2007 Australian Drivers' Championship

2007 Australian Drivers' Championship

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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.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
R-Tek Motorsport Services	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	2	Template:Flagicon Mat Sofi
	National	Dallara F301		59	Template:Flagicon Jesse Wakeman
Team BRM	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	3	Template:Flagicon Barton Mawer
				4	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli
			Sodemo-Renault	19	Template:Flagicon Maher Algadrie
				22	Template:Flagicon Chris Alajajian
				29	Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera
	National	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	57	Template:Flagicon Daniel Schulz
PRB Australia	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	6	Template:Flagicon Chris Barry
HT Leads / Koni / FedEx	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8	Template:Flagicon Mathew Radisich
Astuti Motorsport	Championship	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	10	Template:Flagicon Walter Grubmuller Template:Flagicon Ricky Occhipinti Template:Flagicon Michael Trimble Template:Flagicon Daniel Schulz
				11	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings
JB Motorsport	National	Dallara F301	Novamotor-FIAT	12	Template:Flagicon John Boothman
Gilmour Racing	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	17	Template:Flagicon Chris Gilmour
Decentralised Demountables	Trophy	Dallara F398	Novamotor-FIAT	21	Template:Flagicon Graeme Holmes
Scud Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	25	Template:Flagicon Ian Dyk Template:Flagicon Lauren Gray Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera
	Championship	Dallara F304		60	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow
	Trophy	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	87	Template:Flagicon Greg Hunter
				88	Template:Flagicon Samantha Reid
Piccola Scuderia Corse	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	27	Template:Flagicon James Winslow
Formula Uno Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	32	Template:Flagicon Gordon Campbell
333 Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	33	Template:Flagicon Tim Berryman
Hack, Anderson & Thomas	Trophy	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	37	Template:Flagicon Rod Anderson
Tandersport	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	42	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander

Calendar

Round / Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1 / 1	Template:Flagicon Eastern Creek Raceway	4 February	Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera	Template:Flagicon Chris Alajajian	Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera	Template:Flagicon Team BRM
1 / 2			Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Chris Alajajian	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Scud Racing
2 / 1	Template:Flagicon Oran Park Raceway	22 April	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Astuti Motorsport
2 / 2			Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Astuti Motorsport
3 / 1	Template:Flagicon Phillip Island	6 May	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Mat Sofi	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Piccola Scuderia Course
3 / 2			Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Tandersport
4 / 1	Template:Flagicon Mallala Motor Sport Park	1 July	Template:Flagicon Michael Trimble	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Piccola Scuderia Course
4 / 2			Template:Flagicon Michael Trimble	Template:Flagicon Michael Trimble	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Scud Racing
5 / 1	Template:Flagicon Eastern Creek Raceway	15 July	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Astuti Motorsport
5 / 2			Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli	Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli	Template:Flagicon Team BRM
6 / 1	Template:Flagicon Phillip Island	12 August	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Mat Sofi	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Scud Racing
6 / 2			Cancelled due to rain	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Tandersport
7 / 1	Template:Flagicon Symmons Plains Raceway	2 September	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon James Winslow	Template:Flagicon Astuti Motorsport
7 / 2	Template:Flagicon Tasmanian Super Prix		Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Mat Sofi	Template:Flagicon Barton Mawer	Template:Flagicon Team BRM
8 / 1	Template:Flagicon Oran Park Raceway	4 November	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings	Template:Flagicon Astuti Motorsport
8 / 2			Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow	Template:Flagicon Scud Racing

Results

Pos Driver EAS 1 EAS 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 EAS 3 EAS 4 PHI 3 PHI 4 SYM 1 SYM 2 ORA 3 ORA 4 Pts. CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS 1 Template:Flagicon Tim Macrow 3 1 2 2 4 5 Ret 1 3 5 1 2 7 3 2 1 208 2 Template:Flagicon Leanne Tander 6 4 3 3 5 1 2 4 5 2 6 1 2 2 3 2 206 3 Template:Flagicon Charles Hollings 7 8 1 1 2 6 5 2 1 3 2 3 4 9 1 4 199 4 Template:Flagicon James Winslow 5 7 6 4 1 2 1 6 7 7 3 Ret 1 Ret 133 5 Template:Flagicon Marco Mapelli Ret 6 5 6 3 3 4 5 4 1 7 Ret 6 5 114 6 Template:Flagicon Mat Sofi 4 Ret 8 9 6 4 7 8 6 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 71 7 Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera 1 5 4 7 7 11 3 7 8 DNS Ret DNS 68 8 Template:Flagicon Barton Mawer 5 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 52 9 Template:Flagicon Chris Gilmour 7 5 8 5 DNS 4 5 5 52 10 Template:Flagicon Michael Trimble 6 3 2 4 46 11 Template:Flagicon Daniel Schulz 4 4 5 6 34 12 Template:Flagicon Chris Alajajian 2 2 32 13 Template:Flagicon Walter Grubmuller Ret 3 Ret Ret 12 14 Template:Flagicon Ricky Occhipinti 8 7 7 15 Template:Flagicon Maher Algadrie 14 10 5 16 Template:Flagicon Mathew Radisich Ret 9 DNS DNS 3 NATIONAL CLASS 1 Template:Flagicon Chris Barry 8 9 9 8 10 10 8 9 9 9 10 Ret 6 7 269 2 Template:Flagicon Lauren Gray 9 Ret 10 10 12 13 12 11 12 DNS 8 DNS 121 3 Template:Flagicon John Boothman 11 12 14 DNS 13 11 11 7 10 Ret 101 4 Template:Flagicon Daniel Schulz Ret Ret 11 8 9 10 Ret 8 92 5 Template:Flagicon Jesse Wakeman 10 13 Ret 6 9 7 86 6 Template:Flagicon Gordon Campbell 12 13 22 NC Template:Flagicon Stuart Kostera Ret Ret 0 NC Template:Flagicon Ian Dyk Ret DNS 0 NC Template:Flagicon Tim Berryman DNS DNS 0 TROPHY CLASS 1 Template:Flagicon Rod Anderson 10 11 13 12 13 DNS 11 12 Ret 8 9 8 185 2 Template:Flagicon Graeme Holmes 9 Ret 11 12 10 10 9 Ret 134 3 Template:Flagicon Samantha Reid Ret DNS 7 9 38 4 Template:Flagicon Greg Hunter 13 14 30

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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.

Further reading

• Grant Rowley, The Annual - Australian Motor Sport, 2007 Edition, Australian Formula 3 Championship, pages 76–78

External links

• Official Australian Formula 3 website
• 2007 Racing Results Archive
• CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > CAMS Gold Star