The 2013 Formula 3 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title, the winner of which was awarded the 2013 CAMS Gold Star. It was the 57th Australian Drivers' Championship and the ninth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The championship began on 29 March at the Mount Panorama Circuit and ended on 17 November at Sandown Raceway after seven rounds across five different states and territories. Formula 3 Management Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the Championship.

With nine victories and nine second places, Tim Macrow won his second Australian Drivers' Championship title by 32 points ahead of seven-time race winner John Magro, while Nick Foster rounded out the top three placings, with two race victories to his name. The only other race winners during the season were Nathan Morcom and James Winslow, who each won a race at the Mount Panorama round.

Race calendar The championship was contested over a seven-round series.

Round Circuit Date Format Winning driver Car 1 Mount Panorama Circuit 29–31 March Two races James WinslowDallara F307 Mercedes-Benz 2 Symmons Plains Raceway 5–7 April Three races Tim MacrowDallara F307 Mercedes-Benz 3 Hidden Valley Raceway 14–15 June Three races Nick FosterMygale M08 Mercedes-Benz 4 Sydney Motorsport Park 12–14 July Three races John MagroDallara F307 Mercedes-Benz 5 Queensland Raceway 2–4 August Three races Tim MacrowDallara F307 Mercedes-Benz 6 Phillip Island 20–22 September Three races John Magro Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz 7 Sandown Raceway 15–17 November Three races John Magro Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers contested the 2013 Australian Drivers' Championship. TeamClassChassisEngineDriverRounds Team BRM Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 1 James Winslow 1 2 Tim Macrow 2–7 3 John Magro All 4 Jordan Oon 1–6 Simon Hodge 7 Mygale M08 5 Nick Foster All R-Tek Motorsport Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 6 Nathan Morcom 1–5 Jack Le Brocq 6 7 Steel Giuliana 1–4 National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 8 Todd Hazelwood All 9 Jon Collins All Astuti Motorsport Gold Star Dallara F307 Sodemo-Renault 11 Nick McBride 1 Gilmour Racing National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 16 Arrie Maree All Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 17 Ben Gersekowski All Tim Macrow Racing Gold Star Dallara F307 Spiess-Opel 25 Tim Macrow 1 Erebus Academy Gold Star Mygale M08 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 36 Jack Le Brocq 1–2 Andre Heimgartner 3 Harvest Motorsport Gold Star Mygale M08 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 46 Aiden Wright 6 AGI Sport National Dallara F304 Renault 66 Nathan Gotch 4 BF Racing Gold Star Dallara F308 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 93 Hayden Cooper 1–3

Classes Competing cars were nominated into one of three classes: Australian Formula 3 Championship – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied in the year of manufacture between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2011. National Class – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied in the year of manufacture between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2004. Invitational Class.

Points system Outright championship points were awarded as follows: One point was awarded to the driver placed in the highest grid position for the first race at each round. 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 for the first ten finishing positions in each race of a round which comprised two races. 12–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the first ten finishing position in the first two races of a round which comprised three races. 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten finishing position in the third race of a round which comprised three races. One point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap time in each race.

Points towards the National Class award were allocated on the same basis as used for the outright championship.

Results

Australian Drivers' Championship Pos. Driver BAT1 BAT2 SYM1 SYM2 SYM3 HID1 HID2 HID3 SMP1 SMP2 SMP3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 Pts 1 Tim Macrow DNS DNS 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 238 2 John Magro 2 5 5 4 3 6 5 Ret 1 1 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 206 3 Nick Foster 6 3 6 6 6 2 1 1 3 4 DSQ 2 5 2 Ret 4 3 Ret 3 Ret 150 4 Ben Gersekowski 11 10 7 5 5 4 4 3 5 6 4 3 2 5 4 Ret DNS 7 4 4 118 5 Jordan Oon 5 11 10 8 9 3 3 4 6 3 9 4 3 3 5 5 5 104 6 Nathan Morcom 4 1 3 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 3 6 6 6 95 7 Jack Le Brocq 3 9 4 3 4 3 3 4 66 8 Arrie Maree 8 6 8 9 10 7 9 8 10 8 8 7 9 Ret 8 6 6 5 7 DNS 56 9 Todd Hazelwood 10 7 9 Ret 11 8 10 9 8 9 7 9 8 8 9 7 7 6 8 6 55 10 Steel Giuliania 12 4 2 2 2 Ret DNS DNS 7 Ret 6 53 11 Jon Collins 9 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret Ret DNS 9 7 10 8 7 7 7 8 8 4 6 5 51 12 James Winslow 1 2 27.5 13 Simon Hodge 3 5 3 26 14 Andre Heimgartner 9 7 5 14 15 Hayden Cooper Ret DNS 11 Ret 8 Ret 8 7 10 16 Nick McBride 7 8 5.5 17 Aiden Wright 6 Ret DNS 5 18 Nathan Gotch 11 10 11 2

Race 2 at the Mount Panorama round was stopped due to rain after eight of the scheduled thirteen laps had been completed and half points were awarded.

National Class The National Class award was won by Arrie Maree (247 points) from Todd Hazelwood (214.5), Jon Collins (192) and Nathan Gotch (24).

Invitation Class No drivers earned points in the Invitation Class at any round.

See also Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Formula 3

References

External links

Online race results at www.natsoft.com.au