Charlie Hollings Speeds His Way To Two Race Wins At Oran Park In A Dominating Performance
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Apr 23, 2007
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They say good things come to those who wait – and that adage was proved true at the weekend when Astuti Motorsport took a rare clean-sweep of a round in the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship since the end of the 2005 season.
British driver Charlie Hollings dominated at Oran Park at the weekend, scoring two pole positions, two race wins and a fastest lap in race one to vault both himself and Astuti Motorsport into championship contention.
Hollings is now second in the championship with 51 points, compared to leader Tim Macrow’s 62.
After proving their potential at the non-championship ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne a month ago, the Hollings – Astuti combination gelled perfectly at Oran Park to be clearly the fastest car by the end of the weekend.
Hollings lead cleanly away in both races and whilst he was never able to extend his margin to more than 2.5 seconds, he was never troubled out in front and took 43 points out of a possible 44 away from the weekend.
In qualifying the Astuti Motorsport #11 Segafredo Zanetti / F3gear.com.au / Hollings Pet Treats Dallara F304 Renault took pole position for race one by. 05s and the second by a similarly negligible. 07s – proving the level of competition within the championship he topped on Saturday.
