2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was the 43rd national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 20th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. The championship was contested over an eight round series which began on 16 March at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 18 November at Winton Motor Raceway.^[1] Australian Formula Ford Management Pty. Ltd. was appointed as the Category Manager by CAMS for the series, which was officially known as the "2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship for the Ford Fiesta Cup".^[1]

2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The championship was won by Jack Le Brocq driving a Mygale SJ12A for the CAMS Rising Stars / Minda Motorsport team.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ12A	2	Garry Jacobson
	Mygale SJ11A	3	Rhett Noonan
	Mygale SJ08A	4	Anton de Pasquale
		21
Anglo Motorsport	Mygale SJ10A	6	Jonathan Venter
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 014	7	Shae Davies
	Spectrum 012	19	Ash Quiddington
		44	Scott Andrews
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 014	10	Scott Andrews
	Spectrum 014	10	Liam Sager
	Spectrum 012	22	Matt Campbell
	Spectrum 014	27	Sam Power
		62	Mathew Hart
Evans Motorsport Group	Mygale SJ10A	12	Liam Sager
	Mygale SJ10A	48	Jake Fouracre
	Mygale SJ06A	88	Greg Holloway
CAMS Rising Stars Minda Motorsport	Mygale SJ11A	14	Macauley Jones
	Mygale SJ12A	49	Jack Le Brocq
	Mygale SJ11A	96	David Sera
Super Charge Batteries	Spectrum 011b	17	Luke Fraser
Crabtrees Real Estate	Mygale SJ07A	20	Gavin Dumas
Richter Racing	Spectrum 011b	21	Dylan Richter
Team BRM	Mygale SJ12A	30	Tom Goess
	Mygale SJ09A	32	Jon Mills
	Mygale SJ11A	41	Simon Hodge
	Mygale SJ12A
State Fleet Services	Spectrum 011c	36	Matthew Roesler
BF Racing	Mygale SJ11A	94	Jordan Lloyd

All cars were fitted with a 1600cc Ford Duratec engine, as required by the regulations.^[2]

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with three races per round.^[3] All races were held in Australia.

Round	Circuit	Date	Round winner	Car
1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit[4]	15–18 March	Jack Le Brocq	Mygale SJ12A
2	Symmons Plains Raceway	30 March–1 April	Garry Jacobson	Mygale SJ12A
3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	18–20 May	Jack Le Brocq	Mygale SJ12A
4	Townsville Street Circuit	6–8 July	Jack Le Brocq	Mygale SJ12A
5	Queensland Raceway	3–5 August	Mathew Hart	Spectrum 014
6	Sandown Raceway	14–16 September	Garry Jacobson	Mygale SJ12A
7	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	4–7 October	Jack Le Brocq	Mygale SJ12A
8	Winton Motor Raceway	16–18 November	Anton de Pasquale	Mygale SJ08A

Points system

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.[3] Driver[3] MEL 1 MEL 2 MEL 3 SYM 1 SYM 2 SYM 3 PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 TOW 1 TOW 2 TOW 3 QLD 1 QLD 2 QLD 3 SAN 1 SAN 2 SAN 3 BAT 1 BAT 2 BAT 3 WIN 1 WIN 2 WIN 3 Pen. [3] Points[3] 1 Jack Le Brocq 1 2 1 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 406 2 Mathew Hart 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 5 2 7 Ret 2 1 1 1 2 4 Ret 2 7 2 2 4 4 330 3 Garry Jacobson 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 4 3 Ret DNS DNS 4 3 2 1 2 1 DNS DNS DNS 239 4 Shae Davies DNS Ret Ret 3 3 1 5 2 5 Ret Ret 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 DNS DNS DNS 5 5 5 202 5 Macauley Jones 7 Ret 12 10 Ret 8 4 6 4 3 5 Ret Ret 5 5 8 6 5 9 5 4 3 3 3 173 6 Sam Power Ret 5 4 7 Ret 7 9 7 Ret 4 2 4 Ret 6 6 9 7 7 3 2 5 9 8 6 -5 159 7 Anton de Pasquale 7 9 8 5 Ret Ret 5 8 4 5 3 3 1 1 1 157 8 Simon Hodge 6 7 8 9 Ret DNS 10 8 6 2 3 3 9 7 8 7 10 11 8 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret -10 91 9 Jonathan Venter 4 4 3 5 4 8 4 11 7 82 10 Liam Sager 8 Ret 6 6 6 3 10 4 6 −5 58 11 Rhett Noonan 11 Ret 9 8 7 9 6 11 10 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 9 11 9 9 12 10 11 7 7 8 −5 53 12 Matt Campbell 6 7 6 6 Ret 12 6 9 10 41 13 Tom Goess Ret 8 11 5 5 6 32 14 Scott Andrews 9 6 7 8 3 7 −10 30 15 Trent Harrison 6 5 6 26 16 Luke Marquis 6 6 7 22 = David Sera Ret 10 9 10 12 7 10 11 8 11 6 8 −5 22 18 Jordan Lloyd 7 9 10 7 8 Ret 18 19 Jake Fouracre 5 9 13 12 20 Greg Holloway Ret 11 14 DNS 8 7 10 21 Hamish Hardeman 12 Ret 10 8 12 11 5 21 Jayden Wallis 10 9 9 5 23 Dylan Richter 10 10 Ret 11 10 Ret 14 14 13 2 24 Ash Quiddington Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 11 11 11 10 −5 −1 – Gavin Dumas Ret 12 15 0 – Jon Mills 12 Ret 16 0 – Luke Fraser Ret 11 13 0 – Sam Breen 13 12 12 0 – William Hall DNS 13 13 13 12 12 0 – Matthew Roesler 15 13 14 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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: The driver who attained pole position for race one of the round is indicated by bold font applied to his race one result.