Mawson on top down under
Joey Mawson pipped James Golding to the flag in the final to set up an ultratight four-way lead fight for Australia’s premier single-seater crown heading into the Grand Prix support round.
Golding scored a comfortable win over ex-european-based Sydneysider Mawson in the opening heat, before Mawson claimed a strong third in the reversedgrid follow-up, with Golding fifth.
Golding’s slightly higher points tally from the heats put his Garry Rogers Motorsport machine on pole for the final, with Mawson’s Team BRM entry alongside. Golding made the better start, but Mawson braved it out around the outside of the Turn 1 sweeper to claim the inside line for the Southern Loop. He then held on under intense pressure, despite a severe lock-up on the final lap.
Aussie open-wheel veteran Tim Macrow won the reversed-grid heat and took fourth in the final behind Cooper Webster. Thanks to Macrow’s round win in the opener at Symmons Plains, he holds a one-point lead over Mawson heading into Albert Park, with Golding and Webster just three adrift.
Audis dominated the opening round of the GT World Challenge Australia. Chaz Mostert took over the leading R8 LMS Evo from Liam Talbot to head home the sister car of Christopher Mies. The German and Yasser Shahin then turned the tables to lead another 1-2 on Sunday.