2010 British Formula Ford Championship Explained

The 2010 British Formula Ford Championship was the 35th edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It commenced on 5 April at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 26 September at Brands Hatch after 10 rounds and 25 races, held in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Jamun Racing continued their recent domination of the championship, with Scott Pye securing the team's sixth successive drivers' championship. From the 25 races held during the season, Pye won twelve of them, claiming four fastest laps as well as equalling 2007 champion Callum MacLeod's record of 17 pole positions in a season, including pole positions in the last nine races. Pye, who had moved to the UK championship having previously been a multiple race-winner in the Australian Formula Ford Championship, came on top after a season-long battle with Cliff Dempsey Racing's Scott Malvern. Malvern, who had previously been a part of the Jamun team working as a mechanic for 2008 runner-up Tim Blanchard, won only two races during the season but with 22 top-five finishes, he outscored Pye by a solitary point on total scores. This consistency would eventually cost Malvern as a driver's worst two scores had to be dropped per the championship regulations.^[1] Malvern had to drop 20 points from a twelfth-place finish at Knockhill – slowed after a collision with Pye's Jamun team-mate Josh Hill – and a tenth place at Donington Park, whereas Pye did not have to drop points due to three retirements over the season – via first-lap incidents at Oulton Park and Knockhill, and a clash with Malvern at Donington – meaning that Pye emerged as champion by 19 points.

Daniel Cammish took third place in the championship standings, having started the season in Kevin Mills Racing's Spectrum and ended it as a twice race-winner, at the wheel of one of JTR's trio of Mygales. His team-mate Tio Ellinas finished the season fourth in the standings, taking three victories in his first season of car racing, having been selected via the Grand Prix Shootout programme. Hill, son of Formula One world champion Damon Hill, completed the top five placings, just seven points behind Ellinas with five victories; Ellinas moving ahead of Hill after victory in the final round of the season at Brands Hatch. The only other driver to win a race was Danish driver Dennis Lind, who won one of the races at the overseas round at Zandvoort, in support of the Formula 3 Masters race. Lind also won the end-of-season, non-championship Formula Ford Festival race.

Tristan Mingay won the Scholarship Class championship for older machinery, beating his only other full-season rival Luke Williams by 76 points. Both drivers won the class on eleven occasions, but with more finishes, Mingay held a comfortable margin and duly claimed the title with a race to spare. The other Grand Prix Shootout winner, Dani Domit finished third in the championship, taking a double win at Zandvoort before leaving the championship after the following round at Castle Combe. David Ellesley took the other victory during the season, at Oulton Park. Despite being in his first season of car racing and so eligible to race in the Scholarship Class, Tio Ellinas opted not to do so. Had he done so, he would have won 21 of the 25 races.

Mygale held off Ray for the constructors' championship, Jamun Racing won the teams' championship comfortably, while Pye's results gave Australia the Nations Cup.

