Clio Cup Great Britain

Clio Cup Great Britain
CategoryOne-make racing by Renault
(Renault Clio Cup)
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Inaugural season1974
ClassesMain Class
Masters Cup
Rookie Cup
Drivers5 (2024)
Teams3 (2024)
ConstructorsRenault
Tyre suppliersMichelin
Drivers' championUnited Kingdom Jack Young (2019)
Teams' championTeam HARD (2019)
Official websiteClio Cup GB
Current season

Clio Cup Great Britain is an entry-level one-make touring car racing motorsport category, and the current name in the long history of Renault one-make cups in the UK. It currently attracts drivers from across the United Kingdom to compete along with several drivers for European countries. The championship has been run to various regulations over the years, and can trace its history back to 1974. Several former drivers have become successful in other Touring car racing formulae, including Andy Priaulx, who went on to become multiple World Touring Car Championship champion and Jason Plato who is multiple British Touring Car Championship champion. The championship formerly ran on the support package of the British Touring Car Championship. The series was most recently promoted by the British Automobile Racing Club, which was also the promoter from 1974 to 2011.[1] Prior to this, SRO promoted the series in 2012.

The UK Clio Cup folded after the 2019 season after being axed as a BTCC support series in favour of the Mini Challenge.[2][3] Clio Cup Great Britain was revived in 2024, now organised by MotorSport Vision as an independent championship.

  1. ^ "British Automobile Racing Club takes helm of Renault UK Clio Cup". Renault Sport UK. Renault Sport. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Lickorish, Stephen (15 September 2019). "Clio Cup to continue in UK after all as Renault Sport steps in". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ "BTCC | MINI CHALLENGE to join TOCA package from 2020". Retrieved 2019-10-19.