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The Protyre 2012 Formula Renault BARC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2012 season was the 18th Formula Renault BARC Championship; the season began at Snetterton 200 on 7 April and ended on 7 October at Silverstone, after fourteen races, all held in England.
Following a second-place finish in the final race at Silverstone, Scott Malvern secured the championship title after achieving three victories during the season and eleven podiums in total, driving for Cliff Dempsey Racing in the opening half of the season and Cullen Motorsport thereafter. MGR Motorsport driver Josh Webster finished the season as runner-up for the second consecutive year; although he won five races – tied for most wins in the season along with Fortec Motorsport's Seb Morris – during the campaign, a less consistent finishing record allowed Malvern to take the title by 33 points via dropped scores. Morris was third at the end of the season, having started half of the season's races from pole position in his first year in the series having graduated from Ginetta Juniors. The only other race winner was Webster's team-mate David Wagner, who finished fourth in the championship.
2012 Entry List [1] | |||
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Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
Middlehurst Motorsport | 2 | Chris Middlehurst | All |
Cliff Dempsey Racing | 3 | Trent Hindman | 1–3 |
4 | Scott Malvern | 1–3 | |
22 | Falco Wauer | 5 | |
23 | Matthew Brabham | 6 | |
42 | James Theodore | 4 | |
Cullen Motorsport | 4 | Scott Malvern | 4–6 |
17 | Ryan Cullen | 6 | |
Antel Motorsport | 5 | Ivan Taranov | 1–5 |
6 | Raoul Owens | All | |
7 | Tom Oliphant | All | |
8 | Henry Chart | All | |
18 | Jake Hughes | 6 | |
Scorpio Motorsport | 5 | Ivan Taranov | 6 |
16 | Henrique Baptista | All | |
20 | Macaulay Walsh | All | |
MGR Motorsport | 9 | Josh Webster | All |
25 | Jake Dalton | All | |
43 | David Wagner | All | |
66 | James Fletcher | All | |
RPD Motorsport | 10 | Ovie Iroro | 2 |
Hillspeed | Matt Rao | 6 | |
15 | Struan Moore | 5–6 | |
28 | Kieran Vernon | 2–6 | |
44 | Jacob Nortoft | 1–5 | |
49 | Marcus Allen | 1–2 | |
MTECH Lite | 11 | Joe Ghanem | 2–6 |
12 | Shahan Sarkissian | 2–6 | |
33 | Sean Walkinshaw [2] | All | |
36 | Jorge Cevallos | All | |
ACS Motorsport | 13 | Oliver Sirrell | 1–5 |
Fortec Motorsports | 21 | Laura Tillett [3] | All |
26 | Diego Menchaca | All | |
31 | Seb Morris | All | |
88 | Martin Cao [4] | All | |
SWB Motorsport | 24 | Tommy Ostgaard | 6 |
27 | Jack Dex | 1–2, 6 | |
JWA-Avila | 30 | Michael Epps | All |
55 | Matt Tiffin | All | |
National College for Motorsport | 32 | Max Robinson | 6 |
Core Motorsport | 50 | Anton Spires | 6 |
The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and will expand to fourteen rounds at six events, with two triple header events. A provisional calendar was released on 10 November 2011, with the final round still to be confirmed. This first provisional calendar showed Snetterton and Brands Hatch as the season opening triple headers. [5] A revised provisional calendar was released on 2 December 2011, adding Silverstone as the final round, in support of the British Touring Car Championship. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced in favour of a round at Thruxton. The calendar also had major date changes, with the triple header events moved to Snetterton, [6] and Donington Park.
A driver's best 13 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
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The 2012 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Winter Series with Michelin will be the 15th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season without the Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship, making this the first BARC championship only winter series. The series will commence at Brands Hatch on 20–21 October and end at Rockingham on 10 November, after four races at two rounds held in England. [7]
The series organisers announced a 19 car grid on 18 October 2012, for the opening round of the winter series, with more cars expected for the Rockingham round. [8]
Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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Middlehurst Motorsport GTR | 2 | Chris Middlehurst | All |
MGR Motorsport | 4 | Gustav Malja | 1 |
8 | Jake Hughes | 2 | |
14 | Matt Mason | All | |
15 | Tom Oliphant | 2 | |
Cliff Dempsey Racing (Team USA) [N 1] | 5 | Olly Rae | All |
23 | Matthew Brabham | All | |
Cullen Motorsport | 7 | Ryan Cullen | 1 |
MTech Lite | 9 | Joe Ghanem | All |
13 | Shahan Sarkissian | 2 | |
33 | Sean Walkinshaw | All | |
Hillspeed | 10 | Matthew Rao | All |
21 | George Gamble | All | |
Core Motorsport | 11 | Ivan Taranov | All |
30 | Michael Epps | All | |
Fortec Motorsport | 12 | Jack Aitken | All |
16 | Patric Armand | 2 | |
26 | Laura Tillett | 1 | |
31 | Seb Morris | All | |
88 | Hongwei Cao | All | |
Jamun Racing Services | 17 | Luke Williams | All |
SWB Motorsport | 27 | Cameron Twynham | All |
Kingdom Motorsport | 50 | Anton Spires | 1 |
The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 7 September 2012, with the first round at Brands Hatch in support of the British Touring Car Championship. [7]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 20 October | Matt Mason | Matt Mason | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsport |
R2 | 21 October | Jack Aitken | Matt Mason | Matt Mason | MGR Motorsport | ||
2 | R3 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 10 November | Seb Morris | Seb Morris | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsport |
R4 | Seb Morris | Jack Aitken [N 1] | Jack Aitken | Fortec Motorsport |
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