2009 Formula BMW Americas season

The 2009 Formula BMW Americas season was the sixth, and final, season of the Formula BMW Americas series. The championship was contested over fourteen races at six meetings, supporting various series such as the World Touring Car Championship and the American Le Mans Series. Gabriel Chaves was the final series champion, having finished in the top three in all fourteen races.^[1]^[2] The series was cancelled on July 31, 2009 as a result of a poor economic climate (which also led to the discontinuation of BMW's Formula One outfit).^[3]

Teams and drivers edit

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
EuroInternational	2	Gabriel Chaves		All
	5	Daniel Vela	R	1
	5	Olivier Lombard	G	2
	9	Giancarlo Vilarinho		All
	12	Olivier Lombard	G	5
	42	Michael Lewis	R	All
Euro Junior Team	5	Daniel Vela	R	3–6
Euro Junior Team	6	Wilson Philippe	R	All
Jensen MotorSport	13	Barrett Mertins	R	All
Jensen MotorSport	24	Freddy Zebede		1
Autotecnica	14	Alex Ellis	R	All
Autotecnica	50	Gianmarco Raimondo		All
Team Apex	18	João Victor Horto	R	All
	19	Martin Sala	R	All
	20	James Kovacic	R	All
Robali Motorsports	21	Robert Garcia	R	1–4

Icon	Class
R	Rookie Cup
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Calendar edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	March 21	Gabriel Chaves	Gabriel Chaves	Gabriel Chaves	EuroInternational
1	R2	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	March 22	Gabriel Chaves	Alex Ellis	Gabriel Chaves	EuroInternational
2	R1	Virginia International Raceway	April 25	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
2	R2	Virginia International Raceway	April 26	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Gabriel Chaves	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
3	R1	Miller Motorsports Park	May 16	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
	R2		May 17	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
	R3		May 17	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
4	R1	Lime Rock Park	July 18	Gabriel Chaves	James Kovacic	Gabriel Chaves	EuroInternational
4	R2	Lime Rock Park	July 18	Alex Ellis	James Kovacic	James Kovacic	Team Apex
5	R1	Road America	August 15	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Alex Ellis	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational
	R2		August 16	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Gabriel Chaves	EuroInternational
	R3		August 16	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Wilson Philippe	Gabriel Chaves	EuroInternational
6	R1	Mosport International Raceway	August 29	Gianmarco Raimondo	Giancarlo Vilarinho	Gianmarco Raimondo	Autotecnica
6	R2	Mosport International Raceway	August 30	Giancarlo Vilarinho	James Kovacic	Giancarlo Vilarinho	EuroInternational

Standings edit

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	PUE		VIR		MMP			LRP		ROA			MOS		Pts
1	Gabriel Chaves	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	235
2	Giancarlo Vilarinho	2	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	8	5	1	10	Ret	3	1	187
3	Gianmarco Raimondo	Ret	2	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	DSQ	Ret	1	3	143
4	Michael Lewis	4	8	Ret	5	4	2	4	DSQ	6	6	3	3	5	4	111
5	James Kovacic	3	4	8	8	5	5	5	3	1	11	4	Ret	Ret	5	102
6	Alex Ellis	9	3	3	6	6	6	6	5	10	4	DSQ	2	4	DSQ	95
7	João Victor Horto	6	7	5	7	9	7	7	7	4	5	2	5	6	6	91
8	Daniel Vela	5	5			7	DSQ	9	4	7	9	6	Ret	7	8	56
9	Martin Sala	7	Ret	6	4	8	10	11	6	Ret	8	7	7	9	7	54
10	Wilson Philippe	10	9	7	9	12	9	8	DSQ	8	10	8	6	8	9	38
11	Barrett Mertins	Ret	DSQ	10	DSQ	11	8	10	9	9	Ret	9	8	10	10	19
12	Freddy Zebede	8	6	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	9
13	Robert Garcia	Ret	10	Ret	10	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret						3
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Olivier Lombard	000	000	9	DSQ						7	5	4			0
Pos	Driver	PUE		VIR		MMP			LRP		ROA			MOS		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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

^ "Giancarlo Vilarinho Wins Seventh Race, Michael Lewis Earns Rookie Championship". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 2009-08-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
^ "Formula BMW Americas 2009". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
^ "Formula BMW Americas discontinued for 2010". Racer.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

External links edit

BMW-Motorsport.com

[1] "Giancarlo Vilarinho Wins Seventh Race, Michael Lewis Earns Rookie Championship". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 2009-08-31. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

[2] "Formula BMW Americas 2009". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

[3] "Formula BMW Americas discontinued for 2010". Racer.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

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