# 2012 Mini Challenge UK

The 2012 Mini Challenge season was the eleventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 14 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 7 October at Donington Park. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| 1 | Silverstone Circuit | 14-15 April | All | 2 |
| 2 | Castle Combe Circuit | 7 May | All | 2 |
| 3 | Brands Hatch | 16-17 June | All | 3 |
| 4 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 30 June-1 July | All | 4 |
| 5 | Oulton Park | 18 July | All | 2 |
| 6 | Brands Hatch | 15-16 September | All | 3 |
| 7 | Donington Park | 6-7 October | All | 4 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| JCW Class ||||
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 1 | Chris Knox | 2 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 77 | Chris Knox | 1 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 50 | Jason Richardson | 1-2, 6-7 |
| Forster Motorsport | 3 | Arthur Forster | 2-3 |
| Forster Motorsport | 37 | Arthur Forster | 5, 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 4 | Stewart Lines | 1-5 |
| Coastal Racing | 5 | Lee Pattison | 2-7 |
| Coastal Racing | 7 | Craig Freeman | 2-5, 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 30 | Martin Depper | 1-5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 4 | Stewart Lines | 7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 10 | Chris Smith | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 18 | Sam Osborne | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 58 | Paul O'Neill | 6 |
| Advent Motorsport | 15 | Patrick Mortimer | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 44 | Freddy Nordström | 3 |
| Stratford Motors | 16 | William Davison | 3-6 |
| Stratford Motors | 46 | Shaun King | 6-7 |
| Minimax Motorsport | 22 | Chris Smiley | All |
| Truck Align | 26 | Lee Allen | All |
| Truck Align | 29 | Chris Panayiotou | 1-3, 5, 7 |
| Lohen | 45 | David Ogden | 7 |
| Lohen | 54 | Ant Whorton-Eales | 4 |
| Lohen | 99 | Kevin O'Connor | All |
| Jack Doyle Racing | 70 | Bob Hosier | All |
| CSK Motorsport | 89 | Shane Stoney | 1-6 |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Team Dean | 2 | Dean Raymond | 1-2 |
| Advent Motorsport | 8 | Adrian Norman | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 51 | Martin Mortimer | 7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 11 | Trevor Bates | 3 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 17 | Simon Hillery | 1-3 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 79 | Jono Brown | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 80 | Mike Phillips | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 81 | Henry Gilbert | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 88 | Daniel Bishop | 4-5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 94 | Ben Gridley | 6-7 |
| Max Leaver Racing | 23 | Max Leaver | All |

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 15 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 |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship
#### JCW Class

| Pos | Driver | SIL | SIL | CAS | CAS | BHI | BHI | BHI | SNE | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | DON | DON | DON | DON | Pts |
| 1 | Lee Allen | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 332 |
| 2 | Chris Smith | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 4 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 266 |
| 3 | Chris Smiley | 8 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 210 |
| 4 | Sam Osborne | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 207 |
| 5 | Lee Pattison | | | 5 | 2 | 15 | DNS | DNS | 13 | Ret | DSQ | DNS | 4 | DSQ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 170 |
| 6 | Shane Stoney | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | DNS | 5 | 6 | 1 | DSQ | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 156 |
| 7 | Martin Depper | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | | | | | | | | 126 |
| 8 | Stewart Lines | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 10 | DNS | | | | 7 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 116 |
| 9 | Kevin O'Connor | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 105 |
| 10 | William Davison | | | | | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | 92 |
| 11 | Bob Hosier | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 88 |
| 12 | Patrick Mortimer | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 7 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 11 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 85 |
| 13 | Chris Panayiotou | DNS | DNS | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | | | | | 11 | 10 | | | | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 73 |
| 14 | Arthur Forster | | | Ret | DNS | 8 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 3 | 5 | | | | 3 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 70 |
| 15 | Ant Whorton-Eales | | | | | | | | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 16 | Paul O'Neill | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | 52 |
| 17 | Craig Freeman | | | 14 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | 6 | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | 48 |
| 18 | Jason Richardson | Ret | DNS | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | DNS | DNS | 46 |
| 19 | Shaun King | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 46 |
| 20 | Chris Knox | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44 |
| 21 | Freddy Nordström | | | | | 9 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 22 | David Ogden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |

#### Cooper Class

| Pos | Driver | SIL | SIL | CAS | CAS | BHI | BHI | BHI | SNE | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | DON | DON | DON | DON | Pts |
| 1 | Henry Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 379 |
| 2 | Jono Brown | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | DNS | 1 | 329 |
| 3 | Max Leaver | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 308 |
| 4 | Adrian Norman | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 217 |
| 5 | Mike Phillips | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 210 |
| 6 | Ben Gridley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 94 |
| 7 | Daniel Bishop | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | 88 |
| 8 | Simon Hillery | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 73 |
| 9 | Martin Mortimer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 44 |
| 10 | Trevor Bates | | | | | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 11 | Dean Raymond | 3 | 5 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |