2023 Mini Challenge UK

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The 2023 Vertu Motors Mini Challenge season was the twenty second season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season began on 22 April at Donington Park and ended on 8 October at Brands Hatch. It included twenty rounds across the UK, all the JCW Class races and 3 of the Cooper Class races support the British Touring Car Championship.

Entry list

Mini Challenge JCW

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Hybrid Tune 1 Sam Weller Guest 3, 7 13 Ryan Faulconbridge 1–2, 4–6 24 Joe Tanner D All 31 Will Orton R All 42 Sam Smith G 1, 6–7 Excelr8 Motorsport 2 Nathan Harrison Guest 7 8 Steven Lake R D 1–4 10 Bradley Gravett All 22 Barry Ward D G 1–4 26 Thomas Jack Lee R All 45 Dan Zelos All 88 Oliver Meadows R All 93 Maximus Hall R Guest 7 94 Josh Porter R All 96 Jordan Kerridge R 1–6 Graves Motorsport 5 James Griffith D 1–4, 6 12 Spencer Stevenson R Guest 6–7 14 Dominic Wheatley G All 95 Nelson King R All Autotech Motorsport 9 Bill Hardy D All Napa Racing UK 18 Lewis Selby R D All 77 Jamie Osborne G All Jamsport Racing 27 Marlo Cordell R 1–5, 7 OX4 Racing 35 Simon Reed R D 1–3, 5–7 Lydia Walmsley Racing 82 Lydia Walmsley All Team Petters Racing 86 Daniel Petters R 1–5 322 Jamie Petters R 1–5 Source:

Icon Legend R Rookie D Director G Graduate

Mini Challenge Trophy

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
AReeve Motorsport	3	Sophie Wright	1, 3-5, 7
	96	Sam Gornall	All
	123	Andy Cobb	1-6
Excelr8 Motorsport	5	Katia Loggie	All
	11	Gabe Fairbrother	All
	21	Nathan Edwards	All
	24	Tom Ovenden	All
	71	Harvey Riby	All
	81	Luca Marinoni Osborne	All
	86	Ben Taylor	All
LDR Perfomance Tuning	7	Mick Fitzgerald	All
	16	Jacob Heap	1, 4
	60	Brendan Fitzgerald	All
Graves Motorsport	8	Daniel Armstrong	1-2, 4-6
	12	Alex Solley	All
	17	Nicky Taylor	All
	32	Frankie Taylor	All
	53	James Black	All
	62	Alex Keens	All
	99	Ben Jenkins	1-6
	486	Jack Byrne	All
Napa Racing UK	15	Cameron Richardson	All
	26	Callum Eason	All
Ashley Gregory Racing	22	Ashley Gregory	All
Lee Pearce Racinng	23	Lee Pearce	All
Mannpower Motorsport	46	Paul Manning	All
Chandler Motorsport	59	Rhys Hurd	All
	117	Reece Lycett	All
Westbourne Motorsport	64	Harry Hickton	All
	93	Maximus Hall	All

Results

JCW Class

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner	Graduate Winner	Directors Winner
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	22 April	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Sam Smith	Joe Tanner
	R2		23 April		Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Sam Smith	Joe Tanner
	R3				Will Orton	Will Orton	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6 May	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Jamie Osborne	Barry Ward
	R5		7 May		Will Orton	Will Orton	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	Lewis Selby
	R6				Will Orton	Will Orton	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
3	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	20 May	Dan Zelos	Joe Tanner	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
	R13		21 May		Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Nelson King	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
	R14				Will Orton	Nelson King	Graves Motorsport	Nelson King	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
4	R7	Oulton Park (Cheshire)	17 June	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Jamie Osborne	Joe Tanner
	R8		18 June		Jamie Osborne	Jamie Osborne	Napa Racing UK	Nelson King	Jamie Osborne	Joe Tanner
5	R9	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	12 August	Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Will Orton	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Jamie Osborne	Joe Tanner
	R10		13 August		Will Orton	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Nelson King	Jamie Osborne	Lewis Selby
	R11				Dan Zelos	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Will Orton	Jamie Osborne	Joe Tanner
6	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	23 September	Dan Zelos	Oliver Meadows	Will Orton	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	James Griffith
	R16		24 September		Bradley Gravett	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Nelson King	Dominic Wheatley	Joe Tanner
	R17				Nelson King	Dan Zelos	Excelr8 Motorsport	Thomas Jack Lee	Jamie Osborne	Joe Tanner
7	R18	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	7 October	Sam Smith	Will Orton	Sam Smith	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Sam Smith	Joe Tanner
	R19		8 October		Will Orton	Sam Smith	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Sam Smith	Simon Reed
	R20				Nathan Harrison	Sam Weller	Hybrid Tune	Will Orton	Dominic Wheatley	Lewis Selby

