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

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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
Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ10a 2 Geoff Uhrhane
7 Josh Hunter
11 Cam Waters
13 Nicholas Foster
16 Ryan Simpson
Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 011c 4 Andrew McFarland
Spectrum 012 45 Ashley Walsh
76 Ben Jurczak
Spectrum 011b 77 Caleb Rayner
simPRO
Master Electricians Racing 		Mygale SJ10a 5 Andre Borell
Evans Motorsport Group Mygale SJ10A 6 Adam Graham
Nick Cassidy
Mygale SJ10A Trent Harrison
Mygale SJ11A 94 Matthew Hart
Brad Jones Racing Mygale SJ09a 8 Tom Williamson
9 Zac Schonberger
Linde Material Handling Mygale SJ06a 11 Cam Waters
CAMS Rising Stars
Minda Motorsport 		Spectrum 011b 12 Liam Sager
Spectrum 011c 49 Jack Le Brocq
Spectrum 011b 55 Garry Jacobson
Spectrum 011d 83 Matthew Brabham
Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 012 15 Chaz Mostert
Spectrum 011b 17 Stefan Borsato
Spectrum 011c 22 Shae Davies
Spectrum 011 25 Daniel Cotton
Spectrum 012 71 Nathan Morcom
G-Force Events
Crabtrees Real Estate 		Mygale SJ07a 20 Greg Woodrow
Shae Davies Racing
BF Racing 		Van Diemen RF06 22 Shae Davies
Howard Racing Spectrum 011 27
35 		Sam Howard
Mygale SJ08a
Spectrum 011 		37 Jack Howard
Team BRM Mygale SJ09a 30 Tom Goess
31 Martin Short
Ben Barker
32 Jon Mills
HMT Racing Spectrum 011d 33 Robert Hackwood
Rob Spence Motorsport Spectrum 011c 35 Cameron Spence
Widex Australia Mygale SJ07a 47 Williams Vass
McDonald's Chelsea Heights Spectrum 011d 66 Jesse Fenech
Marshalls & Dent Lawyers Spectrum 011b 74 Nicholas McBride
Speco/VHT
Motor Improvements 		Spectrum 011 78 Brendan Jones
TanderSport Stealth S3D 91 Pete Major

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

Calendar

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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]

Points

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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

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Pos. Driver ALB 1 ALB 2 QLD 1 QLD 2 QLD 3 WIN 1 WIN 2 WIN 3 HID 1 HID 2 HID 3 TOW 1 TOW 2 TOW 3 SUR 1 SUR 2 SUR 3 SYM 1 SYM 2 SYM 3 SAN 1 SAN 2 SAN 3 Points
Penalty 		Points[9]
1 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 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 Nicholas 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 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 Ryan Simpson 3 1 19 6 5 5 6 3 4 1 4 3 4 -5 150
6 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 Adam Graham 6 4 7 2 6 6 5 6 5 7 92
8 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 Trent Harrison 5 4 5 4 4 4 Ret 11 8 72
10 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 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 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 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 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 Nick Cassidy 8 6 3 26
16 Jesse Fenech 13 14 13 6 6 7 22
17 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 Matthew Hart 9 5 6 11 12 11 20
19 Martin Short Ret 17 10 18 8 10 8 9 12 9 14
20 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 Shae Davies 12 17 14 11 7 9 11 Ret DNS DNS 16 14 8
22 Garry Jacobson 10 14 11 16 Ret 14 13 9 8 Ret Ret 13 13 7
Cameron Spence 12 18 19 17 0
Andrew McFarland 14 Ret 14 12 0
Jack Howard 16 14 Ret 14 Ret 12 0
Zac Schonberger 16 20 13 19 21 18 16 18 16 18 17 11 0
Daniel Cotton 17 0
Stefan Borsato 14 19 15 15 15 12 0
Jon Mills 21 18 18 17 18 20 17 19 18 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 15 14 0
Josh Hunter Ret 17 16 0
Brendan Jones 19 0
Ben Barker DNS 11 Ret 0
Robert Hackwood 20 13 16 17 0
Pete Major 13 18 DNS 0
Williams Vass 22 0
Greg Woodrow Ret 0
23 Liam Sager 14 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 9 13 14 Ret 13 10 -5 -2
24 Sam Howard 10 Ret 14 17 12 10 Ret 12 14 -5 -3
= Nicholas McBride 15 17 18 19 -5 -3
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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)

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

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  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 c 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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