2007 Australian Drivers' Championship Explained

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.[1] 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:[1]

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.[1] 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.[1] The point for fastest race lap was only awarded if the driver was a classified finisher in that race.[1]

Points for the National Class and the Trophy Class were awarded on the same basis as for the Championship Class.[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in championship.

TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesChampionshipDallara F304Mugen-Honda2 Mat Sofi
NationalDallara F30159 Jesse Wakeman
Team BRMChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel3 Barton Mawer
4 Marco Mapelli
Sodemo-Renault19 Maher Algadrie
22 Chris Alajajian
29 Stuart Kostera
NationalDallara F301Mugen-Honda57 Daniel Schulz
PRB AustraliaNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel6 Chris Barry
HT Leads / Koni / FedEx ChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel8 Mathew Radisich
Astuti MotorsportChampionshipDallara F304Sodemo-Renault10 Walter Grubmuller
Ricky Occhipinti
Michael Trimble
Daniel Schulz
11 Charles Hollings
JB MotorsportNationalDallara F301Novamotor-FIAT12 John Boothman
Gilmour RacingChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel17 Chris Gilmour
Decentralised DemountablesTrophyDallara F398Novamotor-FIAT21 Graeme Holmes
Scud RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel25 Ian Dyk
Lauren Gray
Stuart Kostera
ChampionshipDallara F30460 Tim Macrow
TrophyDallara F396TOM'S-Toyota87 Greg Hunter
88 Samantha Reid
Piccola Scuderia CorseChampionshipDallara F304Mugen-Honda27 James Winslow
Formula Uno RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel32 Gordon Campbell
333 RacingNationalDallara F301Spiess-Opel33 Tim Berryman
Hack, Anderson & ThomasTrophyDallara F398TOM'S-Toyota37 Rod Anderson
TandersportChampionshipDallara F304Spiess-Opel42 Leanne Tander

Calendar

Round / RaceCircuitDate Pole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1 / 1 Eastern Creek Raceway4 February Stuart Kostera Chris Alajajian Stuart Kostera Team BRM
1 / 2 Charles Hollings Chris Alajajian Tim Macrow Scud Racing
2 / 1 Oran Park Raceway22 April Charles Hollings Charles Hollings Charles Hollings Astuti Motorsport
2 / 2 Charles Hollings Marco Mapelli Charles Hollings Astuti Motorsport
3 / 1 Phillip Island6 May James Winslow Mat Sofi James Winslow Piccola Scuderia Course
3 / 2 James Winslow Leanne Tander Leanne Tander Tandersport
4 / 1 Mallala Motor Sport Park1 July Michael Trimble Marco Mapelli James Winslow Piccola Scuderia Course
4 / 2 Michael Trimble Michael Trimble Tim Macrow Scud Racing
5 / 1 Eastern Creek Raceway15 July Tim Macrow Marco Mapelli Charles Hollings Astuti Motorsport
5 / 2 Leanne Tander Marco Mapelli Marco Mapelli Team BRM
6 / 1 Phillip Island12 August James Winslow Mat Sofi Tim Macrow Scud Racing
6 / 2Cancelled due to rain Leanne Tander Leanne Tander Tandersport
7 / 1 Symmons Plains Raceway2 September Leanne Tander James Winslow James Winslow Astuti Motorsport
7 / 2 Tasmanian Super Prix Charles Hollings Mat Sofi Barton Mawer Team BRM
8 / 1 Oran Park Raceway4 November Leanne Tander Leanne Tander Charles Hollings Astuti Motorsport
8 / 2 Leanne Tander Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Scud Racing

Results

PosDriverEAS 1EAS 2ORA 1ORA 2PHI 1PHI 2MAL 1MAL 2EAS 3EAS 4PHI 3PHI 4SYM 1SYM 2ORA 3ORA 4Pts.[2]
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 Tim Macrow312245Ret135127321208
2 Leanne Tander6433512452612232206
3 Charles Hollings7811265213234914199
4 James Winslow57641216773Ret1Ret133
5 Marco MapelliRet6563345417Ret65114
6 Mat Sofi4Ret8964786612RetRetRet4671
7 Stuart Kostera1547711378DNSRetDNS68
8 Barton Mawer5Ret31Ret352
9 Chris Gilmour7585DNS45552
10 Michael Trimble632446
11 Daniel Schulz445634
12 Chris Alajajian2232
13 Walter GrubmullerRet3RetRet12
14 Ricky Occhipinti877
15 Maher Algadrie14105
16 Mathew RadisichRet9DNSDNS3
NATIONAL CLASS
1 Chris Barry89981010899910Ret67269
2 Lauren Gray9Ret10101213121112DNS8DNS121
3 John Boothman111214DNS131111710Ret101
4 Daniel SchulzRetRet118910Ret892
5 Jesse Wakeman1013Ret69786
6 Gordon Campbell121322
NC Stuart KosteraRetRet0
NC Ian DykRetDNS0
NC Tim BerrymanDNSDNS0
TROPHY CLASS
1 Rod Anderson1011131213DNS1112Ret898185
2 Graeme Holmes9Ret111210109Ret134
3 Samantha ReidRetDNS7938
4 Greg Hunter131430

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.[3]

Further reading

External links

Notes and 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
  2. http://www.formula3.com.au/championship07.asp 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship results
  3. Web site: N/C 2007, Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix . Australian Formula 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025053618/http://www.formula3.com.au/results2.asp?id=070form . 25 October 2022.