2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford open wheel racing cars. It was the 41st national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 18th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. The championship, which was promoted as the "2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship",^[1] began on 26 March 2010 at the Albert Park Street Circuit and ended on 21 November at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds. Australian Formula Ford Management Pty. Ltd. was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the Championship.^[1]

2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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Synergy Motorsport Spectrum driver Chaz Mostert won the title with a dominant season performance. The Queensland driver secured the title at Round 7 and won a total of five rounds during the series. Individual race wins were achieved by Mostert (14), Nick Foster (3), Ashley Walsh (2), Ryan Simpson (2) and Geoff Uhrhane (1).

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the championship. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered, excepting New Zealanders Nick Cassidy, Martin Short and Ben Barker, who was British-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ10a	2	Geoff Uhrhane
		7	Josh Hunter
		11	Cam Waters
		13	Nicholas Foster
		16	Ryan Simpson
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 011c	4	Andrew McFarland
	Spectrum 012	45	Ashley Walsh
		76	Ben Jurczak
	Spectrum 011b	77	Caleb Rayner
simPRO Master Electricians Racing	Mygale SJ10a	5	Andre Borell
Evans Motorsport Group	Mygale SJ10A	6	Adam Graham Nick Cassidy
	Mygale SJ10A		Trent Harrison
	Mygale SJ11A	94	Matthew Hart
Brad Jones Racing	Mygale SJ09a	8	Tom Williamson
		9	Zac Schonberger
Linde Material Handling	Mygale SJ06a	11	Cam Waters
CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport	Spectrum 011b	12	Liam Sager
	Spectrum 011c	49	Jack Le Brocq
	Spectrum 011b	55	Garry Jacobson
	Spectrum 011d	83	Matthew Brabham
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 012	15	Chaz Mostert
	Spectrum 011b	17	Stefan Borsato
	Spectrum 011c	22	Shae Davies
	Spectrum 011	25	Daniel Cotton
	Spectrum 012	71	Nathan Morcom
G-Force Events Crabtrees Real Estate	Mygale SJ07a	20	Greg Woodrow
Shae Davies Racing BF Racing	Van Diemen RF06	22	Shae Davies
Howard Racing	Spectrum 011	27 35	Sam Howard
	Mygale SJ08a Spectrum 011	37	Jack Howard
Team BRM	Mygale SJ09a	30	Tom Goess
		31	Martin Short Ben Barker
		32	Jon Mills
HMT Racing	Spectrum 011d	33	Robert Hackwood
Rob Spence Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	35	Cameron Spence
Widex Australia	Mygale SJ07a	47	Williams Vass
McDonald's Chelsea Heights	Spectrum 011d	66	Jesse Fenech
Marshalls & Dent Lawyers	Spectrum 011b	74	Nicholas McBride
Speco/VHT Motor Improvements	Spectrum 011	78	Brendan Jones
TanderSport	Stealth S3D	91	Pete Major

Note: All cars were powered by 1600cc Ford Duratec engines, as mandated by the championship regulations.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Round winner
1	Albert Park Street Circuit[2]	28–29 March	Chaz Mostert
2	Queensland Raceway[3]	1–2 May	Nicholas Foster
3	Winton Motor Raceway[4]	14–16 May	Ashley Walsh
4	Hidden Valley Raceway[5]	18–20 June	Chaz Mostert
5	Townsville Street Circuit[6]	9–11 July	Chaz Mostert
6	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit[7]	22–24 October	Chaz Mostert
7	Symmons Plains Raceway[8]	13–14 November	Geoff Uhrhane
8	Sandown Raceway	19–21 November	Chaz Mostert

Note: Rounds were contested over three races, with the exception of Round 1 which was staged over two races.^[9]

Points

Championship points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in each race.^[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round.^[1]

