2007 SEAT Cupra Championship

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 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

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
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
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

Note: bold signifies pole position in class, italics signifies fastest lap in class

Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References

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