2008 British Formula Ford Championship

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 teammate 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			Spectrum	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
Red Devil Team Comtec	18	Francisco Weiler	C	Comtec	1-5
4D Motorsport	20	Matt Dobson	C	Van Diemen	6, 8-9
Inter Motorsport	20	Matt Dobson	C	Van Diemen	1-5
Inter Motorsport	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
Getem Racing	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	Henk Vuik, Jr.	G	Mygale	7
	61	Rogier Jongejans	G	Mygale	5
	718	Rogier Jongejans	G	Mygale	7
	62	Liroy Stuart	G	Mygale	5
Stuart Racing	73	Liroy Stuart	G	Mygale	7
Stuart Racing	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
Geva Racing	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		13 April	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		27 April	Glen Wood	Victor Corrêa	Chris Maliepaard	Getem Racing
4	R1	Brands Hatch	3 May	Westley Barber	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
4	R2	Brands Hatch	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		26 May	Tim Blanchard	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
6	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	8 June	Matt Hamilton	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
6	R2	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	8 June	Matt Hamilton	Wayne Boyd	Chris Maliepaard	Getem Racing
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	Victor Corrêa	Nick Tandy	Wayne Boyd	Jamun Racing
7	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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
8	R2	Brands Hatch	13 July	Wayne Boyd	Matt Hamilton	Victor Corrêa	Jamun Racing
9	R1	Silverstone Circuit	17 August	Tim Blanchard	Marco Sørensen	Tim Blanchard	Jamun Racing
9	R2	Silverstone Circuit	17 August	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		12 October	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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

† - 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 Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine