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treat and top race dates for Formula Ford
10 January 2010:
The Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain today
unveils a superb provisional calendar for the coming season - the
44th in Formula Ford's illustrious history - with five meetings
supporting British Formula 3, one alongside the Dunlop MSA British
Touring Car Championship, another supporting the DTM and a
"jewel in the crown" slot at Europe's F3 blue riband
event, the Zandvoort Masters.
The Ford-backed
championship will be contested over 25 races with a mix of
double-header and triple-race events spread over the 10 meetings;
Sam Roach of Formula Ford promoter RacingLine says the planned
calendar will be superb for spectators and competitors alike:
"The natural
progression of drivers from Formula Ford to Formula 3 is being
reinforced with every passing season. Our 2008 champion, Wayne
Boyd, was a British F3 race-winner last year and we expect our '09
champion, James Cole, to follow Wayne into F3 this season. So we
are in an excellent position for the coming year with five of our
10 meetings alongside British F3 at the UK's best circuits.
"It's
fantastic also to have been selected to join the bill at the
European 'Formula 3 Grand Prix', the Masters at Zandvoort in the
Netherlands, which I am sure will be a highlight for
everyone." The British teams will share the grid in Holland
with cars from the Benelux Formula Ford series, and it's hoped
that Scandinavian-series cars will join the party.
Other highlights
for the coming season include races at Donington Park with British
Touring Cars, at Brands Hatch with German touring cars, and at
Knockhill in Scotland with British GT. The August Silverstone
fixture will see Formula Ford tackling the full Grand Prix circuit
for the first time since the introduction of the Duratec engine in
2007.
There's also an
early-summer visit to Castle Combe, trips to Rockingham and
Snetterton, and an exciting Easter championship kick-off at Oulton
Park.
Among the technical
and sporting innovations for 2010 are the radial tyres developed
by new title sponsor Dunlop, and revisions to the Scholarship
division for less experienced drivers which will see the
Scholarship champion winning the free use for the 2011 season of a
Van Diemen chassis and Scholar-prepared engine, as well as free
race entries.
With the
championship celebrating the addition of World Champion Jenson
Button's name to the lengthy list of ex-Formula Ford champions to
have made it to the pinnacle of global motorsport, the prospects
for finding a successor in Formula Ford 2010 could not be
brighter.
Registrations for
the coming season are already open and are being taken at the
BRSCC stand at next week's Autosport show at the NEC Birmingham.
2010 Dunlop MSA
Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain
Provisional calendar
03-05 Apr Oulton Park, with British F3
08/09 May Knockhill, with British GT
05/06 Jun Zandvoort, Netherlands, with F3 Masters
19/20 Jun Castle Combe
17/18 Jul Rockingham, with British F3
14/15 Aug Silverstone GP, with British F3
29/30 Aug Snetterton, with British F3
03-05 Sep Brands Hatch Indy, with DTM
18/19 Sep Donington Park, with BTCC
25/26 Sep Brands Hatch GP, with British F3 |
