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2007 SEAT Cupra Championship

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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.

Teams and drivers

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
Triple R 1 United Kingdom Tom Boardman 5-10
12 United Kingdom Alan Blencowe 1-7
CMS Motorsport 2 United Kingdom Carl Breeze All
6 United Kingdom Guy Halley 1-2
10 United Kingdom Oli Wilkinson 1-7
Total Control Racing 3 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall All
4 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam All
8 United Kingdom Neil Waterworth All
23 United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi All
Maxtreme 5 United Kingdom Liam McMillan All
Welch Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Daniel Welch All
Nixon Motorsport 9 United Kingdom Gareth Nixon 1-9
Stewart Whyte 70 United Kingdom Stewart Whyte All
Cupra R Class
Doble Motorsports 11 United Kingdom Mike Doble 1–8, 10
Churchill Motorsport 14 United Kingdom Adrian Churchill All
32 United Kingdom Ian Churchill All
CMS Motorsport 15 United Kingdom Andy Setterfield 1, 4
16 United Kingdom James Morgan 2–6, 8, 10
17 United Kingdom Andy Neate 5
Nixon Motorsport 18 United Kingdom Stewart Lines 6
Total Control Racing 20 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 9
Startline Services 24 United Kingdom Rob Austin 1–3, 5–6, 8
36 United Kingdom Eric Bailey 1–7, 10
Second Time Round 27 United Kingdom Kristian Waite All
Pyro Motorsport 36 United Kingdom Mark Hunt 9-10
69 United Kingdom Tim Bevan 1-6
Advent Motorsport 44 Sweden Freddy Nordström All
Triple R 77 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard All

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning Team R Class Winner
1 R1 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 1 April United Kingdom Gareth Nixon United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Carl Breeze CMS Motorsport United Kingdom Ian Churchill
R2 United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Ian Churchill
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway 22 April United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Alan Blencowe Triple R United Kingdom Adrian Churchill
R4 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing Sweden Freddy Nordström
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 6 May United Kingdom Daniel Welch United Kingdom Daniel Welch United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing Sweden Freddy Nordström
R6 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Gareth Nixon United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing Sweden Freddy Nordström
4 R7 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 3 June United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Oli Wilkinson United Kingdom Oli Wilkinson CMS Motorsport United Kingdom Ian Churchill
R8 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Ian Churchill
5 R9 Oulton Park Island, Cheshire 24 June United Kingdom Tom Boardman United Kingdom Alan Blencowe United Kingdom Alan Blencowe Triple R United Kingdom Ian Churchill
R10 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Adrian Churchill
6 R11 Donington Park National 15 July United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard
R12 United Kingdom Tom Boardman United Kingdom Ray MacDowall United Kingdom Tom Boardman Triple R United Kingdom Adrian Churchill
7 R13 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 29 July United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Ian Churchill
R14 United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Gareth Nixon United Kingdom Carl Breeze CMS Motorsport United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard
8 R15 Brands Hatch Indy, Kent 19 August United Kingdom Gareth Nixon United Kingdom Tom Boardman United Kingdom Tom Boardman Triple R United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard
R16 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Gareth Nixon United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi Total Control Racing United Kingdom Ian Churchill
9 R17 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 2 September United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard
R18 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Carl Breeze CMS Motorsport United Kingdom Ian Churchill
10 R19 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 14 October United Kingdom Tom Boardman United Kingdom Daniel Welch United Kingdom Daniel Welch Welch Motorsport United Kingdom Ian Churchill
R20 United Kingdom Daniel Welch United Kingdom Daniel Welch United Kingdom Daniel Welch Welch Motorsport United Kingdom Ian Churchill

Championship standings

  • Points system applies to both classes.
  • Drivers' top 18 results count towards the championship.
  • Only half-points were awarded in Round 11.
Points system
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

(key)

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
1 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 7 Ret 2 1 2 3 3 302
2 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Carl Breeze 1 4 Ret 7 3 5 4 5 3 10 Ret DNS 2 1 3 4 9 1 18 2 204
4 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Gareth Nixon 5 8 2 2 5 4 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret DNS 5 2 DSQ 3 5 3 148
7 United Kingdom Alan Blencowe 3 7 1 4 8 6 6 4 1 5 8 3 3 Ret 145
8 United Kingdom Tom Boardman Ret 2 10 1 4 3 1 Ret 3 7 2 5 132
9 United Kingdom Oli Wilkinson 4 6 4 Ret 7 7 1 7 6 3 Ret 8 11 6 106
10 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Liam McMillan 7 10 7 Ret 10 9 8 9 18 Ret 7 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 16 9 49
13 United Kingdom Guy Halley 8 13 9 6 13
Cupra R Class
1 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 10 14 12 Ret 17 13 12 13 14 15 6 11 13 9 7 9 10 13 10 16 267
2 United Kingdom Ian Churchill 9 12 Ret DNS 13 12 11 10 9 12 Ret DNS 12 Ret 9 8 14 11 8 10 263
3 United Kingdom 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 Sweden Freddy Nordström 18 18 Ret 8 12 11 Ret 11 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 10 10 11 11 14 9 11 222
5 United Kingdom Mike Doble 13 16 16 10 15 15 14 14 13 19 13 14 15 Ret 12 13 12 12 171.5
6 United Kingdom Kristian Waite 17 20 14 11 16 14 15 17 15 20 Ret DNS 16 11 13 15 16 16 15 14 146
7 United Kingdom Eric Bailey 16 19 15 9 20 Ret 16 15 16 16 Ret 13 11 12 14 Ret 116
8 United Kingdom Rob Austin 15 Ret 13 Ret 19 16 12 17 Ret DNS Ret 14 60
9 United Kingdom Tim Bevan 14 17 Ret Ret 18 17 Ret 18 17 14 Ret DNS 53
10 United Kingdom Mark Hunt 12 15 13 15 25
11 United Kingdom James Morgan 17 12 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 16 17 Ret 24
12 United Kingdom Andy Setterfield Ret 21 17 DNS 5
guest drivers ineligible for points
- United Kingdom Stewart Lines 12 15 0
- United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 15 17 0
- United Kingdom Andy Neate Ret 18 0
Pos Driver BHI ROC THR CRO OUL DON SNE BHI KNO THR Pts

References