2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship
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The 2002 Australian Formula 3
Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Racing Cars complying with FIA Formula 3 regulations.
Eligibility was restricted to cars constructed outside of Australia
between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2001.
The title was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.
Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race with an additional point awarded for both the fastest qualifying time for each race and the fastest lap of each race.
An additional contest, the National Series, was run concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship but was restricted to
Level 2 cars, i.e. cars constructed within Australia and cars constructed outside of Australia between 1 January 1989 and 31 December 1994.
Points were awarded in the same manner as for the Australian Formula 3 Championship.
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Australian Formula 3
The Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for FIA Formula Three racing cars and is now the official Australian Drivers' Championship. Growing out of Australian Formula 2 racing into a series for the first time in 1999, it has grown into the premier Australian...
Championship was a CAMS
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Racing Cars complying with FIA Formula 3 regulations.
Eligibility was restricted to cars constructed outside of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2001.
The title was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.
- Round 1, Adelaide ParklandsAdelaide Street CircuitThe Adelaide Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the central business district of the city of Adelaide in South Australia....
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 15–17 March - Round 2, Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewaySymmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...
, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, 5–7 April - Round 3, Oran ParkOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 10–12 May - Round 4, WintonWinton Motor RacewayWinton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 21–23 June - Round 5, Wakefield ParkWakefield ParkWakefield Park is a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Cheers Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Oil...
, New South Wales, 9–11 August - Round 6, SandownSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
, Victoria, 6–8 September - Round 7, Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitThe Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
, Victoria, 20–22 September - Round 8, Gold Coast, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 24–27 October
Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race with an additional point awarded for both the fastest qualifying time for each race and the fastest lap of each race.
An additional contest, the National Series, was run concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship but was restricted to
Level 2 cars, i.e. cars constructed within Australia and cars constructed outside of Australia between 1 January 1989 and 31 December 1994.
Points were awarded in the same manner as for the Australian Formula 3 Championship.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||||
| 1 | James Manderson | 8 | Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993... F301 Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929... Spiess |
Team BRM | 15 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 15 | - | 241 |
| 2 | Will Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:... |
60 | Dallara F397 TOM's TOM'S is a factory supported racing team and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport. Their head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. They are currently heavily involved with Super GT racing and Formula 3 racing... Toyota Dallara F398 TOM's Toyota |
Cooltemp Pty Ltd | - | - | - | - | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 204 |
| 3 | Darren Palmer | 4 | Dallara F301 Opel Spiess | Team BRM | 21 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 10 | - | 186 |
| 4 | James Cressey | 50 55 |
Dallara F300 Opel Spiess | Piccolo Scuderia Corse Starion Team Peugeot |
7 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 143 |
| 5 | Michael Caruso | 2 | Dallara F301 Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
Nova Veloce | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 16 | 91 |
| 6 | Peter Hackett | 1 | Dallara F301 Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars... |
Fisher& Paykel / Cactus Group | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | - | 12 | 86 |
| 7 | Ricky Occhipinti | 32 | Dallara F396 Fiat | Formula Uno Racing | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 56 |
| 8 | Matt Fitzgerald | 14 3 |
Dallara F398 TOM's Toyota Dallara F398 Speiss Opel |
MSpeed Racing RGP Racing |
- | - | 16 | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 48 |
| 9 | Paul Stephenson | 7 | Dallara F395/6 TOM's Toyota | ebanktrade | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| 10 | Chris Coombs | 22 | Dallara F395/6 TOM's Toyota | Daikin Australia | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | Mike Beeley | 15 | Dallara F398 TOM's Toyota | MSpeed Racing | 12 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| 12 | Graham Holmes | 21 | Dallara F396 Novamotor Fiat | GKH Powdercoating | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Glen Coombs | 6 | Dallara F396 Mugen Mugen Motorsports Mugen Motorsports is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda, and Masao Kimura. Mugen, meaning "Without Limit", or "Unlimited", is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer closely associated with the Honda Motor Company... Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... |
Carrier Airconditioning | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 21 |
| 14 | Jeffrey Brewer | 9 | Dallara F301 Alfa Romeo | Piccolo Scuderia Corse | - | 2 | - | 8 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 15 | Justin Watt | 56 | Dallara F301 Alfa Romeo | Fisher& Paykel / Cactus Group | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | 17 |
| 16 | John Boothman | 12 | Dallara F396 Fiat | John Boothman | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 17 | Mark Rundle | 3 | Dallara F398 Opel Spiess | RGP Motorsport | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 18 | Barton Mawer | 33 | Dallara F396 Opel Spiess | Bob John | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 |
| 19 | Christian Jones Christian Jones Christian Jones is an Australian racing driver; he is the adopted son of 1980 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones. Winning several Karting championships in his early teens, Christian moved to Australian Formula Ford in 1996-1998, with his best season finish of 2nd in 1998... |
16 | Dallara F301 Mugen Honda | Toll Ipec | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 20 | Sean Whelan | 20 | Dallara F396 Opel Spiess | Bronte Rundle | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 21 | David Borg | 3 | Dallara F398 Opel Spiess | RGP Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| National Series (for Level 2 Cars) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Paul Trengove | 34 | Dallara F390 Alfa Romeo | CPA Australia | 12 | - | - | - | 20 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 219 |
| 2 | Rod Anderson | 37 | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 893 Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is... |
Hack Anderson & Thomas | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 | - | - | 15 | 15 | 12 | 20 | - | - | 192 |
| 3 | Bill Maddocks | 35 | Dallara F389 Volkswagen | Softelm Pty Ltd | 10 | 12 | - | 15 | - | - | 15 | 12 | - | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 163 |
| 4 | Peter Rees | 5 | Reynard 923 Honda | Peter Rees | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| 5 | Andrew Weber | 49 | Reynard 903 Alfa Romeo | Andrew Weber | 8 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 6 | Neil Caswell | 99 | Reynard 923 Honda | Total Recruitment | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| 7 | Frank Cascone | 27 | Dallara F391 Alfa Romeo | Frank Cascone | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
External links
- Australian Titles Retrieved from CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 30 August 2008
- Race Result Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 30 August 2008
- Images from the Gold Coast Round Retrieved from The Internet Archive on 30 August 2008