2009 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season

The 2009 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom with Michelin season began at Brands Hatch on 4 April and finished after 20 races over 10 events at the same circuit on 4 October. The Championship was won by Phil Glew driving for Team Pyro.

Changes for 2009

• The Clio Cup 200 was introduced mid-way through the season.

Teams & Drivers

All competitors raced in Renault Clio Cup 197s for the first half of the season and Renault Clio Cup 200s for the second half.

Team No. Drivers Rounds Team Pyro 1 Jeff Smith All 4 Phil Glew All 10 Árón Smith All 23 Daniel Lloyd 1–3 24 Alex Dew 1–9 Chris Rice 10 40 Ben Winrow 6 JHR Developments 2 Tom Carnaby All 3 Andrew Herron All 5 Mark Hazell 1–4, 10 Stefan Hodgetts 5 11 Steven Hunter 2 Mardi Gras Motorsport 6 Stefan Hodgetts 6 88 David Dickenson All PH Motorsport/Amery Motorsport 7 Phil House 5 Total Control Racing 8 Alex MacDowall All 9 Jamie Ackers 1–2 22 Mike Robinson All 23 Daniel Lloyd 4–10 44 Sam Tordoff All Coastal Racing 12 Carl Bradley 1–9 19 Ant Scragg 1–8 46 Robert Gaffney 1–4 Range Storage Ltd. 14 Lee Pattison All Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 15 Patrick Collins All Westbourne Motorsport/SVE 16 James Colburn All DTR 20 Stephen Tyldsley 1–8 Amery Motorsport 21 Darren Wilson All 32 David Shepherd 1–5 38 Danny Buxton 9 46 Robert Gaffney 5–8, 10 50 Dave Newsham All APO Sport 29 Alex Osborne 1–4, 6–7 Elite Motorsport 47 Jake Packun All

Race calendar and results

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 Silverstone on July 4–5.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	4 April	Alex MacDowall	Alex MacDowall	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
	R2		5 April	Alex MacDowall	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
2	R3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	25 April	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
	R4		26 April	Phil Glew	Árón Smith	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
3	R5	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	16 May	Phil Glew	Andrew Herron	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
	R6		17 May	Phil Glew	Andrew Herron	Árón Smith	Team Pyro
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	30 May	Alex MacDowall	Phil Glew	Alex MacDowall	Total Control Racing
	R8		31 May	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	13 June	Alex MacDowall	Alex MacDowall	Alex MacDowall	Total Control Racing
	R10		14 June	Alex MacDowall	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
6	R11	Silverstone Circuit (GP), Northamptonshire	5 July	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Stefan Hodgetts	Mardi Gras Motorsport
	R12			Alex MacDowall	Sam Tordoff	Stefan Hodgetts	Mardi Gras Motorsport
7	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	1 August	Alex MacDowall	Sam Tordoff	Alex MacDowall	Total Control Racing
	R14		2 August	Sam Tordoff	Alex MacDowall	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	29 August	Phil Glew	Mike Robinson	Dave Newsham	Amery Motorsport
	R16		30 August	Tom Carnaby	Mike Robinson	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
9	R17	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	20 September	Phil Glew	Danny Buxton	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
	R18			Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro
10	R19	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	3 October	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Alex MacDowall	Total Control Racing
	R20		4 October	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Phil Glew	Team Pyro

