British Formula Ford 2010!

[Triple J Motorsport]

Raysport were testing there yesterday

[alias99]

Few teams were present at the Ford Fair. CDR,JTR,Juno,Raysport,DW Racing, Harkesport,Fluid as far as I know

[JDHuk]

Originally Posted by alias99

Few teams were present at the Ford Fair. CDR,JTR,Juno,Raysport,DW Racing, Harkesport,Fluid as far as I know

Enigma Motorsport were also there.

Some photos here http://jdhphotography.photoshelter.c...00lCDaKLIihzY/

[Valker]

Two Fluid Van Diemens in Silverstone. Anttila and...? Should be some one from South-Africa.

This weekend is the first clash of the season between Finnish and UK FF. Will Buri choose Botniaring or Silverstone? I bet UK...

[Triple J Motorsport]

any times for the Silverstone test

[JDHuk]

Originally Posted by Valker

Two Fluid Van Diemens in Silverstone. Anttila and...? Should be some one from South-Africa.

This weekend is the first clash of the season between Finnish and UK FF. Will Buri choose Botniaring or Silverstone? I bet UK...

Antti is doing both. He is racing in Finland on Friday and flying back to race on Saturday and Sunday at Silverstone.

[Vantaa]

Buri contestd 1 race at Botniaring, and won, despite having a broken hand.

Then to race at Silverstone as well, is a very very good achievement

Congrats to everyone else in the races 3 at silverstone, but Antti has to have drive of the day in my eyes !

[Morris Dancer]

Congrats to Scott Malvern for holding the Jamum squadron at bay for another round!

[FFfan]

Originally Posted by Morris Dancer

Congrats to Scott Malvern for holding the Jamum squadron at bay for another round!

Thank you Morris Dancer. Much appreciated.

(Dominic Malvern - Scott's dad)

[Morris Dancer]

Originally Posted by FFfan

Thank you Morris Dancer. Much appreciated.

(Dominic Malvern - Scott's dad)

No worries, Dominic. Although we Aussies like to see 'our' drivers succeed overseas, we also like to support the 'underdog' - hence the divided loyalties!

[Morris Dancer]

In the absence of 'live timing' of today's Snetterton practice (testing) sessions, any info would be welcome.

[FFfan]

Originally Posted by Morris Dancer

In the absence of 'live timing' of today's Snetterton practice (testing) sessions, any info would be welcome.

Yes frustrating! I'm stuck at work and thought that there would be TSL so really disapointed that there isn't!

Perhaps some kind soul will post something from trackside

[richie_h]

Scott Pye did well over the weekend to pull Malvern in a bit in the Championship.

Come on Scott Malvern you can win this one, only a few rounds to go, will be cheering you on at Brands this weekend!

[FFfan]

Originally Posted by richie_h

Scott Pye did well over the weekend to pull Malvern in a bit in the Championship.

Come on Scott Malvern you can win this one, only a few rounds to go, will be cheering you on at Brands this weekend!

Thanks Richie. Just didn't quite go Scott M's way yesterday. Was mega quick in race one in the wet but got stuck behind Pye's team mate Bernstorff for too long. Did extremely well to bridge the big gap to Pye and Cammish but ran out of time so 3rd & fastest lap was scant consolation. Unfortunately after a good start in race two and being quick at the beginning the car developed a problem. Scott did well to adapt in the circumstances and bring it home 4th.

Fair play to Pye; he took his chances well in both races, especially in race 2. Lets be honest he has been most people's favourite from the outset given Jamun's excellent record in this championship. But there is still a fair bit of racing to go yet, and I personally am delighted with what Scott M and CDR have achieved this year given all the circumstances.

[slevin]

Any live timing for this weekend, because tsl dont cover dtm when thay visit

[Valker]

Originally Posted by slevin

Any live timing for this weekend

Apparently not. WIGE is the DTM timekeeper and they have a live timing page, BUT the DTM-screen is just showing some old F3 ES results...

[Valker]

Ummm, right. Formula Ford website claims it should work: http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/...010/030910.htm

[Me and My Swift]

Any updates from Qual anyone??

[Morris Dancer]

Originally Posted by Valker

Ummm, right. Formula Ford website claims it should work: http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/...010/030910.htm

Don't believe everything you read on 'official' websites!

[gomick]

Think Scott Pye now leads the championship

[Deemun]

Originally Posted by gomick

Think Scott Pye now leads the championship

He is and deservedly so because he has won a lot more races than anyone else but you still have to give a lot of credit to Scott Malvern for making him work so hard for it in a car that with the greatest respect to Ray is not as good (yet). But CDR and Malvern have done a great job this year, on a meagre budget, to prove that you can take on and be competitive against the dominant Jamun/Mygales.

There have only been two wet races (Zandvoort & Snetterton) this year and no wet qualifying. Malvern was 8/10ths quicker than Pye in the wet at Snetterton last week, so no doubt he will now be praying for rain which could make for a very interesting climax to the season.

One wonders if Josh Hill could have shown the sort of form he displayed at Silverstone & Brands if he could have put a title bid together and it would also be good to see Antti Burri notch up a win before the end of the year. He's definately knocking on the door.

[Redracer77]

Originally Posted by Deemun

He is and deservedly so because he has won a lot more races than anyone else but you still have to give a lot of credit to Scott Malvern for making him work so hard for it in a car that with the greatest respect to Ray is not as good (yet). But CDR and Malvern have done a great job this year, on a meagre budget, to prove that you can take on and be competitive against the dominant Jamun/Mygales.

There have only been two wet races (Zandvoort & Snetterton) this year and no wet qualifying. Malvern was 8/10ths quicker than Pye in the wet at Snetterton last week, so no doubt he will now be praying for rain which could make for a very interesting climax to the season.

One wonders if Josh Hill could have shown the sort of form he displayed at Silverstone & Brands if he could have put a title bid together and it would also be good to see Antti Burri notch up a win before the end of the year. He's definately knocking on the door.

I don’t think your being fair on Scott Pye regarding Snett. Scott M was only 0.8ths quicker than Scott Pye due to a drying track and Scott Pye was side by side with Dan Cammish on every corner. This compromised both front running drivers and allowed Scott Malvern to catch up to the battle and get a fast lap with a clear track. I personally don’t think this meant Scott Malvern was generally 1 second a lap faster than Pye.

What we are now seeing is that the drivers with the big budgets are starting to show as the less well funded drivers drop tests due to not being able to afford them after using their allocation at the front half of the season. Scott and Josh are at the front as they have a lot of track time and are both very quick drivers. But we now have Emil showing some good form as again he is getting the miles.

Antti is having a great season and seems to be showing his form a little more regularly in the second half of the season. He is also getting some good seat time in Finland and the UK and he has a good car from the under rated Enigma Motorsport.

I am sure some people will look at Dan results from brands and say he had a poor weekend but I think he had a good set of results. Dan has never done a single test lap at Brands Hatch in his life. In fact he has only done 9 tests in the UK all year and is also racing on a wafer thin budget. So he might not have been on the podium but showed that you can turn up and at least get a top 10 result.

But I think that is what Formula Ford is about.....it is a formula that allows the not so rich race with the rich to still have cracking racing. Formula Ford have just uncovered another great talent in Scott Pye. I watched the Formula Renault races from Knockhill yesterday and it was better than most of the season for overtaking but was still pretty poor. Pla Kiss seemed able to overtake and wanted to at least try but most didn’t seems to want to or just couldn’t .... Then compare that to the Formula Ford coverage from Silverstone and it was awesome

Well done guys

[Deemun]

Originally Posted by Redracer77

I don’t think your being fair on Scott Pye regarding Snett. Scott M was only 0.8ths quicker than Scott Pye due to a drying track and Scott Pye was side by side with Dan Cammish on every corner. This compromised both front running drivers and allowed Scott Malvern to catch up to the battle and get a fast lap with a clear track. I personally don’t think this meant Scott Malvern was generally 1 second a lap faster than Pye.

