2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Cam Waters

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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 Cam 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	Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ11a	2	Nick Foster
	Mygale SJ10a	3	Cam 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
Minda Motorsport (CAMS Rising Stars)	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	Cam Waters	Mygale SJ10a
4	Queensland Raceway	19–21 August	Cam Waters	Mygale SJ10a
5	Sandown Raceway	9–11 September	Jack Le Brocq	Mygale SJ11a
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	16–18 September	Cam 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.

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Tom Williamson	Tom Williamson	Borland Racing Developments
2	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Adam Graham	Matthew Brabham	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	1	Eastern Creek Raceway	Cam Waters	Jack Le Brocq	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Tom Williamson	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Nick Foster	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	1	Queensland Raceway	Nick Foster	Matthew Brabham	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Matthew Brabham	Jack Le Brocq	Minda Motorsport
	3			Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
5	1	Sandown Raceway	Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Jack Le Brocq	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
6	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Cam Waters	Nick Foster	Daniel Erickson	Borland Racing Developments
	2			Cam Waters	Trent Harrison	Minda Motorsport
	3			Trent Harrison	Jack Le Brocq	Minda Motorsport
7	1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Liam Sager	Synergy Motorsport
	2			Tom Goess	Jack Le Brocq	Minda Motorsport
	3			Nick Foster	Jack Le Brocq	Minda Motorsport
8	1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Nick Foster	Daniel Erickson	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	2			Cam Waters	Cam Waters	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	3			Shae Davies	Nick Foster	Sonic Motor Racing Services

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 WIN EAS QUE SAN PHI SUR SYM Pen Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Cam 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 Pos. Driver ADE WIN EAS QUE SAN PHI SUR SYM Pen Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

• # 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

External links

• Official Australian Formula Ford website
• 2011 Racing Results Archive at www.natsoft.com.au Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine