2018 Australian Formula Ford Series

The 2018 Australian Formula Ford Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 Racing Cars.^[1] The series, which was organised by the Formula Ford Association Inc,^[1] was the 49th Australian Formula Ford Series.

2018 Australian Formula Ford Series

Drivers' Champion:
Hunter McElrea
1600 (Kent) Champion:
Dylan Fahey

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2017

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2019

The Formula Ford (Duratec) class was won by Hunter McElrea driving a Mygale SJ10A and the Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class by Dylan Fahey driving a Van Diemen.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ10a	2	Hunter McElrea		1–2
	Mygale SJ2011a	3	Courtney Prince		1–2
	Mygale SJ	4	Angelo Mouzouris		1–2
	Mygale SJ1Sa-00	5	Hamish Ribarits		1–2
Zsidy Racing	Spectrum 015	6	Paul Zsidy		1–2
Paul Fahey	Van Diemen FF	8	Paul Fahey	K	2
Team Soutar Motorsport	Mygale SJ13	10	Zac Soutar		1–2
Fastlane Racing	Stealth S3D	12	Bart Horsten		1
	Stealth S3D	55	Bailey Grech		1
Southern Star Truck Centre	Mygale SJ10a	14	Lachlan Mineeff		1–2
Kinetic Motorsport	Mygale SJ18a	16	Tommy Smith		1
	Spectrum 014	17	Callum Hedge		2
Jones Motorsport	Spectrum 014d	21	Harri Jones		1
BF Racing	Mygale SJ11a	29	Nathan Herne		1–2
	Mygale SJ12a	73	Cameron Shields		1–2
	Mygale SJ09a	88	Harrison Goodman		1–2
Jake Donaldson Racing	Spectrum 011d	35	Jake Donaldson		1–2
Robert Rowe	Mondiale M89S	41	Robert Rowe	K	2
Black Swan Security	Spectrum 014	57	Jackson Burton		1
Cody Donald Racing	Spectrum 014b	60	Cody Donald		1
Benjamin D'Alia	Spectrum 012	66	Benjamin D'Alia		1–2
Jason Liddell	Swift SC93F	80	Jason Liddell	K	2
Tim Hamilton	Spectrum 010b	87	Tim Hamilton	K	2
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Spectrum 011	91	Josh Behn		1
Lazzaro Concrete Works	Spectrum 011	95	Adrian Lazzaro		1–2
Jimmy Bailey	Spectrum 06b	96	Jimmy Bailey	K	2
Liam McLellan	Spectrum 015	97	Liam McLellan		1

Calendar

The Formula Ford Association (FFA) announced a one-round calendar extension for the 2018 season. It also marked a return to the Supercars Championship support bill at The Bend Motorsport Park.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Winton Motor Raceway	9-11 March	Winton Queensland Sandown The Bend Sydney Phillip Island Wakefield Park
2	Queensland Raceway	20-22 April
3	Wakefield Park Raceway	25-27 May
4	Sandown Raceway	20-22 July
5	The Bend Motorsport Park	24-26 August
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	28-30 September
7	Sydney Motorsport Park	26-28 October

  Designates Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class rounds

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Hunter McElrea	Liam McLellan	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Hamish Ribarits	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2	1	Queensland Raceway	Hamish Ribarits	Nathan Herne	Hamish Ribarits	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Hamish Ribarits	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Hunter McElrea	Hamish Ribarits	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	1	Wakefield Park Raceway	Hunter McElrea	Bart Horsten	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Hamish Ribarits	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	1	Sandown Raceway	Hunter McElrea	Zac Soutar	Liam McLellan	Liam McLellan
	2			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Nathan Herne	Zac Soutar	Team Soutar Motorsport
5	1	The Bend Motorsport Park	Hamish Ribarits	Cody Donald	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
6	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Hamish Ribarits	Nathan Herne	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Angelo Mouzouris	Hamish Ribarits	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Tom Sargent	Hamish Ribarits	Sonic Motor Racing Services
7	1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Hamish Ribarits	Hamish Ribarits	Hamish Ribarits	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Hamish Ribarits	Nathan Herne	BF Racing

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	WIN			QUE			WAK			SAN			BEN			PHI			SYD			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Hunter McElrea	1	1	1	3	1	8	1	1	1													321
2	Hamish Ribarits	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	3													306
3	Zac Soutar	7	6	7	6	4	2	11	10	10													239
4	Nathan Herne	6	12	3	4	3	Ret	9	8	6													236
5	Lachlan Mineeff	11	9	8	11	8	12	4	4	7													172
6	Angelo Mouzouris	9	5	13	7	7	9	6	7	8													159
7	Liam McLellan	2	4	10	5	6	3	17	12	Ret													158
8	Tom Sargent							10	Ret	15													138
9	Bart Horsten	12	8	9				2	3	2													128
10	Cody Donald	8	7	6																			116
11	Cameron Shields	5	3	Ret	2	15	4	8	6	4													108
12	Benjamin D'Alia	14	10	11	12	12	11	16	15	12													69
13	Jake Donaldson	10	13	5	9	5	5	13	11	19													57
14	Conor Nicholson							19	16	Ret													49
15	Harrison Goodman	21	18	17	13	14	Ret	20	17	18													49
16	Courtney Prince	4	14	4	8	10	7	5	5	5													43
17	Callum Hedge				10	9	10	7	9	14													38
18	Cody Burcher							12	13	11													37
19	Paul Zsidy	20	17	18	14	13	Ret	22	20	17													35
20	Adrian Lazzaro	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	6	Ret	DNS	16													17
21	Jackson Burton	15	19	14				14	14	9													14
22	Bailey Grech	13	11	12																			12
23	Tommy Smith	17	DNS	15																			11
24	Samuel Dicker																						10
25	Dan Holihan							21	Ret	20													9
26	Andy Simpson																						2
27	Christopher Slusarski																						1
28	Harri Jones	18	15	Ret																			1
29	Josh Behn	16	16	16																			0
30	John Blanchard																						0
31	Gavin Dumas																						0
32	Matt Roesler																						0
33	Paul Di Biase																						0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Finlay Allen							15	19	13
	Nicholas Padjen							18	18	Ret
Pos.	Driver	WIN			QUE			WAK			SAN			BEN			PHI			SYD			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3

Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) standings

Pos.	Driver	QUE			SAN			SYD			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Dylan Fahey	3	2	1	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	140
2	Robert Rowe	4	4	3	8	6	5	3	4	3	120
3	Jason Liddell	5	5	Ret	6	8	4	5	3	4	105
4	Tim Hamilton	1	1	2	3	3	Ret	4	Ret	DNS	100
5	Josh Buchan							1	1	1	61
6	Dave Wood							7	6	5	32
7	Jimmy Bailey										30
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Brendan Jones				1	2	1
	John Connelly				4	5	3
	Peter Fitzgerald				5	4	2
	Joshua Glinn							6	5	6
	Philip Marrinon				7	Ret	6
	Byron Thomas				9	7	7
	Harrison Blanchard				10	9	8
Pos.	Driver	QUE			SAN			SYD			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3