Both Kiwi drivers’ Taylor Cockerton and Ryan Yardley stood on the podium at the opening round of the CAMS PAYCE Australian Formula 4 Championship at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix weekend. As one of the support classes at the Albert Park venue, the series held three races with Yardley finishing second and Cockerton third in the second race.
Cockerton finished seventh in the opening race with Yardley tenth. In the final race of the round they finished fifth and sixth respectively.
“To grab a podium on the first weekend in the car was pretty cool, and do it here at the Australian Grand Prix is even better,” Yardley said.
“Driving this track is pretty awesome, it’s fast and flowing. A lot of these guys are pretty aggressive over here, so it’s nice to get up and close with some of the Aussies here.”
“It (race 2) was a pretty chaotic race,” commented Cockerton. “There was only two or three racing laps we got in the end, I was out trying to make no mistakes and get to the finish line really.
“Huge thank you to MTEC, the car has been really fast all weekend. If we can get some clean air, we can hopefully challenge for a win.”
At this stage it is unclear whether either driver will compete at the next round at the Sydney Motorsport Park 17-19 May 2019
Results
Championship Points
1. Luis Leeds: 45
2. Ryan Suhle: 37
3. Lochie Hughes: 37
4. Jayden Ojeda: 35
5. Antonio Astuti: 33
6. Taylor Cockerton: 31
7. Ryan Yardley: 27
8. Jackson Burton: 19
9. Tommy Smith: 18
10. Jackson Walls: 9
11. Josh Smith: 6
12. Dylan Thomas: 6
Castrol Pole Position
1. Luis Leeds (AGI) 2:02.1251
2. Jayden Ojeda (AGI) +0.0066
3. Ryan Suhle (BRM) +0.4127
4. Lochie Hughes (BRM) +0.5485
5. Antonio Astuti (AGI) +1.1928
6. Jackson Burton (AGI) +1.1943
7. Josh Smith (AGI) +1.4137
8. Taylor Cockerton (MTEC) +1.5308
9. Ryan Yardley (MTEC) +1.5976
10. Tommy Smith (BRM) +2.7488
11. Matt Holmes (JRD) +3.3448
12. Heath Collinson (JRD) +3.6327
13. Dylan Thomas (Tank Motorsport) +3.8338
14. Jackson Walls (Patrizicorse) +4.8125
15. Emerson Harvey (BRM) +5.5257
16. Christian Lester (Rossoverde) +6.0751
17. Aaron Zerefos (Patrizicorse) +10.1466
18. Brenton Griguol (BRM) +15.0832
Race One Results
1. Luis Leeds
2. Ryan Suhle +0.1412
3. Lochie Hughes +1.0029
4. Jackson Burton +1.4030
5. Jayden Ojeda +1.5301
6. Antonio Astuti +2.2260
7. Taylor Cockerton +4.1821
8. Josh Smith +4.3166
9. Tommy Smith +5.3879
10. Ryan Yardley +6.3654
11. Matt Holmes +8.8275
12. Dylan Thomas +10.2201
13. Emerson Harvey +30.1355
14. Brenton Griguol +30.9654
15. Aaron Zerefos +34.9913
DNF. Heath Collinson
DNF. Jackson Walls
DNF. Christian Lester
Race Two Results
1. Antonio Astuti
2. Ryan Yardley +0.7216
3. Taylor Cockerton +1.4240
4. Tommy Smith +1.5630
5. Lochie Hughes +1.8223
6. Jackson Walls +2.2787
7. Dylan Thomas +3.0197
8. Ryan Suhle +5.4189
9. Luis Leeds +5.8117
10. Jackson Burton +7.4072
11. Brenton Griguol +9.5333
12. Heath Collinson +9.8060
13. Christian Lester +11.9692
14. Emerson Harvey +13.6145
15. Aaron Zerefos +17.2596
DNF. Josh Smith
DNF. Jayden Ojeda
DNF. Matt Holmes
Race Three Results
1. Jayden Ojeda
2. Luis Leeds +0.8182
3. Ryan Suhle +2.0088
4. Lochie Hughes +2.2195
5. Taylor Cockerton +8.6927
6. Ryan Yardley +10.8991
7. Jackson Burton +15.0500
8. Tommy Smith +16.2116
9. Josh Smith +21.3805
10. Jackson Walls +26.0574
11. Dylan Thomas +31.7799
12. Matt Holmes +33.2479
13. Heath Collinson +35.2132
14. Emerson Harvey +35.6252
15. Antonio Astuti +45.0103
16. Christian Lester +55.4322
17. Brenton Griguol +1:02.9549
18. Aaron Zerefos +1:36.7042
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