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. The championship, which began on 4 February 2007 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 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 | Mat Sofi |
R-Tek Motorsport Services | National | Dallara F301 | Mugen-Honda | 59 | Jesse Wakeman |
Team BRM | Championship | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | 3 | Barton Mawer |
Team BRM | Championship | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | 4 | Marco Mapelli |
Team BRM | Championship | Dallara F304 | Sodemo-Renault | 19 | Maher Algadrie |
Team BRM | Championship | Dallara F304 | Sodemo-Renault | 22 | Chris Alajajian |
Team BRM | Championship | Dallara F304 | Sodemo-Renault | 29 | Stuart Kostera |
Team BRM | 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 |
Astuti Motorsport | Championship | Dallara F304 | Sodemo-Renault | 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 |
Scud Racing | Championship | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | 60 | Tim Macrow |
Scud Racing | Trophy | Dallara F396 | TOM'S-Toyota | 87 | Greg Hunter |
Scud Racing | Trophy | Dallara F396 | TOM'S-Toyota | 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 |