2008 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title which was contested concurrently with the 2008 Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship winner was awarded the 2008 CAMS Gold Star. The 2008 championship was the 52nd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fourth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on February 3, 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway and will finish on September 21 at Symmons Plains Raceway after eight rounds across four different states with two races per round.

The series was won, for the second time in three years, by a British driver, James Winslow after a season long battle with Leanne Tander, who for the second year in a row was runner up by only a few points. Chris Gilmour won the National Class, beating out Irish driver Lee Farrell, while Andrew Mill wrapped up the Trophy Class with a round in hand.

Class structure

Drivers compete in three classes:
* Championship Class – restricted to cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2007
* National Class – restricted to cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2004
* Trophy Class – restricted to cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1st January 1995 and 31st December 2001

Championship points are awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in the Championship Class in each race. An additional point is awarded to the driver gaining the Championship Class pole position for each race and a further additional point is awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap in the class in each race. To secure the “fastest lap” point the driver must be a declared finisher for that race. The same point-score system is also used for both the National Class and the Trophy Class. [ [http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2008_Australian_F3_SportRegs_3.pdf 2008 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting Regs] Retrieved from CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 20 August 2008]

Teams and Drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Australian Formula 3 season.
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References

ee also

* Australian Drivers' Championship
* Australian Formula 3

External links

* [http://www.formula3.com.au/ Official Australian Formula 3 website]
* [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2008 2008 Racing Results Archive]