GREAT DATES
& TRACKS FOR NEW FORMULA FORD
- Races at Spa,
Zandvoort and Nürburgring and as well as top UK circuits
- Formula Ford a
regular support to British Formula 3 in addition to F3 Masters
appearance and DTM billing
4 December, 2011
- The all-new EcoBoost Formula Ford challenger will enjoy top
billing in the UK and mainland Europe in 2012 in its maiden season
of competition, with races at all of England's top circuits as
well as mainland Europe events at Zandvoort, Spa-Francorchamps and
the Nürburgring.
Plans for the
Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain and the
Formula Ford EuroCup revealed this week by series promoter
RacingLine build on the successful championship formats introduced
to Formula Ford this year, with 'dovetailed' UK and European
calendars offering great meetings and superb circuits.
It is a great set
of dates, says RacingLine chief Sam Roach: "Not only will
Formula Ford support British Formula 3 at all of its six UK
meetings, we will also share the stage with the DTM German touring
cars at Brands Hatch, the Masters Formula 3 event at Zandvoort,
and also top events at Spa and - for the first time - the
Nürburgring in Germany. It is a great calendar for us and the
circuits being visited will offer the young drivers taking part a
suitably impressive challenge."
In 2012 the new
EcoBoost Formula Ford cars will race alongside the Duratec-engined
chassis which have been championship mainstays for the last five
years. The new car features an all-new powerplant in the shape of
Ford's EcoBoost 1600 direct injection turbo unit, which produces
165PS and is mated to a new six-speed sequential racing
transmission. The steel tubular chassis of the new car is the
first to be granted FIA Safety Compliance status and features
front and rear carbon crash structures as well as full-height
cockpit side-impact protection panels.
The British
championship for Formula Ford will feature alongside the British
F3 and British GT series on the Oulton Park, Rockingham, Brands
Hatch Grand Prix, Snetterton, Silverstone GP and Donington Park GP
circuits, with three races at each. There will also be
triple-header events at the Brands Hatch DTM meeting and at the
Nürburgring, which will take the championship to 24 races in all.
The Nürburgring
and June Brands Hatch races will also form part of the EuroCup,
with the best drivers from the Benelux and Scandinavian Formula
Ford championships joining their British counterparts on the grid.
The EuroCup will also feature standalone events at the Belgian
Grand Prix circuit of Spa, and at Zandvoort at Europe's blue
riband F3 event, the Masters.
RacingLine has
confirmed that Formula Ford will once again benefit from excellent
TV coverage, with half-hour standalone shows on Channel 4 in the
UK and across Europe via satellite channel Motors TV. A new
Formula Ford brochure with full details of the 2012 plans is available
for download
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