2011 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Season
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The 2011 AirAsia Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season will begin at
Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...
on 3 April and will finish after 16 races over 8 events at
Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...
on 2 October. The season will support rounds of the
British Touring Car Championship The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...
. On 28 February,
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was announced as title sponsor to the series in a three-year deal.


Rule changes

The 2011 season will see several rules introduced in an effort to cut costs for competitors to an annual budget of approximately £60,000. These changes including a reduction in the number of rounds from 20 to 16, a reduction in tyre allocation from 60 slick tyres per year to 48 and a reduction of official test days and a freedom of test venue introduced.


Teams and drivers


Race calendar and results

The 2011 ToCA calendar was announced on 8 September 2010. Renault have subsequently announced that the Clio Cup will support the BTCC at eight meetings. Two non-championship races were held at the
World Series by Renault The Renault Sport Series (formerly known as World Series by Renault) was a motor racing series. The series latterly consisted of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and used to contain the Renault Sport Trophy and the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. ...
meeting at
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in conjunction with the Dutch Clio Cup. Luke Wright won both races for the
Scuderia Vittoria Scuderia Vittoria is a British motor racing team. The team was formed in late 2010 and is the brainchild of ex-British Touring Car Championship, BTCC racers Tom Ferrier and Danny Buxton along with multiple GT and single-seater championship team ...
team, but he was the only full-time competitor from the British series to take part.


Championship standings


Drivers' Championship


Entrants' Championship


References

{{ToCA Tour 2011
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Clio Cup Great Britain is an entry-level one-make touring car racing motorsport category, and the current name in the long history of Renault one-make cups in the UK. It currently attracts drivers from across the United Kingdom to compete along w ...
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