2007 Australian Drivers' Championship

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]

• 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.^[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.

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

Calendar

Round / Race [1]	Circuit [1]	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1 / 1	Eastern Creek Raceway	4 February	Stuart Kostera	Chris Alajajian	Stuart Kostera	Team BRM
1 / 2			Charles Hollings	Chris Alajajian	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
2 / 1	Oran Park Raceway	22 April	Charles Hollings	Charles Hollings	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
2 / 2			Charles Hollings	Marco Mapelli	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
3 / 1	Phillip Island	6 May	James Winslow	Mat Sofi	James Winslow	Piccola Scuderia Course
3 / 2			James Winslow	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Tandersport
4 / 1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	1 July	Michael Trimble	Marco Mapelli	James Winslow	Piccola Scuderia Course
4 / 2			Michael Trimble	Michael Trimble	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
5 / 1	Eastern Creek Raceway	15 July	Tim Macrow	Marco Mapelli	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
5 / 2			Leanne Tander	Marco Mapelli	Marco Mapelli	Team BRM
6 / 1	Phillip Island	12 August	James Winslow	Mat Sofi	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
6 / 2			Cancelled due to rain	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Tandersport
7 / 1	Symmons Plains Raceway	2 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 Raceway	4 November	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
8 / 2			Leanne Tander	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	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.[2] CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS 1 Tim Macrow 3 1 2 2 4 5 Ret 1 3 5 1 2 7 3 2 1 208 2 Leanne Tander 6 4 3 3 5 1 2 4 5 2 6 1 2 2 3 2 206 3 Charles Hollings 7 8 1 1 2 6 5 2 1 3 2 3 4 9 1 4 199 4 James Winslow 5 7 6 4 1 2 1 6 7 7 3 Ret 1 Ret 133 5 Marco Mapelli Ret 6 5 6 3 3 4 5 4 1 7 Ret 6 5 114 6 Mat Sofi 4 Ret 8 9 6 4 7 8 6 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 71 7 Stuart Kostera 1 5 4 7 7 11 3 7 8 DNS Ret DNS 68 8 Barton Mawer 5 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 52 9 Chris Gilmour 7 5 8 5 DNS 4 5 5 52 10 Michael Trimble 6 3 2 4 46 11 Daniel Schulz 4 4 5 6 34 12 Chris Alajajian 2 2 32 13 Walter Grubmuller Ret 3 Ret Ret 12 14 Ricky Occhipinti 8 7 7 15 Maher Algadrie 14 10 5 16 Mathew Radisich Ret 9 DNS DNS 3 NATIONAL CLASS 1 Chris Barry 8 9 9 8 10 10 8 9 9 9 10 Ret 6 7 269 2 Lauren Gray 9 Ret 10 10 12 13 12 11 12 DNS 8 DNS 121 3 John Boothman 11 12 14 DNS 13 11 11 7 10 Ret 101 4 Daniel Schulz Ret Ret 11 8 9 10 Ret 8 92 5 Jesse Wakeman 10 13 Ret 6 9 7 86 6 Gordon Campbell 12 13 22 NC Stuart Kostera Ret Ret 0 NC Ian Dyk Ret DNS 0 NC Tim Berryman DNS DNS 0 TROPHY CLASS 1 Rod Anderson 10 11 13 12 13 DNS 11 12 Ret 8 9 8 185 2 Graeme Holmes 9 Ret 11 12 10 10 9 Ret 134 3 Samantha Reid Ret DNS 7 9 38 4 Greg Hunter 13 14 30

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

References

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