2024 Australian Formula Ford Series

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The 2024 Australian Formula Ford Series is a motor racing competition sanctioned by Motorsport Australia for duratec formula ford racing cars held in Australia.[1] The series represents the 54th season of the Australian Formula Ford Championship. It is recognised as a prominent developmental series for up-and-coming drivers who often advance to higher levels of motorsport. The winner of the series is rewarded with a test day in the DJR gen 3 Supercar.

Synergy Motorsport Spectrum driver Eddie Beswick won the title with a consistent season performance.[2] The Sydney-based driver secured the title in Race 2 of the final round and won a total of three races and one round. Individual race wins were achieved by Kobi Williams (4), Jack Bussey (4), Harrison Sellars (4), Eddie Beswick (3). Liam Loiacono (3), Cody Maynes-Rutty (1) and Zak Lobko (1).

Teams and drivers

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Team Chassis No Driver Round
Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 014 30 Eddie Beswick All
Spectrum 014 69 Cody Maynes-Rutty All
Spectrum 012 17 Kyle Cotter 1,3,5-6
Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 014b 74 Jack Bussey All
Spectrum 015 23 Joe Fawcett All
Spectrum 014 11 Fraser Hie 1,4-7
Spectrum 015 48 Jamie Roe 2-3,6-7
Spectrum 012 96 Bailey Collins 1,6-7
Spectrum 015 6 Paul Zsidy 2-3
Privateer/Borland Racing Development Spectrum 012 94 Kobi Williams All
CHE Racing Team Mygale SJ12 29 Imogen Radburn All
Mygale SJ13 27 Daniel Frougas All
Mygale SJ10 47 Lachlan Strickland All
BF Racing Mygale SJ2011a 43 Liam Loiacono All
Mygale SJ2012 88 Lachlan Evenett 2-7
Mygale SJ09a 97 Oli Loiacono 4
Altatek Spectrum 015 13 Harrison Sellars All
Spectrum 015 41 Matt Holmes 5
Spectrum 015 88 Dominic Carosa 1
Gforce Motorsport Mygale SJ11a 55 Nico Mendez 1
Mygale SJ2018a 24 Seth Burchartz 6
Zero7 Motorsport Mygale SJ15a 91 Logan Eveleigh 1-6
PGS Kinetic Motorsport Mygale SJ10a 42 Carly Fleming 6-7
Apogee Motorsport Services Spectrum 012 56 Ethan Fitzgerald 6-7
Anglo Motorsport Spirit WL11 81 Byron Lutelu 3
MC Corsa Spirit WL06 12 Michel Stephan 3
Privateer/Listec Racing Cars Mygale SJ10a 53 William Lowing 1,3-4
Privateer Mygale SJ13 7 Zak Lobko 1-5
Privateer/CoolDrive Auto Parts Mygale SJ2012 3 Jarrod Hurst 6-7
Privateer Mygale SJ09a 14 Adrian Sarkis 3
Privateer Van Diemen RF06 80 Jason Liddel 1,3
Privateer Spectrum 014 43 Kaleb Belak 3, 7
Privateer Mygale SJ09 5 Lachie Mineeff 2-3
Privateer Spectrum 015 5 Giuseppe Imbrogno 6-7

Calendar

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The 2024 Calendar comprised 21 races across 7 rounds.[1] Bathurst made a return to the national calendar as well as a consecutive year racing with supercars at Symmons Plains. The calendar also featured a double header following Symmons Plains at Sandown.

Round Location Date
1 Mount Panorama Circuit March 29–31
2 Winton Motor Raceway April 26–28
3 Sydney Motorsport Park May 24–26
4 Morgan Park Raceway June 14–16
5 Symmons Plains Raceway August 16–18
6 Sandown International Motor Raceway August 23–25
7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit October 4–6

Points

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Championship points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–11–10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top fifteen classified finishers in each race. An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round. Non-national competitors are not considered in the point score. E.g. A national competitor will move up three spots if three state competitors finish in front of them in a race.[1]

Format

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Drivers head out for a single qualifying session that determines the grid for race 1. Following race 1 the finishing order after penalties are applied is the starting order for race 2. The same applies to race 3 of the results of race 2.[1]

Results

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Race Results
Pos. Driver Bat

