The penultimate round of the 2007 Australian GT Championship is to be held at the ultra exciting Oran Park circuit in Sydney this week end (November 3-4).
With a three way battle for both the ultimate Australian GT Championship title and the Porsche Drivers Challenge still the order of the day, both sheer speed and the need to finish will be required among the main protagonists.
Allan Simonsen (Ferrari 430), Bryce Washington (Lamborghini Gallardo), and David Wall (Porsche GT3 RSR) are locked at the top of the points chase in the GT Championship, while Damien Flack (Porsche GT3 Cup Car), Sven Burchartz (Porsche GT3), and Paul Tresidder (Porsche GT3 Cup Car) head the list in the Porsche Drivers Challenge.
On adjusted points, after dropping their worst results in the Championship thus far, the leader board is as follows:
2007 Australian GT Championship: Simonsen (490), Washington (478), Wall (445)
2007 Porsche Drivers Challenge: Flack (406), Burchartz (397), Tresidder (320)
In addition to the battle between the Championship contenders, the CompliSpace Round 7 of the Championship will also see the first appearance of Ted Huglin in his Ferrari 360GT formerly campaigned by Allan Simsonsen, while Ross Lilley will debut his new Ferrari 360GT, a sister car to that of Huglin’s.
Sven Burchartz is to drive the Jon Trende car as a result of his regular Porsche suffering substantial damage in his accident with Damien Flack at the last round in Tasmania. Flack’s car has been repaired and is reported to be in top condition in readiness to defend his Porsche Drivers Challenge points lead.
In preparation for the week end, Ian Palmer has successfully tested his Lamborghini Gallardo at Queensland Raceway to check on the gearbox issue that forced him out of the last round.
All eyes will also be on the two Lotus cars in the field with Peter Lucas expected to perform his now normal ‘giant killing’ role in the Elise, while Angelo Lazaris’s Exige GT3 should perform extremely well following outstanding testing results at the Oran Park circuit with Warren Luff in attendance.
Max Twigg (Porsche GT3 Cup Car) and Paul Bolinowsky (Porsche GT3) will return to the GT field as will Greg Ward (Porsche GT3 Cup Car) who has not appeared since the Clipsal 500 Adelaide round earlier in the year.
A non–starter is John Bowe who will be in Bahrain on V8 Supercar duties while the John Kaias Aston Martin will also be absent, awaiting gearbox parts from the UK. Both drivers will be back in action for the finale 2007 Australian GT Championship Round at Sandown to be held from December 7-9
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