2019 Australian Formula 4 Championship

2019 Australian Formula 4 Championship

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Shannons Nationals

The 2019 CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship (initially known for sponsorship purposes as the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship and later as the CAMS Payce Australian Formula 4 Championship) ^[1] was the fifth season of the Australian Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing competition for open-wheel racing cars complying with Formula 4 regulations, which were created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for entry-level open-wheel championships. Teams and drivers competed in eighteen races at four venues, starting on 14 March and ending on 14 July. ^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AGI Sport	1	Jayden Ojeda [3]	1
	7	Christian Mansell [4]	3–4
	12	Josh Smith [5]	1
	23	Luis Leeds [6]	All
	39	Antonio Astuti [7]	All
	57	Jackson Burton [8]	1
Team BRM	5	Ryan Suhle [9]	All
	15	Lochie Hughes [9]	All
	16	Tommy Smith [9]	1–2, 5–6
	26	Harry Hayek [4]	3–4
	69	Brenton Griguol [10]	1
	76	Emerson Harvey [11]	All
MTEC Motorsport	9	Taylor Cockerton [12]	1
	99	Ryan Yardley [12]	1
Patrizicorse	11	Jackson Walls [13]	All
	29	Aaron Zerefos [14]	1
Junior Racing Development	14	Matt Holmes [15]	1
	31	Heath Collinson [15]	1
Rossoverde Racing	21	Christian Lester [14]	1
Tank Motorsport	68	Dylan Thomas [16]	1

Calendar

All rounds were held in Australia. For the first time the series supported the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. ^[17] The remaining events supported the Shannons Nationals.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (Melbourne, Victoria)	15 March	Luis Leeds	Jayden Ojeda	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R2		16 March		Antonio Astuti	Antonio Astuti	AGI Sport
	R3		17 March	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
2	R4	Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales)	18 May	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R5		19 May		Luis Leeds	Ryan Suhle	Team BRM
	R6			Luis Leeds	Ryan Suhle	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
3	R7	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	7 June	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R8		8 June		Luis Leeds	Lochie Hughes	Team BRM
	R9			Luis Leeds	Antonio Astuti	Ryan Suhle	Team BRM
4	R10			Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R11				Luis Leeds	Ryan Suhle	Team BRM
	R12		9 June	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
5	R13	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	12 July	Lochie Hughes	Ryan Suhle	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R14		13 July		Ryan Suhle	Lochie Hughes	Team BRM
	R15			Lochie Hughes	Jackson Walls	Jackson Walls	Patrizicorse
6	R16		14 July	Ryan Suhle	Lochie Hughes	Lochie Hughes	Team BRM
	R17				Antonio Astuti	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport
	R18			Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	Luis Leeds	AGI Sport

Points system

Championship points were awarded in each race as follows: ^[18]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Championship standings

Pos Driver MEL SYD PHI1 PHI2 BEN1 BEN2 Points 1 Luis Leeds 1 9 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 365 2 Lochie Hughes 3 5 4 2 Ret 2 4 1 DNS 2 6 3 4 1 2 1 3 2 266 3 Ryan Suhle 2 8 3 DNS 1 3 2 Ret 1 4 1 6 2 2 6 3 2 6 250 4 Antonio Astuti 6 1 15 3 5 4 DSQ 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 Ret 4 3 207 5 Jackson Walls Ret 6 10 5 3 5 6 Ret 5 6 5 5 7 5 1 Ret DNS Ret 125 6 Emerson Harvey 13 14 14 6 4 6 Ret 4 4 7 7 8 5 7 7 Ret 6 5 112 7 Tommy Smith 9 4 8 4 6 7 6 6 4 4 5 4 106 8 Harry Hayek 3 3 7 5 8 4 66 9 Jayden Ojeda 5 Ret 1 35 10 Taylor Cockerton 7 3 5 31 11 Ryan Yardley 10 2 6 27 12 Jackson Burton 4 10 7 19 13 Dylan Thomas 12 7 11 6 14 Josh Smith 8 Ret 9 6 15 Matt Holmes 11 Ret 12 0 16 Brenton Griguol 14 11 17 0 17 Heath Collinson Ret 12 13 0 18 Christian Lester Ret 13 16 0 19 Aaron Zerefos 15 15 18 0 Drivers ineligible for championship points – Christian Mansell 5 6 6 Ret 4 7 – Pos Driver MEL SYD PHI1 PHI2 BEN1 BEN2 Points

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap † — Did not finish, but classified

References

1. Howard, Tom (1 June 2018). "Australian F4 reveals new title sponsor". speedcafe.com . Speedcafe . Retrieved 1 June 2018.
2. "Going Around The Bend in 2019". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
3. "One more time for champion Ojeda". 4 March 2019.
4. "Double Time at Phillip Island". 6 June 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Josh Smith makes the move to AGI". 5 March 2019.
6. "Luis Leeds The Way At AGI Sport". 11 February 2019.
7. "AGI reunite with Antonio Astuti". 1 March 2019.
8. "Grand Debut For Jackson Burton At AGI Sport". 25 February 2019.
9. "Australian F4: Team BRM sign runner up Ryan Suhle". F1 Feeder Series. February 18, 2019.
10. "Team BRM reunite with experience". 18 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
11. "Team BRM expands to five with Emerson Harvey". 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
12. "MTEC cross the Tasman to Formula 4". 1 March 2019.
13. "Jackson Walls Aiming High in 2019". 26 February 2019.
14. "A Grand Start to 2019". 11 March 2019.
15. "JRD double-up for Formula 4 comeback". 1 March 2019.
16. "Independent Dylan Thomas makes his F4 debut". 9 March 2019.
17. "Formula 4's Grand Start to 2019". 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
18. 2018 CAMS PAYCE Australian Formula 4 Championship certified by FIA - Sporting Regulations V2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

• Official website