# 2017 Australian Formula Ford Series

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Motor racing competition

2017 [Australian Formula Ford Series](/source/Australian_Formula_Ford_Championship)

Drivers' Champion:
Max Vidau
1600 (Kent) Champion:
Mitchell Maddren

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The **2017 Australian Formula Ford Series** was an Australian motor racing series open to [Formula Ford](/source/Formula_Ford) and Formula Ford 1600 cars.[1] It was the 48th [Australian Formula Ford Series](/source/Australian_Formula_Ford_Series) and was sanctioned by the [Australian Auto Sport Alliance](/source/Australian_Auto_Sport_Alliance) (AASA).

The series was won by Max Vidau driving a [Mygale SJ1019](/source/Mygale_SJ1019).[2]

## Teams and drivers

Team Chassis No Driver Class Rounds Speco/VHT Spectrum 011 1 Brendan Jones K 1, 6 Sonic Motor Racing Services TanderSport Mygale SJ10a 2 Max Vidau 1–4, 6 74 5 Mygale SJ11a 3 Courtney Prince 1–3, 6 32 5 Mygale SJ10a 4 Hunter McElrea 1, 3–4, 6 14 2 44 5 Mygale SJ15a 5 Hamish Ribarits 1, 3, 5–6 Mygale SJ12 28 James Westaway 6 Mygale SJ12 58 Angelo Mouzouris 1, 3–4 Anglo Motorsport Spirit WL11 3 Kane Coleman K 5 15 3 Spirit K08 4 Keith Brenan K 2 41 5 Spectrum 010 32 Simon Hodges K 3 Mygale SJ08 41 Dan Holihan K 1–3 Van Diemen RF91 91 Josh Behn K 2 Mygale SJ08 5 3 Amigos Racing Mondiale 4 Robert Rowe K 5 Zdisy Racing Spectrum 012 6 Paul Zsidy All Spectrum 014b 60 Cody Donald 6 Spectrum 014 97 Liam McLellan 6 James Corbett Spirit K08 7 James Corbett K 3 The Torque Team Mygale SJ07a 7 Paul Milevskiy K 4 Penrite Oil/Modem Construction Mygale SJ11a 8 Jordan Boys 1–2 DYFA Plumbing Van Diemen 8 Dylan Fahey K 4 Don Holland Racing Swift DB-1 8 David Holland K 5 Aaron Cameron Racing Spectrum 014 9 Aaron Cameron 1, 3 Josh Jackson Racing Spectrum 07 9 Josh Jackson K 2 Team Soutar Motorsport Mygale SJ13 10 Zac Soutar All Listec Race Cars Listec WIL-013 11 James Burge 2, 5 Listec WIL-013 42 Ryan Bjerke 1 Van Diemen 53 Mark Lowing 5 Listec WIL-05K 61 Alan Price 5 Colin Hill Engineering Mygale 14 Lachlan Mineeff 5 Dream Motorsport Mygale SJ13a 16 Cooper Murray All Lachlan Gibbons Motorsport Mygale SJ07 18 Lachlan Gibbons 2, 5 Ultra Tune Hawthorn Mygale 19 Spencer Ackermann 1, 6 Jones Motorsport Spectrum 014d 21 Harri Jones All Spectrum 06b 22 Douglas Williams K 1 Snap On Tools Van Diemen RF91 25 Karla Curtis K 4 Shell Mygale SJ09 29 Nathan Herne All Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 015 31 Jayden Ojeda All Spectrum 015 48 Nicholas Carroll 1–3 Mygale SJ13a 60 Cody Donald 1–3 Spectrum 012b 85 Benjamin Reichstein 1–4 Spectrum 014 97 Liam McLellan 1–5 Van Diemen RF86 33 Frank Harris K 6 Jake Donaldson Racing Spectrum 011d 35 Jake Donaldson 5 Gary Goulding Vector TF94 36 Gary Goulding K 4 Van Diemen RF91 36 Mark Zellner K 6 Ellery Motorsport Spectrum 010 37 Alec Limmer K 3–4, 6 TanderSport Stealth 42 Leanne Tander K 6 Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 014 44 Jett Bennett 1–4, 6 Spectrum 012 57 Jackson Burton 2–3, 5 Nicholas Schembri Mygale SJ09 45 Nicholas Schembri 3 Van Diemen RF01 47 Adrian Wilkinson K 6 Spectrum 011b 50 Mark Samson K 6 Swift SC95K 52 Malcolm Coleman K 1 Spectrum 012 66 Benjamin D'Alia 1, 3 Fastlane Racing Stealth S3D 72 Bart Horsten 5–6 BF Racing Mygale SJ11a 73 Cameron Shields All Mygale SJ03 76 Robert Suturkovski K 1, 6 Mygale SJ01a 77 James Garley K 1 Mygale SJ11 78 Andrew Petrou 1 Sam Sewell Van Diemen 80 Sam Sewell K 4 Donate Life Swift 93F 80 Jason Liddell K 5 Reichstein Motorsport Spectrum 012b 85 Benjamin Reichstein 5–6 Cadohaven Drainage & Excavation Van Diemen RF91 86 Shane Baumer K 2 Tim Hamilton Spectrum 010b 87 Tim Hamilton K 3–5 Autoware Van Diemen RF01 92 Mitchell Maddren K 2–4 Lazzaro Motorsport Spectrum 011 95 Adrian Lazzaro 1, 3, 5–6 Bailey Boys Racing Spectrum 06b 96 Jimmy Bailey K 4 Granite Consulting Spectrum 011b 98 Conor Nicholson 1, 3, 6 PLG Gearcutting Citation 99 John Connelly K 6 Manager Software Van Diemen RF92 511 Tony Chapman K 2

