2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was the 44th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 21 to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. CAMS filled the role of Category Manager for the championship.^[1] The championship was contested over a seven round series which began on 5 April at the Symmons Plains International Raceway and ended on 8 December at the Homebush Street Circuit.^[1] It was won by Anton de Pasquale, driving a Mygale SJ13a.

2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Previous

2012

Next

2014

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship. Each car was powered by a 1600cc Ford Duratec engine, as mandated by the category regulations.^[2] All drivers were Australian-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ13a	2	Anton de Pasquale
	Mygale SJ12a	3	Simon Hodge
	Mygale SJ10a	4	Luke Maquis
	Mygale SJ12a	7	Christian Morina
Anglo Motorsport	Mygale SJ10a	6	Jonathan Venter
Hamish Hardeman Motorsport	Mygale SJ10a	10	Hamish Hardeman
Minda Motorsport CAMS Rising Stars	Mygale SJ12a	12	Jayden Wallis
	Mygale SJ13a	14	Macauley Jones
	Mygale SJ11a	91	Sam Breen
	Mygale SJ11a	98	Liam Sager
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 011c	15	Tom Grech
	Spectrum 014	31	James Golding
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 012	19	Ash Quiddington
	Spectrum 014	22	Matt Campbell
	Spectrum 014	27	Sam Power
	Spectrum 011b	74	Trent Grubel
	Spectrum 014	88	Greg Holloway
Ellery Motorsport Enterprises	Spectrum 012	24	Nick Ellen
RMS Performance Engineering	Spectrum 012	33	Callan Sayers
Evans Motorsport Group	Mygale SJ11a	34	Chelsea Angelo
	Mygale SJ13a	49	Thomas Randle[3]
	Mygale SJ10a	97	Liam McAdam
WKTS Racing	Spectrum 011c	81	Wade Scott
Quadrant Creative	Spectrum 011b	87	Tim Hamilton
BF Racing	Mygale SJ11a	94	Jordan Lloyd

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner
1	Symmons Plains Raceway	5–7 April	Anton de Pasquale	Matt Campbell	Sam Power	Synergy Motorsport	Anton de Pasquale
				Simon Hodge	Ash Quiddington	Synergy Motorsport
				Ash Quiddington	Sam Power	Synergy Motorsport
				Macauley Jones	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2	Townsville Street Circuit	5–7 July	Liam Sager	Luke Marquis	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport	Macauley Jones
				Macauley Jones	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport
				Luke Marquis	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport
3	Queensland Raceway	27–28 July	Macauley Jones	Liam Sager	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport	Macauley Jones
				Macauley Jones	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport
				Liam Sager	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport
4	Winton Motor Raceway	23–25 August	Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Anton de Pasquale
				Macauley Jones	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services
				Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services
5	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	25–27 October	Sam Power	Anton de Pasquale	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport	Liam Sager
				Liam Sager	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport
				Liam Sager	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	23–24 November	Hamish Hardeman	Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Anton de Pasquale
				Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services
				Anton de Pasquale	Anton de Pasquale	Sonic Motor Racing Services
7	Homebush Street Circuit	6–8 December	Liam Sager	Liam Sager	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport	Macauley Jones
				Anton de Pasquale	Liam Sager	Minda Motorsport
				Liam Sager	Macauley Jones	Minda Motorsport

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 achieving the fastest lap in qualifying at each round of the championship.^[1]

The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver at that round.^[1] The driver gaining the highest points total over the seven rounds was declared the winner of the Championship.^[1]

Results

Pos. Driver[4] SYM TOW QLD WIN SUR PHI SYD Pen.[4] Points[4] 1 Anton de Pasquale 2 2 2 1 5 2 5 3 3 Ret 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 Ret 2 −5 326 2 Liam Sager 6 Ret 6 5 2 Ret 3 2 2 1 3 Ret 6 1 1 1 2 6 5 1 1 Ret 266 3 Sam Power 1 Ret 1 2 3 6 Ret Ret 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 3 265 4 Macauley Jones 10 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 Ret 6 Ret 6 3 Ret 9 4 2 1 −5 261 5 Simon Hodge 9 5 4 4 4 Ret 7 5 8 4 11 6 5 7 Ret 9 4 5 8 6 4 Ret 152 6 Jordan Lloyd 5 4 7 Ret 7 5 4 Ret 4 6 7 5 3 5 5 Ret 8 10 10 DNS DNS DNS 132 7 Thomas Randle 8 3 6 4 5 2 6 12 10 8 Ret 7 6 4 6 11 6 4 131 8 Luke Marquis 4 6 Ret Ret 6 4 2 8 15 8 Ret 10 11 4 4 4 Ret 7 4 Ret 9 5 −5 128 9 Matt Campbell 7 7 8 6 9 9 10 13 12 9 9 7 Ret 12 9 Ret 7 11 12 5 5 13 67 10 James Golding 4 4 4 9 2 3 −5 63 11 Ash Quiddington 3 1 3 7 10 7 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 8 −5 62 12 Jayden Wallis 13 8 10 8 12 11 11 6 7 7 8 15 9 10 7 5 11 13 13 8 8 10 −10 51 13 Chelsea Angelo 10 14 7 9 6 Ret Ret 12 14 7 7 6 37 14 Hamish Hardeman 13 9 8 12 8 7 16 15 Sam Breen 11 10 9 9 11 8 8 8 13 10 12 8 Ret −5 16 16 Wade Scott 10 11 Ret 11 8 8 9 17 Jonathan Venter 8 9 11 Ret 13 10 9 9 18 Nicholas Rowe 9 12 7 8 19 Liam McAdam 9 9 12 15 Ret 13 13 10 10 13 15 16 6 20 Tom Grech 14 11 12 10 9 11 3 21 Jake Spencer 10 11 9 3 Callan Sayers 12 11 12 Ret 0 Trent Grubel Ret 11 Ret 13 13 12 0 Greg Holloway 12 14 11 0 Jacob Parsons 12 Ret 11 0 Tim Hamilton DNS 12 11 0 Nick Ellen 16 13 14 0 Caitlin Wood Ret 14 14 0 Christian Morina Ret 14 15 0 Pos. Driver[4] SYM TOW QLD WIN SUR PHI SYD Pen.[4] Points[4]

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)