2021 Mini Challenge UK

The 2021 Quaife Mini Challenge season was the twentieth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season began on 12 March at Snetterton and ended on 24 October at Brands Hatch. It included nineteen rounds across the UK, all the JCW Class races and 2 of the Cooper Class races support the British Touring Car Championship.^[1]

Entry list

All drivers raced under British licences.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Team HARD	2	Paul Taylor	1–4
	7	Kenan Dole	1–4, 6-7
JamSport Racing	3	Alex Denning	6
	19	Bobby Thompson	6–7
LUX Motorsport	4	Liam Lambert	1–3, 5-7
	8	Hannah Chapman	All
	13	Ryan Faulconbridge	All
	21	Jack Davidson	All
	47	James MacIntyre	All
	69	Mark Dickson	4
	85	Steve King	4
LDR Performance Tuning	5	James Griffith	1–4, 6-7
	12	Neil Trotter	1–4, 6
	16	Callum Newsham	1–6
	39	Lewis Brown	All
	66	Ronan Pearson	All
	88	Tom Rawlings	6
	91	Robbie Dalgleish	1–6
Graves Motorsport	10	Bradley Gravett	All
	71	Max Coates	All
Hybrid Tune	11	Sam Weller	All
	40	Stephen James	All
MotorsportApps.com with MPHR	17	Brad Hutchinson	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	19	Jack Mitchell	2
	20	Kyle Reid	4
	22	Oliver Barker	1–3, 5-6
	23	Ethan Hammerton	All
	44	Max Bird	All
	45	Dan Zelos	All
	63	Taylor Whitson	6–7
	72	Joshua Jackson	7
	315	Jason Lockwood	All
BTC Racing	24	Joe Tanner	All
	82	Lydia Walmsley	All
J W Bird Motorsport	31	Matthew Wilson	All
	52	Ru Clark	All
	123	Isaac Smith	1–5
OX4 Racing	35	Jim Loukes	1–3, 5-7

Results

JCW Class

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton	12 June	Max Bird	Lewis Brown	Lewis Brown	LDR Performance Tuning
	R2		13 June		Sam Weller	Lewis Brown	LDR Performance Tuning
	R3				Brad Hutchison	Brad Hutchison	MotorsportApps.com with MPHR
2	R4	Brands Hatch Indy	26 June	Max Bird	Max Bird	Max Bird	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R5		27 June		Max Bird	Max Coates	Graves Motorsport
	R6				Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport
3	R7	Oulton Park	31 July	Max Bird	Dan Zelos	Max Bird	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R8		1 August		Jason Lockwood	Oliver Barker	Excelr8 Motorsport
4	R9	Knockhill	14 August	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R10		15 August		Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R11				Jason Lockwood	Jack Davidson	LUX Motorsport
5	R12	Croft	18 September	Jack Davidson	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R13		19 September		Max Bird	Isaac Smith	J W Bird Motorsport
6	R14	Donington Park	9 October	Max Coates	James MacIntyre	Jack Davidson	LUX Motorsport
	R15		10 October		Sam Weller	Max Bird	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R16				Lewis Brown	Jack Davidson	LUX Motorsport
7	R17	Brands Hatch GP	23 October	Lewis Brown	Lewis Brown	Lewis Brown	LDR Performance Tuning
	R18		24 October		Lewis Brown	Lewis Brown	LDR Performance Tuning
	R19				Max Coates	Max Coates	Graves Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the all finishing 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+	PP	FL
Points	50	44	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	6	6

