2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship

The 2017 CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship was the third Australian Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing competition for open-wheel racing cars complying with Formula 4 regulations, which were created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for entry-level open-wheel championships. Teams and drivers competed in twenty-one races at six venues, starting on 8 April and ending on 22 October.^[1]

2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship

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2016

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2018

Parent series:
Supercars Championship

Teams and drivers

Ryan Suhle placed fourth in the championship driving for Zagame Motorsport Juniors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship.^[2]

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds AGI Sport[2][3] 4 Sage Murdoch[3] R 5–7 44 1–4 21 Harley Haber[3] R 1–3, 6 76 Zakkary Best[4] R All 97 Nick Rowe[5] All Zagame Motorsport Juniors[2][6] 5 Ryan Suhle[6] R All 7 Tyler Everingham[6] All 96 Luis Leeds[7] 7 Team BRM[2] 11 Zane Morse[2] R All 27 Simon Fallon[2] All 30 Liam Lawson[8] R All 73 Cameron Shields[9] All 78 Aaron Love[10] R All 91 Josh Denton[11] 1–4 JRD Development[2][12] 61 Jordan Mazzaroli[12] R All

Icon Legend R Rookie

Calendar

All rounds supported the Supercars Championship, with the exceptions of rounds one, two and four that featured within the Shannons Nationals.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sandown Raceway, Melbourne	8 April	Nick Rowe	Josh Denton	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
	R2				Liam Lawson	Josh Denton	Team BRM
	R3			Liam Lawson	Cameron Shields	Liam Lawson	Team BRM
2	R1		9 April	Ryan Suhle	Nick Rowe	Liam Lawson	Team BRM
	R2				Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
	R3			Ryan Suhle	Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
3	R1	Barbagallo Raceway, Perth	6 May	Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
	R2		7 May		Josh Denton	Liam Lawson	Team BRM
	R3			Nick Rowe	Cameron Shields	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
4	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	27 May	Ryan Suhle	Cameron Shields	Ryan Suhle	Zagame Motorsport Juniors
	R2				Nick Rowe	Tyler Everingham	Zagame Motorsport Juniors
	R3		28 May	Ryan Suhle	Ryan Suhle	Simon Fallon	Team BRM
5	R1	Queensland Raceway, Ipswich	29 July	Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
	R2				Nick Rowe	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
	R3		30 July	Nick Rowe	Cameron Shields	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
6	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek	19 August	Cameron Shields	Nick Rowe	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
	R2		20 August		Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
	R3			Cameron Shields	Cameron Shields	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
7	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise	21 October	Nick Rowe	Simon Fallon	Liam Lawson	Team BRM
	R2				Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	AGI Sport
	R3		22 October	Nick Rowe	Nick Rowe	Liam Lawson	Team BRM

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SAN1 SAN2 BAR PHI QLD SYD SUR Points 1 Nick Rowe 1 4 5 3 1 1 4 2 2 4 3 Ret 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 378 2 Liam Lawson 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 9 3 10 7 10 4 6 6 6 3 1 4 1 300 3 Cameron Shields Ret Ret 2 2 3 5 1 5 1 2 8 3 2 1 7 1 2 2 11 Ret 6 276 4 Ryan Suhle 3 3 3 9 7 4 8 6 Ret 1 12 2 4 2 2 5 3 5 5 3 9 230 5 Tyler Everingham 6 5 10 Ret 9 9 2 4 3 10 1 5 5 7 3 3 5 4 6 5 7 196 6 Simon Fallon 11 6 6 Ret Ret 10 7 11 6 6 5 1 7 10 4 Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 3 134 7 Zane Morse Ret 10 13 7 8 7 10 7 7 5 2 8 9 8 5 Ret 4 9 8 2 8 118 8 Josh Denton 4 1 4 8 11 8 5 3 4 Ret 11 4 106 9 Aaron Love 7 8 8 6 10 3 9 9 5 7 6 Ret 8 9 8 9 Ret 10 4 Ret 5 101 10 Zak Best 8 Ret 11 5 4 Ret 13 10 10 9 9 6 6 6 10 8 7 7 9 6 11 83 11 Jordan Mazzaroli     5 7 7 Ret 5 Ret 6 8 11 8 7 9 11 11 9 Ret 8 8 10 7 Ret 73 12 Sage Murdoch 10 Ret 12 10 Ret 11 12 13 8 Ret 4 Ret 3 5 Ret 4 Ret 11 Ret 8 10 60 13 Harley Haber 9 9 9 4 6 6 11 12 12 7 Ret 12 40 14 Luis Leeds 7 Ret 4 18 Pos Driver SAN1 SAN2 BAR PHI QLD SYD SUR Points

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap