2009 British Formula Ford Championship

The 2009 British Formula Ford Championship was the 34th edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. It began on 13 April at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 4 October at Castle Combe Circuit after 9 rounds and 25 races, all held in the United Kingdom. James Cole won the series, taking seven race victories with team Jamun Racing to finish 47 points ahead of Josef Newgarden in the final standings.

Drivers and teams edit

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Rounds
Jamun Racing	2	James Cole	C	Mygale SJ09	All
	3	Josh Hill	C	Mygale SJ09	All
	4	Patrick McKenna	C	Mygale SJ09	All
	99	Chrissy Palmer	C	Mygale SJ09	2, 5–9
Fluid Motorsport	5	Fabio Gamberini	S	Van Diemen LA07	All
	6	Ben Barker	C	Van Diemen LA08	All
	7	Garry Findlay	C	Van Diemen LA08	All
	9	Peter Barrable	C	Van Diemen LA08	1–3
	55	Rory Butcher	G	Van Diemen LA08	3
	57	Gavin Halls	G	Van Diemen LA08	4
Kevin Mills Racing	10	Alex Jones	C	Spectrum 011C	All
	11	Daniel Cammish	S	Spectrum 011C	1–7, 9
	12	Daniel Erickson	C	Spectrum 011C	All
DW Racing	13	Darelle Wilson	S	Ray GR 08	1
	23	Josh Benson	S	Ray GRS 06/07	3–4
	26	Greg Roffe	S	Ray GRS 06/07	7–9
	36	Luke Williams	S	Ray GR 08	8
Raysport	14	Zaamin Jaffer	S	Ray GR 08	All
Raysport	15	Tristan Mingay	S	Ray GR 08	6–9
GV Racing	16	Jordi Cunill	C	Mygale SJ08	All
	30	Josh Benson	S	Mygale SJ08	5–9
	99	Chrissy Palmer	C	Mygale SJ09	3–4
JTR	17	Liroy Stuart	C	Mygale SJ09	1–8
	21	Josef Newgarden	C	Mygale SJ09	All
	46	Jake Green	S	Mygale SJ09	7, 9
Minister International	19	Dan de Zille	C	Mygale SJ10	All
Enigma Motorsport	25	Jason Mills	S	Mygale SJ06/07	1–2
	51	Philippe Layac	G	Mygale SJ07	2, 5
	58	Linton Stuteley	G	Mygale SJ07	9
Wrensport	28	Kieran Vernon	S	Spirit WL06	All
Williams Racing	36	Luke Williams	S	Ray GR 08	1–2, 4–5
InterMotorsport	44	Mark Harper	S	Van Diemen LA07	1–2, 4–8
InterMotorsport	54	Marcus Weller	G	Van Diemen LA07	2, 4
Privateer	53	Richard Huddart	G	Ray GR 06/07	3–4
Privateer	56	Joe Tanner	G	Aquila FD08	3
Aquila Racing	58	Nicolas Costa	G	Aquila FD1 09	4
LMS Racing	77	Antti Buri	S	MTEC FD09	1–2, 4–7
Getem Racing	88	Rogier de Wit	C	Mygale SJ07	All
Getem Racing	89	Jason Down	C	Mygale SJ07	7
Juno	59	Felix Fisher	G	Juno JA08	7–9
Juno	99	Chrissy Palmer	C	Juno JA09	1

Icon	Class
C	Championship
S	Scholarship
G	Guest

Race calendar and results edit

All races held in United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park	11 April	James Cole	James Cole	James Cole	Jamun Racing
	R2		13 April	James Cole	Garry Findlay	James Cole	Jamun Racing
	R3		13 April		Garry Findlay	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
2	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	30 May	Daniel Cammish	James Cole	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R2		31 May	James Cole	Josef Newgarden	James Cole	Jamun Racing
	R3		31 May		Rogier de Wit	James Cole	Jamun Racing
3	R1	Knockhill Racing Circuit	13 June	Ben Barker	Garry Findlay	Ben Barker	Fluid Motorsport
	R2		14 June	Alex Jones	Josef Newgarden	Garry Findlay	Fluid Motorsport
	R3		14 June		Daniel Erickson	Chrissy Palmer	GV Racing
4	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	4 July	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R2		5 July	Josef Newgarden	James Cole	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R3		5 July		James Cole	Jordi Cunill	GV Racing
5	R1	Donington Park	18 July	Daniel Erickson	Josef Newgarden	Daniel Erickson	Kevin Mills Racing
	R2		19 July	Daniel Erickson	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R3		19 July		Ben Barker	Chrissy Palmer	Jamun Racing
6	R1	Silverstone Circuit	15 August	Daniel Erickson	Patrick McKenna	Chrissy Palmer	Jamun Racing/Sterling Motorsport
	R2		16 August	Josef Newgarden	Patrick McKenna	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R3		16 August		James Cole	James Cole	Jamun Racing
7	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	5 September	Josef Newgarden	James Cole	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R2		6 September	James Cole	Josh Hill	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
	R3		6 September		Josh Hill	James Cole	Jamun Racing
8	R1	Brands Hatch GP	20 September	James Cole	Garry Findlay	James Cole	Jamun Racing
8	R2	Brands Hatch GP	20 September	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Joe Tandy Racing
9	R1	Castle Combe Circuit	3 October	Chrissy Palmer	Josef Newgarden	Chrissy Palmer	Jamun Racing/Sterling Motorsport
9	R2	Castle Combe Circuit	3 October	Chrissy Palmer	Chrissy Palmer	Chrissy Palmer	Jamun Racing/Sterling Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP/FL
Points	30	27	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Best 23 scores must be dropped towards the championship.

T. Pts – points if all races counted.
Drop – two dropped scores.
Pts – best 23 scores.
S. Pts – Scholarship championship points, best 23 scores.

