2007 SEAT Cupra Championship

2007 SEAT Cupra Championship season
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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	Class	Rounds
Triple R	1	Tom Boardman		5-10
	12	Alan Blencowe		1-7
	77	Harry Vaulkhard	R	All
CMS Motorsport	2	Carl Breeze		All
	6	Guy Halley		1-2
	10	Oli Wilkinson		1-7
	15	Andy Setterfield	R	1, 4
	16	James Morgan	R	2-6, 8, 10
	17	Andy Neate	R	5
Total Control Racing	3	Ray MacDowall		All
	4	Jonathan Adam		All
	8	Neil Waterworth		All
	20	Alex MacDowall	R	9
	23	Fulvio Mussi		All
Maxtreme	5	Liam McMillan		All
Welch Motorsport	7	Daniel Welch		All
Nixon Motorsport	9	Gareth Nixon		1-9
	18	Stewart Lines	R	6
Doble Motorsports	11	Mike Doble	R	1-8, 10
Churchill Motorsport	14	Adrian Churchill	R	All
	32	Ian Churchill	R	All
Startline Services	24	Rob Austin	R	1-3, 5-6, 8
	36	Eric Bailey	R	1-7, 10
Second Time Round	27	Kristian Waite	R	All
Advent Motorsport	44	Freddy Nordström	R	All
Pyro Motorsport	69	Tim Bevan	R	1-6
	36	Mark Hunt	R	9-10
Stewart Whyte	70	Stewart Whyte		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	Gareth Nixon	Jonathan Adam	Carl Breeze	CMS Motorsport	Ian Churchill
	R2			Carl Breeze	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Ian Churchill
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway	22 April	Carl Breeze	Alan Blencowe	Alan Blencowe	Triple R	Adrian Churchill
	R4			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Freddy Nordström
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	6 May	Daniel Welch	Daniel Welch	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Freddy Nordström
	R6			Jonathan Adam	Gareth Nixon	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Freddy Nordström
4	R7	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	3 June	Jonathan Adam	Oli Wilkinson	Oli Wilkinson	CMS Motorsport	Ian Churchill
	R8			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Ian Churchill
5	R9	Oulton Park Island, Cheshire	24 June	Tom Boardman	Alan Blencowe	Alan Blencowe	Triple R	Ian Churchill
	R10			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Adrian Churchill
6	R11	Donington Park National	15 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Harry Vaulkhard
	R12			Tom Boardman	Ray MacDowall	Tom Boardman	Triple R	Adrian Churchill
7	R13	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	29 July	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Ian Churchill
	R14			Carl Breeze	Gareth Nixon	Carl Breeze	CMS Motorsport	Harry Vaulkhard
8	R15	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	19 August	Gareth Nixon	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Triple R	Harry Vaulkhard
	R16			Jonathan Adam	Gareth Nixon	Fulvio Mussi	Total Control Racing	Ian Churchill
9	R17	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	2 September	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Total Control Racing	Harry Vaulkhard
	R18			Jonathan Adam	Jonathan Adam	Carl Breeze	CMS Motorsport	Ian Churchill
10	R19	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	14 October	Tom Boardman	Daniel Welch	Daniel Welch	Welch Motorsport	Ian Churchill
	R20			Daniel Welch	Daniel Welch	Daniel Welch	Welch Motorsport	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	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
Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		THR		CRO		OUL		DON		SNE		BHI		KNO		THR		Pts

R Class

(key)

Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		THR		CRO		OUL		DON		SNE		BHI		KNO		THR		Pts
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

External links

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