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. A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BRA THR DON OUL CRO SIL SNE SIL ROC BRA Total Drop Pen Pts 1 Phil Glew 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 2 1 2 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 592 29 21 561 2 Alex MacDowall 2 3 2 9 4 2 1 2 1 2 Ret 18 1 4 3 Ret 5 8 1 2 445 445 3 Andrew Herron 3 9 3 3 2 4 4 9 Ret 7 4 2 6 3 10 8 3 4 13 Ret 364 22 362 4 Árón Smith 5 2 5 2 6 1 Ret 5 18 9 7 12 5 9 Ret 4 4 Ret 5 4 326 23 324 5 Dave Newsham 9 5 4 4 Ret Ret 3 4 7 5 Ret 3 14 6 1 2 Ret Ret DSQ 3 294 294 6 Mike Robinson 7 Ret 8 5 8 6 5 3 4 4 Ret 9 8 5 12 10 7 10 9 10 291 24 289 7 Lee Pattison 4 6 7 8 5 3 Ret 8 Ret 6 5 14 4 7 5 Ret DSQ 7 7 5 284 105 274 8 Sam Tordoff 15 11 13 6 10 11 7 Ret 13 11 8 10 2 1 Ret 6 8 3 6 Ret 261 261 9 James Colburn 6 4 Ret 7 15 12 Ret 10 10 Ret 13 5 9 8 7 Ret 9 6 4 11 225 66 219 10 Carl Bradley 12 Ret 6 11 3 7 6 6 5 DSQ 9 11 7 Ret Ret 5 6 9 222 47 218 11 Daniel Lloyd 14 7 9 10 13 17 8 7 6 14 6 7 Ret 11 6 9 Ret 5 Ret 7 223 88 215 12 Robert Gaffney 21 15 19 17 9 5 13 14 17 Ret 10 20 10 13 11 7 3 6 163 29 161 13 Stephen Tyldsley 16 Ret 14 22 16 8 10 16 8 8 3 4 17 12 Ret 14 142 142 14 David Dickenson 11 13 17 15 12 15 9 Ret 14 Ret 11 15 11 16 9 11 Ret Ret 8 Ret 129 129 15 Tom Carnaby Ret Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 16 12 21 12 10 4 3 10 Ret 12 9 133 610 127 16 Stefan Hodgetts 3 3 1 1 114 114 17 Alex Dew 10 12 Ret 14 7 9 11 11 11 10 15 13 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 119 611 113 18 Jeff Smith 18 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 13 16 Ret Ret Ret 13 15 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 8 89 89 19 Jake Packun 17 14 Ret DNS Ret 21 17 15 15 13 16 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 79 79 20 Ant Scragg 20 17 12 19 11 13 15 17 12 15 14 22 Ret 14 13 Ret 81 312 78 21 Darren Wilson 22 18 18 21 17 19 19 19 20 17 18 23 18 17 14 13 12 12 16 Ret 69 69 22 Danny Buxton 2 2 58 58 23 Patrick Collins Ret 19 Ret 20 Ret 14 18 18 21 Ret 19 19 15 Ret 15 15 Ret 11 14 Ret 55 55 24 Alex Osborne 13 8 Ret 12 14 20 Ret DNS 17 16 16 DNS 53 213 51 25 David Shepherd 8 Ret Ret 18 Ret 16 16 12 Ret Ret 36 214 34 26 Phil House 9 12 21 21 27 Jamie Ackers 19 16 16 13 20 20 28 Ben Winrow Ret 8 14 14 29 Mark Hazell Ret 20 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret DNS Ret 12 13 13 30 Steven Hunter 10 Ret 11 11 31 Chris Rice 15 Ret 6 6 Pos Driver BRA THR DON OUL CRO SIL SNE SIL ROC BRA Total Drop Pen Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Notes:

1.^  – Phil Glew was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

2.^  – Andrew Herron was docked two points at Croft.

3.^  – Árón Smith was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

4.^  – Mike Robinson was docked two points at the first Brands Hatch meeting.

5.^  – Lee Pattison was docked two points at Croft and eight points at Rockingham.

6.^  – James Colburn was docked two points at Thruxton and four points at the first Silverstone meeting.

7.^  – Carl Bradley was docked four points at Croft.

8.^  – Daniel Lloyd was docked two points at Donington Park and six points at the second Silverstone meeting.

9.^  – Robert Gaffney was docked two points at Snetterton.

10.^  – Tom Carnaby was docked two points at the first Brands Hatch meeting and four points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.

11.^  – Alex Dew was docked two points at Thruxton and four points at Donington Park.

12.^  – Ant Scragg was docked three points at Croft.

13.^  – Alex Osborne was docked two points at the first Silverstone meeting.

14.^  – David Shepherd was docked two points at Donington Park.

Entrants' Championship

Points were awarded on the same scale as the drivers' championship but without the fastest lap bonus. An entrant's two highest placed cars in each race scored points and all scores counted towards the championship.

Winter Cup

The Winter Cup was held at Rockingham on 7 November. It was won by Daniel Lloyd driving for Total Control Racing.

Teams & Drivers

Team No. Drivers Stancombe Vehicle Engineering 1 Matthew Munson 22 Paul Plant Team Pyro 2 Luke Caudle Westbourne Motorsport 16 James Colburn 20Ten Racing Limited 21 Darren Wilson Total Control Racing 23 Daniel Lloyd 44 Sam Tordoff

Calendar & Winners

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	7 November	Sam Tordoff	James Colburn	James Colburn	Westbourne Motorsport
	R2			Sam Tordoff	Daniel Lloyd	Sam Tordoff	Total Control Racing

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on the same scale as the main championship.

Pos Driver ROC Total Pen Pts 1 Daniel Lloyd 2 2 58 58 2 Sam Tordoff 3 1 57 57 3 James Colburn 1 3 59 21 57 4 Darren Wilson 4 5 42 42 5 Matthew Munson 5 7 36 36 6 Luke Caudle 6 6 36 36 7 Paul Plant Ret 4 22 22 Pos Driver ROC Total Pen Pts

Notes:

1.^  – James Colburn was docked two points in the first race.

External links

• Official website
• Timing Solutions Ltd.