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2007 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition


Motor racing competition

The 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing title for drivers of Formula 3 racing cars, with the winner awarded the 2007 CAMS Gold Star. The title, which was the 51st Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded to the winner of the 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship, which began on 4 February 2007 (at Eastern Creek Raceway) and finished on 4 November at Oran Park, consisted of 16 races at 8 rounds across 4 different states.

The 2007 championship was notable for being one of the most competitive Australian Drivers Championships in years, with seven different drivers from three countries scoring race wins and ten drivers achieving at least one top three race placing. Four drivers, Tim Macrow, Leanne Tander, Charlie Hollings and James Winslow, had a mathematical chance of winning the championship heading into the final round. Whilst Winslow did not compete at that round due to a clash with his Formula V6 Asia commitments, the remaining trio fought out the title with Macrow coming from four points behind to win the championship in the final race of the season.

Classes

Competing cars were classified into one of three classes:

  • The Championship Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2004
  • The National Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001
  • The Trophy Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 1998

Points System

Points were awarded on 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten finishers in the Championship Class in each race. An additional point was awarded to the driver setting the Championship Class pole position in the qualifying session for each race and a further point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest Championship Class race lap in each race. The point for fastest race lap was only awarded if the driver was a classified finisher in that race.

Points for the National Class and the Trophy Class were awarded on the same basis as for the Championship Class.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in championship.

TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesChampionshipDallara F304Mugen-Honda2Australia Mat Sofi
NationalDallara F30159Australia Jesse Wakeman
Team BRMChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel3Australia Barton Mawer
4Italy Marco Mapelli
Sodemo-Renault19Indonesia Maher Algadrie
22Australia Chris Alajajian
29Australia Stuart Kostera
NationalDallara F301Mugen-Honda57Australia Daniel Schulz
PRB AustraliaNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel6Australia Chris Barry
HT Leads / Koni / FedExChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel8New Zealand Mathew Radisich
Astuti MotorsportChampionshipDallara F304Sodemo-Renault10Austria Walter Grubmuller
Australia Ricky Occhipinti
Australia Michael Trimble
Australia Daniel Schulz
11Great Britain Charles Hollings
JB MotorsportNationalDallara F301Novamotor-FIAT12Australia John Boothman
Gilmour RacingChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel17Australia Chris Gilmour
Decentralised DemountablesTrophyDallara F398Novamotor-FIAT21Australia Graeme Holmes
Scud RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel25Australia Ian Dyk
Australia Lauren Gray
Australia Stuart Kostera
ChampionshipDallara F30460Australia Tim Macrow
TrophyDallara F396TOM'S-Toyota87Australia Greg Hunter
88Australia Samantha Reid
Piccola Scuderia CorseChampionshipDallara F304Mugen-Honda27Great Britain James Winslow
Formula Uno RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel32Australia Gordon Campbell
333 RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel33Australia Tim Berryman
Hack, Anderson & ThomasTrophyDallara F398TOM'S-Toyota37Australia Rod Anderson
TandersportChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel42Australia Leanne Tander

Calendar

Round / RaceCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1 / 11 / 22 / 12 / 23 / 13 / 24 / 14 / 25 / 15 / 26 / 16 / 27 / 17 / 28 / 18 / 2
Australia Eastern Creek Raceway4 FebruaryAustralia Stuart KosteraAustralia Chris AlajajianAustralia Stuart KosteraAustralia Team BRM
Great Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Chris AlajajianAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Australia Oran Park Raceway22 AprilGreat Britain Charles HollingsGreat Britain Charles HollingsGreat Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Astuti Motorsport
Great Britain Charles HollingsItaly Marco MapelliGreat Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Astuti Motorsport
Australia Phillip Island6 MayGreat Britain James WinslowAustralia Mat SofiGreat Britain James WinslowAustralia Piccola Scuderia Course
Great Britain James WinslowAustralia Leanne TanderAustralia Leanne TanderAustralia Tandersport
Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park1 JulyAustralia Michael TrimbleItaly Marco MapelliGreat Britain James WinslowAustralia Piccola Scuderia Course
Australia Michael TrimbleAustralia Michael TrimbleAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Australia Eastern Creek Raceway15 JulyAustralia Tim MacrowItaly Marco MapelliGreat Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Astuti Motorsport
Australia Leanne TanderItaly Marco MapelliItaly Marco MapelliAustralia Team BRM
Australia Phillip Island12 AugustGreat Britain James WinslowAustralia Mat SofiAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Cancelled due to rainAustralia Leanne TanderAustralia Leanne TanderAustralia Tandersport
Australia Symmons Plains Raceway2 SeptemberAustralia Leanne TanderGreat Britain James WinslowGreat Britain James WinslowAustralia Astuti Motorsport
Tasmania Tasmanian Super PrixGreat Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Mat SofiAustralia Barton MawerAustralia Team BRM
Australia Oran Park Raceway4 NovemberAustralia Leanne TanderAustralia Leanne TanderGreat Britain Charles HollingsAustralia Astuti Motorsport
Australia Leanne TanderAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing

Results

PosDriverEAS 1EAS 2ORA 1ORA 2PHI 1PHI 2MAL 1MAL 2EAS 3EAS 4PHI 3PHI 4SYM 1SYM 2ORA 3ORA 4Pts.CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS12345678910111213141516NATIONAL CLASS123456NCNCNCTROPHY CLASS1234
Australia Tim Macrow312245Ret135127321208
Australia Leanne Tander6433512452612232206
Great Britain Charles Hollings7811265213234914199
Great Britain James Winslow57641216773Ret1Ret133
Italy Marco MapelliRet6563345417Ret65114
Australia Mat Sofi4Ret8964786612RetRetRet4671
Australia Stuart Kostera1547711378DNSRetDNS68
Australia Barton Mawer5Ret31Ret352
Australia Chris Gilmour7585DNS45552
Australia Michael Trimble632446
Australia Daniel Schulz445634
Australia Chris Alajajian2232
Austria Walter GrubmullerRet3RetRet12
Australia Ricky Occhipinti877
Indonesia Maher Algadrie14105
New Zealand Mathew RadisichRet9DNSDNS3
Australia Chris Barry89981010899910Ret67269
Australia Lauren Gray9Ret10101213121112DNS8DNS121
Australia John Boothman111214DNS131111710Ret101
Australia Daniel SchulzRetRet118910Ret892
Australia Jesse Wakeman1013Ret69786
Australia Gordon Campbell121322
Australia Stuart KosteraRetRet0
Australia Ian DykRetDNS0
Australia Tim BerrymanDNSDNS0
Australia Rod Anderson1011131213DNS1112Ret898185
Australia Graeme Holmes9Ret111210109Ret134
Australia Samantha ReidRetDNS7938
Australia Greg Hunter131430

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Non-championship round

A non-championship round was held at Albert Park supporting the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, with three races held. The first was won by Charlie Hollings, and both the second and third races by Tim Macrow.

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831154149/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2007%20Aust%20F3%20SportRegs.pdf 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting Regulations] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 21 August 2009
  2. [http://www.formula3.com.au/championship07.asp 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship results] Retrieved on 9 December 2010
  3. "N/C 2007, Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix".
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