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2024 Australian Formula Open

The 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open was a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This was 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]

Tim Macrow Racing driver Ryan MacMillan won the AFO1 class title at the penultimate round of the season. Matthew Roesler (State Fleet Services) claimed the AFO2 title at the beginning of the final round, while Chris Huang, also driving for Tim Macrow Racing, won the AFO3 title by virtue of being the only competitor in the class for the first six rounds. Isaac McNeill, driving for Volante Rosso, won the AFO4 Class title after he won every race he took part in throughout the first five rounds.

Teams and drivers

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

Team No. Car Driver Rounds
AFO1 entries
Tim Macrow Racing 1 Dallara F312 Trent Grubel 1, 4
9 Dallara F308/11 Miles Bromley 1–5, 7
Dallara F308/11 Thomas Gallagher 6–7
21 Dallara F308/11 Ryan MacMillan All
22 Dallara F308/11 Beau Russell 1–5
Ruff Racing 3 Mygale M11 Gerrit Ruff 1
Gilmour Racing Dallara F307 Chris Gilmour 5
17 Dallara F308/11 Kyle Evans All
TWS Motorsport 14 Mygale M11 Trent Shirvington 3
GK Racing 23 Dallara F304 George Kantzios 1–4
Nathan Beer and Associates 24 Dallara F307 Nathan Beer 6–7
99 Motorsport 99 Dallara F308/11 Ryan Astley 1
AFO2 entries
State Fleet Services 4 Tatuus FT-50 Matthew Roesler 1–2, 4, 6–7
Team Penrite/Baker Motorsport 12 Dallara F399 Rodney Baker 6
Co Machining 21 Dallara F302 Graeme Holmes 6
Sydney Photo Booth Racing 23 Dallara F304 Lawrence Katsidis 6
GK Racing Dallara F304 George Kantzios 7
27 5–6
DiBiase Carpentry Tatuus FT-50 Paul DiBiase 4[a], 7
Gerrit Ruff 4[b]
Glass Benders 50 Dallara F302 Rodney Brincat 6
ARB Bundaberg 51 Dallara F399 Ron Bennet 6
TCM Race Services 53 Tatuus FT-50 Matthew Woodland 1, 4
Jetforms.com.au 93 Tatuus FT-50 Christopher Slusarski 1, 4, 7
SMJ Plastering 95 Dallara F301 Shayne Morrow 6
AFO3 entries
Tim Macrow Racing 16 Tatuus F3 T-318 Chris Huang 3–4, 7
AFO4 entries
Tim Macrow Racing 3 Tatuus F4-T014 Hunter Salvatore 7
25 Mygale M14-F4 Joanne Ciconte 1
Ryan Sorensen 5
43 Mygale M14-F4 Jayden Hamilton 1–3, 5–7
Volante Rosso 11 Tatuus F4-T014 Isaac McNeill 1–3, 5, 7
AGI Sport 40 Mygale M14-F4 Tim Bodyle 3
BF Racing 88 Mygale M14-F4 Lachlan Evennett 4, 7
Sources: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Race calendar

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The 2024 calendar was first announced on 23 November 2023. It consisted 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.[12]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1   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   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   Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales 		25 May
R2 26 May
R3
4 R1   The Bend Motorsport Park
Tailem Bend, South Australia 		8 June Formula 4 Australian Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Radical Cup Australia
Australian Prototype Series
R2 9 June
R3
5 R1   Queensland Raceway
Willowbank, Queensland 		3 August GT World Challenge Australia
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
GT4 Australia Series
Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia
R2 4 August
R3
6 R1   Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales 		19 October GT World Challenge Australia
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
GT4 Australia Series
Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia
R2 20 October
R3
7 R1   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Ventnor, Victoria 		23 November Island Magic
Victoria State Championships
Formula Vee Australian Series
Porsche 944 Challenge
R2 24 November
R3

