2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 42nd national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 19th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. The championship was contested over an eight-round series which began on 17 March 2011 at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit and ended on 13 November at Symmons Plains Raceway.[1] Australian Formula Ford Management Pty. Ltd. was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the series, which was officially known as the "2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship for the Ford Fiesta Cup".[1]

Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Cameron Waters dominated the championship with a winning margin of 74 points over second placed Jack Le Brocq. Waters recorded seven race wins to Le Brocq's four, whilst third placed Nick Foster won six races. Other race winners were Matthew Brabham, who only contested a partial season in 2011, Daniel Erickson, Tom Williamson in the factory-supported Spectrum, Trent Harrison and Liam Sager.

Teams and drivers
Nick Foster (Mygale SJ011a) placed 3rd in the championship
Garry Jacobson (Mygale SJ08a) placed 6th in the championship
Nick Cassidy (Mygale SJ11a) placed 14th in the championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered, excepting Nick Cassidy and Andre Heimgartner, who were New Zealander-registered.

Team Chassis No Driver
Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ11a 2 Nicholas Foster
Mygale SJ10a 3 Cameron Waters
Mygale SJ08a 4 Garry Jacobson
Mygale SJ10a 83 Matthew Brabham
Evans Motorsport Group Mygale SJ11A 5 Nick Cassidy
Jordan Lloyd
Andre Borell
Mygale SJ10A 6 Adam Graham
6 Andre Borell
Mygale SJ11A 7 Elliot Barbour
Mygale SJ10A 66 Jesse Fenech
Mygale SJ11A 94 Jordan Lloyd
CAMS Rising Stars
Minda Motorsport		 Mygale SJ10a 7 Elliott Barbour
Mygale SJ11a 8 Tom Williamson
Mygale SJ10a 11 Callum Mitchell
Mygale SJ11a 12 Trent Harrison
49 Jack Le Brocq[2]
54 Jon Collins
Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 012 8 Tom Williamson
23 Daniel Erickson
27 Shae Davies
66 Jesse Fenech
66 Daniel Erickson
Spectrum 012b 77 Caleb Rayner
Spectrum 011d 99 Daniel Ramerman
Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 012 10 Liam Sager
Spectrum 011c 17 Sam Power
27 Shae Davies
Spectrum 012 62 Mathew Hart
Tandersport Stealth S311D 15 Rhett Noonan
16 Peter Major
Anglo Motorsport Mygale SJ10a 18 Jonathan Venter
Richter Racing Spectrum 011b 21 Dylan Richter
Team BRM Mygale SJ09a 30 Tom Goess
31 Andre Heimgartner
Mygale SJ11a 41 Simon Hodge
National Surgical Mygale SJ09a 32 Jon Mills
M. Roesler Services Spectrum 011c 36 Matthew Roesler
Pick and Payless Mygale SJ07 37 Josh Hunter
Mike O’Donnell Racing Spectrum 011b 39 Mike O’Donnell
Race Solutions Mygale SJ11a 42 Samantha Reid
Brad Jones Racing Mygale SJ09a 69 Zac Schonberger
Listec Race Cars Listec WiL 013 95 Glenn Welch

Note: All cars were powered by 1600cc Ford Duratec engines, as mandated by the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Technical Regulations.[3]

Calendar

All races were held in Australia.

Round Circuit Date Round winner Car
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit[4] 18–20 March Tom Williamson Spectrum 012
2 Winton Motor Raceway 20–22 May Matthew Brabham Mygale SJ10a
3 Eastern Creek Raceway 15–17 July Cameron Waters Mygale SJ10a
4 Queensland Raceway 19–21 August Cameron Waters Mygale SJ10a
5 Sandown Raceway 9–11 September Jack Le Brocq Mygale SJ11a
6 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 16–18 September Cameron Waters Mygale SJ10a
7 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 21–23 October Jack Le Brocq Mygale SJ11a
8 Symmons Plains Raceway 11–13 November Nick Foster Mygale SJ11a

Note: Round 1 was contested over two races and all other rounds were contested over three races.

