2024 Australian Formula Ford Series

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.

2024 Australian Formula Ford Series

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2023

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2025

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

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

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

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

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

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