McFadyen assumed the lead of the championship with a record-breaking run at the Clipsal 500 aboard his #27 Industrie Clothing Dallara F307–Mercedes, prepared by Sydney outfit Piccola Scuderia Corse.
McFadyen is now the quickest ever driver to lap the current Adelaide street circuit after smashing the outright lap record in race two as he went on to record his first win in a Formula 3 car and, based on times from testing last week, he could be on track to do something similar this weekend.
Though times were unofficial, he was quickest of all when 14 cars gathered to test last Monday, banking a 1m02.6s lap; a massive 1.2s under the exiting Oran Park Formula 3 Lap record.
”I love Oran Park, it has to be my favourite track,” he said. ”It's very challenging and in these cars it's a lot of fun. We had a great test day there on Monday [last week] and showed a lot of pace. It's obviously going to be very competitive but I'm looking forward to trying to extend our championship lead.”
Second in the championship, James Winslow, swaps teams for Oran Park after recently confirming he'll drive for Astuti Motorsport in their brand-new Renault powered Dallara F307.
Winslow shook down the car for the first time at the Oran Park test and lapped competitively.
Looking to capitalise on the disappearance from the entry list of two drivers – Ben Clucas and Earl Bamber – will be Team BRM's Nathan Caratti, TanderSport star Leanne Tander and Transwest / RALT driver Mat Sofi.
Caratti won the opening race of the year at Eastern Creek and sits fourth in the championship, whilst Tander has had a tough initiation to her new car this season, ending her Clipsal 500 run in the wall after being caught out in a multi-car pileup.
Tander has prior Oran Park form to draw on, however; She scored both pole positions at the track in last years' season finale' and in six qualifying efforts at the track has never started lower than fourth.