Points

Championship points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in each race.[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round.[1]

Results
Pos. Driver Ade 1 Ade 2 Win 1 Win 2 Win 3 Eas 1 Eas 2 Eas 3 Qld 1 Qld 2 Qld 3 San 1 San 2 San 3 Phi 1 Phi 2 Phi 3 Sur 1 Sur 2 Sur 3 Sym 1 Sym 2 Sym 3 Points
Penalty		 Points[5]
1 Cameron Waters 1 Ret 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 1 3 2 2 2 Ret 5 2 1 Ret 331
2 Jack Le Brocq 14 8 7 3 4 2 2 Ret 4 1 8 3 2 2 13 4 1 3 1 1 3 4 Ret -5 257
3 Nick Foster 2 Ret 4 2 15 4 5 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 14 6 5 3 Ret Ret 3 1 2 1 -15 251
4 Tom Williamson 3 1 17 13 6 5 3 4 15 10 5 8 5 4 2 3 6 4 3 2 8 9 5 -10 201
5 Trent Harrison 7 4 Ret 10 3 3 4 3 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 3 4 1 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 10 6 156
6 Garry Jacobson 4 6 2 4 9 6 6 5 8 5 6 2 3 8 Ret 11 5 Ret DNS DNS -5 137
7 Liam Sager DSQ 7 5 6 5 8 Ret DNS 5 8 3 Ret 9 7 7 7 11 1 2 12 7 7 7 -10 130
8 Daniel Erickson 7 Ret 9 6 8 11 1 6 7 9 8 8 4 3 3 104
9 Matthew Brabham 1 5 1 2 2 7 5 10 12 -5 95
10 Shae Davies Ret Ret 8 7 14 12 10 9 6 6 Ret DNS 12 13 9 8 9 5 4 6 Ret 5 2 93
11 Mathew Hart DSQ 9 6 14 Ret Ret 14 12 10 7 4 Ret Ret 9 10 9 8 7 6 Ret 6 6 4 -10 70
12 Jesse Fenech 5 2 10 9 Ret 10 9 6 5 6 5 11 Ret 10 -5 64
13 Tom Goess 8 Ret 16 19 8 16 12 13 6 5 4 -15 23
14 Nick Cassidy 6 3 22
15 Andre Borell 12 4 Ret 10 9 9 17
16 Adam Graham 12 11 9 15 12 7 7 8 -5 13
17 John Hunter 9 8 7 12
18 Sam Power 16 12 8 7 7 -5 11
19 Peter Major 11 5 DNS DNS DNS 10
20 Simon Hodge 10 14 6 9
Jonathan Venter 10 8 8 9
Elliot Barbour 22 Ret 12 12 16 15 13 17 16 Ret 12 7 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 11 10 10 Ret 11 10 -5 9
23 Jordan Lloyd 13 Ret 7 9 13 11 17 Ret 17 8
24 Andre Heimgartner 10 Ret 11 8 10 13 11 11 6
Caleb Rayner 9 13 15 11 17 11 Ret 14 13 9 10 Ret 10 Ret 6
26 Daniel Ramerman 11 Ret 14 16 Ret 19 16 16 14 12 Ret 9 11 12 12 DNS Ret 2
Callum Mitchell 9 12 Ret 2
28 Samantha Reid 13 10 1
Jon Collins 17 15 10 18 13 14 1
Zac Schonberger 19 15 18 17 13 17 11 13 0
Jon Mills 18 14 14 Ret 12 14 0
Greg Holloway 13 13 13 0
Glenn Welch 14 Ret 15 0
Dylan Richter 21 16 0
Michael O'Donnell 17 Ret 0
Matthew Roesler 20 Ret 0
# Rhett Noonan 18 14 19 18 11 18 Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret 12 11 11 11 13 9 -20 -18
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • # Note: Rhett Noonan was officially classified in the championship results, whereas drivers who did not score any championship points were not classified.[5]

References
  1. 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org Retrieved on 12 October 2013
  2. Le Brocq Secures 2nd for the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship, official Jack Le Brocq website, www.jacklebrocq.com (confirming correct spelling of Le Brocq) Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 12 October 2013
  3. 2011 CAMS Formula Ford Technical Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 28 September 2011 Retrieved on 12 October 2013
  4. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 20/03/2011 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship results table as archived at www.webcitation.org Retrieved on 12 October 2013
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