2014 British Formula Ford Championship

2014 British Formula Ford Championship season
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The 2014 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain was a multi-event, open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula Ford cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the 38th British Formula Ford season, was the second year of the single class format, with all drivers using the latest cars built to the Formula Ford EcoBoost specification. There was also an award for the highest placed Rookie. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.^[1] The season commenced on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 30 races held at 10 meetings, all in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

The championship was won by South African driver Jayde Kruger of the JTR team, finishing six points clear of Falcon Motorsport's Harrison Scott. Kruger won the most races during the season with 13 (to Scott's 5), but Scott's greater consistency – 24 podiums from 30 races – compared to Kruger (17 podiums) allowed him to remain in contention entering the final round at Brands Hatch, as both drivers entered the weekend with 651 points apiece. Scott won the first race to take the championship lead, before the two drivers collided on the second lap of race two. Kruger went on to win the race, while Scott failed to finish. Falcon Motorsport protested the result, before a JTR counter-appeal allowed the race result to stand as it was. Thus, Kruger's eighth place finish in the final race was enough for the championship, despite Scott winning. Falcon Motorsport again contested the result,^[2] with the case being heard at the court of appeal, for the Motor Sports Association. Kruger was confirmed champion in November after Falcon's protest was rejected.^[3]

The battle for third place in the championship was equally fraught, with a quartet of drivers being split by 11 points at season's end. Top Scholarship class runner Ashley Sutton, a five-time race winner for MBM Motorsport, was the victor in the battle; he finished six points clear of Radical Motorsport's Juan Rosso, who took his only win during the season at Thruxton. Rosso himself finished a point clear of Kruger's team-mate Max Marshall, who won a pair of races at Snetterton and Rockingham respectively. James Abbott, another Radical Motorsport driver, was also a two-time winner, and he finished sixth in the drivers' championship, taking wins at the opening Brands Hatch meeting and Croft. The only other winner, with two wins, was Sam Brabham for JTR, before his season was cut short due to budgetary issues; he had won two of the three races to be held at Thruxton. Sutton was a comfortable winner of the Scholarship class along with his third place overall finish, finishing almost 200 points clear of his next best class rival, Ricky Collard, Scott's team-mate at Falcon Motorsport. The Teams' Cup was won by JTR, despite Falcon Motorsport closing in at the final round; JTR were still able to finish clear by 33 points, while the Nations' Cup was won by South Africa, on the basis of Kruger's results.

Championship changes

To bring the championship into line with many other junior single seater championships, series organisers announced that the second race of each meeting would be held with a partially reversed grid.^[4]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Chassis/Engine Class Rounds JTR[5] 1 Sam Brabham Mygale M12-SJ/Mountune 1–4 2 Jayde Kruger All 18 Max Marshall All 20 Clay Mitchell S 8–10 Jamun Racing[6] 4 Jack Barlow Mygale M12-SJ/Scholar 1 16 Ashley Sutton S 3–5 MBM Motorsport 4 Jack Barlow Mygale M12-SJ/Scholar 10 16 Ashley Sutton S 6–10 79 Jessica Hawkins S 9 94 Michael O'Brien S 6, 8–10 Falcon Motorsport[7] 6 Harrison Scott Mygale M13-SJ/Swindon All 11 Ricky Collard Mygale M12-SJ/Swindon S All 23 Chris Mealin S All Meridian Motorsport[8] 16 Ashley Sutton Mygale M12-SJ/Scholar S 1 35 Connor Jupp S 4–5 75 Bobby Thompson S G 2–3 82 Connor Mills S 1–5 SWB 17 James Webb Sinter LA12/Scholar S 1–2 88 Greg Holloway All Richardson Racing 24 Ovie Iroro Mygale M12-SJ/Scholar S 2–3, 9–10 25 Louise Richardson S 5–10 72 G 1 71 Ben Constanduros S G 1 76 Andy Richardson 4 Radical Motorsport 26 Juan Rosso Mygale M13-SJ/Mountune All 74 James Abbott All

