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]
The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round. [1]
Round | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winning driver(s) |
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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 |
The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019. [2]
Pos | Driver | Pts. | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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