Mini Challenge Trophy

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	8 April	Tom Ovenden	Tom Ovenden	Tom Ovenden	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R2		9 April		Tom Ovenden	Jack Byrne	Graves Motorsport
	R3				Reece Lycett	Alex Solley	Graves Motorsport
2	R4	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	13 May	Nicky Taylor	Harry Hickton	Nicky Taylor	Graves Motorsport
	R5		14 May		Alex Solley	Maximus Hall	Westbourne Motorsport
	R6				Maximus Hall	Maximus Hall	Westbourne Motorsport
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	3 June	Maximus Hall	Reece Lycett	Alex Solley	Graves Motorsport
	R8		4 June		Alex Solley	Alex Solley	Graves Motorsport
	R9				Alex Solley	Jack Byrne	Graves Motorsport
4	R10	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	29 July	Tom Ovenden	Jack Byrne	Tom Ovenden	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R11		30 July		Jack Byrne	Jack Byrne	Graves Motorsport
5	R12	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	26 August	Alex Solley	Alex Solley	Alex Solley	Graves Motorsport
	R13		27 August		Lee Pearce	Nathan Edwards	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R14				Tom Ovenden	Tom Ovenden	Excelr8 Motorsport
6	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 September	Nathan Edwards	Nathan Edwards	Nathan Edwards	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R16		17 September		Tom Ovenden	Nathan Edwards	Excelr8 Motorsport
	R17				Nicky Taylor	Rhys Hurd	Chandler Motorsport
7	R18	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	4 November	Maximus Hall	Nicky Taylor	Alex Keens	Graves Motorsport
	R19		5 November		Alex Keens	Jack Byrne	Graves Motorsport
	R20				Alex Keens	Nathan Edwards	Excelr8 Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the all finishing 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. Any driver that finishes the race in 20th or below will receive 15 points. Only drivers that do not finish will not score.

Championship Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th+	PP	FL
Points	50	44	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	6	6

Drivers' Championships

JCW Overall standings

Pos	Driver	DON			BHI			SNE			OUL		KNO			SIL			BHGP			Total	Pen.	Drop	Points
1	Dan Zelos	1	1	Ret	1	19	4	1	1	4	1	6	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	16	6	878	16		862
2	Will Orton	4	4	1	2	1	1	3	Ret	Ret	4	3	1	3	3	1	6	4	3	2	2	816	6		810
3	Nelson King	8	6	3	Ret	12	5	7	4	1	5	2	2	2	Ret	3	2	10	10	6	14	650			650
4	Oliver Meadows	5	5	7	3	7	3	6	6	5	7	16	Ret	7	9	4	3	3	7	5	3	662	19		643
5	Joe Tanner	3	2	2	Ret	9	6	2	2	2	2	4	3	Ret	4	12	8	7	8	Ret	DNS	598			598
6	Bradley Gravett	Ret	13	10	4	2	Ret	5	5	7	3	5	5	4	7	Ret	17	8	6	9	5	573			573
7	Thomas Jack Lee	7	20	13	14	8	2	10	7	8	Ret	8	9	5	5	5	4	2	12	12	9	572	15		557
8	Jamie Osborne	Ret	12	5	5	4	13	15	Ret	9	6	1	6	6	2	DNS	12	5	9	10	16	529			529
9	Dominic Wheatley	11	10	4	8	3	10	8	9	3	12	11	7	Ret	10	8	9	16	11	Ret	8	511			511
10	Lydia Walmsley	10	9	8	9	10	20	12	10	10	8	7	Ret	12	8	10	5	9	13	7	7	509	15		494
11	Lewis Selby	19	14	6	11	6	7	9	12	11	10	Ret	11	8	11	16	15	13	16	13	11	472	16		456
12	Josh Porter	9	8	9	10	17	12	13	15	12	9	10	13	10	15	7	7	12	Ret	Ret	15	439			439
13	Bill Hardy	18	Ret	17	16	13	15	17	14	15	16	12	17	11	Ret	13	13	Ret	15	14	13	360			360
14	Simon Reed	17	21	15	20	20	18	20	18	17			14	15	14	15	16	15	17	11	12	352			352
15	Jordan Kerridge	16	18	14	15	16	21	21	17	18	17	14	16	16	Ret	14	11	14				309			309
16	Marlo Cordell	12	11	11	6	5	19	16	Ret	14	13	Ret	12	Ret	Ret				19	15	Ret	283			283
17	Ryan Faulconbridge	13	15	Ret	17	14	17				11	15	10	9	6	DNS	14	11				273			273
18	Daniel Petters	14	16	Ret	18	15	14	19	13	13	DNS	Ret	15	13	13							225			225
19	Jamie Petters	15	17	16	19	18	16	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	8	14	12							221			221
20	Sam Smith	2	3	Ret												9	DNS	DNS	1	1	Ret	216			216
21	Barry Ward	6	7	Ret	7	Ret	11	14	11	Ret	14	9										210			210
22	James Griffith	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	11	9	11	8	Ret	18	13				6	Ret	Ret				198			198
23	Steven Lake	20	19	12	11	Ret	8	18	DSQ	DNS	15	DNS										143		60	83
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Sam Weller							4	3	6									4	3	1
	Nathan Harrison																		5	4	4
	Spencer Stevenson															11	10	6	18	8	Ret
	Maximus Hall																		14	Ret	10

