2017 Australian Formula Ford Series
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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
[edit | edit source]| 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 | New Zealand Hunter McElrea | 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 | Error creating thumbnail: Ryan Bjerke | 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
[edit | edit source]The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round.[1]
| Round | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winning driver(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 4–5 March | Jayden Ojeda |
| 2 | Wakefield Park Raceway | Goulburn, New South Wales | 1–2 April | Max Vidau |
| 3 | Winton Motor Raceway | Winton, Victoria | 19–21 May | Aaron Cameron |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 8–9 July | Cameron Shields |
| 5 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 16–17 September | Cameron Shields |
| 6 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 30 September–1 October | Cameron Shields |
Series standings
[edit | edit source]The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019.[2]
| Pos | Driver | Pts. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula Ford | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Max Vidau | 245 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Cameron Shields | 231 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Jayden Ojeda | 195 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Hunter McElrea | 189 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Liam McLellan | 137 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Nathan Herne | 132.5 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Cooper Murray | 130 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Harri Jones | 128 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Zachary Soutar | 78.5 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Adrian Lazzaro | 77 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Benjamin Reichstein | 76 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Courtney Prince | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Jett Bennett | 57 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Jordan Boys | 55.5 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Aaron Cameron | 50 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Paul Zsidy | 41 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Nicholas Carroll | 33.5 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Cody Donald | 30.5 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Hamish Ribarits | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Angelo Mouzouris | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Lachlan Gibbons | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Alec Limmer | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Bart Horsten | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Jackson Burton | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Conor Nicholson | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Jake Donaldson | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Lachlan Mineeff | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 28 | Ryan Bjerke | 5.5 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Benjamin D'Alia | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Spencer Ackermann | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | James Burge | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Andrew Petrou | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Nicholas Schembri | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Jamie Westaway | 0 | |||||||||||||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- Liam McLellan finished Race 1 at Sandown in second however he was excluded due to a technical infringement.[3]