2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Last updated September 12, 2025

The 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford cars.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian title.^[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]

The championship was won by Will Davison driving a Van Diemen RF01.^[2]

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]	Winning driver	Car
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Victoria	25 March	Will Power	Van Diemen RF95 Ford
2	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales	29 April	Will Power	Van Diemen RF95 Ford
3	Barbagallo Raceway	Western Australia	23–24 June^[4]	Will Davison	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
4	Calder Park Raceway	Victoria	15 July	Will Davison	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
5	Oran Park Motorsport Circuit	New South Wales	29 July	Will Davison	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
6	Mallala Motor Sport Park	South Australia	12 August	Will Davison	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
7	Queensland Raceway	Queensland	25–26 August^[4]	Will Davison	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
8	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Victoria	2 December	Nick Agland	Spectrum 05 Ford

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 additional point was awarded for pole position at each round.^[2]

Championship standings

Pos. ^[2]	Driver^[2]	No ^[2]	Car^[2]	Entrant^[4]	Phi. ^[2]	Eas. ^[2]	Bar. ^[2]	Cal. ^[2]	Ora. ^[2]	Mal. ^[2]	Que. ^[2]	San. ^[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

Notes

Australian Formula Ford regulations specified the use of the Ford Kent 1600 engine.^[7]
Race two of the final round was abandoned due to bad weather.^[2]

References and notes

1 2 Australian Title Conditions. 2001 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10 & 7-11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final Pointscore, 2001 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
1 2 Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
1 2 3 4 5 Natsoft 2001 Race Results Archive Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 18 July 2001
↑ Final Pointscore shows 16 points for Kostera at 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
↑ 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
↑ 2001 Formula Ford Handbook, Formula Ford Association Inc, page 5

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[CAMS_2001-1] 1 2 Australian Title Conditions. 2001 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10 & 7-11

[FF-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final Pointscore, 2001 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[CAMS-3] 1 2 Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5

[Natsoft-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Natsoft 2001 Race Results Archive Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 18 July 2001

[5] Final Pointscore shows 16 points for Kostera at 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

[7] 2001 Formula Ford Handbook, Formula Ford Association Inc, page 5

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