2016 Australian Formula Ford Series Explained

The 2016 Australian Formula Ford Series is an Australian motor racing series open to Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600.^[1]

The first four rounds were sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), whereas the latter two rounds were sanctioned by the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA).

Team and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
DYFA Projects	Van Diemen RF04	1	Dylan Fahey	3
Sonic Motor Racing Tander Sport Hi Tech Oils	Mygale SJ10A	2	Max Vidau	1-2,6
	Mygale SJ1019	4
	Mygale SJ011	3	Courtney Prince	5-6
	Mygale SJ12	4	James Westaway	6
	Mygale SJ10A	42	Leanne Tander	1-3,5-6
	Mygale SJ010	4
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Spirit WL11	3	Aaron Grech	2,4
	Spectrum 010B	31	Simon Hodges	2,4
	Mygale SJ08	41	Daniel Holihan	2,4
jamescorbettart.com	Spectrum 014B	3	James Corbett	3
3 Amigos Racing	Mondiale	4	Robert Rowe	2
Keith Brennan	Spirit K08	4	Keith Brennan	4
Aaron Cameron	Spectrum 014	5	Aaron Cameron	1,3
Esteel (AUST) Pty Ltd,	Spectrum 012	6	Paul Zsidy	1,3-6
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 014	6	Paul Zsidy	2
		30	Jayden Ojeda	2
Eximm / ToruaNetworks	Mygale SJ069	7	Hunter McElrea	1,3-4
		77	Hunter McElrea	2
Plus Fitness Racing	Spectrum 011B	7	Chris Lazarevic	2
	Spectrum 0116	6
Jordan Boys Motorsport Albury Automotive / Mygale	Mygale SJ11A	8	Jordan Boys	All
Purtek Motorsport	Spectrum 010	9	Chris Purvis	3
Zane Morse	Mygale SJ2011A	11	Zane Morse	4
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 012	12	Andrew Kahl	All
	Spectrum 014	20	Anthony Colombrita	2
		Ryan Suhle	3-6
		44	Jett Bennett	2,4
		96	Ryan Pike	2
Fastlane Racing	Stealth S3	13	Homan Ho	1
	Spectrum 014	14	Peter Major	1
	Stealth S3-002	72	Samuel Dicker	6
Doria Bros Transport	Mygale SJ11	15	John Doria	6
Dream Motorsport	Mygale Formula Ford	16	Cooper Murray	5-6
Lachlan Gibbons Motorsport	Mygale SJ07	18	Lachlan Gibbons	All
Jones Motorsport	Spectrum 014D	21	Harri Jones	3,5-6
Karla Curtis	Van Diemen	25	Karla Curtis	3
Ian Gough	Spectrum 10	29	Ian Gough	4
Jayden Ojeda	Spectrum 014	30	Jayden Ojeda	4
Raceworks/SMS Diesel/VHT P.Zsidy	Spectrum 014	31	Jayden Ojeda	1,3,5-6
MNM Motorsport/Velgen Wheels	Van Diemen	32	Mitchell Maddren	3
Jake Donaldson Racing/Listec Race Cars	Listec WIL 013	35	Jake Donaldson	2,4
Ultimate Power Steering	Vector TF94	36	Gary Goulding	3
Automobility/EME	Spectrum 010	44	Scott Andrews	5
Wilson Security/Frontier Parkinson Group	Spectrum 011C	48	Nicholas Carroll	1,5-6
		95	Adrian Lazzaro	3-6
Listec Race Cars	Listec WIL-05	53	Mark Lowing	2
Dependable Sheds	Mygale	73	Cameron Shields	4
Donate Life	Swift 93F	80	Jason Liddell	2,4
BF Racing	Van Diemen	80	Sam Sewell	3
	Mygale SJ12A	99	Will Brown	4
Reichstein Motorsport Caleb Rayner	Mygale SJ15	85	Ben Reichstein	1-2,5
	Spectrum 012B	6
Cadohaven Drainage P/L	Van Diemen RF91	86	Shane Baumer	2,4
Lucas Filkotzias	Mygale	90	Lucas Filkotzias	1
Robert Power	Mygale SJ08A	92	Robert Power	3
Thomas Corbett	Van Diemen	93	Thomas Corbett	3
Hobbs Motorsport	Comtec Spirit K08	94	Jake Hobbs	1-5
Melbourne Satellites / Spectrum	Spectrum 014	95	Adrian Lazzaro	1-2
Lazzaaro Motorsport
Jimbaran Engineering P/L	Spectrum	96	Ryan Pike	3
Liam McLeelan	Mygale SJ13	97	Liam McLeelan	1,6
John Connelly	Comtec Spirit K08	99	John Connelly	1
Will Brown	Mygale SJ12A	99	Will Brown	2-3,5-6

Race calendar

The series is being contested over six rounds with three races at each round.^[2] All races were held in Australia.

