Trengove within 1 point of championship
lead!
The Formula 3 circus headed for
Melbourne last weekend for Round 6 of the Australian Formula 3
Championship. For the CPA Australia team, this was a chance to bridge
the gap back to Rod Anderson, who had a lead of 11 points coming into
the Sandown round.
The
team had never been to this circuit and Paul Trengove had never driven
around the track. Before first practice, expectations were not too high,
as it was a chance for Paul to find the bumps and settle into the car.
However they were only 2 seconds off the other Level 2 cars, and were
confident this gap could be closed.
The
second practice session saw Bill Maddocks post the quickest Level 2
time, with Trengove just over a second behind.
Saturday
morning started off dry and the times were becoming much quicker. Paul
had become much more comfortable with the car and he was certainly
coming to grips with the track. A scary moment for Paul on his first
quick lap though, when at over 200kph a rear wheel locked into the
braking area of turn 1, causing him to spin. Luckily no damage and at
the end of the session, Paul was the quickest Level 2 car by a tenth of
a second.
Early
afternoon was the 2nd qualifying and the rain had drenched
the track in the lead up to the session. Some cars chose the safe option
of wet tyres, while the CPA Australia team were confident the track
would be dry by the end of the session. With only 3 minutes remaining,
Trengove had managed to post a time that was 3 seconds faster than the
next Level 2 car and decided to pit. However on the last lap, Anderson
posted a quicker time on the drying circuit which dropped Trengove to 2nd.
Saturday
afternoon saw dry conditions for Race 1. Trengove got a great start, but
Anderson lead to the first turn and quickly built a gap of over 2
seconds. From here Paul was able to gradually bring the gap down to the
point where he was challenging for the lead. Paul seemed quicker through
the tight parts of the circuit, but Anderson’s car was very quick down
the straight.
With
2 laps to go, Paul faked a move down the inside and switched to the
outside around the lefthander. He was carrying much more speed than
Anderson who had covered his line, and was able to go around the outside
through turn 2. He held on for his 5th win for the season,
with Anderson 2nd followed by Bill Maddocks.
Race
2 was held on Sunday morning, in cold but dry conditions. Trengove again
got a great start and this time led Anderson into turn 1. However a
faster Level 1 car from the rear of the grid went under brakes and
forced Trengove wide, allowing Anderson to take the lead in Level 2.
This time Anderson stretched his lead to over 3 seconds in the early
part of the race, but again Paul kept in touch with Maddocks gaining in
3rd position. With 5 laps remaining, Trengove was able to
pull alongside of Anderson as they headed towards turn 1. Trengove was
on the outside and was the last of the late breakers, as he took the
lead from Anderson. Paul then maintained a comfortable lead for the rest
of the race and took the 2nd race of the meeting and the
Round Win.
It
was the team’s 6th win of the season and they have also won
the last 5 races in a row. The CPA Australia Team is now only 1 point
behind Anderson in the Championship, with 2 Rounds remaining.
The
team heads for Phillip Island on the 20th –22nd
of September for Round 7,
where they hope they can take the lead of the Level 2 Championship.
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
1:10.6194
|
-
|
|
2
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.8316
|
0:00.2122
|
|
3
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
1:11.0354
|
0:00.4160
|
|
4
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara F301
|
1:11.1362
|
0:00.5168
|
|
5
|
4
|
Darren Palmer
|
Dallara F301
|
1:11.1767
|
0:00.5573
|
|
6
|
1
|
Peter Hackett
|
Dallara F301
|
1:12.3882
|
0:01.7688
|
|
7
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:12.9845
|
0:02.3651
|
|
8
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.0236
|
0:02.4042
|
|
9
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.6700
|
0:03.0506
|
|
10
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
1:14.3170
|
0:03.6976
|
|
11
|
56
|
Justin Watt
|
Dallara F301
|
1:15.0091
|
0:04.3897
|
|
12
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:15.8601
|
0:05.2407
|
|
13
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
1:16.2886
|
0:05.6692
|
|
14
|
21
|
Graeme Holmes
|
Dallara F396
|
1:16.4682
|
0:05.8488
|
|
15
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
1:17.2207
|
0:06.6013
|
|
16
|
34
|
Paul
Trengove
|
Dallara
F390
|
1:18.6255
|
0:08.0061
|
|
17
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard
F893
|
1:18.6577
|
0:08.0383
|
|
18
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
1:20.3691
|
0:09.7497
|
|
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
1:09.8027
|
-
|
|
2
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.4719
|
0:00.6692
|
|
3
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.6185
|
0:00.8158
|
|
4
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:12.5387
|
0:02.7360
|
|
5
|
56
|
Justin Watt
|
Dallara F301
|
1:12.5488
|
0:02.7461
|
|
6
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara F301
|
1:12.7296
|
0:02.9269
|
|
7
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.8660
|
0:04.0633
|
|
8
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
1:13.8732
|
0:04.0705
|
|
9
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:14.0468
|
0:04.2441
|
|
10
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
1:16.2854
|
0:06.4827
|
|
11
|
21
|
Graeme Holmes
|
Dallara F396
|
1:16.3448
|
0:06.5421
|
|
12
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
1:17.4101
|
0:07.6074
|
|
13
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
1:17.4591
|
0:07.6564
|
|
14
|
34
|
Paul Trengove
|
Dallara F390
|
1:17.8074
|
0:08.0047
|
|
15
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard F893
|
1:17.9481
|
0:08.1454
|
|
16
|
27
|
Frank Cascone
|
Dallara F391
|
1:20.4958
|
0:10.6931
|
|
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara F301
|
1:09.6320
|
-
|
|
2
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara F301
|
1:09.6553
|
0:00.0233
|
|
3
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
1:09.6633
|
0:00.0313
|
|
4
|
1
|
Peter Hackett
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.5262
|
0:00.8942
|
|
5
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.5575
|
0:00.9255
|
|
6
|
4
|
Darren Palmer
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.6311
|
0:00.9991
|
|
7
|
56
|
Justin Watt
|
Dallara F301
|
1:10.7113
|
0:01.0793
|
|
8
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:11.8337
|
0:02.2017
|
|
9
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.1322
|
0:03.5002
|
|
10
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
1:13.4202
|
0:03.7882
|
|
11
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.7475
|
0:04.1155
|
|
12
|
21
|
Graeme Holmes
|
Dallara F396
|
1:13.9798
|
0:04.3478
|
|
13
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:14.2957
|
0:04.6637
|
|
14
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
1:15.7598
|
0:06.1278
|
|
15
|
34
|
Paul Trengove
|
Dallara F390
|
1:16.2216
|
0:06.5896
|
|
16
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard F893
|
1:16.3205
|
0:06.6885
|
|
17
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
1:17.3773
|
0:07.7453
|
|
18
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
1:19.5427
|
0:09.9107
|
|
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
1:14.9543
|
-
|
|
2
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara F301
|
1:16.1284
|
0:01.1741
|
|
3
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
