2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship
# 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. 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. 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".

Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Cameron 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 |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Mygale SJ10a | 3 | Cameron Waters |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Mygale SJ08a | 4 | Garry Jacobson |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Mygale SJ10a | 83 | Matthew Brabham |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ11A | 5 | Nick Cassidy |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ11A | 5 | Jordan Lloyd |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ11A | 5 | Andre Borell |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ10A | 6 | Adam Graham |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ10A | 6 | Andre Borell |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ11A | 7 | Elliot Barbour |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ10A | 66 | Jesse Fenech |
| Evans Motorsport Group | Mygale SJ11A | 94 | Jordan Lloyd |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ10a | 7 | Elliott Barbour |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ11a | 8 | Tom Williamson |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ10a | 11 | Callum Mitchell |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ11a | 12 | Trent Harrison |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ11a | 49 | Jack Le Brocq |
| CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport | Mygale SJ11a | 54 | Jon Collins |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012 | 8 | Tom Williamson |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012 | 23 | Daniel Erickson |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012 | 27 | Shae Davies |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012 | 66 | Jesse Fenech |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012 | 66 | Daniel Erickson |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 012b | 77 | Caleb Rayner |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 011d | 99 | Daniel Ramerman |
| Synergy Motorsport | Spectrum 012 | 10 | Liam Sager |
| Synergy Motorsport | Spectrum 011c | 17 | Sam Power |
| Synergy Motorsport | Spectrum 011c | 27 | Shae Davies |
| Synergy Motorsport | 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 |
| Team BRM | Mygale SJ09a | 31 | Andre Heimgartner |
| Team BRM | 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.

## Calendar

All races were held in Australia.

| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | 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 | Cameron Waters | Mygale SJ10a |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | 19–21 August | Cameron Waters | Mygale SJ10a |
| 5 | Sandown Raceway | 9–11 September | Jack Le Brocq | Mygale SJ11a |
| 6 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 16–18 September | Cameron 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. An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cameron 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 |
| 20 | Jonathan Venter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 8 | 8 | | 9 |
| 20 | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

* # Note: Rhett Noonan was officially classified in the championship results, whereas drivers who did not score any championship points were not classified.
