2008 British Formula Ford Championship

2008 British Formula Ford Championship season
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The 2008 British Formula Ford Championship was the 33rd edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It began on 24 March at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 10 rounds and 25 races, held in the United Kingdom and Belgium. Having won 13 of the first 18 races, Jamun Mygale driver Wayne Boyd looked set to be a runaway championship winner, although in the end, Boyd's championship winning margin over team-mate Tim Blanchard was 50 points.

Drivers and teams

Team No Driver Class Chassis Rounds Jamun Racing 2 James Cole C Mygale All 3 Tim Blanchard C Mygale All 4 Wayne Boyd C Mygale All 5 Victor Corrêa C Mygale All Fluid Motorsport 6 Marco Sørensen C Van Diemen 1-9 7 David Brown C Van Diemen All 716 Claus Frøkjær-Lorendsen G Van Diemen 7 760 Dennis Lind G Van Diemen 7 Kevin Mills Racing 11 Adrian Campfield C Spectrum All 12 Glen Wood C Spectrum 1-9 16 Alex Jones S Spectrum 5-7 27 8-10 Myerscough College 16 Van Diemen 1-4 Ray Sport 14 Adam Batch S Ray 1, 3 Joe Tandy Racing 15 Philippe Layac C Mygale 1-8 24 Rogier de Wit C Mygale All 63 Peter Dempsey G Mygale 8 69 Nick Tandy G Mygale 7 98 Matt Hamilton C Mygale All Red Devil Team Comtec 17 Westley Barber C Comtec 1-4 18 Francisco Weiler C Comtec 1-5 4D Motorsport 20 Matt Dobson C Van Diemen 6, 8-9 Inter Motorsport 1-5 73 Callum Holland S Van Diemen 2-4, 8-10 Daglish Racing 22 Peter Daglish S Ray 2-6, 8-10 Getem Racing 23 Chris Maliepaard C Mygale All 58 Linton Stuteley C Mygale All Garry Findlay Racing 33 Garry Findlay S Mygale All Wrensport 44 Felix Scott S Spirit All ACER Motorsport 46 Jamie Jardine C Comtec 1-2, 4-6, 8 Slidesports 55 Daniel Walker S Mygale 1, 3-6, 8-10 Vuik Racing 60 Henk Vuik, Jr. G Mygale 5 711 7 61 Rogier Jongejans G Mygale 5 718 7 62 Liroy Stuart G Mygale 5 Stuart Racing 73 7 713 Jeroen Mul G Mygale 7 Speedsports 64 Robert Souster G Van Diemen 9-10 Team Autocar 65 Matt Prior G Van Diemen 9-10 Michel Florie Racing 72 Michel Florie G Mygale 7 John's Racing Team 75 John Svensson G Van Diemen 7 Geva Racing 77 Jennifer van der Beek G Mygale 7 727 Arthur van Uitert G Mygale 7 KTG Racing 78 Simon Knap G Mygale 7 Sterling Motorsport 99 Chrissy Palmer S Ray 1, 3-10 Racing Team Vestergaard 714 Nils Vestergaard G Mygale 7

Icon Class C Championship S Scholarship G Guest

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park	24 March	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2			Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R3			Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Tim Blanchard	Jamun Racing
2	R1	Knockhill Racing Circuit	12 April	Wayne Boyd	Tim Blanchard	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2		13 April	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R3			Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
3	R1	Croft Circuit	26 April	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2		27 April	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R3			Glen Wood	Victor Corrêa	Chris Maliepaard	Getem Racing
4	R1	Brands Hatch	3 May	Westley Barber	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2		4 May	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
5	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	25 May	Tim Blanchard	Wayne Boyd	Tim Blanchard	Jamun Racing
	R2		26 May	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard	Chris Maliepaard	Getem Racing
	R3			Tim Blanchard	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
6	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	8 June	Matt Hamilton	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2			Matt Hamilton	Wayne Boyd	Chris Maliepaard	Getem Racing
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	Victor Corrêa	Nick Tandy	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
	R2		21 June	Wayne Boyd	Tim Blanchard	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
8	R1	Brands Hatch	13 July	Wayne Boyd	Marco Sørensen	Adrian Campfield	Kevin Mills Racing
	R2			Wayne Boyd	Matt Hamilton	Victor Corrêa	Jamun Racing
9	R1	Silverstone Circuit	17 August	Tim Blanchard	Marco Sørensen	Tim Blanchard	Jamun Racing
	R2			Tim Blanchard	Marco Sørensen	Marco Sørensen	Fluid Motorsport
10	R1	Donington Park	11 October	Wayne Boyd	Victor Corrêa	Victor Corrêa	Jamun Racing
	R2		12 October	Wayne Boyd	Chris Maliepaard	David Brown	Fluid Motorsport
	R3			Chris Maliepaard	Wayne Boyd	David Brown	Fluid Motorsport

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP/FL
Points	30	27	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Best 23 scores must be dropped towards the championship.

