2009 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2009 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title with the championship winner receiving the 2009 CAMS Gold Star award. The 2009 championship was the 53rd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fifth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 19 March 2009 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 29 November at Sandown Raceway after eight events across four different states with two rounds per event. Team BRM driver Joey Foster became the second successive champion from Great Britain, holding off 2007 series champion Tim Macrow by eight points. In the National classes, Tom Tweedie was champion in National A, recording three top-three overall finishes and twelve class wins, while Peter Kalpakiotis was champion in National B as he was the only driver to contest more than one meeting.

Class structure edit

Drivers compete in three classes:

  • Australian Formula 3 Championship – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2007
  • Formula 3 National A – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2004
  • Formula 3 National B – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001[1]

Points System edit

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in the Championship Class in each race. One additional point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap time in the class in each qualifying session and in each race at each round. The same system was also used for both the National A Class and the National B Class awards.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Australian Formula 3 season.

Team Class Chassis Engine No Driver
Astuti Motorsport Gold Star Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 2   Mat Sofi
Sodemo-Renault 7   Ray Chamberlain
National A Dallara F304 10   Kristian Lindbom
Gold Star Dallara F307 11   Rio Haryanto
Team BRM Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 3   Mathew Radisich
4   Mitch Evans
5   Joey Foster
Scarborough Holiday Parks National B Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 6   Andrew Mill
96   Blake Varney
R-Tek Motorsport Services National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 7   Roger Iánson
  Zhang Shan Qi
8   Li Zhi Cong
59   Jesse Wakeman
JB Motorsport National B Dallara F301 Novamotor-Fiat 12   John Boothman
PHR Scuderia National A Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 15   Maher Algadri
16   Rio Haryanto
Gilmour Racing National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 17   Chris Gilmour
Ralt Australia National A Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 19   Tom Tweedie
GKH Powdercoating National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 21   Graeme Holmes
Scud Racing Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 25   Tim Macrow
National B Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 35   Peter Kalpakiotis
Dallara F396 TOM's-Toyota 45   Michael Gray
Hack, Anderson & Thomas National B Dallara F396 TOM's-Toyota 37   Rod Anderson
Tandersport National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 42   Bryce Moore
  Leanne Tander
Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 52   Ben Crighton
Cooltemp Racing National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 60   Bevan Carrick

Race calendar edit

Originally Event 7 of the series was to have taken place at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania, and was indeed set to host the series signature race, the Tasmanian Super Prix on 18 October, however with several other series involved in the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships withdrawing from the logistically difficult Tasmanian meeting, the event was cancelled. Subsequently, a new meeting was organised to be held at Queensland Raceway on 21 August on the support card of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.[2]

Event Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1   Adelaide Street Circuit[3] 21 March   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Team BRM
2 22 March   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Team BRM
2 3   Wakefield Park[4] 26 April   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
4   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Team BRM
3 5   Phillip Island[5] 17 May   Tim Macrow   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Team BRM
6   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
4 7   Winton Motor Raceway[6] 28 June   Tim Macrow   Joey Foster   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
8   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Joey Foster   Team BRM
5 9   Eastern Creek Raceway[7] 19 July   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow   Mat Sofi   Transwest Racing
10   Tim Macrow   Joey Foster   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
6 11   Queensland Raceway[8] 21 August   Joey Foster   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
12   Tim Macrow   Mat Sofi   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
7 13   Oran Park Raceway[9][10] 30 August   Tim Macrow   Mat Sofi   Joey Foster   Team BRM
14   Mat Sofi   Mat Sofi   Tim Macrow   Scud Racing
8 15   Sandown Raceway 29 November   Joey Foster   Ben Crighton   Joey Foster   Team BRM
16   Mat Sofi   Joey Foster   Mitch Evans   Team BRM

Results and standings edit

Drivers Championship edit

Pos Driver ADE
1
ADE
2
WAK
1
WAK
2
PHI
1
PHI
2
WIN
1
WIN
2
EAS
1
EAS
2
QLD
1
QLD
2
ORA
1
ORA
2
SAN
1
SAN
2
Pts[11]
GOLD STAR
1   Joey Foster 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 7 1 2 265
2   Tim Macrow Ret 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 257
3   Mat Sofi 4 3 2 2 3 9 Ret 5 1 3 4 3 4 2 8 3 192
4   Ben Crighton 6 7 6 3 5 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 7 6 151
5   Mitch Evans 4 1 32
6   Ray Chamberlain 9 10 7 6 30
7   Mathew Radisich 2 4 25
8   Rio Haryanto 6 5 18
NATIONAL A
1   Tom Tweedie 3 5 4 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Ret 3 3 9 288
2   Graeme Holmes 8 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 6 5 12 10 124
3   Jesse Wakeman 7 8 5 7 7 6 5 7 10 Ret 116
4   Chris Gilmour 5 6 6 5 7 Ret 3 Ret 93
5   Maher Algadri 8 8 6 8 7 7 12 10 7 Ret 86
6   Roger I'Anson 9 6 8 4 49
7   Leanne Tander 4 3 44
8   Bryce Moore 9 7 33
9   Bevan Carrick 11 Ret 5 6 31
10   Kristian Lindbom 5 8 30
11   Rio Haryanto 6 8 29
12   Li Zhi Cong 10 Ret 10
13   Zhang Shan Qi 11 Ret 8
NATIONAL B
1   Peter Kalpakiotis 13 11 9 Ret 13 Ret 78
2   Rod Anderson 7 6 44
  Andrew Mill 8 7 44
  Blake Varney DNS DNS 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 2009 Australian Formula 3 Sporting & Technical Regulations as archived at WebCite on 3 December 2009
  2. ^ "Queensland to replace Tasmania in F3 calendar reshuffle". The official website of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. 4 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Wakefield Park Raceway 26/04/2009 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Round 2". National Software. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3". National Software. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Winton Motor Raceway 28/06/2009 2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship – Round 5". National Software. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16". National Software. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Oran Park Raceway 30/08/2009 Shannons Nationals 2009 – Round 8". National Software. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  10. ^ "Macrow leads title race after dramatic, competitive and controversial weekend at Oran Park". The official website of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship Series. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ 2009 Australian Formula 3 Drivers Championship – Points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009

External links edit