{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} The '''1971 Australian Formula 2 Championship''' was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars.<ref name=CAMS>Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 79–83</ref> It was the fifth Australian Formula 2 Championship.<ref>Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7</ref>
The championship was won by Henk Woelders driving an Elfin 600C Waggott.
==Calendar== [[File:Elfin 600E Graham Ruckert.jpg|thumb|Championship winner Henk Woelders (Elfin 600B) at the Lakeside round]] The championship was contested over a six heat series with one race per heat.<ref name=Shepherd>Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 78–79</ref> Heats were staged concurrently with those of the 1971 Australian Drivers' Championship which was open to drivers of both Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 cars.<ref name=CAMS/> {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | align="center" | Heat | Heat name | Circuit | State | Date | Winning driver | Car |- | align="center" | 1 | Governor's Trophy | Lakeside | Queensland | 6 June<ref name=RCNH1>Des White, F5000 on the way, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 26–28</ref> | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B England Ford |- | align="center" | 2 | Angus & Coote Diamond Trophy | Oran Park | New South Wales | 27 June<ref name=RCNH2>Max Stahl, Stewart Leads Gold Star, Racing Car News, August 1971, pages 34–35</ref> | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott |- | align="center" | 3 | Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 29 August<ref name=RCNH3>Des White, Matich Win Opens Score, Racing Car News, October 1971, pages 56–57</ref> | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott |- | align="center" | 4 | Victoria Trophy | Sandown Park | Victoria | 12 September<ref name=RCNH4>Tom Naughton, Bartlett’s Game Comeback, Racing Car News, October 1971, pages 68–69</ref> | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott |- | align="center" | 5 | | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 25 September<ref name=RCNH5>Steven Chopping, Stewart Strikes Gold, Racing Car News, November 1971, pages 44–45</ref> | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B England Ford |- | align="center" | 6 | Rothmans Trophy | Mallala | South Australia | 11 October<ref name=RCNH6>John Brownsea, Stewart is Gold Star Champ, Racing Car News, November 1971, pages 58–59</ref> | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott |}
==Points system== Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six placegetters in the Formula 2 class at each heat.<ref name=CAMS/> Each driver could retain points only from his/her best five heat results.<ref name=CAMS/>
==Results== {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | width="47" height="13" align="center" | Position<ref name=Shepherd/> | Driver<ref name=Shepherd/> | Car<ref name=Shepherd/><ref name=RCNH1/><ref name=RCNH2/><ref name=RCNH3/><ref name=RCNH4/><ref name=RCNH5/><ref name=RCNH6/><ref name=Mallala>Official Programme, Mallala Race Circuit, 11 October 1971</ref><ref name=Mercury>Top drivers for Symmons Plains, The Mercury, Monday, 13-9-1971, page 15</ref> | Entrant<ref name=RCNH1/><ref name=RCNH2/><ref name=RCNH3/><ref name=RCNH4/><ref name=RCNH5/><ref name=RCNH6/><ref name=Mallala/> | width="18" align="center" | Lak. | width="20" align="center" | Ora. | width="20" align="center" | Sur. | width="20" align="center" | San. | width="20" align="center" | Sym. | width="20" align="center" | Mal. | width="32" align="center" | Total<ref name=Shepherd/> |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott | Bill Patterson Racing | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | – | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 40 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B England Ford | Paul England Pty Ltd <br> Box Hill Auto Sales | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | – | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 32 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | Jack Bono | Elfin 600B Lotus Ford | Graham Collier | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | – | align="center" | 20 |- | height="13" align="center" | 4 | John Walker | Elfin 600B Lotus Ford | City State Racing Team | align="center" | – | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 9 |- | height="13" align="center" | 5 | Ivan Tighe | Elfin 600B | Ivan Tighe | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 6 |- | height="13" align="center" | = | Garrie Cooper | Elfin 600B Lotus Ford | Elfin Sports Cars | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | – | align="center" | 6 |- | height="13" align="center" | 7 | Vern Hamilton | Elfin 600B | Vern Hamilton | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 5 |- | height="13" align="center" | 8 | John Ampt | Elfin Mono 11B Ford | John Ampt | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 4 |- | height="13" align="center" | 9 | Ross Ambrose | Elfin 600B Lotus | Ross Ambrose | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 3 |- | height="13" align="center" | = | Ken Hastings | McLaren M4A Ford<ref name=Sandown_Programme>Official Programme, Sandown, September 11 & 12 1971</ref> | Clive Millis Motors <ref name=Sandown_Programme/> | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 3 |- | height="13" align="center" | 11 | Clive Millis | Elfin 600B Ford | Clive Millis Pty Ltd | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 |- | height="13" align="center" | = | Don Uebergang | Elfin 600B | Don Uebergang | align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 |- | height="13" align="center" | = | Bob Webb | Ausper | Bob Webb | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 |}
Note: * Only four Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 4<ref name=Shepherd/> * Only three Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 5<ref name=Shepherd/> * Only two Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 6<ref name=Shepherd/>
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070858/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – Australian Titles] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120226103146/http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/item-5981public.html?cache=no Image of 1971 AF2 Champion Henk Woelders (Elfin 600C) at Surfers Paradise]
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