WOW Racing's Cameron McConville has tried his hand at something different after swapping his Holden Commodore V8 Supercar machine for a Formula 3 machine for a feature on the
Network Ten motorsport show
RPM.
McConville tested a Transwest Racing / Total Developments Dallara F304 Mugen, prepared by RALT Australia, at Oran Park Raceway on Monday for an upcoming drive feature on the long-running and successful show.
McConville completed over 30 laps of the South-Western Sydney circuit; setting a time that would have put him on pole position for the V8 Supercar race by over a second – despite limited laps and the constant process of working his way back into the open-wheel groove.
It was the Melbourne-based drivers' first experience of a current-spec Formula 3 car and his first drive in an open-wheeled car for over ten years.
"It was a buzz, its one of my most enjoyable days in a race car for some time," he said. "You enjoy driving a V8 when it's all right and on song - and days like Clipsal when you get a podium are great – but today was a really fun day with no pressure. I have to say for it felt pretty foreign for the first six or seven laps but it started to come back to me and I felt like a teenager again – It started to come back how committed you have to be - but how rewarding the car is back to you when you start to trust the grip level.
"I was probably a bit nervous going into it. The last time I was in a wings and slicks car I ended up on my roof in the corkscrew at Laguna Seca – helped over by a hot-headed Brazilian driver!, Today I didn't want to disgrace myself and spear off the track - but I'll drive home tonight with a big smile on my face, it was a lot of fun."
14 cars attended the Oran Park open test, with at least 18 expected at the next round of the championship in two weeks time. After strong showings at A1GP and Clipsal, respectively, McConville said that he saw Formula 3 on an upward curve in the Australian Motorsport landscape.
![Cameron McConville during his F3 test for the TV show RPM [Pic credit: Media Torque]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/429673.jpg)
