2016 Australian Formula 4 Championship

2016 Australian Formula 4 Championship
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The 2016 CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship is the second 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 are competing in eighteen races at six venues, starting on 1 April and ending on 23 October.[1]

Teams and drivers

The following Australian-registered teams and drivers contested the championship.

Team No. Drivers Status Events
JRD Development[2] 7 Tyler Everingham[3] R All
60 Cody Donald[4] R 5
Team BRM 23 Brenton Grove[5] R All
26 Harry Hayek[6] 3–6
79 Jordan Love[7] All
91 Josh Denton[7] R All
99 Will Brown[5] All
Dream Motorsport 20 Luis Leeds[8] 3
27 Simon Fallon[9] R 2–6
51 Josh Conroy[9] R 2–5
93 Zane Goddard[10] 6
Jordan McGregor Motorsports 44 Jordan McGregor[11] R 1
AGI Sport 51 Josh Conroy[12] R 1
68 Jack Smith[13] R All
97 Nick Rowe[11] All
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The calendar expanded for the 2016 season, with the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport choosing to focus on permanent racing venues, rather than temporary street circuits, to better aid the development of young drivers.[1] The season started earlier in the year than in 2015, with the first round at Symmons Plains Raceway in April, while the final round will be held at the Highlands Motorsport Park in New Zealand. The Townsville Street Circuit and Homebush Street Circuit have been removed from the schedule. On February 9, it was announced that Highlands Motorsport Park would be removed from the schedule for cost reasons.[14]

All rounds will support the International V8 Supercars Championship, with the exception of the third round that will be featured within the Shannons Nationals.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston 2 April Will Brown Nick Rowe Brenton Grove Team BRM
R2 3 April Will Brown Jordan Love Team BRM
R3 Will Brown Josh Denton Jordan Love Team BRM
2 R4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 16 April Nick Rowe Jordan Love Jordan Love Team BRM
R5 Jordan Love Will Brown Team BRM
R6 17 April Nick Rowe Will Brown Jordan Love Team BRM
3 R7 Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek 2 July Nick Rowe Nick Rowe Nick Rowe AGI Sport
R8 3 July Simon Fallon Will Brown Team BRM
R9 Nick Rowe Harry Hayek Luis Leeds Dream Motorsport
4 R10 Queensland Raceway, Ipswich 23 July Harry Hayek Harry Hayek Harry Hayek Team BRM
R11 Jordan Love Will Brown Team BRM
R12 24 July Harry Hayek Harry Hayek Harry Hayek Team BRM
5 R13 Sandown Raceway, Sandown 17 September Jordan Love Jordan Love Will Brown Team BRM
R14 Josh Denton Josh Denton Team BRM
R15 18 September Jordan Love Will Brown Will Brown Team BRM
6 R16 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise 22 October Will Brown Harry Hayek Will Brown Team BRM
R17 Harry Hayek Simon Fallon Dream Motorsport
R18 23 October Will Brown Will Brown Harry Hayek Team BRM

Championship standings

Points are 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 SYM PHI SMP QLD SAN SUR Pts.
1 Will Brown 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 1 5 4 1 2 1 EX 1 1 4 2 316
2 Nick Rowe 6 2 3 2 Ret 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 271
3 Jordan Love Ret 1 1 1 2 1 10 7 Ret 3 2 4 2 3 3 5 6 5 246
4 Harry Hayek 2 4 3 1 3 1 Ret 4 4 2 2 1 195
5 Simon Fallon 4 6 5 8 3 4 7 8 9 6 7 7 4 1 4 142
6 Josh Denton 3 9 4 8 3 4 9 9 9 8 6 5 3 1 Ret 8 7 8 137
7 Tyler Everingham     5 7 9 5 7 8 7 10 6 6 7 8 4 6 8 6 8 6 113
8 Jack Smith Ret 4 5 7 5 6 5 8 8 5 5 7 8 5 6 Ret Ret DNS 107
9 Brenton Grove 1 8 8 9 8 9 11 6 7 Ret 9 6 7 8 5 Ret Ret 7 93
10 Josh Conroy 7 5 6 6 4 7 6 5 10 Ret 10 10 9 9 Ret 75
11 Luis Leeds 3 Ret 1 40
12 Jordan McGregor 4 6 7 26
13 Zane Goddard 7 5 Ret 16
14 Cody Donald 10 Ret DNS 1
Pos Driver SYM PHI SMP QLD SAN SUR Pts.
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. 1 2 "Formula 4 opts for 2016 New Zealand finale". speedcafe.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "JRD joins forces with Formula 4 in 2016". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Youngest Formula 4 racer joins JRD". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kart star Cody Donald joins JRD". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Team BRM signs Brenton Grove and Will Brown". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Harry Hayek Heads Home". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Team BRM signs Josh Denton and Jordan Love". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Leeds to make Australian F4 return at SMP". Speedcafe. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. 1 2 "#F4AU 2016: Phillip Island Preview". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "#F4AU 2016: Penrite Preview: Gold Coast". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 "#F4AU 2016: Symmons Plains Preview". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Joshua Conroy joins AGI Sport". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Jack Smith joins Formula 4 rookie list". CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "NZ dropped from Formula 4 calendar". speedcafe.com. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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