## Race calendar

The series was contested over six rounds with three races at each round.[1]

Round Circuit Dates Map 1 Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria) 4–5 March Winton Queensland Sandown Sydney Phillip Island Wakefield Park 2 Wakefield Park Raceway (Goulburn, New South Wales) 1–2 April 3 Winton Motor Raceway (Winton, Victoria) 19–21 May 4 Queensland Raceway (Willowbank, Queensland) 8–9 July 5 Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales) 16–17 September 6 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria) 30 September–1 October

  Designates Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) class rounds

## Results and standings

### Results

Rd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Sandown Raceway Liam McLellan Jayden Ojeda Jayden Ojeda Borland Racing Developments 2 Jordan Boys Jayden Ojeda Borland Racing Developments 3 Jayden Ojeda Max Vidau Sonic Motor Racing Services 2 1 Wakefield Park Raceway Hunter McElrea Liam McLellan Max Vidau Sonic Motor Racing Services 2 Max Vidau Max Vidau Sonic Motor Racing Services 3 Max Vidau Hunter McElrea Sonic Motor Racing Services 3 1 Winton Motor Raceway Aaron Cameron Race cancelled due to opening lap crash 2 Max Vidau Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Racing 3 Hunter McElrea Max Vidau Sonic Motor Racing Services 4 1 Queensland Raceway Max Vidau Max Vidau Cameron Shields BF Racing 2 Cameron Shields Hunter McElrea Sonic Motor Racing Services 3 Max Vidau Cameron Shields BF Racing 5 1 Sydney Motorsport Park Hunter McElrea Cameron Shields Cameron Shields BF Racing 2 Jayden Ojeda Cameron Shields BF Racing 3 Dave Wood Cameron Shields BF Racing 6 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Max Vidau Hunter McElrea Cameron Shields BF Racing 2 Hunter McElrea Cameron Shields BF Racing 3 James Westaway Cameron Shields BF Racing

### Standings

Pos. Driver SAN WAK WIN QLD SMP PHI Pts. R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Max Vidau 2 2 1 1 1 4 C 2 1 3 3 2 3 5 3 3 19 3 245 2 Cameron Shields 3 3 Ret 2 DSQ Ret C 7 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 231 3 Jayden Ojeda 1 1 3 3 3 12 C 4 3 4 6 Ret 5 3 6 2 9 4 195 4 Hunter McElrea 5 4 19 19 10 1 C 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 13 15 2 189 5 Liam McLellan DSQ 13 2 4 2 2 C 15 Ret 8 8 7 8 9 7 7 6 6 137 6 Nathan Herne 7 8 6 13 9 6 C 16 Ret 6 7 6 4 7 5 10 3 9 132.5 7 Cooper Murray 4 Ret 10 5 5 3 C 5 6 5 5 5 Ret 6 Ret 16 14 8 130 8 Harri Jones Ret 15 5 8 DSQ Ret C 8 Ret 7 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 7 128 9 Zac Soutar 11 14 8 12 10 Ret C 10 11 14 11 8 12 16 12 12 7 DSQ 78.5 10 Adrian Lazzaro Ret 9 Ret C 6 4 7 10 8 8 8 5 77 11 Benjamin Reichstein 16 11 7 14 8 8 C 11 25 Ret 18 17 13 14 10 9 5 14 76 12 Courtney Prince 18 19 14 11 12 7 C 14 12 9 12 9 5 2 17 73 13 Jett Bennett 21 18 9 7 6 Ret C 17 10 10 10 9 15 16 13 57 14 Jordan Boys 8 5 4 9 4 5 55.5 15 Aaron Cameron 9 6 16 C 1 2 50 16 Paul Zsidy 13 21 13 16 16 9 11 12 11 15 19 16 20 10 19 41 17 Nicholas Carroll 15 12 11 6 14 Ret 33.5 18 Cody Donald 6 10 Ret DSQ 11 Ret 18 18 12 30.5 19 Hamish Ribarits 10 7 Ret 16 8 24 21 17 10 26 20 Angelo Mouzouris Ret 24 12 9 9 10 23 21 Lachlan Gibbons 10 15 Ret Ret 11 11 17 22 Alec Limmer 16 15 15 19 12 Ret 14 23 Bart Horsten Ret 15 15 11 13 16 14 24 Jackson Burton 15 13 10 14 Ret DNS 13 25 Conor Nicholson 19 23 17 17 11 18 8 26 Jake Donaldson 10 17 Ret 6 27 Lachlan Mineeff Ret 13 13 6 28 Ryan Bjerke 12 16 18 5.5 29 Benjamin D'Alia 17 22 15 4 30 Spencer Ackermann 14 17 Ret 14 DSQ 15 0 31 James Burge 17 Ret Ret 11 18 14 0 32 Andrew Petrou 20 20 DNS 0 33 Nicholas Schembri 0 34 Jamie Westaway 6 DSQ 11 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts. SAN WAK WIN QLD SMP PHI

#### Formula Ford 1600 (Kent) standings

Pos. Driver WIN QLD SMP Pts. R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Mitchell Maddren C 24 18 13 13 Ret 18 21 19 74 2 Tim Hamilton C 26 20 17 16 13 21 24 22 72 3 Sam Sewell 12 14 12 56 4 Dylan Fahey 15 17 14 40 5 Karla Curtis 18 19 16 34 6 Kane Coleman C 23 24 19 22 20 30 7 Gary Goulding 20 21 18 29 8 Paul Milevskiy 21 22 19 26 9 James Corbett C 29 21 24 10 Simon Hodges C 27 23 23 = Dan Holihan C 28 22 23 12 Jimmy Bailey 19 20 DNS 20 13 Alec Limmer C 18 drivers ineligible for series points - Keith Brennan 17 20 17 0 - Josh Behn 20 Ret 23 0 - Mark Lowing 22 23 18 0 - Alan Price 23 25 21 0 - Jason Liddell 24 26 25 0 - Robert Rowe 25 28 Ret 0 - David Holland Ret 27 26 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts. WIN QLD SMP

## Notes

- Liam McLellan finished Race 1 at Sandown in second however he was excluded due to a technical infringement.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Regs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Regs_1-1) [2017 FFA NATIONAL FORMULA FORD SERIES SPORTING REGULATIONS, formulaford.org.au](http://formulaford.org.au/Portals/0/NATIONAL/2017%20Docs/2017%20FFA%20National%20Series%20Sporting%20Regs%202.pdf?ver=2017-03-06-190335-977,)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Points_2-0)** [Australian Formula Ford Series 2017 "Road to Indy" Pointscore, formulaford.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20171203023708/http://formulaford.org.au/Portals/0/Results/2017/2017%20AFFS%20pointscore_Rd%206.pdf?ver=2017-10-01-212126-337&timestamp=1506853312650)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [formulaford.org.au](http://formulaford.org.au/NEWS/entryid/126/Vidau-and-Ojeda-Share-Formula-Ford-Round-1-Spoils,) accessed 19/03/2017

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