The 1988 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing titleRecords Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 14-4 to 14-6 which was awarded to the winner of the 1988 Australian Formula 2 Championship. The winning driver received the 1988 CAMS Gold Star and is recognised by CAMS as the winner of both the 43rd

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and the 21st Australian Formula 2 Championship. 1988 was the second and last year in which the Australian Drivers' Championship was contested by Australian Formula 2 cars, this being an interim arrangement between the demise of Formula Mondial in

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at the end of 19861988 Australian Formula 2 Championship, Program, Mallala Motor Sport Park, Sunday 5 June 1988, page 5 and the introduction of Formula Holden in 1989.Barry Catford, The Australian Formula 2 Gold Star Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, pages 181 to 197

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driver Rohan Onslow won the first of his two Australian Drivers' Championships and his only Australian Formula 2 Championship driving a Cheetah Mk.8

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RT30 Volkswagen. Queensland driver Derek Pingel (

RT30

) finished second with Barry Ward (

RT30

) placed third. Onslow and Neil Israel (Magnum 863

) each attained two round wins with single victories scored by Pingel, Ward and factory

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driver Glenn Seton, who drove a Nissan Pulsar powered

RT4 in two rounds of the championship. Seton's win at Adelaide International Raceway would be the only win for a car powered by an engine other than a Volkswagen Golf unit during the two years in which Australian Formula 2 cars contested the Australian Drivers' Championship.

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with one race per round.1988 Championship Results, Australian Formula 2 Championship/CAMS Gold Star, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, page 317

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 30-27-24-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis for the first twenty places at each round.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1988 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 74 & 75 Only the best six results from the seven rounds could be retained by each driver.

Championship results

Championship name

Whilst the 1988 Australian Formula 2 Championship winner was awarded the CAMS Gold Star, it was not certain at the time that the winner would be officially recognised as the 1988 Australian Champion Driver.Barry Catford, Australian Formula 2 Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, page 181 Subsequently, however, the

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listed Onslow as the winner of both the 1988 Australian Formula 2 Championship and the 1988 Australian Drivers' Championship.

References

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