2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom

The 2007 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 31 March and finished after 12 races over 10 events at Thruxton on 14 October. The Championship was won by Martin Byford driving for his own Z Speed Racing team, despite not winning a race.

Changes for 2007

The new Clio Cup 197 was introduced.
A new race format was introduced which featured two qualifying heats and a final due to an over-subscribed entry.

Race Format

After Friday testing at each event the field would be split into two groups (group A for drivers finishing the session in odd-numbered positions and group B for drivers finishing in even-numbered positions). Each group would then have separate qualifying sessions on the Saturday which set the grids for the heats. The heat races set the grid for Sunday's championship race, where the winner of the heat containing the fastest lap time of the two heats would start on pole, with the remainder of the field from that heat filling the pole side of the grid in finishing order. The drivers from the other heat would fill the other side of the grid, again, in finishing order. The last few (the number varied from circuit to circuit) finishers in each heat would fail to qualify for the championship race but would be classed as reserves should there be any non-starters.

At meetings where the entry was smaller than the maximum number of permitted starters, the race format was the same as in previous years.

Teams and drivers

All competitors raced in Renault Clio Cup 197s.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Total Control Racing	1	James Williams	All
	6	Ben Winrow	All
	8	Alex MacDowall	All
	9	Jonathan Fildes	All
JHR Developments	2	Michael Doyle	1
	2	Jim Edwards Jr.	2-10
	3	Andrew Herron	All
	7	Paul Rivett	9
	25	Robert Lawson	All
	38	Steve Wood	1, 3, 5, 7-10
		Richard Cannon	4
		Stephen Oates	6
	48	Richard Cannon	5-6, 9
	48	Paul Rivett	8, 10
Youth 4 Human Rights with SVE	4	Niki Lanik	All
PH Motorsport	5	Phil House	All
Full Speed Racing	10	Ciaran Butler	1-6
	11	Martin Johnston	1-9
	12	Nikki Welsby	1
	18	Mark Speller	All
	19	Ant Scragg	1-9
	23	Chris Panayiotou	1-3, 5-6, 8-9
Glenn Eagling Motorsport	13	Guy Parr	1, 3-5, 7
Glenn Eagling Motorsport	27	Dan Eagling	1-9
Mardi Gras Motorsport	14	Ed Pead	All
	15	Chris Rice	All
	20	Jon Lanceley	1-3
	33	Árón Smith	All
Amery Motorsport	16	Jonathan Shepherd	All
Amery Motorsport	17	David Shepherd	All
Momo UK	21	Sean Brown	1
	21	Stefan Hodgetts	2-10
	28	Robert Brown	All
Coastal Racing	22	Carl Bradley	1-2, 4-10
Robertshaw Racing	24	Michael Doyle	2-10
	26	Barry Benham	5-10
	32	Alan Taylor	1-9
	43	Derek Pierce	8-10
	49	Chris Dymond	All
Team TWC	26	Barry Benham	1-4
APO Motorsport	29	Alex Osborne	All
Z Speed Racing	34	Martin Byford	All
Team Pyro	36	Chris Law	All
Team Pyro	55	Mel Healey	All
Booker Motorsport	41	Dean Hobson	3, 6
J & D Pierce Race Team	43	Derek Pierce	1-6
Cleland Motorsport	44	Jamie Cleland	All
	88	Finlay Crocker	1-5
		Jamie Clarke	6
		Simon Quinn	9
EPS UK with IDL Racing Services	46	Robert Gaffney	All
SMC Renault/Academy Motorsport	48	Jim Edwards Sr.	1-3
Collison Racing	50	Steve Collison	1-5, 7-10
Double Six Racing	66	Andrew Bentley	1-7, 9
Team Eurotech Racing with John Guest Speedfit	77	Andrew Jordan	1-9
Team Eurotech Racing with John Guest Speedfit	77	Ian Curley	10
Kangaroo International/ SMC Renault/Mark Fish Motorsport	99	Jim Edwards Jr.	1

