2018 Australian Formula 4 Championship

Teams and drivers competed in twenty-one races at six venues, starting on 7 April and ending on 4 November.

The championship was won by Jayden Ojeda.

Entries

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

Team	No	Drivers	Rounds
AGI Sport	5	Ryan Suhle	All
	31	Jayden Ojeda	All
	50	Ardie Jonic	2–7
Patrizicorse	11	Jackson Walls	All
Team BRM	12	Josh Smith	All
	15	Lochie Hughes	All
	16	Tommy Smith	All
	27	Zayd Tones	All
	73	Cameron Shields	1–5
	78	Aaron Love	All
Astuti Motorsport	38	Antonio Astuti	1–2, 4–7
Source:

Each entry utilised a Mygale M14-F4 chassis and a Ford engine.

Calendar

The 2018 championship was held across seven rounds in Australia and New Zealand, supporting the Supercars Championship and the Shannons Nationals.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Symmons Plains Raceway (Launceston, Tasmania)	7 April	Cameron Shields	Cameron Shields	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
	R2		8 April		Cameron Shields	Ryan Suhle	AGI Sport
	R3		8 April	Cameron Shields	Jayden Ojeda	Cameron Shields	Team BRM
2	R4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	2 June	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R5		3 June		Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R6		3 June	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
3	R7	Queensland Raceway (Ipswich, Queensland)	21 July	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R8		22 July		Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R9		22 July	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
4	R10	Winton Motor Raceway (Winton, Victoria)	1 September	Ryan Suhle	Ryan Suhle	Ryan Suhle	AGI Sport
	R11				Lochie Hughes	Lochie Hughes	Team BRM
	R12			Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
5	R13		2 September	Cameron Shields	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R14				Jayden Ojeda	Aaron Love	Team BRM
	R15			Cameron Shields	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
6	R16	Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales)	22 September	Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R17		23 September		Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R18		23 September	Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
7	R19	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	3 November	Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	Ryan Suhle	AGI Sport
	R20		4 November		Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
	R21		4 November	Jayden Ojeda	Ryan Suhle	Jayden Ojeda	AGI Sport
Source

Calendar changes

The championship visited New Zealand for the first time, with the final round of the championship to be held at Pukekohe Park Raceway.
The championship made its debut at Winton Motor Raceway.
The championship returned to Symmons Plains Raceway after a one-year absence.
The Sandown, Barbagallo and Surfers Paradise rounds were discontinued.

Points system

Championship points were awarded in each race as follows:

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

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	SYM			PHI			QLD			WIN1			WIN2			SYD			PUK			Points
1	Jayden Ojeda	4	Ret	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	9	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	412
2	Ryan Suhle	2	1	2	4	4	2	4	2	4	1	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	2	1	2	2	354
3	Aaron Love	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	5	1	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	307
4	Cameron Shields	1	2	1	2	2	Ret	2	4	2	2	2	4	7	2	2							242
5	Lochie Hughes	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	1	5	4	Ret	5	4	5	4	5	3	5	224
6	Jackson Walls	7	6	8	7	Ret	4	7	8	5	6	4	9	3	9	10	5	3	Ret	9	5	3	148
7	Zayd Tones	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	Ret	10	9	5	7	7	6	5	6	8	9	137
8	Tommy Smith	9	8	5	11	8	7	10	9	9	8	7	7	8	7	9	6	9	8	4	6	6	99
9	Josh Smith	8	7	10	9	10	8	8	7	8	5	Ret	6	11	8	6	8	8	6	10	10	7	86
10	Antonio Astuti	10	9	9	8	7	9				9	5	8	6	6	8	10	7	9	8	9	8	72
11	Ardie Jonic				10	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	11	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	7	7	10	35
Pos	Driver	SYM			PHI			QLD			WIN1			WIN2			SYD			PUK			Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
† — Did not finish, but classified

References

External links

Official website

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