Drivers and teams

Team No Driver Class Chassis Rounds Jamun Racing 0 Josh Hill^[2] Mygale SJ10 All 1 Scott Pye^[3] Mygale SJ10 All 2 Jeroen Slaghekke^[4] Mygale SJ10 All 3 Emil Bernstorff Mygale SJ10 All Fluid Motorsport 5 Kieran Vernon Van Diemen DP08 1 6 James Tucker^[5] Van Diemen LA09 1–4 7 Jesse Anttila^[6] Van Diemen DP08 1–2, 4, 7 Van Diemen LA08 6 20 Dennis Lind^[7] Van Diemen LA08 2–4 51 Garry Findlay G Van Diemen LA09 7 Van Diemen DP08 9 56 Ernie van der Walt G Van Diemen LA08 6 59 Andrew Richardson G Van Diemen DP08 9 Kevin Mills Racing 11 Daniel Cammish^[8] Spectrum 012 1–2 12 Milton Lundström^[9] Spectrum 011C 2 52 Marcus Allen G Spectrum 012 4 Brits Academy 13 Philippe Layac Ray GR 09 1–2 Antel Motorsport 6–10 Juno Century Motorsport 15 Jake Green Juno JA2010 1–2 39 David Ellesley Juno JA2010 3 53 Chrissy Palmer G Juno JA2010 4 54 Nathan Freke G Juno JA2010 5 57 Chris Holmes G Juno JA2010 6 58 Tom Bradshaw G Juno JA2010 7–8, 10 Luke Williams Racing 17 Luke Williams S Juno JA09 1–3, 6–10 Minister International 19 Dan de Zille Mygale SJ10 All Cliff Dempsey Racing 21 Cormac O'Neill^[10] Ray GR 08 All 22 Scott Malvern^[11] Ray GR 10 All DW Racing 23 Max McGuire S Ray GR 08 1–2 Ray Sport 24 Zaamin Jaffer^[12] Ray GR 10 All 42 Tristan Mingay S Ray GR 09 1–3, 6–10 JTR 26 James Tucker Mygale SJ09 5–10 27 Daniel Cammish Mygale SJ09 3–10 28 Tio Ellinas^[13] Mygale SJ09 All 29 Dani Domit S Mygale SJ09 1–3 Harkesport 34 Adam Parsley^[14] S Mygale SJ09 1 43 Ashley Grant S Mygale SJ09 5 44 Mark Harper^[15] Mygale SJ09 1, 4–5 Spirit Engineering 39 David Ellesley^[16] S Spirit WL07 1 Brits Academy Egebart Motorsport 48 Jesper Egebart Ray GR 08 1–3, 7 Mark Bailey Racing 51 Garry Findlay G Spectrum 011C 2 Geva Racing 55 Pieter Schothorst G Mygale SJ10 6, 8, 10 61 3 67 Jack Swinkels G Mygale SJ07 3 78 Rogier Jongejans G Mygale SJ08 3 Enigma Motorsport LMS Racing 57 Antti Buri Mygale SJ08 3–5 77 1–2, 6–10 Getem Racing 60 Jake Cook^[17] Mygale SJ07 1–8 Vestergard Racing 63 Nils Vestergard G Mygale SJ07 3 Team Söderman Sebastian Nummi Van Diemen LA08 1 66 Ville Kivinen Van Diemen LA09 1 Fukamuni Racing 64 Christina Nielsen G Aquila FD01 3 71 Kean Kristensen G Aquila FD01 3 72 Martin Hanssen G Aquila FD01 3 Provily Racing 65 Michel Florie G Mygale SJ08 3 94 Bas Schouten G Mygale SJ07 3 Race2Win 66 Jan Paul Van Dongen G Van Diemen DP06 3 John's Racing 68 Romain Desterq G Van Diemen DP07 3 Privateer 70 Niels Rytter G Ray GRS07 3 76 Frank Mortensen G Ray GRS07 3 77 Mikkel Johanssen G Van Diemen DP06 3

