“Challenging set of regulatory circumstances” to blame for poor Clio Cup Jr grid size
Renault UK Clio Cup Junior organisers remain fully committed to the series despite only attracting five drivers for the season opener at Silverstone last month.
Championship manager Will Fewkes has said “a very challenging set of regulatory circumstances” has affected the promotion of the series ahead of this season and led to the tiny grid.
“We’re proud of what Clio Cup Junior offers for 14- to 16-year-olds in terms of development, safety and value for money however there have been numerous changes to junior formula requirements at short notice which have impacted the number of entrants this year,” he said. “Any requested changes have been done and paid for by Renault and not the teams.
“We have remained loyal to our customers and provided the junior racing market place with a high performance, safe and extremely reliable product.”
Fewkes insisted that the remaining five rounds of the series will still go ahead as planned, starting at Rockingham next weekend.
“Renault UK and the British Automobile Racing Club have both agreed to this calendar because they believe in the potential of this series.”