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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]

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]

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.^[9]

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
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	2–4 August	Shannons Speed Series
	R2
	R3
6	R1	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	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	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
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park
	R2
	R3
7	R1	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:^[10]

The third race of the weekend, the longer Feature Race, awards more points:^[10]

Overall standings[edit]

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 1 Ryan MacMillan 4 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 148 2 Miles Bromley 1 1 10 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 Ret 5 126 3 Kyle Evans 11 2 1 8† 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 103 4 Beau Russell Ret 4 4 3 Ret 4 4 4 2 3 1 2 100 5 Isaac McNeill 6 5 7 4 4 5 5 5 5 57 6 Trent Grubel 2 Ret 3 5 3 4 46 7 George Kantzios 7 7 8 5 7 8 Ret 6 6 8 6 DSQ 46 8 Christopher Slusarski 5 10 6 6 7 6 28 9 Matthew Roesler 9 8 9 6 5 6 10 11 10 26 10 Ryan Astley 3 3 5 24 11 Chris Huang 6 Ret 7 9 8 8 17 12 Lachlan Evennett 7 5 7 14 13 Jayden Hamilton 10 11 12 7 6 7 WD WD WD 14 14 Tim Bodyle 8 8 8 9 15 Trent Shirvington 7 7 Ret 8 16 Joanne Ciconte 8 9 11 5 17 Gerrit Ruff WD WD WD 11 9 9 4 18 Matthew Woodland WD WD WD 12 10 11 1 — 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 SAN WIN SYD1 BEN QLD SYD2 PHI Standings by class[edit] 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 1 149 2 Miles Bromley 1 1 7 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 Ret 5 129 3 Kyle Evans 6 2 1 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 113 4 Beau Russell Ret 4 4 3 Ret 4 4 4 2 3 1 2 100 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 Ryan Astley 3 3 5 24 8 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 3 113 2 Christopher Slusarski 1 2 1 1 1 1 92 3 Gerrit Ruff 3 2 2 32 4 Matthew Woodland WD WD WD 4 3 4 25 — 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 1 144 2 Jayden Hamilton 3 3 3 2 2 2 WD WD WD 61 3 Lachlan Evennett 1 1 1 48 =4 Tim Bodyle 2 2 2 33 =4 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 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

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External links[edit]

• Official website