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The Protyre 2012 Formula Renault BARC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2012 season was the 18th Formula Renault BARC Championship; the season began at Snetterton 200 on 7 April and ended on 7 October at Silverstone, after fourteen races, all held in England.

Following a second-place finish in the final race at Silverstone, Scott Malvern secured the championship title after achieving three victories during the season and eleven podiums in total, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the opening half of the season and Cullen Motorsport thereafter. MGR Motorsport driver Josh Webster finished the season as runner-up for the second consecutive year; although he won five races – tied for most wins in the season along with Fortec Motorsport's Seb Morris – during the campaign, a less consistent finishing record allowed Malvern to take the title by 33 points via dropped scores. Morris was third at the end of the season, having started half of the season's races from pole position in his first year in the series having graduated from Ginetta Juniors. The only other race winner was Webster's team-mate David Wagner, who finished fourth in the championship.

Teams and drivers

2012 Entry List^[1]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport	2	Chris Middlehurst	All
Cliff Dempsey Racing	3	Trent Hindman	1–3
	4	Scott Malvern	1–3
	22	Falco Wauer	5
	23	Matthew Brabham	6
	42	James Theodore	4
Cullen Motorsport	4	Scott Malvern	4–6
Cullen Motorsport	17	Ryan Cullen	6
Antel Motorsport	5	Ivan Taranov	1–5
	6	Raoul Owens	All
	7	Tom Oliphant	All
	8	Henry Chart	All
	18	Jake Hughes	6
Scorpio Motorsport	5	Ivan Taranov	6
	16	Henrique Baptista	All
	20	Macaulay Walsh	All
MGR Motorsport	9	Josh Webster	All
	25	Jake Dalton	All
	43	David Wagner	All
	66	James Fletcher	All
RPD Motorsport	10	Ovie Iroro	2
Hillspeed	10	Matt Rao	6
	15	Struan Moore	5–6
	28	Kieran Vernon	2–6
	44	Jacob Nortoft	1–5
	49	Marcus Allen	1–2
MTECH Lite	11	Joe Ghanem	2–6
	12	Shahan Sarkissian	2–6
	33	Sean Walkinshaw^[2]	All
	36	Jorge Cevallos	All
ACS Motorsport	13	Oliver Sirrell	1–5
Fortec Motorsports	21	Laura Tillett^[3]	All
	26	Diego Menchaca	All
	31	Seb Morris	All
	88	Martin Cao^[4]	All
SWB Motorsport	24	Tommy Ostgaard	6
SWB Motorsport	27	Jack Dex	1–2, 6
JWA-Avila	30	Michael Epps	All
JWA-Avila	55	Matt Tiffin	All
National College for Motorsport	32	Max Robinson	6
Core Motorsport	50	Anton Spires	6

