2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2009 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford open wheel racing cars. The championship was the 40th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 17th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. It began on 26 March 2009 at the Albert Park Street Circuit and finished on 25 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit after eight rounds held across four different states and territories. Round 1 was contested over two races and all other rounds over three races.

South Australian driver Nick Percat dominated the championship, winning 12 of the 23 races. At the Hidden Valley Raceway round, Percat set a new record for the most races wins in the history of national level Formula Ford racing in Australia.

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. An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for each round.[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Team Chassis No Driver Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ07A 2 Nick Percat All
3 Mitch Evans All
Mygale SJ09A 4 Geoff Uhrhane All
Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 011c 5 Luke Ellery All
Spectrum 011d 19 Scott Pye All
Spectrum 011d 71 Nathan Morcom All
Evans Motorsport Mygale SJ08A 6 Trent Harrison 1, 5, 7
TSR Racing Mygale SJ07A 7 Martin Short 1–2, 5–7
Minda Motorsport Spectrum 011b 8 Tom Tweedie 5
10 Jesse Dixon 1–4, 6
Bryce Moore
Van Diemen RF06 24 James Crozier 1
Spectrum 011c 25 Ben Walter All
Spectrum 011 48 Andrew Waite 1
Spectrum 011b 74 Nicholas McBride All
Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 011c 9 Nick Simmons All
Spectrum 011b 15 Chaz Mostert All
Spectrum 011c 16 Ryan Simpson All
The Cosmetic Medicine Centre Van Diemen RF06 11 Roman Krumins 6
BF Racing Mygale SJ08A 13 Nick Foster 1–2, 6, 8
Anglo Australian Motorsport Comtec Spirit WL06 14 Nicholas Tanti 1–2
Brad Jones Racing Mygale SJ09A 14 Tom Williamson 7
Team BRM Mygale SJ09A 20 Richie Stanaway 1–5, 8
Martin Short
21 Ben Small 1–2
John Magro 8
22 Jordan Skinner 1–3, 5–6
Joey Foster 4
Andrew McFarland 7
Monza Motors-Mygale Mygale SJ08A 30 Trent Harrison 1, 5, 7
National Surgical Van Diemen RF04 32 Jon Mills 1–2, 4, 6
Berklee Australia Van Diemen RF06 44 Roger I'Anson 1
Muzz Buzz Spectrum 011d 45 Ashley Walsh 7–8
Mygale Australia Mygale SJ08A 46 Andrew Beams 1
James Mann Van Diemen RF04 51 James Mann 8
Refrigerated Rental & Sales Spectrum 011c 63 Martin Swindells 1–2, 6, 8
King's Fibreglass Spectrum 011b 77 Caleb Rayner 5, 7
Master Electricians Racing Van Diemen RF06 87 Andre Borell 1–6, 8
Listec Racing Listec Wil013 95 Glenn Welch 5
Activity Playgrounds Spectrum 011b 98 Jake Chapman 1

Calendar

Round Circuit Dates Supporting Map
1 Albert Park Circuit 28–29 March Australian Grand Prix
V8 Supercar Championship Series
2 Winton Motor Raceway 2–3 May V8 Supercar Championship Series
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
3 Symmons Plains Raceway 31 May V8 Supercar Championship Series
4 Hidden Valley Raceway 19 June V8 Supercar Championship Series
5 Sandown Raceway 2 August V8 Supercar Championship Series
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
6 Queensland Raceway 23 August V8 Supercar Championship Series
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 13 September V8 Supercar Championship Series
8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 23–25 October V8 Supercar Championship Series

