2024 Australian Formula Open

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The 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the second season of the championship, founded by two-time Australian Gold Star winner Tim Macrow in 2023 as a direct successor to the Australian Formula 3 championship.[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

The championship is structured in four classes. AFO1 encompasses all Formula 3 machinery, with several chassis and engine manufacturers represented. AFO2 caters to Toyota Racing Series, Formula Renault and older F3 cars. AFO3 serves all other invitational entries, while AFO4 is reserved for Formula 4 cars.[2][3] All cars run on Giti tires, and all drivers and teams are Australian-registered.[4]

AFO1 entries[edit]

Team No. Car Driver Rounds
Tim Macrow Racing 1 Dallara F312 Trent Grubel 1
9 Dallara F308/11 Miles Bromley 1–2
21 Dallara F308/11 Ryan MacMillan 1–2
22 Dallara F308/11 Beau Russell 1–2
Ruff Racing 3 Mygale M11 Gerrit Ruff 1
Gilmour Racing 17 Dallara F308/11 Kyle Evans 1–2
GK Racing 23 Dallara F304 George Kantzios 1–2
99 Motorsport 99 Dallara F308/11 Ryan Astley 1
Sources: [5][6]

AFO2 entries[edit]

Team No. Car Driver Rounds
State Fleet Services 4 Tatuus FT-50 Matthew Roesler 1–2
TCM Race Services 53 Tatuus FT-50 Matthew Woodland 1
Jetforms.com.au 93 Tatuus FT-50 Christopher Slusarski 1
Sources: [5][6]

AFO4 entries[edit]

Team No. Car Driver Rounds
Volante Rosso 11 Tatuus F4-T014 Isaac McNeill 1–2
Tim Macrow Racing 43 Mygale M14-F4 Jayden Hamilton 1–2
25 Mygale M14-F4 Joanne Ciconte 1
Sources: [5][6]

Race calendar[edit]

The 2024 calendar was first announced on 23 November 2023. It is planned to consist of seven rounds across six circuits mainly situated in southeast Australia, one more than in 2023 as a second round at Sydney Motorsport Park was added.[7]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway
Melbourne, Victoria 		10 February SpeedSeries
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
National Trans Am Series
Australian Production Cars
R2 11 February
R3
2 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
Winton, Victoria 		27 April NSW State Championships
NSW Formula Car Championship
Australian Formula Ford Series
RX8 Cup Australia
R2 28 April
R3
3 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales 		24–26 May NSW State Championships
R2
R3
4 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park
Tailem Bend, South Australia 		7–9 June Formula 4 Australian Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Radical Cup Australia
R2
R3
5 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
Willowbank, Queensland 		2–4 August Shannons Speed Series
R2
R3
6 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales 		18–20 October GT World Challenge Australia
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
GT4 Australia Series
Radical Cup Australia
R2
R3
7 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Ventnor, Victoria 		28–30 November Island Magic
R2
R3

Race results[edit]

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap AFO1 winner AFO2 winner AFO3 winner AFO4 winner
1 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Miles Bromley Miles Bromley Miles Bromley Christopher Slusarski no entries Isaac McNeill
R2 Miles Bromley Miles Bromley Matthew Roesler Isaac McNeill
R3 Ryan MacMillan Kyle Evans Christopher Slusarski Isaac McNeill
2 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Ryan MacMillan Miles Bromley Miles Bromley Matthew Roesler Isaac McNeill
R2 Ryan MacMillan Miles Bromley Matthew Roesler Isaac McNeill
R3 Miles Bromley Ryan MacMillan Matthew Roesler Isaac McNeill
3 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
R2
R3
4 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park
R2
R3
5 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
R2
R3
6 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
R2
R3
7 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
R2
R3

Standings[edit]

Scoring system[edit]

Cars classified as finished in race 1 and 2 are awarded points by the following structure:[8]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL   R1 PP 
Points 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

The third race of the weekend, the longer Feature Race, awards more points:[8]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Overall standings[edit]

Pos Driver SAN
Victoria (state) 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		SYD1
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		QLD
Queensland 		SYD2
New South Wales 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Miles Bromley 1 1 10 1 1 2 69
2 Ryan MacMillan 4 6 2 2 2 1 68
3 Kyle Evans 11 2 1 8† 3 3 52
4 Isaac McNeill 6 5 7 4 4 5 37
5 Beau Russell Ret 4 4 3 Ret 4 35
6 Ryan Astley 3 3 5 24
7 Matthew Roesler 9 8 9 6 5 6 24
8 George Kantzios 7 7 8 5 7 8 24
9 Trent Grubel 2 Ret 3 21
10 Jayden Hamilton 10 11 12 7 6 7 14
11 Christopher Slusarski 5 10 6 13
12 Joanne Ciconte 8 9 11 5
— Gerrit Ruff WD WD WD —
— Matthew Woodland WD WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SAN
Victoria (state) 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		SYD1
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		QLD
Queensland 		SYD2
New South Wales 		PHI
Victoria (state)

Standings by class[edit]

Pos Driver SAN
Victoria (state) 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		SYD1
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		QLD
Queensland 		SYD2
New South Wales 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
AFO1 standings
1 Miles Bromley 1 1 7 1 1 2 72
2 Ryan MacMillan 4 5 2 2 2 1 69
3 Kyle Evans 6 2 1 5 3 3 60
4 George Kantzios 5 6 6 4 4 5 39
5 Beau Russell Ret 4 4 3 Ret 4 35
6 Ryan Astley 3 3 5 24
7 Trent Grubel 2 Ret 3 21
— Gerrit Ruff WD WD WD —
AFO2 standings
1 Matthew Roesler 2 1 2 1 1 1 85
2 Christopher Slusarski 1 2 1 44
— Matthew Woodland WD WD WD —
AFO4 standings
1 Isaac McNeill 1 1 1 1 1 1 96
2 Jayden Hamilton 3 3 3 2 2 2 63
3 Joanne Ciconte 2 2 2 33
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SAN
Victoria (state) 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		SYD1
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		QLD
Queensland 		SYD2
New South Wales 		PHI
Victoria (state)
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australian Formula Open Calendar confirmed – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  2. ^ Herrero, Daniel (2022-11-23). "New 'Formula Open' wings and slicks category to debut". Speedcafe. Archived from the original on 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  3. ^ "Australian Formula Open season launches at Winton – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ^ "AFO ANNOUNCES GITI TIRE AS NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ^ a b c "Champion and debutants star in opening round of Giti AFO at Sandown". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  6. ^ a b c "Giti AFO heads to Winton Raceway for Round 2". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  7. ^ "2024 Australian Formula Open calendar released". Australian Formula Open. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  8. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2023-03-11). "The story behind Australian racing's slicks-and-wings survival route". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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