1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Australian Formula 2 cars.^[1] The title, which was the 19th Australian Formula 2 Championship,^[2] was won by Jonathan Crooke, driving a Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen.^[3]

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was contested over a nine round series.^[3]

Round[4]	Circuit[4]	State	Date[4]	Round format[4]	Round winner[4]	Car[4]
1	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	9 March	One race	Arthur Abrahams	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
2	Baskerville	Tasmania	16 March	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
3	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	18 May	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
4	Oran Park	New South Wales	8 June	One race	Mark McLaughlin	Elfin 852 Volkswagen
5	Lakeside	Queensland	15 June	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
6	Adelaide International Raceway[5]	South Australia	6 July	One race	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
7	Mallala Motor Sport Park[6]	South Australia	3 August	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
8	Winton	Victoria	31 August	Two races	Jonathan Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
9	Sandown Park	Victoria	14 September	One race	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen

Points were awarded to the first 20 placegetters in each race as per the following table:^[1]

Race position[1]	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points[1]	30	27	24	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

• Where a round was contested over two races, each driver's points were aggregated and then divided by the two to determine the championship points allocation for that round.^[1]
• Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.^[1]

Position[3]	Driver[3]	No.[3]	Car[3]	Entrant[5]	Sym.[3]	Bas.[3]	Sur.[3]	Ora.[3]	Lak.[3]	Ade.[3]	Mal.[3]	Win.[3]	San.[3]	Total[3]
1	Jonathan Crooke	71 & 18	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Jonathan Crooke	27	30	30	(15)	30	30	28.5	30	30	235.5
2	Mark McLaughlin	9 & 14	Elfin 852 Volkswagen	Elfin Sports Cars	-	27	21	30	-	21	15	27	27	168
3	Derek Pingel	5	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Derek Pingel	15	10.5	27	-	27	27	18	15	24	163.5
4	Bob Power	8	Ralt RT3 Volkswagen	Bob Power	19	24	24	27	14	24	17	-	14	163
5	Arthur Abrahams	19	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Arthur Abrahams	30	8.5	13	-	19	-	-	-	21	91.5
6	Grahame Blee	2	Cheetah Mk.6GE[4] Toyota	Grahame Blee	10	6	-	21	-	14	19	10	-	80
7	Ian Richards	11[5]	Richards 201C Volkswagen	Ian Richards	17	9.5	15	-	-	-	25.5	9.5	-	76.5
8	Hugh Gartley	44[5]	HTG FII[4] Toyota	Hugh Gartley	12	10.5	-	17	15	-	13.5	-	7	75
9	Steve Noble	46[5]	Richards 201B Volkswagen	John Silman	-	-	12	12	-	-	11.5	13	15	63.5
10	Peter Macrow	25	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Macrow Motors[3]	24	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	63

Note:

• The above table lists only the top ten championship positions.
• Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.^[1] Discarded points are shown within brackets.

• 1986 Australian open wheeler racing images at www.autopics.com.au