Season 3 Australian Grand Prix

The Season 3 Australian Grand Prix was held at Melbourne. Ricardo van Smirren took his 1st career win.

ClassificationEdit

QualifyingEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	8	Jethro Walters	Van Smirren Motorsports by Minardi	1:35.221
2	6	Matt Houston	Velox	1:35.329	+0.108
3	10	Monil Santilal	Martini Paddock Racing	1:35.390	+0.169
4	7	Kevin Schröder	Van Smirren Motorsports by Minardi	1:35.413	+0.192
5	19	Ricardo van Smirren	ItalianEnglish Dynamics	1:35.424	+0.203
6	4	Philip Oakley	Team Shadow	1:35.435	+0.214
7	3	Ed Greenhalgh	Team Shadow	1:35.525	+0.304
8	15	Byron van het Bolscher	Dark Xploder Racing	1:35.571	+0.350
9	9	Marko Aleksander	Martini Paddock Racing	1:35.593	+0.372
10	17	Maikel de Boer	True North Racing	1:35.614	+0.393
11	23	Randy Winston	Lucky Seven Racing	1:35.615	+0.394
12	18	Rick Groeneboer	ItalianEnglish Dynamics	1:35.636	+0.415
13	1	John Warrington	Double F	1:35.671	+0.450
14	22	Ross Cartwright	Lucky Seven Racing	1:35.713	+0.492
15	16	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing	1:35.726	+0.505
16	14	Stuart Ingers	Dark Xploder Racing	1:35.732	+0.511
17	5	Nick van der Voort	Velox	1:35.749	+0.528
18	11	Mal Stoddart	Phoenix Racing	1:35.764	+0.543
19	20	Ben Brown	Alpha Motorsports	1:35.857	+0.636
20	2	Christopher Hinz	Double F	1:35.884	+0.663
21	12	Zak Tonks	Phoenix Racing	1:36.070	+0.849
22	21	Stefan van Renselaar	Alpha Motorsports	1:36.111	+0.890

RaceEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Ricardo van Smirren	ItalianEnglish Dynamics		1:05:27.990	5	15
2	6	Matt Houston	Velox		+4.568	2	12
3	7	Kevin Schröder	Van Smirren Motorsports by Minardi		+5.998	4	10
4	4	Philip Oakley	Team Shadow		+7.263	6	9
5	18	Rick Groeneboer	ItalianEnglish Dynamics		+14.027	12	8
6	3	Ed Greenhalgh	Team Shadow		+23.696	7	7+1
7	15	Byron van het Bolscher	Dark Xploder Racing		+31.771	8	6
8	22	Ross Cartwright	Lucky Seven Racing		+36.293	14	5
9	20	Ben Brown	Alpha Motorsports		+37.828	19	4+1
10	8	Jethro Walters	Van Smirren Motorsports by Minardi		+42.063	1	3+1
11	11	Mal Stoddart	Phoenix Racing		+50.450	18	2
12	21	Stefan van Renselaar	Alpha Motorsports		+57.014	22	1
13	5	Nick van der Voort	Velox		+59.117	17
14	17	Maikel de Boer	True North Racing		+59.628	10
15	9	Marko Aleksander	Martini Paddock Racing		+59.921	9
16	1	John Warrington	Double F		+1:04.617	13
17	10	Monil Santilal	Martini Paddock Racing		+1:05.586	3
18	12	Zak Tonks	Phoenix Racing		+1:06.260	21
19	16	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing		+1:33.791	15
Ret	23	Randy Winston	Lucky Seven Racing		Gearbox	11
Ret	14	Stuart Ingers	Dark Xploder Racing		Gearbox	16
Ret	2	Christopher Hinz	Double F		Didn't finish	20
Fastest lap: Ed Greenhalgh (Team Shadow) — 1:35.948
Places gained: Ben Brown (Alpha Motorsports) — +10 Places

Standings after the raceEdit

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ricardo van Smirren 15 2 Matt Houston 12 3 Kevin Schröder 10 4 Philip Oakley 9 5 Rick Groeneboer 8	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ItalianEnglish Dynamics 23 2 Team Shadow 17 3 Van Smirren Motorsports by Minardi 14 4 Velox 12 5 Dark Xploder Racing 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all 2 sets of standings.