Calendar & Winners

The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at nine of the ten rounds. The series skipped the round at Knockhill and instead raced at the World Series by Renault meeting at Donington Park on 8-9 September.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Q1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	31 March-1 April	Ed Pead	Ben Winrow	Ed Pead	Mardi Gras Motorsport
	Q2			Andrew Jordan	Michael Doyle	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
	R1			Ed Pead	Andrew Jordan	Ed Pead	Mardi Gras Motorsport
2	Q1	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	21–22 April	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	Q2			Ed Pead	Stefan Hodgetts	Ben Winrow	Total Control Racing
	R2			Ben Winrow	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
3	Q1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	5–6 May	Stefan Hodgetts	Ed Pead	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
	Q2			Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
	R3			Robert Lawson	Martin Byford	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
4	Q1	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	2–3 June	Phil House	Robert Lawson	Jonathan Fildes	Total Control Racing
	Q2			Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
	R4			Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
5	Q1	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	23–24 June	Stefan Hodgetts	Jonathan Fildes	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
	Q2			Ed Pead	Michael Doyle	Ed Pead	Mardi Gras Motorsport
	R5			Stefan Hodgetts	Andrew Bentley	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
6	Q1	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	14–15 July	Martin Byford	Ben Winrow	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
	Q2			Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
	R6			Martin Byford	David Shepherd	Ben Winrow	Total Control Racing
7	R7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	28–29 July	Michael Doyle	Andrew Jordan	Michael Doyle	Robertshaw Racing
7	R8	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	28–29 July	Michael Doyle	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	JHR Developments
8	Q1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	18–19 August	Martin Byford	Jonathan Fildes	Martin Byford	Z Speed Racing
	Q2			Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Ben Winrow	Total Control Racing
	R9			Ben Winrow	Paul Rivett	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
9	Q1	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	8–9 September	Michael Doyle	Martin Byford	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
	Q2			Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK
	R10			Paul Rivett	Michael Doyle	Paul Rivett	JHR Developments
10	R11	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	13–14 October	Robert Lawson	Robert Lawson	Jim Edwards Jr.	JHR Developments
10	R12	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	13–14 October	Jim Edwards Jr.	Martin Byford	Stefan Hodgetts	Momo UK

Standings

Points were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. All scores counted towards the championship.

