2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Formula Ford cars.[1] Promoted as the Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship,[2] it was the 32nd national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia [3] and the ninth to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.[3]

Contents

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series [2] with two races per round.[4]

Rd. [2] Circuit [2] State Date [2] [4]
1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 25 March
2 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 29 April
3 Barbagallo Raceway Western Australia 23-24 June [4]
4 Calder Park Raceway Victoria 15 July
5 Oran Park Motorsport Circuit New South Wales 29 July
6 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 12 August
7 Queensland Raceway Queensland 25-26 August [4]
8 Sandown International Motor Raceway Victoria 2 December

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first ten positions in each race.[2] One point was awarded to the driver setting gaining pole position at each round.[2]

Championship results

Pos. [2] Driver [2] No [2] Car [2] Entrant [4] Phillip Is [2] Eastern Ck [2] Barbagallo [2] Calder [2] Oran Pk [2] Mallala [2] Qld Rwy [2] Sandown [2] Total [2]
1 Will Davison 6 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Garry Rogers Motorsport 36 33 41 37 41 37 41 - 266
2 Will Power 7 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Robert Power 37 40 30 36 6 36 24 1 210
3 Jamie Whincup 30 Mygale SJ00 Ford Whincup Racing 28 28 4 20 4 22 24 16 146
4 Stuart Kostera 10 Van Diemen RF94 Ford JW Motorsport 1 12 30 26 [5] 30 16 6 - 121
5 Nick Agland 5 Spectrum 05 Ford Bosch Batteries - 24 8 - 22 20 14 20 108
6 Andrew Jones 15 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Ozemail Racing 24 16 20 - 14 10 12 8 104
7 Marcus Marshall 17 Van Diemen RF01 Ford No Limit Property Developments 2 3 - 20 30 - 32 14 101
8 Christopher Dell 13 Van Diemen RF94 Ford CRG Race Centre 20 - - - 22 - - 6 48
9 David Clark 88 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Optima Motorsport 16 2 - 20 - 1 8 - 47
10 Ty Hanger 11 Spectrum 06B Ford Hanger Racing 7 8 6 2 5 12 2 - 42
11 Daniel Elliott 38 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing - - 24 - - 10 - 4 38
12 Robbie Henderson 50 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing - - 14 - 8 14 - - 36
= Justin Cotter 9 Spectrum 06B Ford Factory Enterprises Racing - - - 4 2 - 18 12 36
14 Barton Mawer 12 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Barton Mawer Motorsport 4 20 2 - - - - - 26
15 James Small 43 Mygale SJ01 Ford James Small Racing 10 - - 9 - - - - 19
16 Ash Lowe 34 Swift SC94K Ford Lowe Racing - 1 - 8 1 2 5 - 17
17 Mark Winterbottom 41 Spectrum 06B Ford Bosch Batteries - - - - - - - 10 10
18 Veijo Phillips 83 Spectrum 06 Ford Mopar Motors - - - 4 - 4 - - 8
19 Steve Baxter 33 Van Diemen RF92 Ford S Baxter - - 7 - - - - - 7
20 Jack Lynch 31 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Anglo Australian Motorsport 2 - - 1 2 - - - 5
21 Richard Chamberlain 79 Spectrum 06 Ford Richard Chamberlain - - - - - 2 - - 2
= Daniel Reinhardt 28 Spectrum 06 Ford Daniel Reinhardt - - - - - - - 2 2
23 David Cocciolone 82 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Fastlane Racing - - 1 - - - - - 1
= Michael Caruso 71 Spectrum 06 Ford Ford Scholarship Team - - - - - 1 - - 1
= Hart Mason 40 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Sausage-Serious Business - - - - - - 1 [6] - 1
= Darren Drake 63 Van Diemen RF91 Ford Fastlane Racing - - - - - - - 1 1

Race two of the final round was abandoned due to bad weather.[2]

References

  1. ^ Australian Title Conditions. 2001 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-11
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Final Pointscore Retrieved on 18 July 2011
  3. ^ a b Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. ^ a b c d e Natsoft 2001 Race Results Archive Retrieved on 18 July 2001
  5. ^ Final Pointscore shows 16 points for Round 4 but this does not tally with the Total points. Natsoft 2001 Race Results Archive shows 4th place plus 3rd place finishes, i.e. 26 points
  6. ^ Final Pointscore shows 1 point for Round 8 but Natsoft 2001 Race Results Archive shows the single 10th place by Mason was at Round 7, not Round 8

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