Kumho
Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship
Around the world Formula 3 racing has a reputation
for providing the superstars of tomorrow, today.
Formula
3 produces close, exciting racing for affordable
budgets to give young drivers and burgeoning
teams the chance to excel at the highest level.
In
2008 the Australian Formula 3 championship will
undergo revolution that is set to propel everything
about it – its competitiveness, affordability,
opportunities for career advancement, media
exposure and attractiveness to sponsors –
into the stratosphere and perhaps beyond.
Never
before has Australia’s top Open Wheel
‘wings and slicks’ category been
so well positioned to show massive growth in
a single year.
The
introduction of new cars to Australian soil,
the generous provision of prizes unequalled
in Australian Motorsport, the appearance at
several major Motorsport events and growing
international and local recognition places Australian
Formula 3 into a level that it has long strived.
In
2008 Formula 3 Australia has developed a package
that ideally places it to become the place for
young drivers in Australia to develop their
talent and exposure – and also for drivers
from overseas to hone their skills in racing
circumstances significantly more affordable
to them than available in Europe.
The
championship will also offer prizes never before
seen in Australian Motorsport, with $80,000
for the Gold Star Champion and $40,000 for the
National Class Champion.
Thus,
the 2008 Championship will offer young drivers
unparalleled opportunity for career advancement
at little or no cost should they succeed in
Australian Formula 3.
Formula
3 cars are recognised by CAMS, the Confederation
of Australian Motorsport, as the premier Open
Wheel category in Australia by virtue of their
status as the category to crown the Australian
Drivers Champion – wherein the winner
receives the CAMS Gold Star.
2008 Calendar
R1. Eastern Creek (A1GP), 2-3 February
R2. Adelaide (Clipsal 500), 23-24 February
R3. Oran Park, 26-27 April
R4. Mallala, 17-18 May
R5. Phillip Island, 14-15 June
R6. Eastern Creek, 12-13 July
R7. Phillip Island, 9-10 August
R8. Symmons Plains, 20-21 September