Results

Pos. Driver ALB 1 ALB 2 QLD 1 QLD 2 QLD 3 WIN 1 WIN 2 WIN 3 HID 1 HID 2 HID 3 TOW 1 TOW 2 TOW 3 SUR 1 SUR 2 SUR 3 SYM 1 SYM 2 SYM 3 SAN 1 SAN 2 SAN 3 Points Penalty Points[9] 1 Chaz Mostert 1 2 16 4 1 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 5 1 1 1 361 2 Geoff Uhrhane 7 3 2 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 Ret 8 4 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 -5 269 3 Nicholas Foster 2 9 1 1 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 Ret Ret 7 2 4 8 2 1 4 3 4 263 4 Ashley Walsh 4 8 4 Ret 2 1 1 5 6 2 5 2 2 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 5 2 2 -15 232 5 Ryan Simpson 3 1 19 6 5 5 6 3 4 1 4 3 4 -5 150 6 Cam Waters Ret 10 13 9 9 9 9 11 Ret 11 7 4 5 2 6 2 5 3 Ret Ret 7 6 115 7 Adam Graham 6 4 7 2 6 6 5 6 5 7 92 8 Tom Williamson 11 Ret 8 8 Ret 16 11 17 7 6 Ret 16 6 6 Ret 7 6 7 8 3 5 9 88 9 Trent Harrison 5 4 5 4 4 4 Ret 11 8 72 10 Nathan Morcom 5 7 6 6 11 11 10 12 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 7 Ret 9 13 59 11 Ben Jurczak 5 3 3 10 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 13 10 Ret 7 10 5 -5 53 12 Andre Borell 8 6 5 5 15 15 12 7 13 Ret 11 9 13 8 9 16 14 8 10 12 15 15 51 13 Jack Le Brocq 9 11 Ret 11 16 17 16 8 9 10 6 5 15 10 5 6 10 Ret 9 Ret 14 Ret 49 14 Matthew Brabham 16 15 9 Ret 7 7 7 Ret 16 Ret 13 10 Ret 15 10 8 16 11 11 8 19 Ret 30 15 Nick Cassidy 8 6 3 26 16 Jesse Fenech 13 14 13 6 6 7 22 17 Caleb Rayner 13 Ret 12 10 12 8 Ret 13 17 12 12 7 7 Ret DNS 11 12 9 DNS 9 8 10 -5 21 18 Matthew Hart 9 5 6 11 12 11 20 19 Martin Short Ret 17 10 18 8 10 8 9 12 9 14 20 Tom Goess 18 13 15 15 Ret 20 15 15 11 8 10 8 9 Ret 11 15 15 14 12 10 13 12 12 21 Shae Davies 12 17 14 11 7 9 11 Ret DNS DNS 16 14 8 22 Garry Jacobson 10 14 11 16 Ret 14 13 9 8 Ret Ret 13 13 7 Cameron Spence 12 18 19 17 0 Andrew McFarland 14 Ret 14 12 0 Jack Howard 16 14 Ret 14 Ret 12 0 Zac Schonberger 16 20 13 19 21 18 16 18 16 18 17 11 0 Daniel Cotton 17 0 Stefan Borsato 14 19 15 15 15 12 0 Jon Mills 21 18 18 17 18 20 17 19 18 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 15 14 0 Josh Hunter Ret 17 16 0 Brendan Jones 19 0 Ben Barker DNS 11 Ret 0 Robert Hackwood 20 13 16 17 0 Pete Major 13 18 DNS 0 Williams Vass 22 0 Greg Woodrow Ret 0 23 Liam Sager 14 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 9 13 14 Ret 13 10 -5 -2 24 Sam Howard 10 Ret 14 17 12 10 Ret 12 14 -5 -3 = Nicholas McBride 15 17 18 19 -5 -3

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)

Note: Race 2 at the Albert Park Street Circuit, was stopped due to a serious crash on lap 2 involving Caleb Rayner.^[10] The race was abandoned and no championship points were awarded.^[9]