2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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

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
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ11a	2	Nicholas 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
	Mygale SJ10A	6	Andre Borell
	Mygale SJ11A	7	Elliot Barbour
	Mygale SJ10A	66	Jesse Fenech
	Mygale SJ11A	94	Jordan Lloyd
CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport	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
	Spectrum 011c	27	Shae Davies
	Spectrum 012	62	Mathew Hart
Tandersport	Stealth S311D	15	Rhett Noonan
Tandersport	Stealth S311D	16	Peter Major
Anglo Motorsport	Mygale SJ10a	18	Jonathan Venter
Richter Racing	Spectrum 011b	21	Dylan Richter
Team BRM	Mygale SJ09a	30	Tom Goess
	Mygale SJ09a	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.

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 1	Ade 2	Win 1	Win 2	Win 3	Eas 1	Eas 2	Eas 3	Qld 1	Qld 2	Qld 3	San 1	San 2	San 3	Phi 1	Phi 2	Phi 3	Sur 1	Sur 2	Sur 3	Sym 1	Sym 2	Sym 3	Points Penalty	Points^[5]
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
24	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
26	Callum Mitchell																					9	12	Ret		2
28	Samantha Reid	13	10																							1
28	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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]