The 2007 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the fifth season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 1 April at Brands Hatch, and ended on 14 October at Thruxton, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.
Drivers in the main class drove the new Mk2 SEAT León and drivers in the Cupra R class drove the older Mk1 SEAT León.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Triple R | 1 | Tom Boardman | 5-10 |
12 | Alan Blencowe | 1-7 | |
CMS Motorsport | 2 | Carl Breeze | All |
6 | Guy Halley | 1-2 | |
10 | Oli Wilkinson | 1-7 | |
Total Control Racing | 3 | Ray MacDowall | All |
4 | Jonathan Adam | All | |
8 | Neil Waterworth | All | |
23 | Fulvio Mussi | All | |
Maxtreme | 5 | Liam McMillan | All |
Welch Motorsport | 7 | Daniel Welch | All |
Nixon Motorsport | 9 | Gareth Nixon | 1-9 |
Stewart Whyte | 70 | Stewart Whyte | All |
Cupra R Class | |||
Doble Motorsports | 11 | Mike Doble | 1–8, 10 |
Churchill Motorsport | 14 | Adrian Churchill | All |
32 | Ian Churchill | All | |
CMS Motorsport | 15 | Andy Setterfield | 1, 4 |
16 | James Morgan | 2–6, 8, 10 | |
17 | Andy Neate | 5 | |
Nixon Motorsport | 18 | Stewart Lines | 6 |
Total Control Racing | 20 | Alex MacDowall | 9 |
Startline Services | 24 | Rob Austin | 1–3, 5–6, 8 |
36 | Eric Bailey | 1–7, 10 | |
Second Time Round | 27 | Kristian Waite | All |
Pyro Motorsport | 36 | Mark Hunt | 9-10 |
69 | Tim Bevan | 1-6 | |
Advent Motorsport | 44 | Freddy Nordström | All |
Triple R | 77 | Harry Vaulkhard | All |
Points system | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | Fastest lap | Best improvement on grid position | |||||||
Race 1 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Race 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Note: bold signifies pole position in class, italics signifies fastest lap in class
Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | THR | CRO | OUL | DON | SNE | BHI | KNO | THR | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Jonathan Adam | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 302 | |||||||||||
2 | Fulvio Mussi | Ret | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | DSQ | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 204.5 | |||||||||||
3 | Carl Breeze | 1 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 204 | |||||||||||
4 | Neil Waterworth | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 177.5 | |||||||||||
5 | Daniel Welch | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 153.5 | |||||||||||
6 | Gareth Nixon | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 2 | DSQ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 148 | |||||||||||||
7 | Alan Blencowe | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 145 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Tom Boardman | Ret | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 132 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Oli Wilkinson | 4 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 6 | 106 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Stewart Whyte | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 9 | DNS | 7 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 88.5 | |||||||||||
11 | Ray MacDowall | 11 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 | 70.5 | |||||||||||
12 | Liam McMillan | 7 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 49 | |||||||||||
13 | Guy Halley | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cupra R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Harry Vaulkhard | 10 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 267 | |||||||||||
2 | Ian Churchill | 9 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 12 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 263 | |||||||||||
3 | Adrian Churchill | 12 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 248.5 | |||||||||||
4 | Freddy Nordström | 18 | 18 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 13 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 222 | |||||||||||
5 | Mike Doble | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 171.5 | |||||||||||||
6 | Kristian Waite | 17 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 146 | |||||||||||
7 | Eric Bailey | 16 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 116 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Rob Austin | 15 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 12 | 17 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Tim Bevan | 14 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 17 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Mark Hunt | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | James Morgan | 17 | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | Ret | 16 | 17 | Ret | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Andy Setterfield | Ret | 21 | 17 | DNS | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
guest drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | Stewart Lines | 12 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | Alex MacDowall | 15 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | Andy Neate | Ret | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | THR | CRO | OUL | DON | SNE | BHI | KNO | THR | Pts |
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