THE Scene has been set for a thrilling second round of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship after two stunningly close practice sessions at Oran Park Raceway, today.
In warm conditions, eight cars lapped within a second of each other to set up what looks likely to be an even closer qualifying day when the cars hit the track again Saturday Morning.
As she did at the Sydney circuit in the final round of 2006, Leanne Tander powered to the fastest Friday time today, her best lap of 1m04.80s coming in the first of two 30-minute sessions.
Leanne was third fastest in a slower second session this afternoon and said that there was more to come from her #42 Fleetcare TanderSport Dallara.
”In practice two the car wasn’t as good, ” she said.
”We think that there as something wrong with the diff, but the guys think that we have fixed the drama I’m confident that we’ll be back up the front in qualifying.
”The car was good in the first session, ” Tander added.
Championship co-leader Tim Macrow will be keen to score at least one bonus point tomorrow – one point is awarded for the fastest driver in each of the two qualifying sessions – to break the deadlock and has started that quest strongly thanks to his second fastest time today.
Macrow’s Cooltemp / Scud Racing Dallara F304 Spiess was just two-tenths slower than Tander, clocking a 1m05.00s lap.
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