How the title fight compares year-on-year
Shane van Gisbergen has the biggest points lead after three rounds of the last three seasons.
Van Gisbergen won two races and the Larry Perkins Perpetual Trophy at Albert Park.
Chaz Mostert won the finale, but his tough Saturday ensured van Gisbergen won overall.
Van Gisbergen will carry a 144-point lead over Anton De Pasquale to Perth later this month.
Conversely, van Gisbergen held a 139-point lead after three rounds in 2021.
Fastest lap bonus points were on offer in two of the three rounds in 2021 and 2022.
Van Gisbergen won the Perkins Trophy
The rule was tweaked in 2022; drivers must finish 15th or better to be eligible for the points.
Three times across seven races in Tasmania and Albert Park did a driver set the fastest lap, but finish lower than 15th.
Scott McLaughlin carried a 107-point lead after three rounds in 2020, which featured a Sydney double-header.
McLaughlin led by 124 points after three rounds in 2019; Jamie Whincup led McLaughlin by 11 points in 2018.
Van Gisbergen's rivals must be careful in Perth later this month; he held a 190-point lead after four rounds in 2021.
De Pasquale is still nearly 200 points better off than this time last year; Mostert, Will Davison and Cam Waters have all scored fewer points.
The standouts are rookie Broc Feeney in sixth, Tim Slade in eighth and Todd Hazelwood in 10th.
Drivers will contest three 100-point races in Perth at Wanneroo Raceway later this month.
Championship points standings after Round 3
Not racing in 2022
2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
McLaughlin (802) | van Gisbergen (865) | van Gisbergen (803) |
Whincup (695) | Whincup (726) | De Pasquale (659) |
Mostert (610) | Mostert (700) | Mostert (641) |
Percat (569) | Waters (663) | W.Davison (622) |
Waters (569) | W.Davison (623) | B.Kostecki (553) |
Reynolds (562) | Winterbottom (587) | Feeney (543) |
van Gisbergen (539) | Reynolds (474) | Waters (521) |
Holdsworth (535) | De Pasquale (462) | Slade (519) |
Winterbottom (514) | Percat (439) | Reynolds (513) |
Heimgartner (456) | B.Kostecki (437) | Hazelwood (450) |
Coulthard (454) | Heimgartner (430) | Winterbottom (443) |
Hazelwood (431) | Brown (430) | Brown (422) |
Le Brocq (424) | Pye (428) | Percat (421) |
Kelly (395) | Hazelwood (395) | Courtney (419) |
De Pasquale (395) | Le Brocq (392) | Holdsworth (408) |
Fullwood (366) | Courtney (380) | Pye (379) |
Courtney (354) | Fullwood (379) | Fullwood (340) |
Pye (338) | Goddard (350) | Heimgartner (339) |
Jones (314) | J.Kostecki (332) | Jones (313) |
Smith (282) | Coulthard (268) | Smith (286) |
Jacobson (255) | Slade (264) | Pither (282) |
W.Davison (231) | Smith (246) | Jacobson (281) |
Pither (216) | Jones (226) | Randle (262) |
Goddard (204) | Jacobson (221) | J.Kostecki (261) |
A.Davison (148) | Le Brocq (236) | |
J.Kostecki (74) |
