2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford open wheel racing cars. It was the 41st national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 18th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. The championship, which was promoted as the "2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship",[1] began on 26 March 2010 at the Albert Park Street Circuit and ended on 21 November at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds. Australian Formula Ford Management Pty. Ltd. was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the Championship.[1]

Synergy Motorsport Spectrum driver Chaz Mostert won the title with a dominant season performance. The Queensland driver secured the title at Round 7 and won a total of five rounds during the series. Individual race wins were achieved by Mostert (14), Nick Foster (3), Ashley Walsh (2), Ryan Simpson (2) and Geoff Uhrhane (1).

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the championship. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered, excepting New Zealanders Nick Cassidy, Martin Short and Ben Barker, who was British-registered.

Team Chassis No Driver Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ10a 2 Australia Geoff Uhrhane All
7 Australia Josh Hunter 8
11 Australia Cam Waters
13 Australia Nick Foster All
16 Australia Ryan Simpson 1–5
Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 011c 4 Australia Andrew McFarland 1–2
Spectrum 012 45 Australia Ashley Walsh All
76 Australia Ben Jurczak 2–8
Spectrum 011b 77 Australia Caleb Rayner All
simPRO
Master Electricians Racing 		Mygale SJ10a 5 Australia Andre Borell All
Evans Motorsport Group Mygale SJ10A 6 Australia Adam Graham 1–4
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 5
Australia Trent Harrison 6–8
Mygale SJ11A 94 Australia Matthew Hart 7–8
Brad Jones Racing Mygale SJ09a 8 Australia Tom Williamson All
9 Australia Zac Schonberger 2–5
Linde Material Handling Mygale SJ06a 11 Australia Cam Waters
CAMS Rising Stars
Minda Motorsport 		Spectrum 011b 12 Australia Liam Sager 3–6
Spectrum 011c 49 Australia Jack Le Brocq All
Spectrum 011b 55 Australia Garry Jacobson 1–2, 4, 6–7
Spectrum 011d 83 Australia Matthew Brabham All
Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 012 15 Australia Chaz Mostert All
Spectrum 011b 17 Australia Stefan Borsato 4–5
Spectrum 011c 22 Australia Shae Davies
Spectrum 011 25 Australia Daniel Cotton 1
Spectrum 012 71 Australia Nathan Morcom All
G-Force Events
Crabtrees Real Estate 		Mygale SJ07a 20 Australia Greg Woodrow 1
Shae Davies Racing
BF Racing 		Van Diemen RF06 22 Australia Shae Davies
Howard Racing Spectrum 011 27
35 		Australia Sam Howard 4–6
Mygale SJ08a
Spectrum 011 		37 Australia Jack Howard 5–6
Team BRM Mygale SJ09a 30 Australia Tom Goess All
31 New Zealand Martin Short 1–4
United Kingdom Ben Barker 5
32 Australia Jon Mills 1–2, 4–7
HMT Racing Spectrum 011d 33 Australia Robert Hackwood 1, 6
Rob Spence Motorsport Spectrum 011c 35 Australia Cameron Spence 1, 3
Widex Australia Mygale SJ07a 47 Australia Williams Vass 1
McDonald's Chelsea Heights Spectrum 011d 66 Australia Jesse Fenech 3, 8
Marshalls & Dent Lawyers Spectrum 011b 74 Australia Nick McBride 1, 3
Speco/VHT
Motor Improvements 		Spectrum 011 78 Australia Brendan Jones 1
TanderSport Stealth S3D 91 Australia Pete Major 8

Note: All cars were powered by 1600cc Ford Duratec engines, as mandated by the championship regulations.[1]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Round winner
1 Albert Park Street Circuit[2] 28–29 March Chaz Mostert
2 Queensland Raceway[3] 1–2 May Nicholas Foster
3 Winton Motor Raceway[4] 14–16 May Ashley Walsh
4 Hidden Valley Raceway[5] 18–20 June Chaz Mostert
5 Townsville Street Circuit[6] 9–11 July Chaz Mostert
6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit[7] 22–24 October Chaz Mostert
7 Symmons Plains Raceway[8] 13–14 November Geoff Uhrhane
8 Sandown Raceway 19–21 November Chaz Mostert

Note: Rounds were contested over three races, with the exception of Round 1 which was staged over two races.[9]

Season summary

Rd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Victoria (state) Albert Park Circuit Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 1 Queensland Queensland Raceway Australia Ryan Simpson Australia Ryan Simpson Australia Ryan Simpson Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Australia Ben Jurczak Australia Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 1 New South Wales Winton Motor Raceway Australia Nick Foster Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Ashley Walsh Borland Racing Developments
3 Australia Nick Foster Australia Ashley Walsh Borland Racing Developments
4 1 Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Australia Ryan Simpson Australia Ryan Simpson Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
3 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Ryan Simpson Sonic Motor Racing Services
5 1 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit Australia Ryan Simpson Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
3 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
6 1 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Cam Waters Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
3 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
7 1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Ben Jurczak Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Nick Foster Australia Geoff Uhrhane Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Australia Nick Foster Australia Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services
8 1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Cam Waters Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
2 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
3 Australia Ben Jurczak Australia Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport

Points

Championship points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in each race.[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round.[1]

