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2008 British Formula Ford Championship

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The 2008 British Formula Ford Championship was the 33rd edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It began on 24 March at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 10 rounds and 25 races, held in the United Kingdom and Belgium. Having won 13 of the first 18 races, Jamun Mygale driver Wayne Boyd looked set to be a runaway championship winner, although in the end, Boyd's championship winning margin over teammate Tim Blanchard was 50 points.

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Rounds
GBR Jamun Racing	2	GBR James Cole		Mygale	All
3	AUS Tim Blanchard		Mygale	All
4	GBR Wayne Boyd		Mygale	All
5	BRA Victor Corrêa		Mygale	All
GBR Fluid Motorsport	6	DNK Marco Sørensen		Van Diemen	1-9
7	GBR David Brown		Van Diemen	All
716	DNK Claus Frøkjær-Lorendsen	G	Van Diemen	7
760	DNK Dennis Lind	G	Van Diemen	7
GBR Kevin Mills Racing	11	GBR Adrian Campfield		Spectrum	All
12	AUS Glen Wood		Spectrum	1-9
16	GBR Alex Jones	S	Spectrum	5-7
27	8-10
GBR Myerscough College	16	Van Diemen	1-4
GBR Ray Sport	14	GBR Adam Batch	S	Ray	1, 3
GBR Joe Tandy Racing	15	FRA Philippe Layac		Mygale	1-8
24	NLD Rogier de Wit		Mygale	All
63	IRL Peter Dempsey	G	Mygale	8
69	GBR Nick Tandy	G	Mygale	7
98	GBR Matt Hamilton		Mygale	All
GBR Red Devil Team Comtec	17	GBR Westley Barber		Comtec	1-4
18	BRA Francisco Weiler		Comtec	1-5
GBR 4D Motorsport	20	GBR Matt Dobson		Van Diemen	6, 8-9
GBR Inter Motorsport	1-5
73	GBR Callum Holland	S	Van Diemen	2-4, 8-10
GBR Daglish Racing	22	GBR Peter Daglish	S	Ray	2-6, 8-10
GBR Getem Racing	23	NLD Chris Maliepaard		Mygale	All
58	GBR Linton Stuteley		Mygale	All
GBR Garry Findlay Racing	33	GBR Garry Findlay	S	Mygale	All
GBR Wrensport	44	GBR Felix Scott	S	Spirit	All
GBR ACER Motorsport	46	GBR Jamie Jardine		Comtec	1-2, 4-6, 8
GBR Slidesports	55	GBR Daniel Walker	S	Mygale	1, 3-6, 8-10
NLD Vuik Racing	60	NLD Henk Vuik, Jr.	G	Mygale	5
711	7
61	NLD Rogier Jongejans	G	Mygale	5
718	7
62	NLD Liroy Stuart	G	Mygale	5
NLD Stuart Racing	73	7
713	NLD Jeroen Mul	G	Mygale	7
GBR Speedsports	64	GBR Robert Souster	G	Van Diemen	9-10
GBR Team Autocar	65	GBR Matt Prior	G	Van Diemen	9-10
NLD Michel Florie Racing	72	NLD Michel Florie	G	Mygale	7
BEL John's Racing Team	75	BEL John Svensson	G	Van Diemen	7
NLD Geva Racing	77	NLD Jennifer van der Beek	G	Mygale	7
727	NLD Arthur van Uitert	G	Mygale	7
NLD KTG Racing	78	NLD Simon Knap	G	Mygale	7
GBR Sterling Motorsport	99	GBR Chrissy Palmer	S	Ray	1, 3-10
DNK Racing Team Vestergaard	714	DNK Nils Vestergaard	G	Mygale	7

Icon	Class
	Championship
S	Scholarship
G	Guest

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	1
GBR Oulton Park	24 March	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Knockhill Racing Circuit	12 April	GBR Wayne Boyd	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
13 April	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Croft Circuit	26 April	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
27 April	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
AUS Glen Wood	BRA Victor Corrêa	NLD Chris Maliepaard	GBR Getem Racing
GBR Brands Hatch	3 May	GBR Westley Barber	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
4 May	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway	25 May	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Wayne Boyd	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Jamun Racing
26 May	AUS Tim Blanchard	AUS Tim Blanchard	NLD Chris Maliepaard	GBR Getem Racing
AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	8 June	GBR Matt Hamilton	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Matt Hamilton	GBR Wayne Boyd	nowrap	NLD Chris Maliepaard	GBR Getem Racing
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	BRA Victor Corrêa	GBR Nick Tandy	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
21 June	GBR Wayne Boyd	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Brands Hatch	13 July	GBR Wayne Boyd	DNK Marco Sørensen	nowrap	GBR Adrian Campfield	nowrap	GBR Kevin Mills Racing
GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR Matt Hamilton	BRA Victor Corrêa	GBR Jamun Racing
GBR Silverstone Circuit	17 August	AUS Tim Blanchard	DNK Marco Sørensen	AUS Tim Blanchard	GBR Jamun Racing
AUS Tim Blanchard	DNK Marco Sørensen	DNK Marco Sørensen	GBR Fluid Motorsport
GBR Donington Park	11 October	GBR Wayne Boyd	BRA Victor Corrêa	BRA Victor Corrêa	GBR Jamun Racing
12 October	GBR Wayne Boyd	nowrap	NLD Chris Maliepaard	GBR David Brown	GBR Fluid Motorsport
nowrap	NLD Chris Maliepaard	GBR Wayne Boyd	GBR David Brown	GBR Fluid Motorsport

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP/FL	Points
30	27	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Best 23 scores must be dropped towards the championship.

