LINDBOM WINS WAKEFIELD ROUND, LASKAZESKI NEW CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER

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In an almost perfect return to the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship, Kristian Lindbom took out round two of the 2008 series, while Paul Laskazeski won race three to claim the championship lead.



After finishing first and second in yesterday's two races, Lindbom was in a race-long battle with Laskazeski, who was on the recovery trail after an opening-race spin.



Lindbom led the majority of the race until he ran wide at turn four on lap 10 and allowed Laskazeski through, moments before the safety car was called for a race-ending, multi-car incident.



It gave Laskazeski the race win, second for the round and the championship lead, after Ben Morley finished 18th as a result of early-race contact.



He also leaves the weekend with a new lap record, 1:00.1986, almost two seconds quicker than Jamie Whincup's former record set in 2002.



"After the spin in race one, we were in recovery mode and just kept inching our way up there," Laskazeski said.



"We had good pace all weekend and were able to catch and get past Kristian today.



"To leave here with the new lap record and the championship lead is a great bonus."



Lindbom took the round win and jumps up to fifth in the championship after missing the season opener at Eastern Creek.



"It would have been nice to get the win today, but it has still been a really good weekend," he said.



"Our goal was to get a good result to help finding some sponsorship so we can keep going and do more rounds - we needed to do well and hopefully winning the round will help."



Rob Storey crossed the line in third place, but was later excluded for a technical infringement.



He was still third for the round, while Scott Pye picked up third in race three.



Having moved from 22nd to seventh in race two, Pye made further inroads in the final race, and was on-track to finish ahead of Storey before a mid-race spin.



Blake Varney and Martin Swindells were fourth and fifth respectively, while Scott Auld, Trent Harrison, series debutant Nick Tanti, Chaz Mostert and Robert Munnerly completed the top ten.



Harrison's drive was from the rear of the field after missing race two, while Mostert - who turns 16 this Thursday - eclipses Nick Foster's 24-hour-old record as the youngest-ever driver to score a point in the championship.



The race ended early after a multi-car incident involving Nick Percat, Adam Graham, former championship leader Brad Lowe, Foster and Lucas Dumbrell, who were battling for positions in the bottom-half of the top 10.



"There was a car on the outside of the track as we came onto the back straight and a massive cloud of dust started rolling over the track," Graham explained.



"I went to the inside, thinking the car would be on the outside, but it had rolled back onto the track.



"I couldn't see anything, hit it pretty much flat out and was hit from behind by Nick [Percat] who was in the same situation, which launched the car up in the air."



All drivers escaped injury, but their teams have significant repair work to do ahead of round three of the 2008 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship at Melbourne's Sandown Raceway on 7-9 June.



Race three from Wakefield Park will be broadcast during Channel 7's telecast of the V8 Supercar Hamilton street race on 19-20 April.



Wakefield Park Race Three Results



1. Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum)

2. Kristian Lindbom (Mygale)

3. Scott Pye (Spectrum)

4. Blake Varney (Spectrum)

5. Martin Swindells (Spectrum)

6. Scott Auld (Spectrum)



Wakefield Park Round Results



1. Kristian Lindbom (Mygale) - 52 points

2. Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum) - 35

3. Rob Storey (Spirit) - 34

4. Ben Morley (Spectrum) - 26

5. Nick Percat (Mygale) - 24

6. Scott Pye (Spectrum) - 20



Current Championship Points Standings

1. Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum) - 77 points

2. Ben Morley (Spectrum) - 72

3. Nick Percat (Mygale) - 61

4. Brad Lowe (Spectrum) - 54

5. Kristian Lindbom (Mygale) - 52

6. Adam Graham (Spectrum) - 42