1985 Australian Formula 2 Championship

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The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] The title, which was the 18th Australian Formula 2 Championship,[2] was won by Peter Glover, driving a Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen.[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a nine round series.[3]

Round[4] Circuit[4] State Date[4] Format[4] Round winner[3] Car[4]
1 Winton Victoria 10 February Two heats Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
2 Sandown Park Victoria 24 February Two heats Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
3 Lakeside Queensland 24 March One race Peter Macrow Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
4 Amaroo Park New South Wales 7 April One race Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
5 Calder Victoria 28 April One race Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
6 Baskerville Tasmania 12 May Two heats Mark McLaughlan Elfin 852 Volkswagen
7 Mallala South Australia 2 June Two heats Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
8 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 30 June One race Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
9 Oran Park New South Wales 14 July One race Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen

Points system

Points were awarded to the first 20 placegetters in each race as per the following table:[1]

Race position[1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points[1] 30 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
  • Where a round was contested over multiple heats, each driver's points were aggregated and then divided by the number of heats to determine the championship points allocation for that round.[1]
  • Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.[1]

Championship results

Position[3] Driver[3] No.[5] Car[4] Entrant[5] Win[3] San[3] Lak[3] Ama[3] Cal[3] Bas[3] Mal[3] Ade[3] Ora[3] Total[3]
1 Peter Glover 1 Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen Peter Glover 30 28.5 27 30 30 - 30 30 30 235.5
2 Peter Macrow 25 Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen Peter Macrow 25.5 28.5 30 27 27 - 27 27 27 219
3 Grahame Blee 2 Cheetah Mk 6 Toyota Grahame Blee 13 15 17 17 - 10.5 14 14 15 115.5
4 Mark Potter 5 Elfin 700 Ford Mark Potter - 6 - 11 15 20 13.5 15 24 104.5
5 Arthur Abrahams 19 Cheetah Mk 6 Volkswagen
& Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen		 Arthur Abrahams - 10.5 - - 21 - 21 21 21 94.5
6 Bob Power 8 Ralt RT3 Volkswagen Bob Power 10.5 20 24 7 - - - - 14 75.5
7 Craig Sparks 33 Richards 201 Volkswagen Craig Sparks 15.5 - 21 19 - - - 17 - 72.5
8 Mark McLaughlan 9 Elfin 852 Volkswagen Elfin Sports Cars - 16.5 - - - 30 24 - - 70.5
9 Derek Pingle 6[3] & 5[6] Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen Derek Pingle - 18 - 21 - - - 19 - 58
10 Rob Newman 26 Cheetah Mk 7 Toyota Rob Newman - - - - 19 - 15 13 - 47

Note: The above table lists only the top ten championship positions.

References

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