2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was the tenth Australian Formula Ford Championship.^[2] The title was won by Jamie Whincup driving a Van Diemen RF 01 Ford.^[3]

2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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2003

Calendar

The Spectrum 09 in which Mark Winterbottom placed 2nd in the championship

The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.^[3]

Round[3]	Circuit[3]	State/Territory	Date[3]	Winning driver[3]	Car[4]
1	Wakefield Park	New South Wales	31 March	Jamie Whincup	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[4]	Victoria	5 May	Jamie Whincup	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
3	Canberra Street Circuit[4]	Australian Capital Territory	9 June	Jamie Whincup	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
4	Barbagallo Raceway[4]	Western Australia	30 June	Jamie Whincup	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
5	Oran Park Motorsport Circuit[4]	New South Wales	27 July	Jamie Whincup	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
6	Mallala Motor Sport Park[4]	South Australia	4 August	Mark Winterbottom	Spectrum 09 Ford
7	Winton Motor Raceway[4]	Victoria	18 August	Marcus Marshall	Van Diemen RF01 Ford
8	Queensland Raceway[4]	Queensland	14 September	Marcus Marshall	Van Diemen RF01 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each race.^[3] An additional point was awarded to the driver setting pole position at each round.^[3]

Results

Position[3]	Driver[3]	No.[3]	Car[3]	Entrant[4]	Rd1[3]	Rd2[3]	Rd3[3]	Rd4[3]	Rd5[3]	Rd6[3]	Rd7[3]	Rd8[3]	Penalties[3]	Total[3]
1	Jamie Whincup	3	Van Diemen RF01 Ford	Valvoline / Cummins / Repco	33	40	41	32	37	24	15	21	-	243
2	Mark Winterbottom	41	Spectrum 09 Ford	Bosch Batteries	32	28	28	14	36	41	32	26	- 10	227
3	Marcus Marshall	7	Van Diemen RF01 Ford	Valvoline / Cummins / Repco	32	32	30	16	10	28	40	36	-	224
4	Neil McFadyen	59	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Tankworld - Speedzone	12	16	26	24	22	6	26	18	-	150
5	Barton Mawer	14	Van Diemen RF01 Ford	Tekno Autosports	28	24	-	8	26	12	18	12	-	128
6	Andrew Jones	6	Van Diemen RF02 Ford	Ozemail Racing	2	7	16	21	20	28	8	12	-	114
7	Ash Lowe	34	Spectrum 07 Ford	Lowe Racing	-	-	20	18	4	20	2	4	-	68
8	Brett Francis	82	Van Diemen RF02 Ford	Bryce Francis Automotive	6	6	8	4	-	-	10	28	-	62
9	Tony Pugliese	55	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	Graphic Effects.com.au	-	6	-	-	16	-	22	10	-	54
10	Justin Cotter	71	Spectrum 06b Ford	Factory Enterprises Pty Ltd	20	-	2	-	-	7	-	18	-	47
11	Jordan Ormsby	61	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Swingyde	1	-	12	8	6	-	-	-	-	27
12	Glen Hastings	84	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Sita / Marsh	-	20	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	26
13	Richard Chamberlain	22	Spectrum 06b Ford	Chamberlain Racing	16	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	20
	Dean Fiore	62	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	20
15	Mark Ceveri	36	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Thrifty-Link Hardware	5	-	1	4	-	2	-	2	-	14
	Bryce Washington	66	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Adrad Radiators	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	14
17	Mark Douglas	26	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11
18	Tim Macrow	28	Spectrum 06b Ford	Victac Apprenticeship Training	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
19	Ian Dyk	45	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	Pettaras Press Castle Finance	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8
20	Kurt Wimmer	32	Van Diemen RF02 Ford	Wimmers Soft Drinks	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
	James Small	15	Mygale SJ01 Ford	J Small	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7
22	Laurence Burford	75	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	L Burford	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Tony D'Alberto	99	Mygale SJ00 Ford	Bellmont Nominees	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
24	Tim Wheeler	48	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	S Wheeler	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations mandated the use of the Ford 1600cc "Kent" four cylinder engine.^[5]