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.2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 21 August 2009 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. TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver 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 Circuit 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.2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship results Retrieved on 9 December 2010 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

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.

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