Leanne Tander
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| Leanne Tander | ||
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| Australian Formula 3 Record | ||
| Nationality | Australian | |
| Series | Australian Formula 3 | |
| Car # | 42 | |
| Current team | TanderSport | |
| Series Championships | 0 | |
| Wins | 4 | |
| Podium finishes | 10 | |
| Pole positions | 6 | |
| 2007 Championship position | 2nd | |
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Leanne Tander (born 5 June 1980 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian racecar driver. She started in karts in 1993, and progressed to Formula Ford in 1998. After mixed success there, she moved up into V8 Supercar in 2001 with Garry Rogers Motorsport and 2002 with Fleetcare Racing. The next two seasons saw her race her father's Mazda RX-7 in Improved Production racing, winning the Victorian championship, as well as Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 with Team Toyota Australia. 2005 saw Leanne move to the Australian Formula Three Championship where she became the first female to win a race in 2007. After a pair of second places at Symmons Plains Raceway at the penultimate round, Tander went into the final round of the championship leading by four points.
After qualifying on pole position for both races at the season finale, at Oran Park, Leanne scored a third and a second in the two races, respectively, to narrowly miss out on the championship by just two points. It remains the best ever performance by a female driver in a National Australian circuit-racing Championship, and possibly the best ever by a female driver in a National or International F3 series.
She is married to reigning V8Supercar champion Garth Tander. With Garth leading the V8 Supercar standings, and Leanne having led the Australian Drivers Championship this season, it was the first time that a married couple have simultaneously lead Australian Motor Racing Championships.[1]
[edit] Career results
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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| 1998 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 27th | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | |
| 1999 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 7th | Stealth Van Diemen RF94 Ford | |
| 2000 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Stealth Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
| 2001 | Konica V8Supercar Series | 5th | Holden Commodore VT | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
| 2002 | Konica V8Supercar Series | 18th | Holden Commodore VS | Fleetcare Racing |
| 2004 | Australian Production Car Championship | 3rd | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Neal Bates Motorsport |
| 2005 | Victorian Improved Production Car Championship | 1st | Mazda RX-7 | Mark Ferrier |
| 2005 | New South Wales Improved Production Car Championship | 1st | Mazda RX-7 | Mark Ferrier |
| 2005 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 7th | Dallara F301 Alfa Romeo Dallara F304 Spiess Opel |
Piccola Scuderia Fleetcare TanderSport |
| 2006 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 5th | Dallara F304 Spiess Opel | Fleetcare TanderSport |
| 2007 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Dallara F304 Spiess Opel | Fleetcare TanderSport |
