8	8		51
20	Ireland David Dickenson													11	6	13	9		49
21	Serbia Neb Bursac											7	8						30
22	United Kingdom Andy Gorton													15	13	15	12		30
23	United Kingdom Matthew Munson			14	13														15
24	United Kingdom Tim Sweet											13	15						14
25	United Kingdom Simon Belcher															16	15		13
26	United Kingdom Chris Smith															11	Ret		10
27	United Kingdom Mark Gibbons													16	Ret				5
	United Kingdom Andy Jordan											Ret	DNS						0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Australia Ash Miller															12	13		0
Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		BHGP		Pen	Pts

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)

Entrants' Championship

Pos	Entrant	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		BHGP		Pts
1	Team Pyro	6	2	4	8	1	1	3	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	740
1	Team Pyro	7	3	7	9	6	3	6	2	10	8	4	2	2	5	6	5	740
2	Total Control Racing	1	6	2	1	3	6	1	3	5	6	1	12	6	2	9	6	566
2	Total Control Racing	10	13	8	14	4	7	4	9	7	7	12	13	12	12	10	10	566
3	Scuderia Vittoria	Ret	4	5	5	Ret	Ret	7	12	1	1	2	5	8	4	5	7	392
3	Scuderia Vittoria	Ret	10	10	7	Ret	DNS	11	13	Ret	2	Ret	10	Ret	7	11	Ret	392
4	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering	3	1	1	3	12	2	5	7	6	10	6	4	7	8	2	1	366
4	Stancombe Vehicle Engineering			14	13									16	Ret			366
5	Westbourne Motorsport	4	8	6	6	2	Ret	2	4	2	3	10	3	5	3	1	4	338
6	Get On Track Developments	2	Ret	3	4	5	10	10	Ret	4	5	5	9	4	Ret	4	2	263
7	20Ten Racing	Ret	14	16	16	11	12	16	8	8	9	11	14	13	11	15	12	170
7	20Ten Racing											13	15	15	13	17	14	170
8	JHR Developments	5	5	Ret	2	Ret	5							9	10	8	8	139
9	Handy Motorsport															16	15	11
Pos	Entrant	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		ROC		BHGP		Pts

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)

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Main Series	2011 British Touring Car Championship
Main Support Series	2011 Ginetta Junior Championship 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2011 Formula Renault UK 2011 Ginetta GT Supercup
Multi Round Support	2011 Renault Clio Cup UK (except Knockhill & Silverstone)
Single Round Support	2011 Formula Renault BARC (Silverstone)

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