2002 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2002 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 14th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 1 April and ended on 22 September at Donington Park, after seventeen rounds held in England and Scotland, with most events only staging one race and two events staging a double header.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Motaworld Racing	1	Robert Bell	All
	2	Alex Lloyd	All
	3	Will Davison	All
	4	Gary Turkington	All
Aztec International	5	Robert Scott	All
	6	Ricardo van der Ende	1-2
		Chaz Small	4
Mackie Motorsport	7	Steven Kane	1-3
	8	Charles Hollings	All
Paston Racing	9	Hayanari Shimoda	1, 3-4, 7, 9-11
	33	Marc McLoughlin	All
	43	James Murphy	All
Scorpio	10	Oliver Scullion	1-5
	11	David Hall	1-7
Team DFR	12	Susie Stoddart	1-10
		Mark Fell	11
Fortec Motorsport	14	Danny Watts	All
	15	Luciano Garcia	All
	16	Jamie Green	All
	17	Katherine Legge	1-4
John Village Automotive	18	Ryan Sharp	All
	19	Stuart King	1-2
		Aurelio López Jr.	11
	20	Vasilije Calasan	1-8
	21	Stefan Söderberg	All
Status Motorsport	22	Philip Kershaw	All
	44	Leighton Walker	1-2
		Robby Coleman	4
	55	Ivor McCullough	All
Manor Motorsport	23	Patrick Long	All
	24	Ernesto José Viso	All
	25	Lewis Hamilton	All
	26	Matt Griffin	All
	66	Fabian Coulthard	10-11
Falcon Motorsport	27	Robin Rudholm	All
	28	James Rossiter	1-10
	29	Ben Reeves	All
Cliff Dempsey Racing	30	Keith Dempsey	1-10
		Alan Dwyer	11
	31	Richard Goransson	1-2
		Daniel Welch	4-5
		Gideon Cresswell	6
		Barry Sime	7-9
		Takahiro Ito	10
		Noel Roddy	11
Saxon International	76	Jason Coffin	1
		Chaz Small	2-3
		Alex Kapadia	5
	77	Alex Buncombe	1-2, 4-5
		Daren Taylor	3
Welch Motorsport	86	Philip Keen	11
	88	Daniel Welch	11

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 April	Danny Watts	Marc McLoughlin	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport
2	R2	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	21 April	Katherine Legge	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport
3	R3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	6 May	Robert Bell	Lewis Hamilton	Marc McLoughlin	Paston Racing
4	R4	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	3 June	Jamie Green	Lewis Hamilton	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport
5	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	16 June	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
6	R6	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	30 June	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport
7	R7	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	14 July	Danny Watts	Jamie Green	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport
8	R8	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	28 July	Patrick Long	Danny Watts	Patrick Long	Manor Motorsport
	R9			Danny Watts	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Fortec Motorsport
9	R10	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	11 August	Jamie Green	Danny Watts	Jamie Green	Fortec Motorsport
10	R11	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	26 August	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
11	R12	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	21 September	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
	R13		22 September	Robert Bell	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Fortec Motorsport

Drivers' Championship[]

• Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver BRH OUL THR SIL THR BRH CRO SNE KNO BRH DON Pts 1 Danny Watts 1 1 DSQ 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 1 333 2 Jamie Green Ret Ret 8 2 2 2 2 6 1 1 3 4 5 279 3 Lewis Hamilton 3 15 2 9 1 20 6 2 Ret 2 1 1 4 274 4 Will Davison 7 6 3 8 11 6 3 4 3 10 Ret 5 6 222 5 Robert Bell 4 4 DSQ 4 6 7 5 9 10 4 4 3 Ret 212 6 Ryan Sharp 13 2 7 5 5 4 7 11 12 8 5 16 2 211 7 Marc McLoughlin 2 3 1 3 17 12 8 10 7 Ret 14 8 8 201 8 Patrick Long 5 Ret 11 20 12 5 25 1 2 19 6 6 3 183 9 Alex Lloyd 12 Ret 6 6 8 3 4 7 11 6 7 11 15 182 10 Gary Turkington 17 5 12 13 10 9 13 8 5 18 9 10 9 141 11 Matt Griffin Ret 12 18 7 4 14 23 16 16 13 12 7 7 116 12 Robin Rudholm 6 Ret 5 Ret 7 8 14 12 Ret Ret 13 12 10 112 13 James Rossiter 14 17 4 12 Ret 10 Ret 15 6 7 11 103 14 Luciano Garcia 15 16 Ret Ret 15 19 9 5 9 5 16 14 16 100 15 Stefan Söderberg 20 7 16 14 Ret 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 8 15 11 90 16 Keith Dempsey 10 Ret 9 11 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 11 DNS 73 17 James Murphy DNS Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret Ret 20 Ret 13 14 47 18 Susie Stoddart Ret 10 20 18 16 15 21 21 15 14 15 45 19 Ivor McCullough 21 9 Ret 23 20 18 16 13 Ret 9 Ret 22 Ret 41 20 Ernesto José Viso 18 18 Ret 16 Ret Ret 20 17 20 23 10 9 Ret 40 21 Robert Scott Ret DNS Ret Ret 22 16 15 19 19 15 17 20 12 35 22 Oliver Scullion 11 Ret 13 15 13 32 23 Charles Hollings DNS DNS 15 19 Ret Ret 19 20 13 17 18 17 Ret 30 24 Philip Kershaw DNS DNS Ret 22 18 Ret 17 18 14 12 20 19 23 29 25 Ben Reeves Ret 13 14 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 21 26 Chaz Small 8 19 21 16 27 Ricardo van der Ende 8 Ret 14 28 Hayanari Shimoda Ret 17 17 18 22 21 26 18 14 29 Alex Buncombe Ret Ret 10 19 13 30 Richard Göransson 9 Ret 12 31 Leighton Walker Ret 11 10 32 Barry Sime 22 22 17 16 9 33 Daniel Welch 24 Ret Ret 13 8 34 Steven Kane Ret 14 Ret 7 35 Alex Kapadia 14 7 36 Fabian Coulthard 23 18 17 7 37 Katherine Legge 16 Ret DSQ 29 5 38 Vasilije Calasan DNS DNS 23 27 Ret Ret Ret 23 18 21 Ret 3 39 Aurelio López, Jr. 24 19 2 40 Stuart King 19 Ret 2 41 Alan Dwyer 25 20 1 David Hall DNS DNS 21 26 21 21 24 0 Mark Fell 21 22 0 Philip Keen 23 21 0 Daren Taylor 22 0 Takahiro Ito 22 0 Noel Roddy 27 Ret 0 Robby Coleman 28 0 Gideon Cresswell Ret 0 Jason Coffin DNS 0 Pos Driver BRH OUL THR SIL THR BRH CRO SNE KNO BRH DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links[]

• The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship