2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship

2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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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 21st 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.

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]

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Australian Formula Ford Championship. Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
2. "Specification of Automobiles" (PDF). Australian Formula Ford Championship. Formula Ford Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
3. "Randle to make AFFC debut in Townsville". Evans Motorsport (Evans Motorsport Group). Retrieved 15 July 2013.
4. "2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship — Final Pointscore" (PDF). Australian Formula Ford Championship. Formula Ford Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2013.