# 2011 Mini Challenge UK

The 2011 Mini Challenge season was the tenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 16 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 16 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| 1 | Silverstone Circuit | 16-17 April | All | 2 |
| 2 | Oulton Park | 14 May | All | 2 |
| 3 | Brands Hatch | 4-5 June | All | 3 |
| 4 | Brands Hatch | 16-17 July | All | 3 |
| 5 | Donington Park | 13-14 August | All | 3 |
| 6 | Anglesey Circuit | 10-11 September | All | 4 |
| 7 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 15-16 October | All | 3 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| JCW Class ||||
| Truck Align | 1 | Lee Allen | All |
| Truck Align | 3 | Craig Freeman | 5-7 |
| Truck Align | 7 | Craig Freeman | 1-2 |
| Truck Align | 26 | George Allen | 3-7 |
| Forster Motorsport | 3 | Arthur Forster | 1-4 |
| Forster Motorsport | 30 | Martin Depper | 1-4 |
| Maximum Solutions | 4 | Stewart Lines | All |
| IN:MINI | 5 | Andrew Bailey | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 6 | Luke Caudle | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 9 | Kevin O'Connor | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 77 | Chris Knox | All |
| Minimax | 8 | Finlay Crocker | All |
| Coastal Racing | 10 | Chris Smith | 1-5, 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 29 | Chris Panayiotou | 1-5 |
| Coastal Racing | 52 | Rhys Lloyd | 6-7 |
| Coastal Racing | 57 | Lee Pattison | 7 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 18 | Sam Osborne | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 45 | David Ogden | 1-5, 7 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 50 | Jason Richardson | 1-5, 7 |
| OX4 Racing | 35 | James Loukes | 1 |
| OX4 Racing | 35 | Chris Oakman | 3 |
| OX4 Racing | 51 | Chris Oakman | 5-6 |
| OX4 Racing | 51 | Gavin Bristow | 4 |
| OX4 Racing | 57 | Gavin Bristow | 6 |
| RPM Racing | 68 | Lee Sullivan | All |
| CSK Motorsport | 89 | Shane Stoney | 7 |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Powerstart | 2 | Dean Raymond | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 11 | Roger Bates | 4 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 12 | Justina Williams | 5-7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 19 | Sarah Parsons | 1-5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 21 | Daniel Bishop | 7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 31 | Keith Issatt | 5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 41 | Robert Ladbrook | 4 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 44 | Ben Gridley | 1-4 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 54 | Ant Whorton-Eales | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 11 | Michelle Nixon | 7 |
| Lohen | 12 | Andrey Magiy | 1 |
| Lohen | 14 | Andrey Magiy | 7 |
| Advent Motorsport | 15 | Patrick Mortimer | 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 | OUL | OUL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | BHI | BHI | BHI | DON | DON | DON | ANG | ANG | ANG | ANG | SNE | SNE | SNE | Pts |
| 1 | Chris Knox | 3 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 301 |
| 2 | Lee Allen | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 252 |
| 3 | Luke Caudle | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | C | 2 | 4 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 248 |
| 4 | Sam Osborne | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | C | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 221 |
| 5 | Chris Smith | 7 | DNS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | C | Ret | DNS | 15 | 7 | 5 | | | | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 146 |
| 6 | Jason Richardson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | C | 3 | 9 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 3 | Ret | DNS | 142 |
| 7 | Stewart Lines | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | DNS | DNS | C | DNS | 7 | 2 | Ret | 7 | DNS | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 130 |
| 8 | Andrew Bailey | 13 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | C | DNS | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 126 |
| 9 | Finlay Crocker | 10 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | C | DNS | 8 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 115 |
| 10 | Lee Sullivan | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 14 | DNS | C | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 107 |
| 11 | Chris Panayiotou | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | C | 5 | 3 | 16 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | 91 |
| 12 | Kevin O'Connor | 11 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 6 | C | Ret | 11 | 12 | Ret | 8 | DNS | 10 | 4 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 84 |
| 13 | David Ogden | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | C | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | | | | | 9 | 8 | 9 | 73 |
| 14 | George Allen | | | | | 15 | 13 | 13 | C | 6 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 67 |
| 15 | Martin Depper | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 9 | C | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 16 | Craig Freeman | 15 | 13 | 15 | 10 | | | | C | | | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 14 | DNS | DNS | 56 |
| 17 | Rhys Lloyd | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 46 |
| 18 | Chris Oakman | | | | | Ret | 11 | 10 | C | | | 7 | 5 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 6 | 11 | | | | 46 |
| 19 | Arthur Forster | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DNS | C | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 20 | Shane Stoney | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 21 | Gavin Bristow | | | | | | | | C | Ret | DSQ | | | | Ret | 9 | DNS | DNS | | | | 7 |
| 22 | James Loukes | Ret | 12 | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 23 | Lee Pattison | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |

#### Cooper Class

| Pos | Driver | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | BHI | BHI | BHI | DON | DON | DON | ANG | ANG | ANG | ANG | SNE | SNE | SNE | Pts |
| 1 | Ant Whorton-Eales | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 373 |
| 2 | Dean Raymond | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | C | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 234 |
| 3 | Patrick Mortimer | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | C | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 227 |
| 4 | Sarah Parsons | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 2 | C | 4 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | DSQ | | | | | | | | 133 |
| 5 | Justina Williams | | | | | | | | C | | | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 106 |
| 6 | Ben Gridley | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | C | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 75 |
| 7 | Michelle Nixon | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 8 | Andrey Magiy | Ret | 5 | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
| 9 | Daniel Bishop | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 45 |
| 10 | Robert Ladbrook | | | | | | | | C | Ret | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 11 | Roger Bates | | | | | | | | C | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 12 | Keith Issatt | | | | | | | | C | | | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |