Defending Festival winner Foster switches to new Firman machinery for this year
Defending Formula Ford Festival winner Joey Foster will switch to a Firman chassis for the 2018 edition at Brands Hatch this weekend.
Foster claimed his third Festival success with a sensational aroundthe-outside move at Paddock Hill Bend in his Don Hardman-run Ray GR08 last year and campaigned the car for a full season in the National Championship this year, winning the opening round at Silverstone.
He will now swap to Ralph Firman’s eponymous machine, which won the 2017 National Championship in the hands of Luke Williams, for the end-ofseason classics at Brands Hatch and Silverstone’s Walter Hayes Trophy.
“I thought ‘right, here’s a new challenge’,” said Foster. “We’ve won with [the Ray] last year; I’d love to be able to go out there and put on a good show in Ralph’s car as well.”
Foster, who helped develop Firman’s BRDC Formula 4 car, as well as Formula 2000 and Formula 1000 chassis for the American market, added: “I’ve done so much work for him in the past, it would be good to actually go out there and do a race in one of his cars.
“I haven’t tested it yet so it’s going to be interesting. I’ll try to get out at the Festival first thing on Wednesday morning to try to understand the car and work our magic with it.”
Renault UK Clio Cup Junior graduate Max Marzorati will also have a change of cars at the Festival. Marzorati, who has raced a Firman chassis run by Engima Motorsport at Silverstone in July and then Team Dolan at Donington, will join the Swift Cooper team.