1:16.5438
|
0:01.5895
|
|
4
|
1
|
Peter Hackett
|
Dallara F301
|
1:17.0264
|
0:02.0721
|
|
5
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara F301
|
1:17.1616
|
0:02.2073
|
|
6
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
1:17.3775
|
0:02.4232
|
|
7
|
56
|
Justin Watt
|
Dallara F301
|
1:17.4704
|
0:02.5161
|
|
8
|
4
|
Darren Palmer
|
Dallara F301
|
1:18.1852
|
0:03.2309
|
|
9
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:19.0239
|
0:04.0696
|
|
10
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:20.8373
|
0:05.8830
|
|
11
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
1:22.0253
|
0:07.0710
|
|
12
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
1:23.7737
|
0:08.8194
|
|
13
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard F893
|
1:26.5150
|
0:11.5607
|
|
14
|
34
|
Paul Trengove
|
Dallara F390
|
1:27.1110
|
0:12.1567
|
|
15
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
1:29.6682
|
0:14.7139
|
|
16
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
1:33.5970
|
0:18.6427
|
|
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
|
1
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
2
|
4
|
Darren Palmer
|
Dallara F301
|
|
3
|
1
|
Peter Hackett
|
Dallara F301
|
|
4
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
|
5
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara F301
|
|
6
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
|
7
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
|
8
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
9
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
|
10
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
|
11
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
|
12
|
34
|
Paul Trengove
|
Dallara F390
|
|
13
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard F893
|
|
14
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
|
15
|
56
|
Justin Watt
|
Dallara F301
|
|
DNF
|
27
|
Frank Cascone
|
Dallara F391
|
|
DNF
|
21
|
Graeme Holmes
|
Dallara F396
|
|
DNF
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
|
 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
|
1
|
8
|
James Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
2
|
4
|
Darren Palmer
|
Dallara F301
|
|
3
|
1
|
Peter Hackett
|
Dallara F301
|
|
4
|
60
|
Will Power
|
Dallara F398
|
|
5
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
Dallara F301
|
|
6
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
|
7
|
3
|
Mark Rundle
|
Dallara F398
|
|
8
|
21
|
Graeme Holmes
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
9
|
6
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
|
10
|
12
|
John Boothman
|
Dallara F396
|
|
11
|
34
|
Paul Trengove
|
Dallara F390
|
|
12
|
37
|
Rod Anderson
|
Reynard F893
|
|
13
|
35
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Dallara F389
|
|
DNF
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
|
DNF
|
22
|
Chris Coombs
|
Dallara F396
|
|
DNF
|
55
|
James Cressey
|
Dallara F301
|
|
DNF
|
27
|
Frank Cascone
|
Dallara F391
|
|
 |
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
|
James Manderson
|
Team BRM
|
180
|
|
Darren Palmer
|
Team BRM
|
144
|
|
James Cressey
|
Timberworld/Starion
Peugeot
|
132
|
|
Will Power
|
Cooltemp Pty
Ltd
|
128
|
|
Michael Caruso
|
Nova Veloce/F1
Magazine
|
57
|
|
Peter Hackett
|
Fisher &
Paykel/Cactus Group
|
55
|
|
Ricky
Occhipinti
|
Formula Uno
Racing
|
39
|
|
Matt Fitzgerald
|
MSpeed Racing
|
37
|
|
Mike Beeley
|
MSpeed Racing
|
36
|
|
Chris Coombs
|
Daikin
Airconditioning
|
34
|
|
Paul Stephenson
|
ebanctrade
|
25
|
|
Glenn Coombs
|
Carrier Airconditioning
|
23
|
|
Jeffrey Brewer
|
Fisher &
Paykel/Cactus Group
|
20
|
|
Graeme Holmes
|
GHK Powdercoating
|
19
|
|
John Boothman
|
John Boothman
|
15
|
|
Mark Rundle
|
RGP Motorsport
|
13
|
|
Justin Watt
|
Fisher &
Paykel/Cactus Group
|
5
|
|
Sean Whelan
|
Sean Whelan
|
3
|
|
David Borg
|
RGP Motorsport
|
1
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
|
Rod Anderson
|
Hack Anderson
Thomas
|
160
|
|
Paul Trengove
|
CPA Australia
|
159
|
|
Bill Maddocks
|
Softelm Pty Ltd
|
103
|
|
Peter Rees
|
Peter Rees
|
30
|
|
Andrew Weber
|
Andrew Weber
|
28
|
|
Neil Caswell
|
Total
Recruitment
|
24
|
|
Frank Cascone
|
Frank Cascone
|
16
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