Championship Class edit

Pos	Driver	OUL			ROC			KNO			SNE			DON			SIL			BHI			BHGP		CAS		Total	Drop	Pts
1	James Cole	1	1	2	2	1	1	5	3	6	2	2	4	DNS	2	5	4	5	1	3	2	1	1	5	4	9	609	12	597
2	Josef Newgarden	Ret	3	1	1	5	3	14	5	5	1	1	3	2	1	2	Ret	1	16	1	1	5	DSQ	1	2	2	550		550
3	Garry Findlay	2	2	3	3	4	4	6	1	2	4	5	5	DNS	4	4	3	4	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	8	Ret	3	493		493
4	Chrissy Palmer	5	8	10	6	6	5	4	9	1	5	6	2	5	6	1	1	Ret	3	5	6	7	Ret	7	1	1	485		485
5	Daniel Erickson	10	9	9	7	7	8	DSQ	2	Ret	3	8	12	1	3	6	5	2	6	4	5	10	Ret	3	7	4	410		410
6	Daniel Cammish	3	4	4	4	3	6	2	6	4	6	4	6	4	9	8	9	6	7	12	11	12			Ret	7	388		388
7	Rogier de Wit	7	5	5	5	2	2	8	Ret	10	Ret	12	Ret	15	13	9	16	7	4	2	4	4	3	2	Ret	10	353		353
8	Ben Barker	6	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	10	1	DNS	9	14	20	9	6	5	11	18	9	5	9	7	Ret	5	10	6	5	272		272
9	Liroy Stuart	4	6	6	9	10	13	10	14	11	9	9	8	11	Ret	10	13	13	8	6	Ret	6	2	4			271		271
10	Patrick McKenna	11	Ret	13	11	Ret	14	7	4	Ret	7	3	7	13	16	3	2	3	2	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	12	270		270
11	Josh Hill	Ret	7	8	Ret	9	7	9	8	7	Ret	13	15	8	17	7	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	6	9	3	6	257		257
12	Jordi Cunill	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	8	9	3	Ret	3	8	7	1	7	7	12	8	18	11	10	Ret	DNS	7	16	11	11	253		253
13	Alex Jones	12	Ret	Ret	8	11	12	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	10	3	10	13	6	8	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	12	Ret	8	188		188
14	Kieran Vernon	9	10	11	12	12	16	13	7	Ret	15	14	11	9	18	16	11	14	18	20	8	Ret	11	15	9	16	149		149
15	Fabio Gamberini	Ret	Ret	14	14	13	11	12	Ret	Ret	10	15	13	10	8	14	12	10	10	16	13	8	10	14	Ret	18	132		132
16	Josh Benson							17	11	15	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	15	7	12	12	Ret	9	9	8	13	8	13	119		119
17	Dan de Zille	14	14	16	21	20	20	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	16	12	12	19	Ret	15	9	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	17	71		71
18	Zaamin Jaffer	16	11	Ret	22	19	Ret	18	12	14	19	17	19	14	Ret	17	15	17	14	14	Ret	16	12	17	12	Ret	58		58
19	Peter Barrable	8	12	7	15	15	19	19	15	13																	51		51
20	Antti Buri	13	15	15	13	Ret	DNS				12	18	Ret	19	14	18	14	16	13	13	Ret	14					42		42
21	Luke Williams	17	16	Ret	19	16	21				13	19	14	16	Ret	Ret							13	Ret			21		21
22	Mark Harper	19	17	18	20	21	Ret				Ret	22	20	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	15	17	16	17	16	Ret			18		18
23	Tristan Mingay																17	20	17	19	17	15	15	18	Ret	19	13		13
24	Jake Green																			15	14	13			Ret	14	13		13
25	Jason Mills	15	13	17	18	17	18																				8		8
26	Greg Roffe																			21	18	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	20	4		4
27	Darelle Wilson	18	Ret	Ret																							1		1
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Felix Fisher																			Ret	10	11	Ret	DNS	5	15	0		0
	Joe Tanner							16	10	12																	0		0
	Rory Butcher							11	Ret	16																	0		0
	Gavin Halls										11	11	17														0		0
	Linton Stuteley																						14	11			0		0
	Richard Huddart							Ret	13	17	Ret	Ret	Ret														0		0
	Phillipe Layac				16	14	15							17	15	20											0		0
	Jason Down																			18	15	Ret					0		0
	Nicolas Costa										16	DNS	DNS														0		0
	Marcus Weller				17	18	17				18	16	18														0		0
Pos	Driver	OUL			ROC			KNO			SNE			DON			SIL			BHI			BHGP		CAS		Total	Drop	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Scholarship Class edit

Pos	Driver	OUL			ROC			KNO			SNE			DON			SIL			BHI			BHGP		CAS		Pts
1	Daniel Cammish	3	4	4	4	3	6	2	6	4	6	4	6	4	9	8	9	6	7	12	11	12			Ret	7	645
2	Kieran Vernon	9	10	11	12	12	16	14	7	Ret	15	14	11	9	18	16	11	14	18	20	8	Ret	11	15	9	16	561
3	Fabio Gamberini	Ret	Ret	14	14	13	11	13	Ret	Ret	10	15	13	10	8	14	12	10	10	16	13	8	10	14	Ret	18	510
4	Zaamin Jaffer	16	11	Ret	22	19	Ret	19	12	14	19	17	19	14	Ret	17	15	17	14	14	Ret	16	12	17	12	Ret	410
5	Josh Benson							18	11	15	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	15	7	12	12	Ret	9	9	8	13	8	13	392
6	Dan de Zille	14	14	16	21	20	20	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	16	12	12	19	Ret	15	9	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	17	385
7	Mark Harper	18	17	18	20	21	Ret				Ret	22	20	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	15	17	16	17	16				228
8	Luke Williams	17	16	Ret	19	16	21				13	19	14	16	Ret	Ret							13				201
9	Tristan Mingay																17	20	17	19	17	15	15	18	Ret	19	138
10	Jason Mills	15	13	17	18	17	18																				88
11	Jake Green																			15	14	13			Ret	14	70
12	Greg Roffe																			21	18	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	20	52
13	Darelle Wilson	18	Ret	Ret																							16
Pos	Driver	OUL			ROC			KNO			SNE			DON			SIL			BHI			BHGP		CAS		Pts

References edit

External links edit

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