Trophy Overall standings

Pos	Driver	BHI			SNE			THR1			CRO		DON			SIL			BHGP			Total	Drop	Pen.	Points
1	Tom Ovenden	1	2	2	3	17	11	3	3	16	1	2	2	3	1	Ret	9	7	7	5	6
2	Nicky Taylor	3	7	6	1	2	6	5	2	5	2	4	6	7	4	26	7	4	3	4	4
3	Jack Byrne	2	1	3	12	6	2	Ret	11	1	3	1	8	5	Ret	8	8	6	6	1	5
4	Alex Solley	4	3	1	6	4	3	1	1	Ret	Ret	11	1	4	5	6	3	10	4	22	10
5	Nathan Edwards	7	4	4	19	11	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	5	4	1	7	1	1	3	11	10	1
6	Rhys Hurd	15	10	7	11	5	5	2	18	4	8	6	3	2	3	5	2	1	22	14	Ret
7	Maximus Hall	5	26	12	2	1	1	6	Ret	7	DSQ	15	15	10	12	9	22	25	2	2	2
8	James Black	8	6	5	5	9	4	9	Ret	8	5	7	10	14	10	7	10	14	9	6	7
9	Alex Keens	11	14	17	13	13	24	17	7	11	6	9	5	8	9	12	5	8	1	9	9
10	Harry Hickton	12	9	26	4	3	9	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	17	7	9	2	3	6	5	8	Ret	14
11	Frankie Taylor	10	5	8	9	8	7	11	8	15	11	10	18	16	8	11	13	12	10	8	Ret
12	Gabe Fairbrother	16	22	16	10	10	Ret	12	4	6	24	19	12	12	17	4	4	2	12	7	Ret
13	Lee Pearce	6	13	10	8	7	10	10	Ret	9	15	13	9	6	6	15	24	19	Ret	21	13
14	Sam Gornall	23	16	14	20	12	12	14	Ret	Ret	23	16	20	24	19	2	Ret	18	5	3	3
15	Luca Marinoni Osborne	13	12	13	Ret	16	14	Ret	9	3	9	8	11	Ret	16	10	11	11	14	12	Ret
16	Reece Lycett	14	11	9	7	15	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	7	21	19	Ret	21	17	14	9	20	13	8
17	Cameron Richardson	21	19	22	24	18	15	16	10	Ret	13	14	16	13	14	21	15	16	16	15	Ret
18	Paul Manning	19	15	15	18	14	16	8	16	Ret	19	Ret	27	19	18	19	17	24	23	17	19
19	Ben Jenkins	22	17	18	15	19	Ret	7	6	2	14	Ret	13	17	11	14	Ret	28
20	Callum Eason	Ret	18	19	21	21	19	15	Ret	14	10	Ret	Ret	20	13	13	12	15	18	19	12
21	Harvey Riby	9	DNS	21	16	22	18	Ret	Ret	DNS	22	20	22	27	20	18	25	17	19	18	11
22	Ashley Gregory	18	8	11	Ret	26	13	13	Ret	12	4	3	14	23	Ret	25	23	27	13	Ret	Ret
23	Ben Taylor	24	20	Ret	22	24	20	20	13	17	21	22	25	22	25	16	16	20	24	Ret	17
24	Mick Fitzgerald	28	24	24	25	25	22	24	15	20	27	24	28	26	23	24	18	26	25	23	21
25	Katia Loggie	29	27	25	26	27	23	22	14	21	26	Ret	26	Ret	Ret	22	20	22	Ret	26	16
26	Sophie Wright	27	23	23				23	20	19	25	23	29	28	26				27	27	22
27	Daniel Armstrong	25	21	20	17	20	17				Ret	18	23	15	22	Ret	19	13
28	Andy Cobb	20	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	19	12	18	16	Ret	24	18	24	23	21	21
29	Brendan Fitzgerald	17	28	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	18	17	10	17	12	21	11	Ret
30	Jamie Keates				23	23	DNS	21	19	13	20	DNS	Ret	25	Ret	20	Ret	23	15	11	Ret
31	Jacob Heap	26	25	Ret							18	Ret
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Tommy Gilham												17	21	15
	Joshua Wilby																		Ret	25	15
	Steven Chandler																		17	16	18
	Clark Wells																		21	20	Ret
	Louis Fleet																		26	24	20
	Andy Wright																		28	28	23

External links

• Official website

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