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BRH			ROC			THR			CRO			OUL			DON			SNE		BRH			DON			THR		Total	Pen	Pts
Pos	Driver	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	R1	R2	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	R1	R2	Total	Pen	Pts
1	Martin Byford		1	4	2		5		2	2		2	4	2		2	1		8	9	3	1		2	2		3	2	2	284		284
2	Stefan Hodgetts					4	1	1		1	1		1	1		1		1	3	2	Ret		7	DNS		1	2	Ret	1	245	9¹	236
3	Robert Lawson		3	3	1		4		1	6		5	5		3	7		3	2	Ret	1	3		5	3		5	Ret	3	230	2²	228
4	Jim Edwards Jr.	4		10		6	17	2		5	4		3		4	11	7		5	Ret	6		6	7		3	14	1	4	185	3³	182
5	Ben Winrow	11		11		1	2		3	3	7		11	4		4	2		1	Ret	7		1	3		7	13	Ret	DNS	176	3⁴	173
6	Ed Pead	1		1		5	6	4		9	2		Ret		1	3		4	4	5	8		3	DNS	4		4	8	21	179	9⁵	170
7	Michael Doyle		4	5		2	19	5		8		4	6		2	5	3		13	1	2	2		DNS	13		9	Ret	Ret	156		156
8	Chris Dymond	5		8		3	3	6		10		Ret	DNQ		13	24		2	Ret	3	Ret		4	DNS	8		8	5	6	127	8⁶	119
9	Andrew Herron		6	9	6		12		9	13	6		14		8	18	14		9	8	4	6		DNS		6	10	3	Ret	123	6⁷	117
10	Mark Speller	2		6		7	7		4	4		6	7		5	12		14	Ret	17	12		14	8	6		11	Ret	24	118	2⁸	116
11	Phil House	6		13		11	13		5	16		3	10	5		8	11		10	24	19	4		4	5		6	12	Ret	108		108
12	Andrew Jordan		2	2	3		Ret	3		7	3		Ret	6		9		8	7	4	5	11		DNS	5		DNS			118	12⁹	106
13	Árón Smith		5	7	4		9	7		11	16		Ret	9		16	17		16	26	14	7		12	7		15	4	9	104	6¹⁰	98
14	Jonathan Fildes	Ret		DNQ		8	Ret	11		Ret		1	2	3		6		7	Ret	Ret	11	5		6	9		12	11	Ret	93	2¹¹	91
15	Paul Rivett																						2	1	1		1	Ret	5	86		86
16	Dan Eagling		7	12	5		10		6	14	8		9	8		14	4		6	7	18		Ret	DNQ		Ret	DNS			83	2¹²	81
17	Barry Benham	3		14		9	14		8	23	10		22	7		15	5		15	6	13	Ret		Ret		2	7	DNS	8	82	12¹³	70
18	David Shepherd		18	DNQ	13		20	18		Ret	12		13	12		Ret	16		29	13	22		11	11		11	17	6	7	67	6¹⁴	61
19	James Williams	9		Ret		12	11		Ret	DNQ		9	12		12	22	9		Ret	12	23	8		22	12		21	9	17	44		44
20	Andrew Bentley		11	21	9		8	8		18		7	8		9	10		5	19	Ret	DNS			10			Ret			46	3¹⁵	43
21	Alex Osborne		Ret	DNQ	11		16	13		24	9		Ret		Ret	DNQ	10		30	20	16	Ret		DNQ		12	18	7	10	41		41
22	Jamie Cleland		12	Ret	8		22	14		Ret		11	21	16		23	20		DNQ	14	15		15	15		8	19	17	13	33		33
23	Derek Pierce		8	16	15		18		10	17	11		19	Ret		DNQ		Ret	DNQ				10	9	14		16	Ret	Ret	31		31
24	Robert Gaffney	8		Ret		18	Ret		13	Ret		16	17	14		26	13		18	18	17	13		17	Ret		25	15	16	29	2 ¹⁶	27
25	Ant Scragg		17	DNQ	10		15	17		21		10	Ret	11		17	8		28	15	Ret	10		10		Ret	26			27	3¹⁷	24
26	Niki Lanik		14	17	7		Ret		7	12	5		Ret		Ret	DNQ		Ret	12	DSQ	10		5	16	11		Ret	Ret	20	39	16¹⁸	23
27	Chris Law		10	Ret	14		25	15		22		17	Ret	13		21		Ret	23	16	Ret		12	14		13	27	Ret	12	21		21
28	Steve Wood	10		15					18	25					6	28				Ret	25	9		24		10	Ret	10	18	20		20
29	Mel Healey		13	22	Ret		DNQ		15	26	19		25		Ret	DNQ	15		24	23	24	15		18	17		29	14	15	16		16
30	Robert Brown		Ret	DNQ	DSQ		DNQ		17	28	15		16		17	DNQ		9	11	Ret	Ret	12		DNS		Ret	Ret	Ret	11	25	10¹⁹	15
31	Chris Panayiotou	Ret		DNQ		16	21	12		19				10		13	12		14				9	Ret	15		32			17	2²⁰	15
32	Alex MacDowall		9	18	12		Ret	9		Ret		8	24		7	DSQ		6	17	10	9		13	13		4	22	Ret	22	38	25²¹	13
33	Carl Bradley	7		Ret		14	Ret					12	28	Ret		DNQ	6		22	11	20	16		20		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	2²²	10
34	Ian Curley																											NC	14	7		7
35	Ciaran Butler	15		19		Ret	DNQ	12		Ret		13	15	15		Ret		10	20											9	2²³	7
36	Jonathan Shepherd	14		24		17	26	Ret		DNQ	18		DNQ		15	20		13	21	21	Ret	14		DNS		14	33	16	23	9	3²⁴	6
37	Jon Lanceley	Ret		DNQ		10	Ret		11	15																				6		6
38	Steve Collison	18		DNQ		15	28	19		27		14	Ret	18		DNQ				22	21		16	21		Ret	30	16	19	7	2²⁵	5
39	Finlay Crocker	13		Ret		13	27		14	Ret	13		18		16	27														3		3
40	Chris Rice		15	25	Ret		Ret	10		20	Ret		DNQ		11	19		12	Ret	Ret	DNS		8	Ret		Ret	24	Ret	Ret	3	2²⁶	1
41	Richard Cannon										17		23	Ret		DNQ		Ret	26							9	20			1		1
42	Sean Brown	12		20																										1		1
43	Jim Edwards Sr.		16	23	Ret		24	16		Ret																				0		0
44	Martin Johnston	16		26		19	DNQ		19	29		18	26	17		DNQ	19		DNQ	25	26		17	23	18		31			0		0
45	Guy Parr	Ret		DNQ					16	Ret	14		27		14	25				Ret	DNS									0		0
46	Simon Quinn																								Ret		28			0		0
NC	Jamie Clarke																	11	Ret											0		0
NC	Nikki Welsby	17		DNQ																										0		0
NC	Stephen Oates																	Ret	DNQ											0		0
NC	Dean Hobson							20		DNQ							18		25											0	2²⁷	-2
NC	Alan Taylor		Ret	DNQ	Ret		23		20	DNQ		15	20		10	Ret		Ret	27	19	Ret		18	19	16		23			5	12²⁸	-7
Pos	Driver	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	R1	R2	QR1	QR2	R	QR1	QR2	R	R1	R2	Total	Pen	Pts
Pos	Driver	BRH			ROC			THR			CRO			OUL			DON			SNE		BRH			DON			THR		Total	Pen	Pts

