1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Australian Formula 2 cars.^[1] The title, which was the 19th Australian Formula 2 Championship,^[2] was won by Jonathan Crooke, driving a Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen.^[3]

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was contested over a nine-round series.^[3]

Round^[4]	Circuit^[4]	State	Date^[4]	Round format^[4]	Round winner^[4]	Car^[4]
1	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	9 March	One race	Arthur Abrahams	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
2	Baskerville	Tasmania	16 March	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
3	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	18 May	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
4	Oran Park	New South Wales	8 June	One race	Mark McLaughlin	Elfin 852 Volkswagen
5	Lakeside	Queensland	15 June	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
6	Adelaide International Raceway^[5]	South Australia	6 July	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
7	Mallala Motor Sport Park^[6]	South Australia	3 August	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
8	Winton	Victoria	31 August	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
9	Sandown Park	Victoria	14 September	One race	Jonathon Crooke	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 two races, each driver's points were aggregated and then divided by the two to determine the championship points allocation for that round.^[1]
Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.^[1]