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap AFO1 winner AFO2 winner AFO3 winner AFO4 winner
1 R1   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   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   Sydney Motorsport Park Beau Russell Miles Bromley Ryan MacMillan no entries Chris Huang Isaac McNeill
R2 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan no classified finishers Isaac McNeill
R3 Ryan MacMillan Miles Bromley Chris Huang Isaac McNeill
4 R1   The Bend Motorsport Park Ryan MacMillan Miles Bromley Ryan MacMillan Christopher Slusarski Chris Huang Lachlan Evennett
R2 Trent Grubel Beau Russell Christopher Slusarski Chris Huang Lachlan Evennett
R3 Miles Bromley Ryan MacMillan Christopher Slusarski Chris Huang Lachlan Evennett
5 R1   Queensland Raceway Miles Bromley Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan George Kantzios no entries Isaac McNeill
R2 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan George Kantzios Isaac McNeill
R3 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan no classified finishers Isaac McNeill
6 R1   Sydney Motorsport Park Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan Rodney Baker Jayden Hamilton
R2 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan Rodney Baker Jayden Hamilton
R3 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan George Kantzios Jayden Hamilton
7 R1   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ryan MacMillan race cancelled following a medical emergency disrupting the event
R2 Miles Bromley Miles Bromley George Kantzios Chris Huang Isaac McNeill
R3 Ryan MacMillan Ryan MacMillan George Kantzios no classified finishers Lachlan Evennett

Standings

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Scoring system

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Cars classified as finished in race 1 and 2 were awarded points by the following structure:[13]

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, awarded more points:[13]

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

Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver SAN
  		WIN
  		SYD1
  		BEN
  		QLD
  		SYD2
  		PHI
  		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 Ryan MacMillan 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 3 1 274
2 Miles Bromley 1 1 7 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 Ret 5 2 2 2 C 1 2 191
3 Kyle Evans 6 2 1 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 C 4 3 188
4 Beau Russell Ret 4 4 3 Ret 4 4 4 2 3 1 2 4 4 4 124
5 George Kantzios 5 6 6 4 4 5 Ret 5 5 6 5 DSQ 70
6 Thomas Gallagher 2 2 3 C 2 4 52
7 Trent Grubel 2 Ret 3 5 3 4 46
8 Nathan Beer 4 4 4 C DNS 5 32
9 Ryan Astley 3 3 5 24
10 Chris Gilmour 5 5 5 20
11 Trent Shirvington 5 6 Ret 11
— Gerrit Ruff WD WD WD 0
AFO2 standings
1 Matthew Roesler 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 5 6 4 C 2 2 158
2 George Kantzios 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 C 1 1 101
3 Christopher Slusarski 1 2 1 1 1 1 C DNS DNS 92
4 Matthew Woodland WD WD WD 4 3 4 32
5 Gerrit Ruff 3 2 2 28
6 Rodney Baker 1 1 Ret 27
7 Lawrence Katsidis Ret 5 2 21
=8 Ron Bennet Ret 3 3 20
=8 Paul DiBiase WD WD WD C 3 3 20
10 Rodney Brincat 4 4 DNS 14
11 Graeme Holmes 3 Ret DNS 8
— Shayne Morrow Ret DNS DNS 0
AFO3 standings
1 Chris Huang 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 C 1 Ret 99
AFO4 standings
1 Isaac McNeill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 220
2 Jayden Hamilton 3 3 3 2 2 2 WD WD WD 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 C 3 Ret 135
3 Lachlan Evennett 1 1 1 C 2 1 78
=4 Joanne Ciconte 2 2 2 33
=4 Tim Bodyle 2 2 2 33
6 Ryan Sorensen 3 3 2 31
7 Hunter Salvatore C DNS DNS 1
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
  		WIN
  		SYD1
  		BEN
  		QLD
  		SYD2
  		PHI
 
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

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  1. ^ "Australian Formula Open Calendar confirmed – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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Notes

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  1. ^ DiBiase sustained an injury and had to withdraw after second practice. Ruff replaced him for the rest of round 4.
  2. ^ DiBiase sustained an injury and had to withdraw after second practice. Ruff replaced him for the rest of round 4.
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