Notes:

1.^ - Stefan Hodgetts was docked three points at Snetterton and six points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

2.^ - Robert Lawson was docked two points at Snetterton.

3.^ - Jim Edwards Jr. was docked three points at the second Donington Park meeting.

4.^ - Ben Winrow was docked three points at the first Brands Hatch meeting.

5.^ - Ed Pead was docked three points at Rockingham, three points at the second Thruxton meeting as well as a further three point penalty.

6.^ - Chris Dymond was docked two points at the first Brands Hatch meeting and six points at Oulton Park.

7.^ - Andrew Herron was docked two points at the first Thruxton meeting, two points at Snetterton as well as a further two point penalty.

8.^ - Mark Speller was docked two points at Snetterton.

9.^ - Andrew Jordan was docked eight points at the second Brands Hatch meeting, two points at the second Donington Park meeting as well as a further two point penalty.

10.^ - Árón Smith was docked two points at Rockingham, two points at Croft as well as a further two point penalty.

11.^ - Jonathan Fildes was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

12.^ - Dan Eagling was docked two points at Snetterton.

13.^ - Barry Benham was docked two points at the first Thruxton meeting, two points at Croft, six points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further two point penalty.

14.^ - David Shepherd was docked two points at Rockingham, two points at the second Donington Park meeting as well as a further two point penalty.

15.^ - Andrew Bentley was docked three points at the first Donington Park meeting.

16.^ - Robert Gaffney was docked two points at the second Donington Park meeting.

17.^ - Ant Scragg was docked three points at the first Donington Park meeting.

18.^ - Niki Lanik was docked two points at Croft, four points at Snetterton, two points at the second Donington Park meeting as well as a further eight point penalty.

19.^ - Robert Brown was docked four points at Rockingham and six points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

20.^ - Chris Panayiotou was docked two points at the first Donington Park meeting.

21.^ - Alex MacDowall was docked three points at Rockingham, six points at Oulton Park, six points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further ten point penalty.

22.^ - Carl Bradley was docked two points at the first Brands Hatch meeting.

23.^ - Ciaran Butler was docked two points at Oulton Park.

24.^ - Jonathan Shepherd was docked three points at Croft.

25.^ - Steve Collison was docked two points at the first Brands Hatch meeting.

26.^ - Chris Rice was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

27.^ - Dean Hobson was docked two points at the first Donington Park meeting.

28.^ - Alan Taylor was docked four points at the first Donington Park meeting, six points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further two point penalty.