{{Short description|Motor racing championship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}} The '''1982 Australian Formula 2 Championship''' was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2.<ref name=1982CAMS>Conditions for Australian Titles, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 87 to 89</ref> The title, which was the 15th Australian Formula 2 Championship,<ref>Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6</ref> was won by Lucio Cesario driving a Ralt RT3 Volkswagen.<ref name=1982AMRY>Barry Catford, Australian Formula 2 Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 210 to 221</ref>

==Calendar== The championship was contested over a five round series.<ref name=1982AMRY/> {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | height="14" align="center" | Round<ref name=1982AMRY/> | Race | Circuit<ref name=1982AMRY/> | State | Date<ref name=1982AMRY/> | Format<ref name=1982AMRY/> | Round winner<ref name=1982AMRY/> | Car<ref name=1982AMRY/>

|- | height="14" align="center" | 1 | Solo Lemon Trophy<ref name=Sandown>Solo Lemon Trophy Race, Official Programme, Sandown, 11–14 February 1982, page 5</ref> | Sandown Park | Victoria | 14 February | Two heats | Peter Macrow | Cheetah Mk7 Holden

|- | height="14" align="center" | 2 | &nbsp; | Winton | Victoria | 28 March | Two heats | Lucio Cesario | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen

|- | height="14" align="center" | 3 | &nbsp; | Oran Park | New South Wales | 6 June | Two heats | Lucio Cesario | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen

|- | height="14" align="center" | 4 | &nbsp; | Calder Raceway | Victoria | 1 August | Two heats | Lucio Cesario | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen

|- | height="14" align="center" | 5 | Coca-Cola Plate<ref name=AIR>Coca-Cola Plate, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 29 September 1982, page 20</ref> | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 26 September | One race | Peter Macrow | Cheetah Mk7 Holden

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==Points system== Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.<ref name=1982CAMS/>

Where rounds were contested over two heats, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 positions in each race.<ref name=1982CAMS/> These points were then aggregated to determine the first six round positions for the purpose of championship points allocation.<ref name=1982CAMS/>

==Championship results==

{| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.4<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" ! Position ! Driver<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! No. ! Car<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Entrant ! San<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Win<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Ora<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Cal<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Ade<ref name=1982AMRY/> ! Total<ref name=1982AMRY/> |- ! 1 | Lucio Cesario | align="center" | 16 | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen | Formula One Automotive<ref name=Sandown/> | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''30''' |- ! 2 | Peter Macrow | align="center" | 25 | Cheetah Mk7 Holden | Peter Macrow<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | '''29''' |- ! 3 | Greg Ferrall | align="center" | 8 | Elfin GE Two 25 Volkswagen | Beasley Solar<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | '''12''' |- ! 3 | Robert Power | align="center" | 79 | Kaditcha A80B Volkswagen | Robert Power<ref name=RCN_Mar_82>Graham Slater, Sizzling Sandown!, Racing Car News, March 1982, pages 19 to 27</ref> | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''12''' |- ! 5 | Peter Glover | align="center" | 13 | Cheetah Mk7 Holden | Peter Glover<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | '''10''' |- ! 6 | David Cooper | align="center" | 6 | Elfin 700 GE Volkswagen | David Cooper<ref name=RCN_Mar_82/> | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''8''' |- ! 7 | Chris Kane | align="center" | 5 | Arbyen Volkswagen | Chris Kane<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | '''6''' |- ! 8 | Grahame Blee | align="center" | 2 | Cheetah Mk6GE Toyota | Bell Street Truck Centre<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | '''4''' |- ! 8 | Graeme Smith | align="center" | 15 | Biranna 274 Ford | Graeme Smith<ref name=RCN_Mar_82/> | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''4''' |- ! 10 | Peter Beehag | align="center" | 74 | Cheetah Mk7 Volkswagen | Peter Beehag<ref name=RCN_Mar_82/> | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''3''' |- ! 10 | Hugh Gartley | align="center" | 44 | Cheetah Mk7 Toyota | Hugh Gartley<ref name=AIR/> | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''3''' |- ! 10 | Brian Sampson | align="center" | | Cheetah Mk6 Toyota | | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | '''3''' |- ! 13 | Ian Richards | align="center" | 11 | Richards 201 Volkswagen | Ian Richards<ref name=RCN_Nov_82>Rob Turnbull, Cesario, Clearihan Champs!, Racing Car News, November 1982, page 62</ref> | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | '''1''' |}

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070858/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport]

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