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Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 14 September 2013, with no major changes from 2013.^[9] All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Scholarship winner
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	29 March	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ricky Collard
	R2				Max Marshall	James Abbott	Radical Motorsport	Ricky Collard
	R3		30 March	Harrison Scott	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Chris Mealin
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	19 April	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Connor Mills
	R5		20 April		Harrison Scott	Harrison Scott	Falcon Motorsport	Connor Mills
	R6			Harrison Scott	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Connor Mills
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	3 May	Sam Brabham	Max Marshall	Sam Brabham	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R8				Sam Brabham	Juan Rosso	Radical Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
	R9		4 May	Sam Brabham	Ashley Sutton	Sam Brabham	JTR	Ashley Sutton
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	7 June	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	Harrison Scott	Falcon Motorsport	Ricky Collard
	R11				Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Chris Mealin
	R12		8 June	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Connor Mills
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	28 June	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	Harrison Scott	Falcon Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
	R14				Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Jamun Racing	Ashley Sutton
	R15		29 June	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	James Abbott	Radical Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
6	R16	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	2 August	Jayde Kruger	Ashley Sutton	Max Marshall	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R17		3 August		Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	MBM Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
	R18			Ashley Sutton	Jayde Kruger	Ashley Sutton	MBM Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	23 August	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	MBM Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
	R20		24 August		Ashley Sutton	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ricky Collard
	R21			Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ashley Sutton
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	6 September	Jayde Kruger	Ashley Sutton	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R23		7 September		Max Marshall	Max Marshall	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R24			Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Louise Richardson
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 September	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R26		28 September		Jayde Kruger	Ashley Sutton	MBM Motorsport	Ashley Sutton
	R27			Jayde Kruger	Harrison Scott	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ashley Sutton
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	11 October	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Harrison Scott	Falcon Motorsport	Ricky Collard
	R29		12 October		Ashley Sutton	Jayde Kruger	JTR	Ashley Sutton
	R30			Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Harrison Scott	Falcon Motorsport	Ashley Sutton

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points 1 Jayde Kruger 1 6 1 1 6 1 Ret 6 2 2 1 1 6 5 5 6 4 2 4 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 3 1 4 1 8 717 2 Harrison Scott 2 2 4 3 1 Ret 2 3 7 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 8 2 1 Ret 1 711 3 Ashley Sutton 9 8 10 3 4 3 8 4 10 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 Ret 5 2 2 DNS 3 1 3 Ret 3 2 567 4 Juan Rosso 8 7 2 5 3 3 5 1 5 3 Ret 3 3 4 4 7 7 6 6 5 4 10 9 7 5 5 Ret 3 7 4 561 5 Max Marshall 5 4 7 6 7 2 4 2 4 6 Ret 4 5 6 6 1 5 3 5 2 2 4 1 2 Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 5 560 6 James Abbott 6 1 6 4 4 8 6 7 6 11 6 5 4 2 1 5 6 Ret 7 6 8 7 7 8 4 2 5 6 8 6 556 7 Ricky Collard 4 3 Ret Ret 9 Ret 9 8 8 7 8 7 Ret 9 8 4 2 9 3 4 6 5 4 Ret 6 4 DNS 2 5 3 436 8 Chris Mealin 7 10 8 8 10 6 Ret DNS DNS 9 3 8 7 7 9 9 8 8 9 Ret Ret 8 8 9 9 Ret 9 7 11 9 314 9 Louise Richardson 10 11 11 8 8 Ret 10 9 7 8 7 7 6 5 4 8 7 6 5 10 7 292 10 Greg Holloway 11 13 14 12 13 9 11 12 12 12 10 Ret 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 12 10 12 9 12 12 268 11 Sam Brabham Ret 9 3 2 5 Ret 1 5 1 4 Ret DNS 186 12 Connor Mills Ret Ret 9 7 2 4 7 9 9 10 5 6 Ret Ret 7 183 13 Michael O'Brien 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 7 6 8 8 4 8 146 14 Jack Barlow 3 5 5 Ret 9 10 86 15 Clay Mitchell Ret 6 6 11 Ret 7 Ret 6 13 84 16 Ovie Iroro 11 12 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 9 11 Ret DNS DNS 72 17 James Webb 13 14 13 10 11 7 56 18 Connor Jupp Ret 9 Ret Ret DNS 10 24 Guest drivers ineligible for points Andy Richardson 5 7 9 0 Bobby Thompson 9 8 5 8 10 10 0 Jessica Hawkins 10 11 10 0 Ben Constanduros 12 12 12 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "Formula Ford returns in 2013". British Touring Car Championship (TOCA). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
2. Mitchell, Scott (13 October 2014). "British Formula Ford title battle goes to MSA court after clash". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
3. Mitchell, Scott (19 November 2014). "Jayde Kruger confirmed British Formula Ford champion by MSA court". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
4. "Regulation stability and cash prize fund for Formula Ford 2014". British Formula Ford. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
5. "Champion team JTR to return to Formula Ford for 2014". British Formula Ford. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
6. "TEAM NEWS: Rosso races back to Formula Ford with title win his aim". British Formula Ford. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
7. "Successful conclusion to Falcon driver assessments". British Formula Ford. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
8. "Meridian confirms three-car Formula Ford team for coming season". British Formula Ford. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
9. "2014 BTCC calendar announced". British Touring Car Championship (TOCA). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

External links

• The home of the British Formula Ford Championship