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
	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	2
	National	Dallara F301		59
Team BRM	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	3
				4	Marco Mapelli
			Sodemo-Renault	19	Maher Algadrie
				22	Chris Alajajian
				29	Stuart Kostera
	National	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	57
	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	6
HT Leads / Koni / FedEx	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8
	Championship	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	10	Walter Grubmuller
				11
	National	Dallara F301	-FIAT	12	John Boothman
	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	17	Chris Gilmour
Decentralised Demountables	Trophy	Dallara F398	-FIAT	21
	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	25	Ian Dyk Stuart Kostera
	Championship	Dallara F304		60	Tim Macrow
	Trophy	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	87
				88
	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	27	James Winslow
	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	32
	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	33
	Trophy	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	37	Rod Anderson
	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				Chris Alajajian	Tim Macrow
2 / 1	Oran Park Raceway	22 April
2 / 2				Marco Mapelli
3 / 1	Phillip Island	6 May	James Winslow		James Winslow
3 / 2			James Winslow	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander
4 / 1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	1 July		Marco Mapelli	James Winslow
4 / 2					Tim Macrow
5 / 1	Eastern Creek Raceway	15 July	Tim Macrow	Marco Mapelli
5 / 2			Leanne Tander	Marco Mapelli	Marco Mapelli	Team BRM
6 / 1	Phillip Island	12 August	James Winslow		Tim Macrow
6 / 2			Cancelled due to rain	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander
7 / 1	Symmons Plains Raceway	2 September	Leanne Tander	James Winslow	James Winslow
7 / 2	Tasmanian Super Prix					Team BRM
8 / 1	Oran Park Raceway	4 November	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander
8 / 2			Leanne Tander	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow

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 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 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 5 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 52 9 Chris Gilmour 7 5 8 5 DNS 4 5 5 52 10 6 3 2 4 46 11 4 4 5 6 34 12 Chris Alajajian 2 2 32 13 Walter Grubmuller Ret 3 Ret Ret 12 14 8 7 7 15 Maher Algadrie 14 10 5 16 Ret 9 DNS DNS 3 NATIONAL CLASS 1 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 Ret Ret 11 8 9 10 Ret 8 92 5 10 13 Ret 6 9 7 86 6 12 13 22 NC Stuart Kostera Ret Ret 0 NC Ian Dyk Ret DNS 0 NC DNS DNS 0 TROPHY CLASS 1 Rod Anderson 10 11 13 12 13 DNS 11 12 Ret 8 9 8 185 2 9 Ret 11 12 10 10 9 Ret 134 3 Ret DNS 7 9 38 4 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 Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) 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 Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > CAMS Gold Star