This year’s exciting 2008 calendar includes the eight UK rounds of the British F3/GT Championship package, the A1 Grand Prix and will also see Formula Ford once again travel to the Ardennes hills of Belgium for a round at the legendary Spa Francorchamps – a highlight for many teams and drivers.

Formula Ford, unlike other single-seater series that have come and gone in the UK during the past 20 years, is not a single marque championship. By allowing freedom of chassis design, engine build and numerous technical items on the car, technical standards are exceptionally high – good experience for drivers and technicians. Only F1, F3 and Formula Ford utilise this concept.

Formula Ford allows drivers the only chance in their careers to master the mechanical grip that a car and tyre will produce when driven and set up properly. If a driver misses this crucial stage of learning (such as by choosing a one-make junior series with aerodynamic downforce), then they may never get a chance to regain this critical learning. Past Formula Ford drivers include Jenson Button, Damon Hill, David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher.

Contrast the fixed specification of rival cars with the engineering freedom permitted for Formula Ford, and you will rapidly appreciate why Formula Ford drivers leave the series with exceptional levels of understanding of car set up and the implications of each chassis variation they try. This tends to be the reason that their careers progress so far thereafter – just read the drivers testimonials. If you are serious about your driving career, missing the crucial learning experience that Formula Ford provides might just be the biggest mistake you make.

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