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Wednesday, 16th April 2008

McConville tries out new machinery for TV show.

"The series is going from strength to strength," he said. "If (any series) is to be taken seriously it needs to show good numbers and I think F3 has done that this year. They have really stepped up. The series has had good numbers at Clipsal, the Grand Prix and other showcase races but if it can have between 18 to 23 or 24 cars at each round then it shows it's a very serious championship.

"The cars are serious to drive so if you can have the depth it's good; A lot of categories claim the numbers but they don't have the depth of field so if F3 can get more youngsters into the field it will make it even more of a legitimate stepping stone.

"When F3 was running at Clipsal, on our calendar, I thought 'ah, proper race cars!' and would go out and watch them on pit wall – so there is definitely a level of interest from amongst the V8 drivers.

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"It would be nice to have Australia's Premier Open Wheel category at all of our rounds."

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