Leanne Tander
| Leanne Tander | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |
 Australian |
| Born |
5 June 1980 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Related to | Garth Tander (husband) |
| Touring Car Masters career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Car no. | 11 |
| Starts | 20 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 1998-2000 2001-02,2009 2004 2005-2008 |
Australian Formula Ford Development V8 Supercar Australian Production Car Australian Drivers' Champ. |
Leanne Tander (née Ferrier, born 5 June 1980 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian racecar driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and V8 Supercars.
Tander started in karts in 1993, and progressed to Formula Ford in 1998. After mixed success there, she moved up into V8 Supercar in 2001 with Garry Rogers Motorsport and 2002 with Fleetcare Racing. The next three seasons saw her race her father Mark's Mazda RX-7 in Improved Production racing, winning the Victorian and New South Wales championships in 2005, as well as driving in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 for Team Toyota Australia. In 2005, Tander had her first taste of a Formula 3 car, contesting three rounds that year, and moved to the Australian Formula Three Championship full-time in 2006, where she became the first female to win a race in 2007. After a pair of second places at Symmons Plains Raceway at the penultimate round, Tander went into the final round of the championship leading by four points.
After qualifying on pole position for both races at the season finale, at Oran Park Raceway, Leanne scored a third and a second in the two races, respectively, to narrowly miss out on the championship by just two points. It remains the best ever performance by a female driver in a National Australian circuit-racing Championship, and possibly the best ever by a female driver in a National or International F3 series.
In 2008, she remained in Australian F3 scoring four poles positions, five race wins and narrowly missed out on the title at the final round to James Winslow.
She is married to 2007 V8Supercar champion Garth Tander. With Garth leading the V8 Supercar standings, and Leanne having led the Australian Drivers Championship this season, it was the first time that a married couple have simultaneously led Australian Motor Racing Championships.
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