2009 Formula BMW Pacific season

      2009 Formula BMW Pacific season
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      The 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season was the eighth Formula BMW Pacific season. It began on May 2 in Sepang and ended on November 22 in Macau after 15 rounds in five different countries. Rio Haryanto became champion with one race to spare, having won the title at Okayama.

      Teams and drivers

      • All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.
      Team No Driver Class Rounds
      Malaysia Team Holzer PFX 2 Malaysia Dominic Ang All
      3 Malaysia Calvin Wong R All
      4 Malaysia Alif Jafri R All
      China Asia Racing Team 5 Singapore Suriya Kerisnan R 4, 6
      9 Israel Alon Day 6
      Canada Atlantic Racing Team 6 India Aditya Patel 1
      8 Australia Steel Guiliana J R 5–6
      United Kingdom Motaworld Racing 1–4
      South Korea E-Rain Racing 7 Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson R All
      17 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas R All
      27 Saudi Arabia Fahad Algosaibi R 1–2, 4–5
      49 India Akhil Dinesh Khushlani All
      Malaysia Eurasia Motorsport 10 Spain Antonio Martínez R 2
      11 Australia Chris Wootton All
      12 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 4
      22 Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies J R All
      26 Hong Kong Paul Lau 4, 6
      30 United Kingdom James Cole 6
      33 Japan Daiki Sasaki 5
      Macau Ao's Racing 16 China Hong Wei Cao 1–2, 4, 6
      United States EuroInternational 18 France Jim Pla 6
      19 United Kingdom William Buller 6
      20 Australia James Kovacic 4–5
      21 Brazil Felipe Nasr 4, 6
      23 Spain Facundo Regalia 5–6
      42 United States Michael Lewis 4–5
      United Kingdom Räikkönen Robertson Racing 28 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 6
      Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus China Huan Zhu 1
      38 Indonesia Dustin Sofyan R All
      88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto All
      Hong Kong Champ Motorsport 29 Hong Kong Jim Ka To 6
      China TopSpeed Racing Shanghai 34 Japan Tomoki Nojiri 6
      Icon Class
      R Rookie Driver
      J Junior Driver
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      Calendar

      Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
      1 R1 Malaysia Sepang 4 April Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson South Korea E-Rain Racing Malaysian Grand Prix
      R2 5 April Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
      2 R1 Malaysia Sepang 30 May Australia Chris Wootton Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies Malaysia Eurasia Motorsport Asian Festival of Speed
      R2 Australia Chris Wootton Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas South Korea E-Rain Racing
      R3 31 May Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies India Akhil Dinesh Khushlani Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies Malaysia Eurasia Motorsport
      R4 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
      3 R1 Indonesia Sentul 15 August Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus Asian Festival of Speed
      R2 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
      R3 16 August Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
      R4 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Indonesia Rio Haryanto Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
      4 R1 Singapore Singapore 26 September Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus* Singapore Grand Prix
      R2 27 September Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas* Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*
      5 R1 Japan Okayama 31 October Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus* World Touring Car Championship
      R2 1 November Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*
      6 R1 Macau Macau 22 November Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Indonesia Rio Haryanto* Malaysia Questnet Team Qi-Meritus* Macau Grand Prix

      * At the last three rounds, guest drivers started from pole position, setting the fastest lap before winning the race. In Singapore, Felipe Nasr achieved that before Facundo Regalia (Okayama) and William Buller did so in Macau.

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      Standings

      • Points are awarded as follows:
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
      Race 1 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
      Pos Driver SEP1
      1

      Malaysia
      SEP1
      2

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      1

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      2

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      3

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      4

      Malaysia
      SEN
      1

      Indonesia
      SEN
      2

      Indonesia
      SEN
      3

      Indonesia
      SEN
      4

      Indonesia
      SIN
      1

      Singapore
      SIN
      2

      Singapore
      OKA
      1

      Japan
      OKA
      2

      Japan
      MAC
      1

      Macau
      Pts
      1 Indonesia Rio Haryanto 3 1 Ret 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 3 250
      2 Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 9 3 6 Ret 180
      3 Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies 4 Ret 1 4 1 3 4 2 3 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 163
      4 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 7 Ret 11 1 8 2 2 6 6 7 9 Ret Ret 5 8 102
      5 Indonesia Dustin Sofyan 5 Ret 4 5 5 7 6 5 5 4 14 11 13 13 6 89
      6 India Akhil Dinesh Khushlani 8 Ret 3 Ret 3 5 7 4 4 5 Ret 12 6 11 Ret 82
      7 Australia Chris Wootton 2 2 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 6 6 6 9 8 Ret 78.5
      8 Malaysia Calvin Wong 6 4 5 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 8 10 4 Ret 69
      9 Malaysia Dominic Ang 11 7 8 7 6 10 5 9 9 9 17 7 Ret 12 Ret 46
      10 Australia Steel Guiliana 14 9 10 9 12 14 8 Ret 8 10 13 10 5 10 Ret 35
      11 Saudi Arabia Fahad Algosaibi 13 8 6 8 11 12 10 16 12 Ret 19.5
      12 China Hong Wei Cao 10 5 Ret DNS 9 11 7 14 Ret 19
      13 Malaysia Alif Jafri Ret 11 9 Ret 13 13 9 7 10 11 12 Ret 11 14 Ret 17
      14 India Aditya Patel 9 6 5
      15 China Huan Zhu 12 10 0.5
      16 Singapore Suriya Kerisnan 15 Ret 7 0
      guest drivers ineligible for points
      Brazil Felipe Nasr 1 1 DSQ 0
      Argentina Facundo Regalia 1 1 Ret 0
      United Kingdom William Buller 1 0
      United States Michael Lewis 11 2 4 Ret 0
      France Jim Pla 2 0
      Australia James Kovacic 3 3 7 3 0
      United Kingdom Jack Harvey 4 13 0
      Hong Kong Jim Ka To 4 0
      Spain Antonio Martínez 7 6 10 8 0
      Japan Daiki Sasaki 8 9 0
      Hong Kong Paul Lau 16 15 Ret 0
      United Kingdom James Cole Ret 0
      Israel Alon Day Ret 0
      Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar Ret 0
      Japan Tomoki Nojiri Ret 0
      Pos Driver SEP1
      1

      Malaysia
      SEP1
      2

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      1

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      2

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      3

      Malaysia
      SEP2
      4

      Malaysia
      SEN
      1

      Indonesia
      SEN
      2

      Indonesia
      SEN
      3

      Indonesia
      SEN
      4

      Indonesia
      SIN
      1

      Singapore
      SIN
      2

      Singapore
      OKA
      1

      Japan
      OKA
      2

      Japan
      MAC
      1

      Macau
      Pts
      Colour Result
      Gold Winner
      Silver 2nd place
      Bronze 3rd place
      Green Finished, in points
      Blue Finished, no points
      Not classified (NC)
      Purple Did not finish (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 participate
      Excluded (EX)

      Bold – Pole
      Italics – Fastest Lap
      W – Wet Race

      Note: In the second race at the Sepang F1 support event, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded.

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