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Race calendar and results

The series supported the British Formula 3 Championship/British GT Championship package at six rounds – Formula Three does not run at Knockhill – as well as supporting the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at Brands Hatch and being part of the Masters of Formula 3 meeting at Zandvoort. Castle Combe was a stand-alone event for the series, held mid-season.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park	3 April	Scott Pye	Scott Pye	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		5 April	Scott Pye	Tio Ellinas	Scott Malvern	Cliff Dempsey Racing
	R3			Scott Pye	Scott Pye Scott Malvern	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
2	R1	Knockhill Racing Circuit	8 May	Scott Malvern	Scott Malvern	Josh Hill	Jamun Racing
	R2		9 May	Scott Malvern	Scott Pye	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R3			Scott Pye	Scott Malvern	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
3	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 June	Josh Hill	Antti Buri	Daniel Cammish	JTR
	R2		6 June	Josh Hill	Dennis Lind	Dennis Lind	Fluid Motorsport
4	R1	Castle Combe Circuit	19 June	Scott Pye	Tio Ellinas	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		20 June	Scott Pye	Emil Bernstorff	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
5	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	17 July	Tio Ellinas	Tio Ellinas	Tio Ellinas	JTR
	R2		18 July	Tio Ellinas	Tio Ellinas	Tio Ellinas	JTR
6	R1	Silverstone Circuit	14 August	Scott Pye	Emil Bernstorff	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		15 August	Scott Pye	Scott Malvern	Scott Malvern	Cliff Dempsey Racing
	R3			Josh Hill	Emil Bernstorff	Josh Hill	Jamun Racing
7	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	29 August	Emil Bernstorff	Scott Malvern	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		30 August	Scott Pye	Antti Buri	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
8	R1	Brands Hatch	4 September	Scott Pye	Josh Hill	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		5 September	Scott Pye	Emil Bernstorff	Josh Hill	Jamun Racing
	R3			Scott Pye	Emil Bernstorff	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
9	R1	Donington Park	18 September	Scott Pye	Daniel Cammish	Josh Hill	Jamun Racing
	R2		19 September	Scott Pye	Daniel Cammish	Josh Hill	Jamun Racing
	R3			Scott Pye	Dan de Zille	Daniel Cammish	JTR
10	R1	Brands Hatch	25 September	Scott Pye	Josh Hill	Scott Pye	Jamun Racing
	R2		26 September	Scott Pye	Scott Pye	Tio Ellinas	JTR

Championship standings

In the Championship Class, points were awarded on a 30-27-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-3-2 basis to the top fifteen classified drivers, with one point awarded to all other finishers.^[1] In the Scholarship Class, points were awarded 30-27-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis.^[1] An additional point was given to the driver – with the exception of Oulton Park race three, where Scott Pye and Scott Malvern were each given a point after setting identical fastest laps^[18]  – who set the fastest lap in each race, in both classes.^[1] Each driver's best 23 scores counted towards the championship both in the Championship class and the Scholarship class.^[1]

