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
Triple R	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
Churchill Motorsport	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
Startline Services	36	Eric Bailey	1–7, 10
Second Time Round	27	Kristian Waite	All
Pyro Motorsport	36	Mark Hunt	9-10
Pyro Motorsport	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
1	R2	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	1 April	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
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway	22 April	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
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	6 May	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
4	R8	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	3 June	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
5	R10	Oulton Park Island, Cheshire	24 June	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
6	R12	Donington Park National	15 July	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
7	R14	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	29 July	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
8	R16	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	19 August	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
9	R18	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	2 September	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
10	R20	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	14 October	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	1	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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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