2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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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.

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

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

Season summary

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

More information Pos., Driver ...
Pos. Driver South Australia
ADE		 New South Wales
WIN		 New South Wales
EAS		 Queensland
QUE		 Victoria (state)
SAN		 Victoria (state)
PHI		 Queensland
SUR		 Tasmania
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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Daniel Erickson 7 Ret 9 6 8 11 1 6 7 9 8 8 4 3 3 104
9 Australia Matthew Brabham 1 5 1 2 2 7 5 10 12 -5 95
10 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Jesse Fenech 5 2 10 9 Ret 10 9 6 5 6 5 11 Ret 10 -5 64
13 Australia Tom Goess 8 Ret 16 19 8 16 12 13 6 5 4 -15 23
14 New Zealand Nick Cassidy 6 3 22
15 Australia Andre Borell 12 4 Ret 10 9 9 17
16 Australia Adam Graham 12 11 9 15 12 7 7 8 -5 13
17 Australia John Hunter 9 8 7 12
18 Australia Sam Power 16 12 8 7 7 -5 11
19 Australia Peter Major 11 5 DNS DNS DNS 10
20 Australia Simon Hodge 10 14 6 9
Australia Jonathan Venter 10 8 8 9
Australia 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 Australia Jordan Lloyd 13 Ret 7 9 13 11 17 Ret 17 8
24 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 10 Ret 11 8 10 13 11 11 6
Australia Caleb Rayner 9 13 15 11 17 11 Ret 14 13 9 10 Ret 10 Ret 6
26 Australia Daniel Ramerman 11 Ret 14 16 Ret 19 16 16 14 12 Ret 9 11 12 12 DNS Ret 2
Australia Callum Mitchell 9 12 Ret 2
28 Australia Samantha Reid 13 10 1
Australia Jon Collins 17 15 10 18 13 14 1
Australia Zac Schonberger 19 15 18 17 13 17 11 13 0
Australia Jon Mills 18 14 14 Ret 12 14 0
Australia Greg Holloway 13 13 13 0
Australia Glenn Welch 14 Ret 15 0
Australia Dylan Richter 21 16 0
Australia Michael O'Donnell 17 Ret 0
Australia Matthew Roesler 20 Ret 0
Australia Rhett Noonan 18 14 19 18 11 18 Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret 12 11 11 11 13 9 -20 -18
Pos. Driver South Australia
ADE		 New South Wales
WIN		 New South Wales
EAS		 Queensland
QUE		 Victoria (state)
SAN		 Victoria (state)
PHI		 Queensland
SUR		 Tasmania
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (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)
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  • # Note: Rhett Noonan was officially classified in the championship results, whereas drivers who did not score any championship points were not classified.[5]

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