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).

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	Geoff Uhrhane	All
		7	Josh Hunter	8
		11	Cam Waters
		13	Nick Foster	All
		16	Ryan Simpson	1–5
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 011c	4	Andrew McFarland	1–2
	Spectrum 012	45	Ashley Walsh	All
	Spectrum 012	76	Ben Jurczak	2–8
	Spectrum 011b	77	Caleb Rayner	All
simPRO Master Electricians Racing	Mygale SJ10a	5	Andre Borell	All
Evans Motorsport Group	Mygale SJ10A	6	Adam Graham	1–4
			Nick Cassidy	5
			Trent Harrison	6–8
	Mygale SJ11A	94	Matthew Hart	7–8
Brad Jones Racing	Mygale SJ09a	8	Tom Williamson	All
Brad Jones Racing	Mygale SJ09a	9	Zac Schonberger	2–5
Linde Material Handling	Mygale SJ06a	11	Cam Waters
CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport	Spectrum 011b	12	Liam Sager	3–6
	Spectrum 011c	49	Jack Le Brocq	All
	Spectrum 011b	55	Garry Jacobson	1–2, 4, 6–7
	Spectrum 011d	83	Matthew Brabham	All
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 012	15	Chaz Mostert	All
	Spectrum 011b	17	Stefan Borsato	4–5
	Spectrum 011c	22	Shae Davies
	Spectrum 011	25	Daniel Cotton	1
	Spectrum 012	71	Nathan Morcom	All
G-Force Events Crabtrees Real Estate	Mygale SJ07a	20	Greg Woodrow	1
Shae Davies Racing BF Racing	Van Diemen RF06	22	Shae Davies
Howard Racing	Spectrum 011	27 35	Sam Howard	4–6
Howard Racing	Mygale SJ08a Spectrum 011	37	Jack Howard	5–6
Team BRM	Mygale SJ09a	30	Tom Goess	All
		31	Martin Short	1–4
		31	Ben Barker	5
		32	Jon Mills	1–2, 4–7
HMT Racing	Spectrum 011d	33	Robert Hackwood	1, 6
Rob Spence Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	35	Cameron Spence	1, 3
Widex Australia	Mygale SJ07a	47	Williams Vass	1
McDonald's Chelsea Heights	Spectrum 011d	66	Jesse Fenech	3, 8
Marshalls & Dent Lawyers	Spectrum 011b	74	Nick McBride	1, 3
Speco/VHT Motor Improvements	Spectrum 011	78	Brendan Jones	1
TanderSport	Stealth S3D	91	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	Albert Park Circuit	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
2	1	Queensland Raceway	Ryan Simpson	Ryan Simpson	Ryan Simpson	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Chaz Mostert	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Ben Jurczak	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Nick Foster	Ashley Walsh	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Chaz Mostert	Ashley Walsh	Borland Racing Developments
	3			Nick Foster	Ashley Walsh	Borland Racing Developments
4	1	Hidden Valley Raceway	Ryan Simpson	Ryan Simpson	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Chaz Mostert	Ryan Simpson	Sonic Motor Racing Services
5	1	Reid Park Street Circuit	Ryan Simpson	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Ashley Walsh	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
6	1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Cam Waters	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
7	1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Ashley Walsh	Ben Jurczak	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Nick Foster	Geoff Uhrhane	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Nick Foster	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
8	1	Sandown Raceway	Chaz Mostert	Cam Waters	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Ben Jurczak	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	ALB	QUE			WIN			DAR			TOW			SUR			SYM			SAN			Pen	Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pen	Pts
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	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	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
=	Nick McBride	15				17	18	19																-5	-3
Pos.	Driver	ALB	QUE			WIN			DAR			TOW			SUR			SYM			SAN			Pen	Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pen	Pts

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)

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]

2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Calendar

Season summary

Points

Results

References

External links

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