2024 Australian Formula Open

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]

Tim Macrow Racing driver Ryan MacMillan won the overall title, and with it also the AFO1 class title, at the penultimate round of the season. 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

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]

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
	9	Dallara F308/11	Thomas Gallagher	6
	20	Dallara F308/11	Ryan MacMillan	1–6
	22	Dallara F308/11	Beau Russell	1–5
Ruff Racing	3	Mygale M11	Gerrit Ruff	1
Gilmour Racing	3	Dallara F307	Chris Gilmour	5
Gilmour Racing	17	Dallara F308/11	Kyle Evans	1–6
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
99 Motorsport	99	Dallara F308/11	Ryan Astley	1
AFO2 entries
State Fleet Services	4	Tatuus FT-50	Matthew Roesler	1–2, 4, 6
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	27	Dallara F304	George Kantzios	5–6
DiBiase Carpentry		Tatuus FT-50	Paul DiBiase	4^[a]
DiBiase Carpentry		Tatuus FT-50	Gerrit Ruff	4^[a]
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
SMJ Plastering	95	Dallara F301	Shayne Morrow	6
AFO3 entries
Tim Macrow Racing	16	Tatuus F3 T-318	Chris Huang	3–4
AFO4 entries
Volante Rosso	11	Tatuus F4-T014	Isaac McNeill	1–3, 5
Tim Macrow Racing	25	Mygale M14-F4	Joanne Ciconte	1
	25	Mygale M14-F4	Ryan Sorensen	5
	43	Mygale M14-F4	Jayden Hamilton	1–3, 5–6
AGI Sport	40	Mygale M14-F4	Tim Bodyle	3
BF Racing	88	Mygale M14-F4	Lachlan Evennett	4
Sources: ^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Race calendar

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.^[11]

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	Winton Sydney Tailem Bend Ipswich Sandown Phillip Island
	R2		11 February
	R3		11 February
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		28 April
3	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales	25 May
	R2		26 May
	R3		26 May
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		9 June
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		4 August
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		20 October
7	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Victoria	23–24 November	Island Magic
	R2
	R3

Race results

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
	R2
	R3

Standings

Scoring system

Cars classified as finished in race 1 and 2 are awarded points by the following structure:^[12]

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:^[12]

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

Pos	Driver	SAN			WIN			SYD1			BEN			QLD			SYD2			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Ryan MacMillan	4	6	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				243
2	Kyle Evans	11	2	1	8†	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2				162
3	Miles Bromley	1	1	10	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	Ret	5	2	2	2							160
4	Beau Russell	Ret	4	4	3	Ret	4	4	4	2	3	1	2	4	4	4							124
5	George Kantzios	7	7	8	5	7	8	Ret	6	6	8	6	DSQ	6	7	Ret	5	5	4				77
6	Isaac McNeill	6	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	5				7	6	5							74
7	Trent Grubel	2	Ret	3							5	3	4										46
8	Matthew Roesler	9	8	9	6	5	6				10	11	10				10	9	8				32
9	Thomas Gallagher																2	2	3				30
10	Christopher Slusarski	5	10	6							6	7	6										28
11	Jayden Hamilton	10	11	12	7	6	7	WD	WD	WD				8	8	Ret	9	11	7				26
12	Ryan Astley	3	3	5																			24
13	Chris Gilmour													5	5	6							18
14	Chris Huang							6	Ret	7	9	8	8										17
15	Rodney Baker																4	4	Ret				14
16	Lachlan Evennett										7	5	7										14
17	Lawrence Katsidis																Ret	8	5				11
18	Ron Bennet																Ret	6	6				11
19	Tim Bodyle							8	8	8													9
=20	Trent Shirvington							7	7	Ret													8
=20	Rodney Brincat																7	7	DNS				8
22	Ryan Sorensen													9	9	7							8
23	Nathan Beer																8	10	9				6
24	Graeme Holmes																6	Ret	DNS				5
25	Joanne Ciconte	8	9	11																			5
26	Gerrit Ruff	WD	WD	WD							11	9	9										4
27	Matthew Woodland	WD	WD	WD							12	10	11										1
—	Shayne Morrow																Ret	DNS	DNS				0
—	Paul DiBiase										WD	WD	WD										0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SAN			WIN			SYD1			BEN			QLD			SYD2			PHI			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Standings by class

