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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.

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

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. All cars ran on Giti tires, and all drivers and teams were Australian-registered.

Race calendar

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.

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	WintonSydneyTailem BendIpswichSandownPhillip 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	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

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

Scoring system

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

The third race of the weekend, the longer Feature Race, awarded more points:

Drivers' standings

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

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Notes

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.

External links

• Official website

• 2024 in formula racing
• 2024 in Australian motorsport