2026 CHAMPION OF BRANDS CALENDAR 

22 August: Brands Hatch Indy Circuit - featuring United Formula Ford for the Peter Rogers Trophy

13 September: Brands Hatch Indy Circuit - for the Bert Ray Memorial Trophy

14 November: Brands Hatch Indy Circuit - for the Martin Down Trophy 

***2026 COMPETITOR REGISTRATIONS WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN IN DECEMBER***

MotorSport Vision Racing (MSVR) and James Beckett Motorsport re-introduced the Champion of Brands to race schedules in 2010 and since then the series has provided Formula Fordsters with a golden opportunity to race their single-seater cars at Brands Hatch, the legendary venue that hosted the first ever Formula Ford event back in 1967! 

2025 CHAMPION OF BRANDS:

2 August - Brands Hatch Indy Circuit featuring The Peter Rogers Trophy

Winner: Race 1 - Jason Smyth 

Winner: Race 2 - Peter Rogers Trophy: Jason Smyth

14 September - Brands Hatch Indy Circuit featuring the Bert Ray Memorial Trophy and the Martin Down Trophy

Winner: Race 3 - Bert Ray Memorial Trophy: Jason Smyth

Winner: Race 4 - Martin Down Trophy: Jason Smyth 

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS: Formula Ford 1600 cars competing to 2025 Ford Motor Company and MSVR issued Technical Regulations and using Avon (Nova) ACB9 and ACB10 treaded racing tyres.

TYRE REQUIREMENTS: HP Tyres Ltd., Unit 5, Trade Park, Long March Industrial Estate, 7 Broad March, Daventry, Northants, NN11 4HE. Telephone: +44 (0) 1327 301887 www.hptyres.com 

CLASS STRUCTURE:

* Star (cars manufactured 1999-2026)

* Regional (cars manufactured 1993-1998)

* Heritage (cars manufactured 1982-1992)

* Classic (cars manufactured 1972-1981)

* Historic (cars manufactured 1967-1971)

FINAL 2025 CHAMPION OF BRANDS POINTS STANDINGS: 

1. Jason Smyth 140; 2. Rory Smith 116; 3. Tom Nippers 82; 4. Morgan Quinn 80; 5. Alex Walker 57; 6. Connor Willis 54; 7. Spencer Shinner 53; 8. Jordan Dempsey 48; 9. Charlie Mann 46; 10. Adrien Laissac 37; 11. Ricky Simpson 35; 12. Ben Miloudi 29; 13. Darwin Smith 27; 14. Klaus-Dieter Haeckel 25; 15. Anthony Amato 24; 16. Gerhard Hauschulte 23; 17. Hugh Esterson 16; 18. Drew Cameron 16; 19. Felix Fisher 15; 20. Maris Schulte 15; 21. Innes Hickman 13; 22. Adam Fathers 12; 23. Stephen O'Connor 12; 24. Micheal Fitzgerald 12; 25. Chris Sharples 8; 26. Mark Adkins 7. 

2025 CHAMPION OF BRANDS OVERALL CHAMPION: Jason Smyth (Team Dolan) - Van Diemen RF00/JL12

STAR CLASS CHAMPION: Jason Smyth

HERITAGE CLASS CHAMPION: Klaus-Dieter Haeckel

HISTORIC CLASS CHAMPION: Chris Sharples 

2024 CHAMPION OF BRANDS POINTS:

1. Chris Sharples (Historic) 40; 2. Andrew Rackstraw (Star) 38; 3. Matt Smith (Regional) 30; 4. Morgan Quinn (Star) 27; 5. Gerhard Hauschulte (Heritage) 22; 6. Klaus Dieter Haeckel (Heritage) 20; 7. Stephen O'Connor (Heritage) 18; 8. Jason Smyth (Star) 17; 9. Charlie Mann (Star) 15; 10. Mark Adkins (Heritage) 14; 11. Ben Powney (Heritage) 13; 12. Isaac Canto da Silva (Star) 12; 13. Tom Nippers (Star) 11; 14. Gaius Ghinn (Heritage) 10; =. Darwin Smith (Heritage) 10; 16. Shaun Macklin (Heritage) 8; =. Josh Smith (Star) 8; =. Jason Pribyl (Star) 8; 19. Caleb Gafrarar (Star) 7; 20. Will Liston (Heritage) 6; 21. Chris Middlehurst (Star) 5; =. Ben Cox (Star) 5;  23. Tim FitzGerald (Heritage) 4; 24. Connor Willis (Star) 3; 25. Innes Hickman (Heritage) 1.

2024 CHAMPION OF BRANDS ROLL OF HONOUR

CHAMPION OF BRANDS OVERALL CHAMPION: Chris Sharples** - Palliser WDF2 

STAR CLASS CHAMPION: Andrew Rackstraw - Spectrum 011c

REGIONAL CLASS CHAMPION: Matt Smith- Van Diemen RF93

HERITAGE CLASS CHAMPION: Gerhard Hauschulte - Van Diemen RF91 

** denotes Historic Class champion