Continuing his exceptional Hidden Valley form, Le Brocq led the Rising Stars charge throughout the weekend. The Melbourne driver, who celebrated his 18th birthday on the Wednesday prior to the event, proved a thorn in the side of the top five contenders all weekend after qualifying on the fourth row of the grid for Saturday afternoon’s opening race.

 Le Brocq impressed with sixth in Race 1 and fifth in Race 2, before a post-race penalty for a driving infringement dropped him from seventh to 15th in Race 3. Despite the ruling, Le Brocq finished the round seventh overall on points, splitting championship contenders Geoff Uhrhane and Nick Foster in the process.

 “It’s been a fantastic weekend for us,” said Le Brocq at the conclusion of the event. “I felt like I made a really positive step forward with my driving last time out at Hidden Valley, and to be able to come here and back it up two weeks later is a really good sign.

Jack Le Brocq has provided the CAMS Rising Stars team with three excellent results during Round 4 of the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship – in a weekend where Le Brocq encountered the Hidden Valley circuit for the first time. With just three previous Formula Ford events to his name, Le Brocq scored points in all three races, taking eighth, ninth, and tenth place finishes across the weekend in his Minda Motorsport prepared Spectrum.

Le Brocq, who ran a special nose cone in support of the SIDS and Kids Red Nose Day campaign, ended Friday in 14th, having improved by a full second in the afternoon. In Qualifying Jack then got the most out of his green tyres and gained just over 1 and a half seconds which put him right up there with the front running guys. Le Brocq was able to get onto the back of some of the front running cars and worked with fellow teammate Garry Jacobson to qualify himself in 9th position.

CAMS Rising Star Jack Le Brocq will show his support for the SIDS and Kids Red Nose Day campaign by running a red nose on his Formula Ford at Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend.

The 17 year old is currently in his first season in the Ford Genuine Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship, having graduated from successful stints in karts and Formula Vee.

The Le Brocq family have been supporters of SIDS and Kids for 15 years and have previously raised in excess of $300,000 for the charity.

SIDS and Kids is dedicated to saving the lives of babies and children during pregnancy, birth infancy and childhood.

Red Nose Day, which this year falls on the 25th of June, is SIDS and Kids most important fund raising day of the year – having been held annually since 1988.

Jack Le Brocq had the weekend that every driver dreads at Round 3 of the Australian Formula Ford Championship at Winton Motor Raceway. The weekend didn’t start off as Jack had planned and he finished well down in the practice time standings. Early Saturday morning Le Brocq struggled to get a good time in on the new tyres and didn’t get the full advantage that the tyres have to offer and ended up down the pack for the first race.

"We’ve tried many different set ups today, and I think we made positive gains towards the end of the second session," he said. “Obviously it wasn’t the greatest day for me, but it’s a useful experience to spend the day learning how the car reacts to changes”

Heading into the races Le Brocq showed some good signs of pace towards the end of Sunday. Jack was running as high as 11th place in Race 2 but slowly dropped back to 17th place. Le Brocq finished 16th in Race 1 and 3.

Jack Le Brocq had a very up and down weekend at Round 2 of the Australian Formula Ford Championship held at Queensland Raceway. After finishing practice in 14th position at the very bumpy Qld Raceway circuit, Jack was pleased with where he ended up.

Le Brocq and the Cams Rising Star Squad/Minda Motorsport approached qualifying a different way to try and gain the most out of the new tyre gain. The team pitted Jack half way through the session and put the new set on. Jack wasn’t able to improve his time with the new tyres and had to settle for 16th position.

“I was pleased to be able to qualify as high as 16th on old tyres and to be in the top ten at one stage with that time, I felt the car was going to have some good pace during the races. The new tyres didn’t act as I thought they would with the car changing dramatically after we changed them, this was quite disappointing as I thought I was in for a really good shot at moving right into the top ten”

Jack started from 16th in Race 1 and just narrowly missing out on points as he came home in 11th position. For Race 2 Le Brocq changed his tyres to the set he started with in qualifying. The weekend got very eventful from this point on. After Jack setting times 2 tenths off the winner, in lap 7 he was unnecessarily hit at turn 2 and sent off into the gravel trap.

Jack Le Brocq successfully began his Formula Ford career with points on the board after an action packed Race 1 at the Famous Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.

After struggling with pace during practice and the early stages of qualifying everything started to turn around when Jack started to produce some quick times towards the end of the session. This would leave Jack to start from 15th position for his first race in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Saturday’s race 1 started off perfectly for Jack and after 3 laps had moved up as high as 10th position before the safety car was called out. After an eventful restart and despite a collision that damaged the rear of his Formula Ford, Jack was able to finish the 8 lap race off in 9th position.

“After an ordinary practice and qualifying session, I was very pleased with how the car handled towards the start of the race and I am very happy with the result. To walk away with 2 points in the bag is more than I expected for my debut race in the series. On the restart after the car being physically lifted off the ground from a car behind causing damage to the lower rear arm and exhaust system, I was very happy to be able to hold onto 9th position as the car was very loose in the rear for the remaining 4 laps of the race”

The Australian Motor Sport Foundation (AMSF) has today announced that Jack Le Brocq has been selected to represent the CAMS Rising Star Program in 2010.

Le Brocq, 17, will be alternating his overalls for a race suit next year, as the Minda Motorsport apprentice mechanic joins Matthew Brabham in the 2010 CAMS Rising Star Program.

Le Brocq, from Victoria, has shown enormous potential in the Victorian Formula Vee Championship. With three round wins at state level and a second place at the Formula Vee national round at Winton in 2009, Le Brocq is eager to progress to the next level.

"Being selected to be a part of the 2010 CAMS Rising Star Program is such an honour and is more than I could ever have wished for. I can’t wait to get back into a Formula Ford after my last test day and continue to learn the car before the Australian Formula Ford Championship starts next year," Le Brocq said.

"It is great to be running with Minda Motorsport and I can only benefit from its professionalism and expertise. Everything has just fallen into place over the past few months and I am looking forward to the challenge of racing against some of the best drivers in Australia in 2010."

AMSF General Manager Martin Stillman said: "Season 2010 is an exciting year for the CAMS Rising Star Program with two extremely talented young rookie drivers joining the program. Both Jack and Matthew Brabham deserve their place in the CAMS Rising Star team, each having enormous potential and scope for further development on their natural ability. I am looking forward to watching their progress as drivers next year."