Championship Class

Pos Driver OUL KNO ZAN CAS ROC SIL SNE BRH DON BRH Total Drop Pts 1 Scott Pye 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 10 14 1 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 3 Ret 1 2 581 581 2 Scott Malvern 2 1 2 2 12 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 2 1 4 3 4 5 5 6 4 10 2 4 3 582 20 562 3 3 4 9 3 Ret 6 1 5 Ret 4 6 4 4 3 5 2 5 6 9 7 2 9 1 8 4 486 486 4 Tio Ellinas 4 8 Ret 18 2 7 28 12 5 5 1 1 7 5 6 5 3 7 7 8 3 2 Ret 3 1 451 451 5 Josh Hill 6 Ret 6 1 Ret 2 Ret 11 3 2 8 7 3 2 1 Ret Ret 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 6 8 444 444 6 Antti Buri 11 2 3 4 Ret 5 7 8 4 9 2 2 9 6 8 Ret 2 4 3 4 8 6 Ret 7 9 430 430 7 Emil Bernstorff DNS 14 11 7 8 Ret 8 6 Ret 8 9 9 8 9 3 7 10 2 4 3 7 4 7 5 6 370 370 8 Dan de Zille Ret Ret 12 10 3 12 13 16 7 10 7 18 12 12 12 9 8 8 6 5 Ret 11 11 2 Ret 272 272 9 12 Ret 15 11 10 Ret 5 7 11 7 10 12 10 13 10 Ret 16 12 10 9 12 8 3 9 5 255 255 10 Jake Cook 7 6 7 5 5 Ret 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 5 7 13 DNS 11 10 11 12 247 247 11 James Tucker Ret 5 5 9 6 13 26 Ret 9 Ret 12 8 6 10 7 6 18 9 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 10 7 236 236 12 Cormac O'Neill Ret DNS DNS 15 9 10 21 10 12 13 15 16 13 14 17 12 14 Ret 13 10 11 12 6 11 14 161 161 13 Jesse Anttila Ret 11 4 8 4 Ret 14 11 11 8 9 8 7 150 150 14 Philippe Layac 10 9 Ret 13 7 11 17 Ret 16 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 10 Ret 4 12 11 135 135 15 Dennis Lind 6 Ret 4 4 1 6 6 129 129 16 Zaamin Jaffer Ret 15 Ret 17 Ret 15 17 17 16 Ret 13 14 DNS Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 14 9 Ret 5 15 13 101 101 17 Jesper Egebart Ret 10 8 12 Ret 8 18 13 11 9 88 88 18 Kieran Vernon 5 3 Ret 44 44 19 Jake Green 8 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret 23 23 20 Sebastian Nummi 16 12 10 22 22 21 Milton Lundström 16 Ret 9 13 13 22 Mark Harper Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 16 15 11 11 23 Ville Kivinen 13 Ret 13 10 10 24 David Ellesley 23 18 7 7 Guest drivers ineligible for points Rogier Jongejans 6 3 0 0 Garry Findlay Ret Ret Ret 4 6 6 7 Ret 0 0 Nils Vestergard 9 4 0 0 Andrew Richardson 13 13 8 0 0 Tom Bradshaw Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 0 0 Pieter Schothorst 16 9 Ret 11 11 Ret EX EX 13 10 0 0 Chrissy Palmer 10 Ret 0 0 Nathan Freke 11 11 0 0 Michel Florie 11 19 0 0 Marcus Allen 17 12 0 0 Kean Kristensen 12 20 0 0 Chris Holmes 14 17 18 0 0 Ernie van der Walt Ret Ret 14 0 0 Mikkel Johanssen 14 Ret 0 0 Jack Swinkels 20 15 0 0 Bas Schouten 15 22 0 0 19 24 0 0 Martin Hanssen Ret 23 0 0 Niels Rytter 25 29 0 0 Romain Desterq 29 26 0 0 Frank Mortensen 27 27 0 0 Christina Nielsen Ret 28 0 0 Pos Driver OUL KNO ZAN CAS ROC SIL SNE BRH DON BRH Total Drop Pts

Scholarship Class

Pos	Driver	OUL			KNO			ZAN		CAS		ROC		SIL			SNE		BRH			DON			BRH		Pts
1	Tristan Mingay	Ret	DNS	DNS	20	11	16	Ret	25	13	14	14	10	16	16	15	13	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	14	14	10	14	12	526
2	Luke Williams	9	7	Ret	8	Ret	14	24	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	13	13	15	Ret	Ret	15	13	12	13	Ret	15	9	Ret	DNS	450
3	Dani Domit	14	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	17	22	21	15	Ret																168
4	David Ellesley	15	16	14																							81
5	Adam Parsley	17	17	18																							70
6	Ashley Grant											17	17														51
7	Max McGuire	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	18																				49
Pos	Driver	OUL			KNO			ZAN		CAS		ROC		SIL			SNE		BRH			DON			BRH		Pts

Constructors

	Constructor	Points
1	Mygale	196
2	Ray	176
3	Juno	97
4	Van Diemen	91
5	Spectrum	36
6	Spirit	10

Teams

	Team	Points
1	Jamun Racing	1153
2	Cliff Dempsey Racing	993
3	Fluid Motorsport	527
4	Raysport	472
5	Minister International	408
6	Getem Racing	336
7	Century Motorsport	198
8	Kevin Mills Racing	162
9	Team Söderman	72
10	DW Racing	16

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1		619
2		581
3		562
4		552
5		460
6		376
7		277
8		244
9		90
10		21

External links

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Notes and References

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12. News: Jaffer stays with Raysport. Andy. Wilkinson. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-03-01. 2010-03-22.
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