What we are now seeing is that the drivers with the big budgets are starting to show as the less well funded drivers drop tests due to not being able to afford them after using their allocation at the front half of the season. Scott and Josh are at the front as they have a lot of track time and are both very quick drivers. But we now have Emil showing some good form as again he is getting the miles.

Antti is having a great season and seems to be showing his form a little more regularly in the second half of the season. He is also getting some good seat time in Finland and the UK and he has a good car from the under rated Enigma Motorsport.

I am sure some people will look at Dan results from brands and say he had a poor weekend but I think he had a good set of results. Dan has never done a single test lap at Brands Hatch in his life. In fact he has only done 9 tests in the UK all year and is also racing on a wafer thin budget. So he might not have been on the podium but showed that you can turn up and at least get a top 10 result.

But I think that is what Formula Ford is about.....it is a formula that allows the not so rich race with the rich to still have cracking racing. Formula Ford have just uncovered another great talent in Scott Pye. I watched the Formula Renault races from Knockhill yesterday and it was better than most of the season for overtaking but was still pretty poor. Pla Kiss seemed able to overtake and wanted to at least try but most didn’t seems to want to or just couldn’t .... Then compare that to the Formula Ford coverage from Silverstone and it was awesome

Well done guys

I personally don't think I was being unfair on Pye at all. I clearly stated that he deserves to be leading the championship because he has won a lot more races than anyone else and he had to work very hard for the wins at Snetterton and Brands. But he has the best all round package as well being that he is well funded, well represented with with good professional manager who has the right connections and in a proven car with multi championship winning team that test regularly with 4 drivers. He also has the most experience and the circuit commentator yeterday said he is having to learn circuits new this year; well he is certainly getting in plenty of test mileage and he did of course race very well at Brands Hatch at last years FF Festival so he had more experience of the Indy circuit in a Duratec than most of the others. I wouldn't be surprised if he follows Mark Webber into F1 in a few years.

Yes of course Scott P is talented but there are other drivers in the championship that are I believe are just as talented and doing a great job; they just don't have the 100% right package in place but we have seen when it does go right that they can shine. And before you accuse me of favouring Scott M I actually tipped Dan on this thread at the beginning of the year as my title favourite and had a modest wager with another contributor so am hoping for a small miracle so as I don't have to pay up!

[Triple J Motorsport]

Having read the reports and seen Scott Malvern's comments they couldn't get the set up right at Brands. I expect that's purely down to the fact they don't do the testing everyone else does. Few days testing before the Festival and I am sure Scott and Cliff will have got the car right on the Brands indy pace.

Originally Posted by Deemun

He is and deservedly so because he has won a lot more races than anyone else but you still have to give a lot of credit to Scott Malvern for making him work so hard for it in a car that with the greatest respect to Ray is not as good (yet). But CDR and Malvern have done a great job this year, on a meagre budget, to prove that you can take on and be competitive against the dominant Jamun/Mygales.

There have only been two wet races (Zandvoort & Snetterton) this year and no wet qualifying. Malvern was 8/10ths quicker than Pye in the wet at Snetterton last week, so no doubt he will now be praying for rain which could make for a very interesting climax to the season.

One wonders if Josh Hill could have shown the sort of form he displayed at Silverstone & Brands if he could have put a title bid together and it would also be good to see Antti Burri notch up a win before the end of the year. He's definately knocking on the door.

[Athgoe Racing]

Deemun watching the racing on tv i would say there is very little in pace between the 2 scotts as drivers. So if your so much quicker in the wet and find it difficult in the dry it only points to one of two things with the car! It would be great to see yourself and cdr pull off the champ as i am sick of seeing mygale and jamun winning! it's starting to turn into a one make formula.