2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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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]

Championship winner Will Davison, pictured in 2012 Will Davison.JPG
Championship winner Will Davison, pictured in 2012
Rd. [2] Circuit [2] StateDate [2] [4] Winning driverCar
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 DecemberNick 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 36334137413741–266
2 Will Power 7 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Robert Power37403036636241210
3 Jamie Whincup 30 Mygale SJ00 Ford Whincup Racing28284204222416146
4Stuart Kostera10 Van Diemen RF94 Ford JW Motorsport1123026 [5] 30166–121
5Nick Agland5 Spectrum 05 Ford Bosch Batteries–248–22201420108
6 Andrew Jones 15 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Ozemail Racing241620–1410128104
7 Marcus Marshall 17 Van Diemen RF01 Ford No Limit Property Developments23–2030–3214101
8Christopher Dell13 Van Diemen RF94 Ford CRG Race Centre20–––22––648
9David Clark88 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Optima Motorsport162–20–18–47
10Ty Hanger11 Spectrum 06B Ford Hanger Racing78625122–42
11Daniel Elliott38 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing––24––10–438
12Robbie Henderson50 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing––14–814––36
=Justin Cotter9 Spectrum 06B Ford Factory Enterprises Racing–––42–181236
14Barton Mawer12 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Barton Mawer Motorsport4202–––––26
15James Small43 Mygale SJ01 Ford James Small Racing10––9––––19
16Ash Lowe34 Swift SC94K Ford Lowe Racing–1–8125–17
17 Mark Winterbottom 41 Spectrum 06B Ford Bosch Batteries–––––––1010
18Veijo Phillips83 Spectrum 06 Ford Mopar Motors–––4–4––8
19Steve Baxter33 Van Diemen RF92 Ford S Baxter––7–––––7
20Jack Lynch31 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Anglo Australian Motorsport2––12–––5
21Richard Chamberlain79 Spectrum 06 Ford Richard Chamberlain–––––2––2
=Daniel Reinhardt28 Spectrum 06 Ford Daniel Reinhardt–––––––22
23David Cocciolone82 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Fastlane Racing––1–––––1
= Michael Caruso 71 Spectrum 06 Ford Ford Scholarship Team–––––1––1
=Hart Mason40 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Sausage-Serious Business––––––1 [6] –1
=Darren Drake63 Van Diemen RF91 Ford Fastlane Racing–––––––11

Notes

References and notes

  1. 1 2 Australian Title Conditions. 2001 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10 & 7-11
  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
  3. 1 2 Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  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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