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winning driver(s)
1	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–3 April	Leanne Tander
2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	28–29 May	Will Brown
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	29–31 July	Will Brown
4	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	20–21 August	Leanne Tander
5	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Victoria	24–25 September	Jordan Boys
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	26–27 November	Will Brown

Series standings

Pos.	Driver	SAN			SMP			QLD			WAK			WIN			PHI			Pts.
1	Leanne Tander	1	2	1	12	5	2	1	4	4	2	2	1	12	2	1	5	2	3	267
2	Will Brown				1	1	1	3	1	1	6	1	8	2	3	5	1	1	1	255
3	Jordan Boys	4	6	4	3	6	11	5	Ret	3	10	4	6	1	1	2	3	3	5	214
4	Jayden Ojeda	2	1	2	4	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	3	3	Ret	4	3	4	13	6	193
5	Adrian Lazzaro	3	11	3	5	9	7	6	5	2	12	8	7	3	9	6	9	8	4	176
6	Lachlan Gibbons	5	4	8	7	7	5	10	10	8	3	5	21	5	11	11	14	11	12	139
7	Andrew Kahl	10	Ret	5	8	2	Ret	2	2	Ret	11	7	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	127
8	Max Vidau	6	3	7	6	14	6				5	13	4				7	6	8	111
9	Hunter McElrea	9	10	11	10	11	12	9	8	7	8	14	10							78
10	Ryan Suhle							11	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	13	12	11	76
11	Harri Jones							8	6	6				7	10	9	10	9	9	70
12	Ryan Pike				2	4	4	4	3	Ret										66
13	Cooper Murray													Ret	5	4	6	4	2	61
14	Ben Reichstein	Ret	5	17	17	8	8							6	6	14	17	17	14	56
15	Liam McLellan	8	Ret	9													2	5	7	51
16	Nicholas Carroll	12	9	10										9	7	8	11	20	15	47
17	Paul Zsidy	DNS	13	15	18	15	14	12	11	10	16	15	14	Ret	12	12	19	19	18	44
18	Aaron Cameron	Ret	DNS	6				7	7	5										39
19	Cameron Shields										4	6	5							33
20	Jett Bennett				11	12	13				14	12	13							28
21	Peter Major	7	8	12																21
22	Zane Morse																			21
23	Courtney Prince													10	15	10	15	14	19	18
24	Lucas Filkotzias	11	7	13																17
25	Jamie Westaway																8	7	17	17
26	Homan Ho	13	12	14																9
27	Sam Dicker																12	18	13	7
28	Chris Lazarevic																18	15	16	1
29	Luke Ellery																DNS	DNS	DNS	0
30	John Doria																16	16	Ret	0

Australian Formula Ford 1600 Series

Pos.	Driver	SAN			SMP			QLD			WAK			WIN			PHI			Pts.
1	Jake Hobbs	15	14	16	14	19	17	16	18	16	18	18	Ret	11	14	Ret	21	21	21	273
2	Dan Holihan				21	21	18				21	20	18				22	23	22	136
3	Jason Liddell				20	22	Ret				23	23	20							82
4	Brendan Jones																20	22	20	56
5	Ian Gough										15	22	16							54
6	James Corbett							13	13	15										47
7	Tony Chapman							15	15	12										42
8	Bob Power							14	16	13										41
9	Scott Andrews													Ret	13	13				41
10	John Blanchard																23	24	23	36
11	Chris Purvis							19	17	14										31
12	Mitch Maddren							Ret	12	11										30
13	Gary Goulding							20	20	17										24
14	John Connelly	14	Ret	DNS																21
15	Dave Boulton																			19
16	Sam Sewell							DNS	14	Ret										14
17	Karla Curtis							18	Ret	DNS										10
18	Tom Corbett							Ret	Ret	DNS										1
19	Dylan Fahey							DNS	DNS	DNS										0

NOTE: Because of age restrictions, Will Brown, who finished second, claimed the Andersen Promotions Road to Indy Shootout prize.

Notes and References

1. Web site: technical . 2016-08-25 . 2016-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828100500/http://formulaford.org.au/ABOUT/technical . dead .
2. http://formulaford.org.au/COMPETITION/CALENDAR 2016 Racing Calendars