2002 British Formula Ford Championship

The 2002 British Formula Ford Championship was the 27th edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It commenced on 1 April at Brands Hatch and end on 22 September at Donington Park after 10 rounds and 18 races, all in support of the British Touring Car Championship.

Drivers and teams edit

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Rounds
Murray Racing	1	Craig Murray	Mygale SJ2002	2, 4-6
	2	Andrew Thompson	Mygale SJ2002	All
	3	Jeremy List	Mygale SJ2002	All
Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen	4	Westley Barber	Van Diemen RF02	All
	5	Stuart Hall	Van Diemen RF02	All
	6	Mike Conway	Van Diemen RF02	All
	7	Jan Heylen	Van Diemen RF02	All
Panasonic Batteries Racing Team	9	Alx Danielsson	Van Diemen RF02	1-4, 7, 9-10
	10	Christian England	Van Diemen RF02	All
	11	Tom Kimber-Smith	Van Diemen RF02	All
Vitulli Racing	12	Michael Vitulli	Mygale SJ2002	1, 4-10
Marque Car Racing	16	Joey Foster	Ray 2001	All
Continental Racing	17	Oliver Jarvis	Mygale SJ2002	All
Continental Racing	18	Tony Rodgers	Mygale SJ2002	1-5
Ray Race Car Engineering	19	Sukhjit Sandher	Ray 2001	All
Nexa Racing	20	Tom Gaymor	Van Diemen RF02	All
	21	Matthew Koskinen	Van Diemen RF02	All
	22	Yuya Sakamoto	Van Diemen RF02	All
?	13	Joey Greenan	Mygale SJ200	5
?	14	Paul Dagg	Mygale SJ2000	5
?	15	Jamie Smythe	Van Diemen RF01	2
?	23	George McAlpin	Mygale SJ2002	5
?	24	Darwin Smith	Mygale SJ2002	5, 9
?	25	Mark O'Connor	Mygale SJ2001	5
?	26	Peter Duke	Van Diemen RF02	5
?	27	Cindy Evans	Vector MG00	5
?	29	Mike Clyne	Van Diemen RF95	5
?	32	Shane Dalgetty	Mygale SJ2000	5
?	29	Charlie Donnelly	Van Diemen RF00	5, 10
?	30	James Walker	Van Diemen RF01	6-7, 10
?	31	Luke Hines	Van Diemen RF02	7-10
?	34	Mauricio Godínez Castañeda	Van Diemen RF01	9-10
?	35	Neil Tofts	Mygale SJ2000	9
?	36	Robert Urquhart	Mygale SJ01	10
?	44	Valle Mäkelä	Van Diemen RF01	10
?	45	Alan Dwyer	Van Diemen RF01	5
?	55	Alan Kirkaldy	Van Diemen RF99	5
?	69	John Gunning	Vector MG02	5

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch	1 April	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
2	R2	Oulton Park	21 April	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
2	R3	Oulton Park	21 April		Christian England	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
3	R4	Thruxton Circuit	5 May	Westley Barber	Mike Conway	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit	5 May		Mike Conway	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
4	R6	Silverstone Circuit	3 June	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit	3 June		Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
5	R8	Mondello Park	23 June	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
5	R9	Mondello Park	23 June		Mike Conway	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
6	R10	Croft Circuit	14 July	Christian England	Westley Barber	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
6	R11	Croft Circuit	14 July		Westley Barber	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
7	R12	Snetterton Circuit	28 July	Christian England	Christian England	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
7	R13	Snetterton Circuit	28 July		Christian England	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
8	R14	Knockhill Circuit	11 August	Christian England	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
8	R15	Knockhill Circuit	11 August		Tom Gaymor	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
9	R16	Brands Hatch	26 August	Westley Barber	Alx Danielsson	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
10	R17	Donington Park	22 September	Westley Barber	Tom Kimber-Smith	Westley Barber	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen
10	R18	Donington Park	22 September		Westley Barber	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos.	Driver	BHGP	OUL		THR		SIL		MON		CRO		SNE		KNO		BHI	DON		Pts
1	Westley Barber	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	10	4	3	3	5	1	2	487
2	Christian England	4	2	2	4	Ret	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	461
3	Jan Heylen	2	7	5	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	453
4	Mike Conway	3	3	Ret	2	2	Ret	6	3	4	4	4	5	Ret	4	Ret	3	5	7	319
5	Tom Gaymor	5	4	4	10	5	6	5	5	6	Ret	DNS	7	8	13	8	DNS	Ret	DNS	232
6	Tom Kimber-Smith	12	DNS	Ret	8	7	4	4	20	DNS	5	9	15	3	12	7	6	4	3	226
7	Oliver Jarvis	11	11	6	11	9	8	8	7	Ret	6	5	4	5	Ret	5	9	Ret	12	216
8	Joey Foster	15	5	3	9	10	10	12	9	5	Ret	7	3	Ret	9	Ret	7	9	11	203
9	Stuart Hall	7	DNS	7	7	8	12	11	Ret	DNS	9	6	9	7	6	11	15	8	9	187
10	Yuya Sakamoto	9	DNS	10	12	9	14	9	10	11	8	8	12	6	7	12	10	12	13	164
11	Andrew Thompson	10	DNS	Ret	Ret	12	9	7	13	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	4	8	15	8	137
12	Alx Danielsson	6	DNS	DNS	6	4	DNS	DNS					8	Ret			4	6	6	130
13	Tony Rodgers	8	6	Ret	5	6	5	10	6	DNS										118
14	Luke Hines												6	2	5	10	DNS	7	5	111
15	Sukhjit Sandher	DNS	8	8	13	Ret	11	Ret	15	Ret	10	11	11	Ret	8	14	DNS	17	Ret	83
16	Jeremy List	13	10	Ret	14	14	13	Ret	Ret	15	13	12	14	11	11	6	11	13	17	80
17	James Walker										12	10	13	10				10	10	50
18	Matthew Koskinen	14	9	Ret	15	13	Ret	13	18	14	11	13	17	12	Ret	13	DNS	16	Ret	47
19	Craig Murray		Ret	Ret			7	Ret	17	Ret	9	Ret								32
20	Charlie Donnelly								14	9								11	15	23
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Peter Duke								11	8										0
	Darwin Smith								8	13							13			0
	Jamie Smythe		Ret	9																0
	Alan Kirkaldy														Ret	9				0
	Mark O'Connor								21	10										0
	Paul Dagg								19	12										0
	Alan Dwyer								12	Ret										0
	James Taylor																12			0
	Michael Vitulli	DNS					15	14	23	Ret	Ret	14	16	13	DNS	15	DNS	19	19	0
	Neil Tofts																14			0
	Robert Urquhart																	14	14	0
	Mike Clyne								Ret	16										0
	George McAlpin								16	DNS										0
	Valle Mäkelä																	Ret	16	0
	Mauricio Godínez Castañeda																DNS	18	18	0
	John Gunning								22	Ret										0
	Joey Greenan								24	Ret										0
	Cindy Evans								NC	DNS										0
	Shane Dalgetty								Ret	Ret										0
Pos.	Driver	BHGP	OUL		THR		SIL		MON		CRO		SNE		KNO		BHI	DON		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)

References edit

External links edit

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