Race calendar and results

The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and will expand to fourteen rounds at six events, with two triple header events. A provisional calendar was released on 10 November 2011, with the final round still to be confirmed. This first provisional calendar showed Snetterton and Brands Hatch as the season opening triple headers.^[5] A revised provisional calendar was released on 2 December 2011, adding Silverstone as the final round, in support of the British Touring Car Championship. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced in favour of a round at Thruxton. The calendar also had major date changes, with the triple header events moved to Snetterton,^[6] and Donington Park.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton 200	7 April	Seb Morris	Scott Malvern	Josh Webster	MGR Motorsport
	R2		8 April	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
	R3		8 April	Seb Morris	Scott Malvern	Scott Malvern	Cliff Dempsey Racing
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway	20 May	Seb Morris	Scott Malvern	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
2	R5	Rockingham Motor Speedway	20 May	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit	17 June	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Scott Malvern	Cliff Dempsey Racing
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit	17 June	Josh Webster	Scott Malvern	Josh Webster	MGR Motorsport
4	R8	Croft Circuit	22 July	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	MGR Motorsport
4	R9	Croft Circuit	22 July	David Wagner	Scott Malvern	Josh Webster	MGR Motorsport
5	R10	Donington Park (National)	18 August	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	MGR Motorsport
	R11		19 August	Scott Malvern	Scott Malvern	Scott Malvern	Cullen Motorsport
	R12		19 August	David Wagner	Seb Morris	David Wagner	MGR Motorsport
6	R13	Silverstone Circuit	6 October	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
6	R14	Silverstone Circuit	7 October	Seb Morris	Scott Malvern	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 13 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	SNE			ROC		THR		CRO		DON			SIL		Points
1	Scott Malvern	13	3	1	2	2	1	5	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	368
2	Josh Webster	1	2	2	13	20	2	1	1	1	1	4	6	2	13	335
3	Seb Morris	6	1	5	1	1	10	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	3	1	1	274
4	David Wagner	2	4	6	6	Ret	6	Ret	6	3	7	2	1	Ret	5	243
5	Kieran Vernon				4	5	3	2	2	5	6	7	7	7	3	236
6	Macaulay Walsh	3	7	4	5	10	5	3	Ret	17	4	8	4	10	22	214
7	James Fletcher	Ret	5	7	3	3	18	8	3	8	8	6	12	9	9	210
8	Jake Dalton	5	Ret	3	7	12	4	4	13	Ret	5	10	8	14	8	192
9	Chris Middlehurst	11	14	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	11	11	10	3	3	5	5	Ret	147
10	Ivan Taranov	9	6	16	18	7	9	9	14	12	Ret	19	19	8	4	142
11	Diego Menchaca	8	8	9	10	13	19	Ret	7	6	11	18	15	12	Ret	130
12	Jorge Cevallos	14	Ret	11	16	14	7	6	9	7	Ret	12	13	Ret	10	123
13	Michael Epps	19	15	13	15	21	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	9	9	9	4	7	112
14	Martin Cao	Ret	12	12	8	4	22	7	DNS	15	Ret	13	11	25	18	100
15	Jacob Nortoft	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	8	14	15	Ret	9	10	11	10			87
16	Tom Oliphant	18	17	17	17	17	13	10	Ret	13	14	14	18	20	20	73
17	Jack Dex	7	9	10	Ret	Ret								11	6	71
18	Sean Walkinshaw	17	13	20	19	16	15	17	8	18	13	21	Ret	Ret	12	71
19	Raoul Owens	10	11	24	12	11	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	24	NC	23	19	70
20	Henrique Baptista	12	19	19	24	19	21	13	16	Ret	18	Ret	17	NC	11	51
21	James Theodore								5	4						42
22	Matt Tiffin	15	Ret	18	22	15	17	19	15	Ret	17	22	21	21	21	38
23	Joe Ghanem				Ret	Ret	16	18	12	Ret	20	16	14	18	Ret	36
24	Oliver Sirrell	16	16	21	21	22	11	14	18	Ret	21	Ret	23			35
25	Marcus Allen	21	Ret	14	14	9										31
26	Laura Tillett	20	18	22	20	18	DNS	DNS	19	16	Ret	17	20	22	25	24
27	Struan Moore										19	23	16	13	17	21
28	Henry Chart	22	Ret	23	23	24	Ret	16	20	14	15	20	24	27	24	21
29	Shahan Sarkissian				Ret	23	20	Ret	17	Ret	16	15	22	26	Ret	17
30	Jake Hughes													24	15	7
31	Tommy Ostgaard													15	Ret	7
32	Matt Rao													16	Ret	6
33	Anton Spires													Ret	16	6
34	Ryan Cullen													17	23	5
35	Max Robinson													19	Ret	3
	Falco Wauer										Ret	Ret	Ret			0
	Ovie Iroro				DNS	DNS										0
Ineligible drivers
	Trent Hindman	4	10	8	11	6	12	12								0
	Matthew Brabham													6	14	0
Pos	Driver	SNE			ROC		THR		CRO		DON			SIL		Points

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)