1

Bat

2

Bat

3

Win

1

Win

2

Win

3

Syd

1

Syd

2

Syd

3

Mor

1

Mor

2

Mor

3

Sym

1

Sym

2

Sym

3

San

1

San

2

San

3

PI

1

PI

2

PI

3

Points

Penalty

Points[3]
1 Eddie Beswick 3 2 1 14 5 2 1 3 2 2 5 5 1 12 2 2 5 14 8 9 257
2 Kobi Williams 13 4 2 3 12 1 2 1 4 5 3 3 3 Ret Ret 9 8 1 1 2 244
3 Jack Bussey 6 17 7 1 13 5 5 4 3 3 8 1 2 1 10 6 10 5 6 1 236
4 Liam Loiacono 5 15 6 6 3 3 6 15 1 1 1 2 8 Ret 9 5 6 2 3 3 234
5 Harrison Sellars 1 12 8 2 2 10 8 6 7 Ret 12 6 4 4 1 1 1 11 4 5 228
6 Cody Maynes-Rutty 2 1 3 11 6 13 3 2 Ret 7 2 8 Ret 5 3 3 2 4 2 4 227
7 Daniel Frougas 4 3 4 9 4 6 14 9 6 6 4 10 7 3 7 8 4 8 10 7 194
8 Joe Fawcett 9 6 5 5 11 11 18 11 Ret 8 7 7 6 2 5 4 3 Ret 9 Ret 152
9 Lachlan Stricklan Ret 8 10 8 7 9 7 7 8 Ret 9 15 9 6 8 10 7 12 15 10 131
10 Lachlan Evenett Ret 16 7 9 5 5 4 6 4 5 13 4 7 Ret 3 11 Ret 127
11 Imogen Radburn 12 7 Ret Ret 9 12 15 12 9 11 10 13 12 8 12 12 11 13 12 11 97
12 Zak Lobko 7 Ret 11 4 1 4 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret 77
13 Fraser Hie Ret WD WD 11 10 11 12 11 10 11 11 12 7 5 8 77
14 Kyle Cotter 10 5 9 14 16 13 11 13 9 14 Ret 14 54
15 Logan Eveleigh Ret 11 Ret 12 8 17 11 16 10 Ret Ret 14 10 7 Ret Ret 19 -10 43
16 William Lowing 8 Ret WD 8 10 8 WD WD WD 30
17 Matt Holmes 9 14 11 14
18 Lachlan Mineeff 13 10 DNS 13 Ret 14
19 Domenic Carosa 14 13 12 11
20 Jamie Rowe 7 14 20 12 10 13 DNQ 13 6 14 17 11
21 Nico Mendez Ret 9 Ret 7
- Bailey Collins 11 10 Ret 6 18 9 15 7 6 0
- Paul Zsidy 10 15 19 20 19 0
- Ethan Fitzgerald 15 13 Ret 9 19 12 0
- Oli Loiacono 12 Ret WD 0
- Seth Burchartz 16 15 16 0
- Carly Fleming 18 17 15 18 18 16 0
- Jarrod Hurst 19 16 18 16 16 14 0
- Giuseppe Imbrogno 17 14 17 10 13 13 0
- Adrian Sarkis 15 17 14 0
- Jason Liddel 15 14 13 DNS Ret 21 0
- Kaleb Belak 16 Ret 18 17 17 15 0
- Micheal Stephen 21 Ret WD 0
- Byron Lutelu 18 19 17 0

Note: Winton race 3 was cancelled after a big crash involving Daniel Frougas and Jack Bussey[4]

Pole Position Winners[3]
Round Driver Team
1 Jack Bussey Borland Racing Developments
2 Jack Bussey Borland Racing Developments
3 Kobi Williams Privateer/Borland Racing Development
4 Liam Loiacono BF Racing
5 Kobi Williams Privateer/Borland Racing Development
6 Harrison Sellars Altatek
7 Liam Loiacono BF Racing
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Round Winners[3]
Round Winner Second place Third Place
1 Eddie Beswick Cody Maynes-Rutty Daniel Frougas
2 Zak Lobko Harrison Sellars Liam Loiacono
3 Kobi Williams Eddie Beswick Jack Bussey
4 Liam Loiacono Eddie Beswick Kobi Williams
5 Jack Bussey Joe Fawcett Eddie Beswick
6 Harrison Sellars Cody Maynes-Rutty Eddie Beswick
7 Kobi Williams Liam Loiacono Jack Bussey

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 2024 Australian Formula Ford Series Sporting Regulations. Motorsport Australia. 25 June 2024. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Beswick clinches Formula Ford title". Auto Action. 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "2024 Australian Formula Ford Series Pointscore" (PDF). 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ OBrien, Garry (2024-04-28). "Formula Ford split in half at Winton Motor Raceway". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2024-12-14.