2017 Australian Formula Ford Series
Motor racing competition
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The 2017 Australian Formula Ford Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 cars.[1] It was the 48th Australian Formula Ford Series and was sanctioned by the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA).
The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019.[2]
Teams and drivers
| Team | Chassis | No | Driver | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speco/VHT | Spectrum 011 | 1 | K | 1, 6 | |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services TanderSport |
Mygale SJ10a | 2 | 1–4, 6 | ||
| 74 | 5 | ||||
| Mygale SJ11a | 3 | 1–3, 6 | |||
| 32 | 5 | ||||
| Mygale SJ10a | 4 | 1, 3–4, 6 | |||
| 14 | 2 | ||||
| 44 | 5 | ||||
| Mygale SJ15a | 5 | 1, 3, 5–6 | |||
| Mygale SJ12 | 28 | 6 | |||
| Mygale SJ12 | 58 | 1, 3–4 | |||
| Anglo Motorsport | Spirit WL11 | 3 | K | 5 | |
| 15 | 3 | ||||
| Spirit K08 | 4 | K | 2 | ||
| 41 | 5 | ||||
| Spectrum 010 | 32 | K | 3 | ||
| Mygale SJ08 | 41 | K | 1–3 | ||
| Van Diemen RF91 | 91 | K | 2 | ||
| Mygale SJ08 | 5 | ||||
| 3 Amigos Racing | Mondiale | 4 | K | 5 | |
| Zdisy Racing | Spectrum 012 | 6 | All | ||
| Spectrum 014b | 60 | 6 | |||
| Spectrum 014 | 97 | 6 | |||
| James Corbett | Spirit K08 | 7 | K | 3 | |
| The Torque Team | Mygale SJ07a | 7 | K | 4 | |
| Penrite Oil/Modem Construction | Mygale SJ11a | 8 | 1–2 | ||
| DYFA Plumbing | Van Diemen | 8 | K | 4 | |
| Don Holland Racing | Swift DB-1 | 8 | K | 5 | |
| Aaron Cameron Racing | Spectrum 014 | 9 | 1, 3 | ||
| Josh Jackson Racing | Spectrum 07 | 9 | K | 2 | |
| Team Soutar Motorsport | Mygale SJ13 | 10 | All | ||
| Listec Race Cars | Listec WIL-013 | 11 | 2, 5 | ||
| Listec WIL-013 | 42 | 1 | |||
| Van Diemen | 53 | 5 | |||
| Listec WIL-05K | 61 | 5 | |||
| Colin Hill Engineering | Mygale | 14 | 5 | ||
| Dream Motorsport | Mygale SJ13a | 16 | All | ||
| Lachlan Gibbons Motorsport | Mygale SJ07 | 18 | 2, 5 | ||
| Ultra Tune Hawthorn | Mygale | 19 | 1, 6 | ||
| Jones Motorsport | Spectrum 014d | 21 | All | ||
| Spectrum 06b | 22 | K | 1 | ||
| Snap On Tools | Van Diemen RF91 | 25 | K | 4 | |
| Shell | Mygale SJ09 | 29 | All | ||
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 015 | 31 | All | ||
| Spectrum 015 | 48 | 1–3 | |||
| Mygale SJ13a | 60 | 1–3 | |||
| Spectrum 012b | 85 | 1–4 | |||
| Spectrum 014 | 97 | 1–5 | |||
| Van Diemen RF86 | 33 | K | 6 | ||
| Jake Donaldson Racing | Spectrum 011d | 35 | 5 | ||
| Gary Goulding | Vector TF94 | 36 | K | 4 | |
| Van Diemen RF91 | 36 | K | 6 | ||
| Ellery Motorsport | Spectrum 010 | 37 | K | 3–4, 6 | |
| TanderSport | Stealth | 42 | K | 6 | |
| Synergy Motorsport | Spectrum 014 | 44 | 1–4, 6 | ||
| Spectrum 012 | 57 | 2–3, 5 | |||
| Nicholas Schembri | Mygale SJ09 | 45 | 3 | ||
| Van Diemen RF01 | 47 | K | 6 | ||
| Spectrum 011b | 50 | K | 6 | ||
| Swift SC95K | 52 | K | 1 | ||
| Spectrum 012 | 66 | 1, 3 | |||
| Fastlane Racing | Stealth S3D | 72 | 5–6 | ||
| BF Racing | Mygale SJ11a | 73 | All | ||
| Mygale SJ03 | 76 | K | 1, 6 | ||
| Mygale SJ01a | 77 | K | 1 | ||
| Mygale SJ11 | 78 | 1 | |||
| Sam Sewell | Van Diemen | 80 | K | 4 | |
| Donate Life | Swift 93F | 80 | K | 5 | |
| Reichstein Motorsport | Spectrum 012b | 85 | 5–6 | ||
| Cadohaven Drainage & Excavation | Van Diemen RF91 | 86 | K | 2 | |
| Tim Hamilton | Spectrum 010b | 87 | K | 3–5 | |
| Autoware | Van Diemen RF01 | 92 | K | 2–4 | |
| Lazzaro Motorsport | Spectrum 011 | 95 | 1, 3, 5–6 | ||
| Bailey Boys Racing | Spectrum 06b | 96 | K | 4 | |
| Granite Consulting | Spectrum 011b | 98 | 1, 3, 6 | ||
| PLG Gearcutting | Citation | 99 | K | 6 | |
| Manager Software | Van Diemen RF92 | 511 | K | 2 | |
Race calendar
The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round.[1]
| Round | Circuit | Dates | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (Melbourne, Victoria) |
4–5 March | |
| 2 | (Goulburn, New South Wales) |
1–2 April | |
| 3 | (Winton, Victoria) |
19–21 May | |
| 4 | (Willowbank, Queensland) |
8–9 July | |
| 5 | (Eastern Creek, New South Wales) |
16–17 September | |
| 6 | (Phillip Island, Victoria) |
30 September–1 October | |
Designates Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class rounds
Results and standings
Results
Standings
| Pos. | Driver | SAN |
WAK |
WIN |
QLD |
SMP |
PHI |
Pts. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 245 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | DSQ | Ret | C | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 231 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 195 | |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 1 | C | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 189 | |
| 5 | DSQ | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | C | 15 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 137 | |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | C | 16 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 132.5 | |
| 7 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | C | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 8 | 130 | |
| 8 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 8 | DSQ | Ret | C | 8 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 128 | |
| 9 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | Ret | C | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 7 | DSQ | 78.5 | |
| 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | C | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 77 | |||||||
| 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 8 | C | 11 | 25 | Ret | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 76 | |
| 12 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | C | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 73 | ||||
| 13 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | Ret | C | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 57 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 55.5 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 9 | 6 | 16 | C | 1 | 2 | 50 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 41 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 33.5 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 6 | 10 | Ret | DSQ | 11 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 12 | 30.5 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Ret | 24 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 12 | Ret | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 10 | 17 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 17 | Ret | 14 | DSQ | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 20 | 20 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts. |
SAN |
WAK |
WIN |
QLD |
SMP |
PHI | |||||||||||||||
Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) standings
| Pos. | Driver | WIN |
QLD |
SMP |
Pts. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | C | 24 | 18 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 19 | 74 | |
| 2 | C | 26 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 72 | |
| 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 56 | |||||||
| 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 40 | |||||||
| 5 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 34 | |||||||
| 6 | C | 23 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| 7 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 29 | |||||||
| 8 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 26 | |||||||
| 9 | C | 29 | 21 | 24 | |||||||
| 10 | C | 27 | 23 | 23 | |||||||
| = | C | 28 | 22 | 23 | |||||||
| 12 | 19 | 20 | DNS | 20 | |||||||
| 13 | C | 18 | |||||||||
| drivers ineligible for series points | |||||||||||
| - | 17 | 20 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| - | 20 | Ret | 23 | 0 | |||||||
| - | 22 | 23 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
| - | 23 | 25 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
| - | 24 | 26 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
| - | 25 | 28 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| - | Ret | 27 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts. |
WIN |
QLD |
SMP | |||||||||
Notes
- Liam McLellan finished Race 1 at Sandown in second however he was excluded due to a technical infringement.[3]