The 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 sanctioned motor racing title open to Formula Ford

Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....

 cars. Promoted as the Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was the 32nd national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

  and the ninth to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship

Australian Formula Ford Championship

The Australian Formula Ford Championship is a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It has been held annually since 1970, originally as a national series, and later as the 'Driver-to-Europe' series...

 name.

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.
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Rd.	Circuit	State	Date
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...	Victoria	25 March
2	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	29 April
3	Barbagallo Raceway Barbagallo Raceway Barbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	23-24 June
4	Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...	Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	15 July
5	Oran Park Motorsport Circuit	New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	29 July
6	Mallala Motor Sport Park	South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	12 August
7	Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....	Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	25-26 August
8	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Victoria	2 December

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first ten positions in each race.
One point was awarded to the driver setting gaining pole position at each round.

Championship results

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Pos.	Driver	No	Car	Entrant	Phillip Is	Eastern Ck	Barbagallo	Calder	Oran Pk	Mallala	Qld Rwy	Sandown	Total
1	Will Davison Will Davison Will Davison is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes with Ford Performance Racing in the #6 Trading Post FPR Falcon, in the premier Australian touring car class, V8 Supercar.-Early career:...	6	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...  RF01 Ford	Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort...	36	33	41	37	41	37	41	-	266
2	Will Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...	7	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...  RF95 Ford	Robert Power	37	40	30	36	6	36	24	1	210
3	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup is Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar, driving for TeamVodafone. He is a two-time V8 Supercars champion and three-time Bathurst 1000 winner.-Early career:...	30	Mygale Mygale Mygale is a French racing car constructor and contractor that specialises in the production of single seater chassis for use in formula racing. The company was established in 1989 by Bertrand Decoster and its factory is based in Magny Cours....  SJ00 Ford	Whincup Racing	28	28	4	20	4	22	24	16	146
4	Stuart Kostera	10	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	JW Motorsport	1	12	30	26	30	16	6	-	121
5	Nick Agland	5	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  05 Ford	Bosch Batteries	-	24	8	-	22	20	14	20	108
6	Andrew Jones	15	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	Ozemail Racing	24	16	20	-	14	10	12	8	104
7	Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Before that he raced in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for Derrick Walker's renamed Team Australia Racing...	17	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF01 Ford	No Limit Property Developments	2	3	-	20	30	-	32	14	101
8	Christopher Dell	13	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	CRG Race Centre	20	-	-	-	22	-	-	6	48
9	David Clark	88	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF01 Ford	Optima Motorsport	16	2	-	20	-	1	8	-	47
10	Ty Hanger	11	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06B Ford	Hanger Racing	7	8	6	2	5	12	2	-	42
11	Daniel Elliott	38	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	24	-	-	10	-	4	38
12	Robbie Henderson	50	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	14	-	8	14	-	-	36
=	Justin Cotter	9	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06B Ford	Factory Enterprises Racing	-	-	-	4	2	-	18	12	36
14	Barton Mawer	12	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF01 Ford	Barton Mawer Motorsport	4	20	2	-	-	-	-	-	26
15	James Small	43	Mygale SJ01 Ford	James Small Racing	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	19
16	Ash Lowe	34	Swift SC94K Ford	Lowe Racing	-	1	-	8	1	2	5	-	17
17	Mark Winterbottom Mark Winterbottom Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom, is a racing driver who has competed in the V8 Supercar category since 2003. He currently drives for the Ford Performance Racing team...	41	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06B Ford	Bosch Batteries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
18	Veijo Phillips	83	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06 Ford	Mopar Motors	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	8
19	Steve Baxter	33	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF92 Ford	S Baxter	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7
20	Jack Lynch	31	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF93 Ford	Anglo Australian Motorsport	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	5
21	Richard Chamberlain	79	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06 Ford	Richard Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
=	Daniel Reinhardt	28	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06 Ford	Daniel Reinhardt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
23	David Cocciolone	82	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF92 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Michael Caruso Michael Caruso Michael Caruso , is an Australian professional racing driver. Starting as a driver of go-karts at age 11, he began driving with Formula Ford in 2001. He moved to Formula Three in 2002 and won the Australian Formula 3 title in 2003...	71	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  06 Ford	Ford Scholarship Team	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
=	Hart Mason	40	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF94 Ford	Sausage-Serious Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
=	Darren Drake	63	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...   RF91 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Race two of the final round was abandoned due to bad weather.

External links

• Media release archive
• Race images at www.willdavison.com.au