2017 Australian Formula Ford Series

2017 Australian Formula Ford Series

Drivers' Champion:
Max Vidau
1600 (Kent) Champion:
Mitchell Maddren

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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	Brendan Jones	K	1, 6
Sonic Motor Racing Services TanderSport	Mygale SJ10a	2	Max Vidau		1–4, 6
		74			5
	Mygale SJ11a	3	Courtney Prince		1–3, 6
		32			5
	Mygale SJ10a	4	Hunter McElrea		1, 3–4, 6
		14			2
		44			5
	Mygale SJ15a	5	Hamish Ribarits		1, 3, 5–6
	Mygale SJ12	28	James Westaway		6
	Mygale SJ12	58	Angelo Mouzouris		1, 3–4
Anglo Motorsport	Spirit WL11	3	Kane Coleman	K	5
		15			3
	Spirit K08	4	Keith Brenan	K	2
		41			5
	Spectrum 010	32	Simon Hodges	K	3
	Mygale SJ08	41	Dan Holihan	K	1–3
	Van Diemen RF91	91	Josh Behn	K	2
	Mygale SJ08				5
3 Amigos Racing	Mondiale	4	Robert Rowe	K	5
Zdisy Racing	Spectrum 012	6	Paul Zsidy		All
	Spectrum 014b	60	Cody Donald		6
	Spectrum 014	97	Liam McLellan		6
James Corbett	Spirit K08	7	James Corbett	K	3
The Torque Team	Mygale SJ07a	7	Paul Milevskiy	K	4
Penrite Oil/Modem Construction	Mygale SJ11a	8	Jordan Boys		1–2
DYFA Plumbing	Van Diemen	8	Dylan Fahey	K	4
Don Holland Racing	Swift DB-1	8	David Holland	K	5
Aaron Cameron Racing	Spectrum 014	9	Aaron Cameron		1, 3
Josh Jackson Racing	Spectrum 07	9	Josh Jackson	K	2
Team Soutar Motorsport	Mygale SJ13	10	Zac Soutar		All
Listec Race Cars	Listec WIL-013	11	James Burge		2, 5
	Listec WIL-013	42	Ryan Bjerke		1
	Van Diemen	53	Mark Lowing		5
	Listec WIL-05K	61	Alan Price		5
Colin Hill Engineering	Mygale	14	Lachlan Mineeff		5
Dream Motorsport	Mygale SJ13a	16	Cooper Murray		All
Lachlan Gibbons Motorsport	Mygale SJ07	18	Lachlan Gibbons		2, 5
Ultra Tune Hawthorn	Mygale	19	Spencer Ackermann		1, 6
Jones Motorsport	Spectrum 014d	21	Harri Jones		All
	Spectrum 06b	22	Douglas Williams	K	1
Snap On Tools	Van Diemen RF91	25	Karla Curtis	K	4
Shell	Mygale SJ09	29	Nathan Herne		All
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 015	31	Jayden Ojeda		All
	Spectrum 015	48	Nicholas Carroll		1–3
	Mygale SJ13a	60	Cody Donald		1–3
	Spectrum 012b	85	Benjamin Reichstein		1–4
	Spectrum 014	97	Liam McLellan		1–5
	Van Diemen RF86	33	Frank Harris	K	6
Jake Donaldson Racing	Spectrum 011d	35	Jake Donaldson		5
Gary Goulding	Vector TF94	36	Gary Goulding	K	4
	Van Diemen RF91	36	Mark Zellner	K	6
Ellery Motorsport	Spectrum 010	37	Alec Limmer	K	3–4, 6
TanderSport	Stealth	42	Leanne Tander	K	6
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 014	44	Jett Bennett		1–4, 6
	Spectrum 012	57	Jackson Burton		2–3, 5
Nicholas Schembri	Mygale SJ09	45	Nicholas Schembri		3
	Van Diemen RF01	47	Adrian Wilkinson	K	6
	Spectrum 011b	50	Mark Samson	K	6
	Swift SC95K	52	Malcolm Coleman	K	1
	Spectrum 012	66	Benjamin D'Alia		1, 3
Fastlane Racing	Stealth S3D	72	Bart Horsten		5–6
BF Racing	Mygale SJ11a	73	Cameron Shields		All
	Mygale SJ03	76	Robert Suturkovski	K	1, 6
	Mygale SJ01a	77	James Garley	K	1
	Mygale SJ11	78	Andrew Petrou		1
Sam Sewell	Van Diemen	80	Sam Sewell	K	4
Donate Life	Swift 93F	80	Jason Liddell	K	5
Reichstein Motorsport	Spectrum 012b	85	Benjamin Reichstein		5–6
Cadohaven Drainage & Excavation	Van Diemen RF91	86	Shane Baumer	K	2
Tim Hamilton	Spectrum 010b	87	Tim Hamilton	K	3–5
Autoware	Van Diemen RF01	92	Mitchell Maddren	K	2–4
Lazzaro Motorsport	Spectrum 011	95	Adrian Lazzaro		1, 3, 5–6
Bailey Boys Racing	Spectrum 06b	96	Jimmy Bailey	K	4
Granite Consulting	Spectrum 011b	98	Conor Nicholson		1, 3, 6
PLG Gearcutting	Citation	99	John Connelly	K	6
Manager Software	Van Diemen RF92	511	Tony Chapman	K	2

Race calendar

The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round. ^[1]

Round	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria)	4–5 March	Winton Queensland Sandown Sydney Phillip Island Wakefield Park
2	Wakefield Park Raceway (Goulburn, New South Wales)	1–2 April
3	Winton Motor Raceway (Winton, Victoria)	19–21 May
4	Queensland Raceway (Willowbank, Queensland)	8–9 July
5	Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales)	16–17 September
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	30 September–1 October

  Designates Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class rounds

Results and standings

Results

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Sandown Raceway	Liam McLellan	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Borland Racing Developments
	2			Jordan Boys	Jayden Ojeda	Borland Racing Developments
	3			Jayden Ojeda	Max Vidau	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2	1	Wakefield Park Raceway	Hunter McElrea	Liam McLellan	Max Vidau	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Max Vidau	Max Vidau	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Max Vidau	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Aaron Cameron	Race cancelled due to opening lap crash
	2			Max Vidau	Aaron Cameron	Aaron Cameron Racing
	3			Hunter McElrea	Max Vidau	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	1	Queensland Raceway	Max Vidau	Max Vidau	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
	2			Cameron Shields	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Max Vidau	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
5	1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Hunter McElrea	Cameron Shields	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
	2			Jayden Ojeda	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
	3			Dave Wood	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
6	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Max Vidau	Hunter McElrea	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
	2			Hunter McElrea	Cameron Shields	BF Racing
	3			James Westaway	Cameron Shields	BF Racing

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	Max Vidau	2	2	1	1	1	4	C	2	1										245
2	Cameron Shields	3	3	Ret	2	DSQ	Ret	C	7	7										231
3	Jayden Ojeda	1	1	3	3	3	12	C	4	3										195
4	Hunter McElrea	5	4	19	19	10	1	C	3	4										189
5	Liam McLellan	DSQ	13	2	4	2	2	C	15	Ret										137
6	Nathan Herne	7	8	6	13	9	6	C	16	Ret										132.5
7	Cooper Murray	4	Ret	10	5	5	3	C	5	6										130
8	Harri Jones	Ret	15	5	8	DSQ	Ret	C	8	Ret										128
9	Zac Soutar	11	14	8	12	10	Ret	C	10	11										78.5
10	Adrian Lazzaro	Ret	9	Ret				C	6	4										77
11	Benjamin Reichstein	16	11	7	14	8	8	C	11	25										76
12	Courtney Prince	18	19	14	11	12	7	C	14	12										73
13	Jett Bennett	21	18	9	7	6	Ret	C	17	10										57
14	Jordan Boys	8	5	4	9	4	5													55.5
15	Aaron Cameron	9	6	16				C	1	2										50
16	Paul Zsidy	13	21	13	16	16	9													41
17	Nicholas Carroll	15	12	11	6	14	Ret													33.5
18	Cody Donald	6	10	Ret	DSQ	11	Ret													30.5
19	Hamish Ribarits	10	7	Ret																26
20	Angelo Mouzouris	Ret	24	12																23
21	Lachlan Gibbons				10	15	Ret													17
22	Alec Limmer																			14
23	Bart Horsten																			14
24	Jackson Burton				15	13	10													13
25	Conor Nicholson	19	23	17																8
26	Jake Donaldson																			6
27	Lachlan Mineeff																			6
28	Ryan Bjerke	12	16	18																5.5
29	Benjamin D'Alia	17	22	15																4
30	Spencer Ackermann	14	17	Ret																0
31	James Burge				17	Ret	Ret													0
32	Andrew Petrou	20	20	DNS																0
33	Nicholas Schembri																			0
34	Jamie Westaway																			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	Mitchell Maddren										74
2	Tim Hamilton										72
3	Sam Sewell										56
4	Dylan Fahey										40
5	Karla Curtis										34
6	Kane Cameron										30
7	Gary Goulding										29
8	Paul Milevskiy										26
9	James Corbett										24
10	Simon Hodges										23
=	Dan Holihan										23
12	Jimmy Bailey										20
13	Alec Limmer										18
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]

References

1. 2017 FFA NATIONAL FORMULA FORD SERIES SPORTING REGULATIONS, formulaford.org.au
2. Australian Formula Ford Series 2017 "Road to Indy" Pointscore, formulaford.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. formulaford.org.au accessed 19/03/2017