Results

Pos. Driver Victoria (state)
ALB 		Queensland
QUE 		New South Wales
WIN 		Northern Territory
DAR 		Queensland
TOW 		Queensland
SUR 		Tasmania
SYM 		Victoria (state)
SAN 		Pen Pts
R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Chaz Mostert 1 2 16 4 1 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 5 1 1 1 361
2 Australia Geoff Uhrhane 7 3 2 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 Ret 8 4 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 -5 269
3 Australia Nick Foster 2 9 1 1 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 Ret Ret 7 2 4 8 2 1 4 3 4 263
4 Australia Ashley Walsh 4 8 4 Ret 2 1 1 5 6 2 5 2 2 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 5 2 2 -15 232
5 Australia Ryan Simpson 3 1 19 6 5 5 6 3 4 1 4 3 4 -5 150
6 Australia Cam Waters Ret 10 13 9 9 9 9 11 Ret 11 7 4 5 2 6 2 5 3 Ret Ret 7 6 115
7 Australia Adam Graham 6 4 7 2 6 6 5 6 5 7 92
8 Australia Tom Williamson 11 Ret 8 8 Ret 16 11 17 7 6 Ret 16 6 6 Ret 7 6 7 8 3 5 9 88
9 Australia Trent Harrison 5 4 5 4 4 4 Ret 11 8 72
10 Australia Nathan Morcom 5 7 6 6 11 11 10 12 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 7 Ret 9 13 59
11 Australia Ben Jurczak 5 3 3 10 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 13 10 Ret 7 10 5 -5 53
12 Australia Andre Borell 8 6 5 5 15 15 12 7 13 Ret 11 9 13 8 9 16 14 8 10 12 15 15 51
13 Australia Jack Le Brocq 9 11 Ret 11 16 17 16 8 9 10 6 5 15 10 5 6 10 Ret 9 Ret 14 Ret 49
14 Australia Matthew Brabham 16 15 9 Ret 7 7 7 Ret 16 Ret 13 10 Ret 15 10 8 16 11 11 8 19 Ret 30
15 New Zealand Nick Cassidy 8 6 3 26
16 Australia Jesse Fenech 13 14 13 6 6 7 22
17 Australia Caleb Rayner 13 Ret 12 10 12 8 Ret 13 17 12 12 7 7 Ret DNS 11 12 9 DNS 9 8 10 -5 21
18 Australia Matthew Hart 9 5 6 11 12 11 20
19 New Zealand Martin Short Ret 17 10 18 8 10 8 9 12 9 14
20 Australia Tom Goess 18 13 15 15 Ret 20 15 15 11 8 10 8 9 Ret 11 15 15 14 12 10 13 12 12
21 Australia Shae Davies 12 17 14 11 7 9 11 Ret DNS DNS 16 14 8
22 Australia Garry Jacobson 10 14 11 16 Ret 14 13 9 8 Ret Ret 13 13 7
Australia Cameron Spence 12 18 19 17 0
Australia Andrew McFarland 14 Ret 14 12 0
Australia Jack Howard 16 14 Ret 14 Ret 12 0
Australia Zac Schonberger 16 20 13 19 21 18 16 18 16 18 17 11 0
Australia Daniel Cotton 17 0
Australia Stefan Borsato 14 19 15 15 15 12 0
Australia Jon Mills 21 18 18 17 18 20 17 19 18 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 15 14 0
Australia Josh Hunter Ret 17 16 0
Australia Brendan Jones 19 0
United Kingdom Ben Barker DNS 11 Ret 0
Australia Robert Hackwood 20 13 16 17 0
Australia Pete Major 13 18 DNS 0
Australia Williams Vass 22 0
Australia Greg Woodrow Ret 0
23 Australia Liam Sager 14 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 9 13 14 Ret 13 10 -5 -2
24 Australia Sam Howard 10 Ret 14 17 12 10 Ret 12 14 -5 -3
= Australia Nick McBride 15 17 18 19 -5 -3
Pos. Driver Victoria (state)
ALB 		Queensland
QUE 		New South Wales
WIN 		Northern Territory
DAR 		Queensland
TOW 		Queensland
SUR 		Tasmania
SYM 		Victoria (state)
SAN 		Pen Pts
R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
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)

Note: Race 2 at the Albert Park Street Circuit, was stopped due to a serious crash on lap 2 involving Caleb Rayner.[10] The race was abandoned and no championship points were awarded.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations Retrieved on 25 November 2010
  2. ^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 28/03/2010 2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 28 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 02/05/2010 Ipswich 300 – 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series-Race 9&10". National Software. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Winton Motor Raceway 16/05/2010 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 11 & 12". National Software. 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Hidden Valley Raceway 20/06/2010 2010 Skycity Triple Crown-V8Supercar Championship Race 13&14". National Software. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Townsville Street Circuit 11/07/2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercar Championship Races 15&16". National Software. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 – V8 Supercars Races 19 & 20". National Software. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Symmons Plains International Raceway 14/11/2010 Armor Falken Tasmania Challenge – V8 Supercars Races 21 & 22". National Software. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  9. ^ a b 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship results table Retrieved on 25 November 2010
  10. ^ Formula Ford’s Race 2 canned after accident, www.speedcafe.com Retrieved on 15 July 2016
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