• T. Pts — points if all races counted.
• Drop — two dropped scores.
• Pts — best 23 scores.
• S. Pts — Scholarship championship points, best 23 scores.

Pos Driver OUL KNO CRO BRH ROC SNE SPA BRH SIL DON T. Pts Drop Pts S. Pts 1 Wayne Boyd 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 DSQ 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 1 1 10 2 7 3 3 2 2 659 25 634 2 Tim Blanchard 2 2 1 5 3 2 2 2 Ret 4 4 1 3 2 5 3 2 4 2 7 1 2 Ret 3 6 584 584 3 Chris Maliepaard 7 7 10 Ret DSQ 9 5 10 1 6 6 3 1 5 3 1 3 5 4 5 3 10 4 4 4 473 10 463 4 Victor Corrêa Ret 4 7 7 5 3 6 8 2 14 9 10 2 3 4 15 8 3 12 1 2 11 1 10 Ret 414 414 5 Linton Stuteley 9 6 6 2 2 5 4 7 4 3 14 Ret 12 9 9 5 7 9 6 10 6 6 8 5 5 411 2 409 6 Matt Hamilton 4 5 Ret 15 7 7 3 3 9† DNS 5 5 5 11 2 6 6 7 15 8 Ret 5 7 6 7 371 371 7 David Brown 6 8 3 6 6 4 16 14 Ret 8 7 6 Ret Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 5 6 11 8 2 1 1 336 336 8 Marco Sørensen 3 3 2 4 10 Ret 11 16 Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 12 8 7 5 8 3 4 4 1 327 327 9 Adrian Campfield Ret 10 4 8 9 6 12 6 13 7 3 11 Ret 14 6 4 22 Ret 1 3 10 7 Ret 7 3 325 325 10 James Cole Ret DNS 8 9 8 10 7 Ret Ret† 10 15 8 9 7 14 10 4 6 9 12 5 4 9 9 8 267 267 11 Rogier de Wit Ret 12 Ret 11 13 Ret 14 9 6 12 10 4 4 4 16 9 9 19 8 11 8 9 6 14 Ret 230 230 12 Westley Barber 5 Ret 5 3 4 8 5 DSQ Ret 2 2 176 176 13 Philippe Layac 11 11 12 10 12 Ret 13 13 5 9 9 12 7 8 11 13 14 13 14 14 162 162 14 Garry Findlay (S) 10 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS 10 11 8 11 11 7 19 Ret 10 8 DNS 14 DNS DNS 9 12 11 15 9 155 155 500 15 Chrissy Palmer (S) Ret DNS DNS 15 4 7 13 16 9 11 6 12 12 16 15 17 15 14 14 5 12 DNS 143 143 513 16 Glen Wood 8 9 Ret Ret 11 8 9 12 3 DSQ† 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 13 12 Ret 112 112 17 Alex Jones (S) 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS 15 18 Ret 8 Ret 18 Ret DNS 16 13† 17 13 13 10 8 Ret 72 72 422 18 Felix Scott (S) DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret 14 17 15 10 18 19 NC 18 17 17 Ret 21 22 19 19 17 15 Ret 16 13 30 30 406 19 Callum Holland (S) Ret 17 12 Ret 17 Ret DNS 20 Ret Ret 18 21 12 11 11 30 30 211 20 Matt Dobson 13 15 14 14 16 13 18 18 11 16 17 19 16 18 15 14 18 18 15 16 29 29 21 Jamie Jardine 12 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 17 Ret 16 14 16 13 16 16 16 24 24 22 Francisco Weiler Ret DNS 17 13 15 15 19 20 14 Ret DNS 14 17 15 16 16 23 Peter Daglish (S) 16 18 16 Ret 21 15 19 21 13 Ret 19 19 Ret 20 20 19 18 14 Ret 12 15 15 349 24 Adam Batch (S) 14 14 13 20 22 12 14 14 103 25 Daniel Walker (S) 16 16 16 Ret 19 16 20 Ret 17 Ret 20 20 17 21 21 21 19 Ret DNS Ret 0 0 289 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Nick Tandy Ret 2 Peter Dempsey 11 9 Liroy Stuart Ret 10 DNS 10 11 Simon Knap 12 10 Robert Souster 16 17 13 13 10 Rogier Jongejans 18 15 10 13 Ret Henk Vuik, Jr. 15 13 13 11 17 John Svensson DNS 12 Dennis Lind 15 21 Michel Florie 17 DNS Nils Vestergaard 18 18 Jeroen Mul 19 20 Matt Prior 20 20 Jennifer van der Beek 20 Ret Arthur van Uitert 23 23 Claus Frøkjær-Lorendsen 24 24 Pos Driver OUL KNO CRO BRH ROC SNE SPA BRH SIL DON T. Pts Drop Pts S. Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

† - Matt Hamilton, James Cole and Alex Jones docked six points for dangerous driving; Glen Wood docked twelve points for the same reason.

References

External links

• The home of the British Formula Ford Championship