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[Australian F3] THE YEAR THAT WAS FOR CHRIS ALAJAJIAN |
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Monday, 19 December 2005 |
THE YEAR THAT WAS FOR CHRIS ALAJAJIAN
There’s no denying that 2005 was a big year for Sydney teenager Chris Alajajian, who continued to show why he is one of the rising young stars of Australian motorsport.
Alajajian entered the year aiming for success; having already made his own slice of history when he won the 2004 Australian Production Car Championship, becoming the youngest driver to win an Australian national championship.
Racing in the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship for the CAMS Gold Star and the Donut King Australian Performance Car Championship, it started off well.
He entered May in the enviable position of leading both championships, the 19 year-old having asserted himself as a front runner in each series, claiming race wins, podium finishes and displaying no shortage of pace.
From there, though, things didn’t go quite to plan. His Formula 3 team disbanded which, when coupled with a mechanical failure in the next round at Phillip Island, put a massive dent in his momentum and saw him drop from equal-first to third.
Meanwhile, some unfortunate mechanical gremlins and a scheduling clash with a Formula 3 round hampered his Performance Car Championship efforts. In the end, opting to concentrate on Formula 3, Alajajian contested four of the seven rounds in the competitive tin-top series.
Despite contesting a little over half the season, he recorded a series-high five race wins aboard the Protecnica Racing Subaru WRX STi.
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