Pos	Driver	SAN			WIN			SYD1			BEN			QLD			SYD2			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
AFO1 standings
1	Ryan MacMillan	4	5	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				244
2	Kyle Evans	6	2	1	5	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2				172
3	Miles Bromley	1	1	7	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	Ret	5	2	2	2							163
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										64
6	Trent Grubel	2	Ret	3							5	3	4										46
7	Thomas Gallagher																2	2	3				40
8	Ryan Astley	3	3	5																			24
9	Nathan Beer																4	4	4				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				134
2	Christopher Slusarski	1	2	1							1	1	1										92
3	George Kantzios													1	1	Ret	2	2	1				67
4	Gerrit Ruff										3	2	2										32
5	Rodney Baker																1	1	Ret				27
6	Matthew Woodland	WD	WD	WD							4	3	4										25
7	Lawrence Katsidis																Ret	5	2				21
8	Ron Bennet																Ret	3	3				20
9	Rodney Brincat																4	4	DNS				14
10	Graeme Holmes																3	Ret	DNS				8
—	Shayne Morrow																Ret	DNS	DNS				0
—	Paul DiBiase										WD	WD	WD										0
AFO3 standings
1	Chris Huang							1	Ret	1	1	1	1										84
AFO4 standings
1	Isaac McNeill	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1							192
2	Jayden Hamilton	3	3	3	2	2	2	WD	WD	WD				2	2	Ret	1	1	1				127
3	Lachlan Evennett										1	1	1										48
=4	Tim Bodyle							2	2	2													33
=4	Joanne Ciconte	2	2	2																			33
6	Ryan Sorensen													3	3	2							31
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SAN			WIN			SYD1			BEN			QLD			SYD2			PHI			Pts

References

^ "Australian Formula Open Calendar confirmed – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ 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.
^ "Australian Formula Open season launches at Winton – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
^ "AFO ANNOUNCES GITI TIRE AS NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ "Champion and debutants star in opening round of Giti AFO at Sandown". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ "Giti AFO heads to Winton Raceway for Round 2". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
^ "Sydney Motorsport Park plays host to first NSW event for 2024". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "AUS Formula Open on Instagram: "ROUND 4 ENTRY LIST"". Instagram. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "2024 Shannons SpeedSeries Round 5 Eventelec Race Queensland - QUEENSLAND RACEWAY IPSWICH: 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open Series - Qualifying".
^ "2024 Shannons SpeedSeries Round 6 - ColorSpec Race Sydney SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER - 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open Series - Qualifying".
^ "2024 Australian Formula Open calendar released". Australian Formula Open. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
^ ^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.

Notes

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

External links

Official website

[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.

[:1-3] "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.

[:0-6] "Champion and debutants star in opening round of Giti AFO at Sandown". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

[:3-7] "Giti AFO heads to Winton Raceway for Round 2". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

[8] "Sydney Motorsport Park plays host to first NSW event for 2024". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[9] "AUS Formula Open on Instagram: "ROUND 4 ENTRY LIST"". Instagram. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[10] "2024 Shannons SpeedSeries Round 5 Eventelec Race Queensland - QUEENSLAND RACEWAY IPSWICH: 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open Series - Qualifying".

[11] "2024 Shannons SpeedSeries Round 6 - ColorSpec Race Sydney SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER - 2024 Giti Australian Formula Open Series - Qualifying".

[12] "2024 Australian Formula Open calendar released". Australian Formula Open. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[:2-13] 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.

[5] DiBiase sustained an injury and had to withdraw after second practice. Ruff replaced him for the rest of round 4.

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