2002 British Formula Ford Championship

2002 British Formula Ford Championship season
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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

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
Virtulli Racing	12	Michael Virtulli	Mygale SJ2002	1, 4-10
Marque Car Racing	16	Joey Foster	Ray 2001	All
Continental Racing	17	Oliver Jarvis	Mygale SJ2002	All
	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

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
	R3				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
	R5				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
	R7				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
	R9				Mike Conway	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
6	R10	Croft Circuit	14 July	Christian England	Westley Barber	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
	R11				Westley Barber	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
7	R12	Snetterton Circuit	28 July	Christian England	Christian England	Christian England	Panasonic Batteries Racing Team
	R13				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
	R15				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
	R18				Westley Barber	Jan Heylen	Duckhams Racing with Van Diemen

Drivers' Championship

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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

External links

• The home of the British Formula Ford Championship