T. Pts — points if all races counted.
Drop — two dropped scores.
Pts — best 23 scores.
S. Pts — Scholarship championship points, best 23 scores.

Pos	Driver	OUL
GBR	KNO
GBR	CRO
GBR	BRH
GBR	ROC
GBR	SNE
GBR	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	SIL
GBR	DON
GBR	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	S. Pts	1	659	25	634	2	584	584	3	473	10	463	4	414	414	5	411	2	409	6	371	371	7	336	336	8	327	327	9	325	325	10	267	267	11	230	230	12	176	176	13	162	162	14	155	155	500	15	143	143	513	16	112	112	17	72	72	422	18	30	30	406	19	30	30	211	20	29	29	21	24	24	22	16	16	23	15	15	349	24	14	14	103	25	0	0	289	Pos	Driver	OUL
GBR	KNO
GBR	CRO
GBR	BRH
GBR	ROC
GBR	SNE
GBR	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	SIL
GBR	DON
GBR	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	S. Pts
GBR Wayne Boyd	1	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	DSQ	1	1	2	6	1	1	2	1	1	10	2	7	3	3	2	2
AUS Tim Blanchard	2	2	1	5	3	2	2	2	Ret	4	4	1	3	2	5	3	2	4	2	7	1	2	Ret	3	6
NLD Chris Maliepaard	7	7	10	Ret	DSQ	9	5	10	1	6	6	3	1	5	3	1	3	5	4	5	3	10	4	4	4
BRA Victor Corrêa	Ret	4	7	7	5	3	6	8	2	14	9	10	2	3	4	15	8	3	12	1	2	11	1	10	Ret
GBR Linton Stuteley	9	6	6	2	2	5	4	7	4	3	14	Ret	12	9	9	5	7	9	6	10	6	6	8	5	5
GBR Matt Hamilton	4	5	Ret	15	7	7	3	3	9†	DNS	5	5	5	11	2	6	6	7	15	8	Ret	5	7	6	7
GBR David Brown	6	8	3	6	6	4	16	14	Ret	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	5	6	11	8	2	1	1
DNK Marco Sørensen	3	3	2	4	10	Ret	11	16	Ret	5	8	Ret	Ret	12	8	7	5	8	3	4	4	1
GBR Adrian Campfield	Ret	10	4	8	9	6	12	6	13	7	3	11	Ret	14	6	4	22	Ret	1	3	10	7	Ret	7	3
GBR James Cole	Ret	DNS	8	9	8	10	7	Ret	Ret†	10	15	8	9	7	14	10	4	6	9	12	5	4	9	9	8
NLD Rogier de Wit	Ret	12	Ret	11	13	Ret	14	9	6	12	10	4	4	4	16	9	9	19	8	11	8	9	6	14	Ret
GBR Westley Barber	5	Ret	5	3	4	8	5	DSQ	Ret	2	2
FRA Philippe Layac	11	11	12	10	12	Ret	13	13	5	9	9	12	7	8	11	13	14	13	14	14
GBR Garry Findlay (S)	10	Ret	11	DNS	DNS	DNS	10	11	8	11	11	7	19	Ret	10	8	DNS	14	DNS	DNS	9	12	11	15	9
GBR Chrissy Palmer (S)	Ret	DNS	DNS				15	4	7	13	16	9	11	6	12	12	16	15	17	15	14	14	5	12	DNS
AUS Glen Wood	8	9	Ret	Ret	11	8	9	12	3	DSQ†	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	13	12	Ret
GBR Alex Jones (S)	15	13	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	18	Ret	8	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	16	13†	17	13	13	10	8	Ret
GBR Felix Scott (S)	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	17	15	10	18	19	NC	18	17	17	Ret	21	22	19	19	17	15	Ret	16	13
GBR Callum Holland (S)				Ret	17	12	Ret	17	Ret	DNS	20								Ret	Ret	18	21	12	11	11
GBR Matt Dobson	13	15	14	14	16	13	18	18	11	16	17	19	16	18	15	14			18	18	15	16
GBR Jamie Jardine	12	Ret	15	Ret	14	Ret				17	Ret	16	14	16	13	16			16	16
BRA Francisco Weiler	Ret	DNS	17	13	15	15	19	20	14	Ret	DNS	14	17	15
GBR Peter Daglish (S)				16	18	16	Ret	21	15	19	21	13	Ret	19	19	Ret			20	20	19	18	14	Ret	12
GBR Adam Batch (S)	14	14	13				20	22	12
GBR Daniel Walker (S)	16	16	16				Ret	19	16	20	Ret	17	Ret	20	20	17			21	21	21	19	Ret	DNS	Ret
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
GBR Nick Tandy																	Ret	2
IRL Peter Dempsey																			11	9
NLD Liroy Stuart												Ret	10	DNS			10	11
NLD Simon Knap																	12	10
GBR Robert Souster																					16	17	13	13	10
NLD Rogier Jongejans												18	15	10			13	Ret
NLD Henk Vuik, Jr.												15	13	13			11	17
BEL John Svensson																	DNS	12
DNK Dennis Lind																	15	21
NLD Michel Florie																	17	DNS
DNK Nils Vestergaard																	18	18
NLD Jeroen Mul																	19	20
GBR Matt Prior																					20	20
NLD Jennifer van der Beek																	20	Ret
DNK Arthur van Uitert																	23	23
DNK Claus Frøkjær-Lorendsen																	24	24

|} † - Matt Hamilton, James Cole and Alex Jones docked six points for dangerous driving; Glen Wood docked twelve points for the same reason.

References

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