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	City / state	Date	Winning driver(s)
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

Series standings

The series was won by Max Vidau driving a Mygale SJ1019. ^[2]

Pos	Driver	Pts.
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

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