Formula Renault BARC Winter Series

The 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series with Michelin will be the 15th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season without the Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship, making this the first BARC championship only winter series. The series will commence at Brands Hatch on 20–21 October and end at Rockingham on 10 November, after four races at two rounds held in England.^[7]

Teams and drivers

The series organisers announced a 19 car grid on 18 October 2012, for the opening round of the winter series, with more cars expected for the Rockingham round.^[8]

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Middlehurst Motorsport GTR	2	Chris Middlehurst	All
MGR Motorsport	4	Gustav Malja	1
	8	Jake Hughes	2
	14	Matt Mason	All
	15	Tom Oliphant	2
Cliff Dempsey Racing (Team USA)^{[N 1]}	5	Olly Rae	All
Cliff Dempsey Racing (Team USA)^{[N 1]}	23	Matthew Brabham	All
Cullen Motorsport	7	Ryan Cullen	1
MTech Lite	9	Joe Ghanem	All
	13	Shahan Sarkissian	2
	33	Sean Walkinshaw	All
Hillspeed	10	Matthew Rao	All
Hillspeed	21	George Gamble	All
Core Motorsport	11	Ivan Taranov	All
Core Motorsport	30	Michael Epps	All
Fortec Motorsport	12	Jack Aitken	All
	16	Patric Armand	2
	26	Laura Tillett	1
	31	Seb Morris	All
	88	Hongwei Cao	All
Jamun Racing Services	17	Luke Williams	All
SWB Motorsport	27	Cameron Twynham	All
Kingdom Motorsport	50	Anton Spires	1

^ Matthew Brabham competed with the Team USA Banner

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 7 September 2012, with the first round at Brands Hatch in support of the British Touring Car Championship.^[7]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch GP	20 October	Matt Mason	Matt Mason	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
1	R2	Brands Hatch GP	21 October	Jack Aitken	Matt Mason	Matt Mason	MGR Motorsport
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway	10 November	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Seb Morris	Fortec Motorsport
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway	10 November	Seb Morris	Jack Aitken^{[N 1]}	Jack Aitken	Fortec Motorsport

Notes

^ Aitken achieved the fastest lap among championship competitors, as Matthew Brabham set the fastest lap of the race, but was ineligible to score the two championship points on offer.

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	BRH		ROC		Points
1	Seb Morris	1	4	1	4	113
2	Jack Aitken	2	3	3	1	112
3	Matt Mason	6	1	5	3	104
4	Chris Middlehurst	3	2	4	6	95
5	Hongwei Cao	7	9	2	5	82
6	Cameron Twynham	10	6	10	12	54
7	George Gamble	8	7	Ret	8	50
8	Ivan Taranov	15	Ret	6	7	43
9	Sean Walkinshaw	12	14	13	10	39
10	Michael Epps	4	Ret	Ret	9	36
11	Olly Rae	14	10	12	18	34
12	Ryan Cullen	9	8			30
13	Joe Ghanem	Ret	11	11	14	30
14	Jake Hughes			8	13	23
15	Tom Oliphant			7	16	22
16	Anton Spires	11	13			20
17	Laura Tillett	13	12			19
18	Luke Williams	Ret	15	Ret	15	14
19	Shahan Sarkissian			14	17	13
20	Matt Rao	DNS	DNS	Ret	11	11
	Gustav Malja	Ret	Ret			0
Ineligible drivers
	Matthew Brabham	5	5	9	2	0
	Patric Armand			Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	BRH		ROC		Points

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)

References

^ Paice, Simon (8 March 2012). "Renault BARC Set For Bumper 2012 Grid". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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^ Turner, Kevin (1 March 2012). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Fortec seat for kart ace Tillett". Autosport. 207 (9). Teddington, Middlesex: Haymarket Publications: 82. World Championship kart racer Laura Tillett will graduate to single-seaters this season in Formula Renault BARC. The 20-year-old daughter of renowned kart-seat manufacturer Steve Tillett will drive for the Fortec Motorsports team that ran Josh Webster to the runner-up spot in last season's FR BARC championship.
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