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos Driver SNE BHI OUL KNO CRO DON BHGP Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Dan Zelos 5 5 4 7 2 1 2 3 1 1 5 1 5 7 8 6 5 4 2 782 58 30 694 2 Max Bird 2 3 10 1 Ret 8 1 6 5 3 3 4 7 3 1 2 3 3 5 738 31 20 687 3 Lewis Brown 1 1 8 4 13 6 8 5 11 NC 18 3 Ret 9 6 3 1 1 7 624 624 4 Jack Davidson 4 4 26 18 10 3 12 7 4 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 Ret 7 3 659 15 20 624 5 Max Coates Ret 24 25 3 1 5 4 4 8 7 4 5 2 5 3 NC 7 5 1 610 610 6 Sam Weller 3 2 7 12 5 28 7 2 6 5 7 9 Ret 2 4 4 2 9 4 622 15 607 7 Jason Lockwood Ret 14 9 10 6 26 3 9 2 4 2 23 14 10 7 20 19 12 8 502 15 487 8 Ronan Pearson 13 7 2 17 12 7 14 12 12 10 11 8 6 4 5 Ret 11 8 6 503 19 484 9 James MacIntyre 9 Ret 18 5 3 2 13 11 13 22 17 12 Ret 26 15 8 16 13 9 433 433 10 Ethan Hammerton 8 6 6 14 11 11 15 10 9 6 6 11 Ret 13 25 14 14 Ret 14 424 424 11 Ru Clark 25 18 17 13 16 12 19 13 19 12 10 7 3 18 11 7 9 10 11 441 31 410 12 Brad Hutchison 11 9 1 19 15 14 10 22 14 11 13 14 15 15 10 9 8 11 10 467 32 40 395 13 Isaac Smith 6 8 5 16 8 17 9 8 10 8 Ret 6 1 349 349 14 Kenan Dole 12 Ret Ret 6 9 9 Ret 17 17 15 16 14 26 12 6 6 16 334 334 15 Joe Tanner 16 12 13 15 24 27 11 Ret 3 9 8 Ret DNS 11 12 Ret Ret 19 12 322 322 16 Bradley Gravett 14 11 23 27 Ret 21 18 15 Ret 18 25 21 12 21 19 17 12 20 Ret 293 293 17 Stephen James 19 21 19 24 17 18 24 18 23 Ret 19 22 17 25 18 10 20 22 18 305 15 290 18 Robbie Dalgleish 7 Ret 15 8 7 10 Ret 16 18 21 12 10 8 12 Ret Ret 287 287 19 Hannah Chapman 20 19 20 NC 25 20 26 23 15 13 20 16 16 19 20 Ret 22 23 23 282 282 20 Jim Loukes 15 10 3 9 Ret 15 6 Ret 13 Ret 6 17 Ret Ret 17 15 280 280 21 Matthew Wilson 18 22 22 Ret 19 19 16 14 16 16 15 DNS DNS 22 16 16 17 Ret 19 273 273 22 Lydia Walmsley 24 20 21 26 26 23 17 19 Ret DNS DNS 20 11 Ret 23 18 10 14 22 260 260 23 Ryan Faulconbridge 21 17 14 22 23 25 22 21 Ret Ret 23 18 13 16 27 Ret 21 Ret 21 248 248 24 James Griffith 17 Ret Ret 23 18 Ret 25 20 21 17 21 23 24 15 18 18 17 237 237 25 Oliver Barker 10 Ret 16 21 14 13 5 1 15 10 20 DNS DNS 247 30 217 26 Callum Newsham Ret 15 12 20 20 16 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 19 Ret 8 Ret Ret 189 189 27 Liam Lambert Ret 13 11 Ret 4 4 20 Ret 17 9 Ret 22 13 13 15 13 310 140 170 28 Paul Taylor 22 23 24 28 21 24 21 Ret 22 20 22 152 152 29 Neil Trotter 23 16 Ret 25 22 Ret 23 24 DSQ DSQ DSQ 24 21 DNS 126 120 6 Guest drivers ineligible for points Bobby Thompson Ret 9 5 4 2 Ret Jack Mitchell 2 DSQ 22 Kyle Reid Ret 14 9 Alex Denning 17 13 11 Tom Rawlings Ret 14 Ret Joshua Jackson 15 16 24 Taylor Whitson 27 28 19 23 21 20 Steve King 20 19 DSQ Mark Dickson DNS Ret 24 Pos Driver SNE BHI OUL KNO CRO DON BHGP Total Drop Pen. Pts References "LATEST NEWS FROM MINI CHALLENGE". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021. "BUMPER JCW FIELD GETS SET FOR SNETTERTON OPENER". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021. External links Official website