Season summary

Rd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Albert Park Circuit Nick Percat Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 1 Winton Motor Raceway Nick Percat Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Chaz Mostert Richie Stanaway Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Richie Stanaway Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Nick Percat Richie Stanaway Team BRM
4 1 Hidden Valley Raceway Nick Percat Mitch Evans Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Ryan Simpson Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
5 1 Sandown Raceway Chaz Mostert Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Chaz Mostert Scott Pye Borland Racing Developments
3 Mitch Evans Scott Pye Borland Racing Developments
6 1 Queensland Raceway Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Ryan Simpson Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
7 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Mitch Evans Nick Percat Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Luke Ellery Nick Percat Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Nick Percat Chaz Mostert Synergy Motorsport
8 1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
2 Ryan Simpson Mitch Evans Sonic Motor Racing Services
3 Nick Foster Ashley Walsh Muzz Buzz

Championship standings

Pos. Driver
ALB
WIN
SYM
DAR
SAN
QUE
PHI
SUR 		Pen Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Nick Percat 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 11 5 6 2 -12 369
2 Mitch Evans 2 2 5 3 3 7 5 9 2 2 2 1 Ret 6 1 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 15 -10 297
3 Scott Pye 6 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 5 4 4 5 1 1 9 4 3 3 7 5 3 4 11 270
4 Chaz Mostert 3 3 2 2 2 DSQ 7 5 3 6 5 Ret 2 2 4 17 5 4 4 1 Ret Ret 10 225
5 Ryan Simpson 7 8 9 8 8 4 4 4 6 3 3 9 6 4 6 7 4 6 6 Ret 8 5 6 178
6 Richie Stanaway 4 6 13 6 5 3 2 1 4 5 6 3 11 14 2 2 5 -10 164
7 Geoff Uhrhane 22 12 3 7 6 10 9 6 12 8 7 11 5 5 2 3 16 5 11 8 6 7 3 141
8 Ben Walter Ret DNS 6 5 7 5 6 Ret 10 12 Ret 7 13 9 5 5 9 7 14 Ret 11 9 7 88
9 Luke Ellery 11 9 10 9 9 9 12 8 9 7 9 Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 8 2 14 8 4 75
10 Trent Harrison 8 Ret 4 4 7 Ret 5 3 58
11 Ashley Walsh Ret Ret 9 4 3 1 48
12 Nick Simmons 12 11 19 15 18 Ret 11 7 8 9 10 13 7 Ret Ret 8 6 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 16 41
13 Nathan Morcom 16 17 11 13 Ret 6 8 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 8 13 13 14 10 9 10 4 10 Ret 17 34
14 Martin Short 9 5 15 12 Ret 8 17 10 8 6 15 14 Ret DNS 29
15 Tom Williamson 12 3 7 20
16 Nicholas McBride 19 14 7 Ret 13 8 10 12 14 11 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 13 12 Ret 13 11 13 19
17 Jake Chapman 5 7 16
18 Martin Swindells 13 10 12 10 10 Ret 9 7 Ret Ret DNS 11
Nick Foster 15 19 8 Ret 15 14 11 13 9 10 8 11
20 Caleb Rayner 14 10 8 15 9 Ret 7
21 Andre Borell 17 Ret 18 17 16 11 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 16 11 10 10 8 Ret 13 12 6
22 Jesse Dixon 14 16 16 14 12 Ret 13 10 13 10 11 11 DSQ 11 3
23 James Mann 12 11 9 2
24 Roger I'Anson 10 18 1
Jordan Skinner 18 21 17 16 17 12 15 11 10 15 12 12 14 Ret 1
Andrew McFarland 16 15 10 1
- Glenn Welch 12 12 Ret 0
- Ben Small Ret 20 14 11 11 0
- Jon Mills 21 Ret 20 18 19 16 13 13 15 Ret 14 0
- John Magro Ret 13 14 0
- Tom Tweedie 16 14 Ret 0
- Nicholas Tanti Ret DNS 21 DNS 14 0
- Andrew Waite Ret 15 0
- Roman Krumins 16 16 Ret 0
- James Crozier 20 22 0
- Andrew Beams Ret DNS 0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
- Joey Foster 7 Ret 8
Pos. Driver
ALB
WIN
SYM
DAR
SAN
QUE
PHI
SUR 		Pen Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
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)

References

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