2009 witnessed the most successful year for British Formula Ford in recent memory. With strong grids and exceptional racing, this attracted the attention of press, public and the motorsport industry alike. 2010 is certain to build on this success!
New teams and new drivers are already flocking to the 2010 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain. These newcomers are clearly aware that to win races in British Formula Ford, or even become British Champion, will give them greater credibility in the eyes of the global motorsport community than any other junior single seater category can offer.
But as well as the respect that success in Formula Ford can give a career-minded driver, the other half of the equation is always the financial one, particularly in the current economic climate.
With budgets in rival single-seater championships continuingly escalating, it is a central principle of Formula Ford's future to constantly seek ways in which to cap or even reduce cost to teams and drivers. The Championship has removed the official testing programme, thus giving each driver and team the flexibility to tailor their own testing programme to suit their budgets and time.
Not only does Formula Ford offer lower annual running budgets that its rivals, it also offers maximum track time. This is arguably the single most important aspect of any young driver's development. Do the calculations - you will find that British Formula Ford Duratec costs around half the price per mile of its rivals.
With budgets being so hard to achieve at this level of the sport (and indeed each of the subsequent stages), every driver must consider very carefully just what that funding buys them at each step of the career ladder.
The British Championship in 2010 will be contested over 25 races - no other series has as many races as this. We are supporting every UK round of the British Formula 3 Championship. Supporting F3 has proved to be the perfect environment for both the drivers and teams with a number of leading Formula Ford drivers from previous year's championship grids making successful transitions into Formula 3 drives.
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