2009 Formula Palmer Audi season

The 2009 Formula Palmer Audi season was the twelfth Formula Palmer Audi season. It began on May 2 at Brands Hatch and finished on October 18 at Snetterton. It consisted of twenty rounds all held in England. The championship was won by Richard Plant in his third FPA season.

In a new incentive for 2009, the winner of this season's championship received a £50,000 scholarship prize towards a Formula Two drive, and the top three all received a F2 test.[1]

Driver lineup edit

Car # Driver Sponsor(s) Rounds
2   Richard Plant G W Price All
3   Paul Rees Oxford Audi All
4   Ashley Babbra AMB Racing & Events Ltd. All
5   Maxime Jousse E. Leclerc All
6   Kenny Andrews Quattro Plant Ltd. 1–4
  Bastian Graber ALWA - Montagen 6–7
7   Adam Foster Platinum Computer Solutions All
8   Mark Powell Future World 4
  Dimitris Papanastasiou Amalthia Shipping Co. Inc 5–7
9   José Alonso Liste KENTES / Time Force 1–6
10   Luca Orlandi Constellar All
11   Mark Powell Corsport 1
  Dominic Pettit Dominant Motorsport 2
  Andre Manzarra Floripa Prime 3, 5
  Jolyon Palmer Comma Oil 6–7
12   Philipp Frommenwiler Schober Information Group 1–6
  Danilo Estrela Schober Information Group 7
13   María de Villota Hola Magazine 1–3
14   Julien Gerbi Biotech International / myracedriver.com All
15   Giuseppe Cipriani tedeschiusa.com All
16   Tom Duggan Stars of Tomorrow 1–2
  Alice Powell www.silverstone-hotels.com 5
  Ramón Piñeiro Caja Madrid 6–7
18   Emma Kimiläinen Astrum Vene All
19   David Rotar Racing Pool AMF All
21   Kazim Vasiliauskas Darsena Management All
22   Howard Fuller AGM Transitions All
33   Josef Newgarden Robo Pong 1
  Jolyon Palmer Comtact 2
  Felix Rosenqvist Pintos 7
38   Tristan Vautier Mediaco All
55   Thiago Calvet Alfaparf Milano 1–3
  Bruce Hodges Metrow Foods 5–6
  Max Snegirev Klaxon Automotive Magazine 7
66   Ash Davies H2O Networks All

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 2 May   Adam Foster   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Josef Newgarden
R2   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Richard Plant   Josef Newgarden
R3 3 May   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Richard Plant   Kazim Vasiliauskas
2 R1 Silverstone National 7 June   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier
R2   José Alonso Liste   Emma Kimiläinen   José Alonso Liste
R3   Tristan Vautier   Richard Plant   Richard Plant
3 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 4 July   Richard Plant   Maxime Jousse   Tristan Vautier
R2 5 July   Richard Plant   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier
4 R1 Oulton Park 25 July   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier
R2   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier   Tristan Vautier
R3   Tristan Vautier   Richard Plant   Richard Plant
5 R1 Brands Hatch Indy 22 August   Richard Plant   Richard Plant   Richard Plant
R2 23 August   Richard Plant   Richard Plant   Richard Plant
R3   Richard Plant   Adam Foster   Richard Plant
6 R1 Silverstone GP 2 October   Jolyon Palmer   Tristan Vautier   Jolyon Palmer
R2 3 October   Jolyon Palmer   Jolyon Palmer   Tristan Vautier
R3   Jolyon Palmer   Jolyon Palmer   Maxime Jousse
7 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 17 October   Paul Rees   Tristan Vautier   Kazim Vasiliauskas
R2 18 October   Kazim Vasiliauskas   Felix Rosenqvist   Felix Rosenqvist
R3   Felix Rosenqvist   Felix Rosenqvist   Felix Rosenqvist

Championship standings edit

Pos Driver BRH SIL SNE OUL BRH SIL SNE Points
1   Richard Plant 3 5 2 5 Ret 1 2 12 3 3 1 1 1 1 10 9 7 2 8 8 330
2   Kazim Vasiliauskas 4 2 1 3 4 Ret 9 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 3 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 313
3   Adam Foster 2 21 3 2 10 11 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 6 5 7 11 2 304
4   Tristan Vautier 6 4 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 Ret 8 Ret 2 1 10 14 7 Ret 303
5   Emma Kimiläinen 10 12 12 7 2 3 5 5 8 Ret 6 5 9 3 Ret 5 2 4 4 4 260
6   Ashley Babbra 19 8 9 8 7 6 10 8 Ret 5 4 6 7 Ret 7 8 4 5 6 6 227
7   Paul Rees 5 3 7 6 9 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 7 3 3 2 9 10 3 Ret 9 Ret 217
8   Maxime Jousse Ret 6 Ret 4 5 4 4 3 DNS Ret DNS Ret 6 9 11 3 1 3 Ret 5 204
9   David Rotar 11 10 Ret 11 6 5 8 11 6 Ret DNS 7 13 8 6 4 6 8 Ret 7 193
10   Ash Davies 9 16 11 Ret Ret 10 12 14 5 6 8 8 10 5 15 13 11 10 10 Ret 167
11   José Alonso Liste Ret 7 8 9 1 Ret 7 9 DNS 8 9 Ret 5 Ret 5 12 9 156
12   Julien Gerbi 14 15 13 12 8 9 11 13 12 12 10 13 14 10 16 14 13 9 Ret 10 152
13   Philipp Frommenwiler 8 11 10 Ret 11 8 13 10 7 7 11 10 12 Ret 8 11 14 149
14   Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 20 19 Ret 15 14 14 16 9 9 Ret 12 15 Ret 14 17 15 16 12 11 92
15   Howard Fuller 13 18 17 17 16 DNS 15 18 10 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 12 16 9 87
16   Jolyon Palmer 10 Ret DNS 1 18 18 6 3 Ret 70
17   Luca Orlandi 16 22 20 19 18 15 18 20 11 13 13 15 18 12 20 16 Ret 18 17 13 68
18   Josef Newgarden 1 1 4 64
19   Kenny Andrews 7 9 6 14 17 DNS Ret 6 DNS DNS DNS 61
20   Ramón Piñeiro 17 7 Ret 13 5 3 56
21   Felix Rosenqvist Ret 1 1 48
22   Maria de Villota 18 13 16 15 12 7 16 17 46
23   Thiago Calvet 12 14 15 18 13 13 17 15 43
24   Bastian Graber 12 Ret 8 11 13 Ret 36
25   Alice Powell 9 11 7 33
26   Dimitris Papanastasiou Ret Ret 11 18 15 12 17 15 Ret 32
27   Tom Duggan 17 17 14 16 14 12 30
28   Mark Powell 15 19 18 Ret 10 12 26
29   Bruce Hodges 16 16 13 19 Ret 16 20
30   Danilo Estrela Ret 14 12 14
31   Andre Manzarra Ret 19 14 17 Ret 10
32   Dominic Pettit 13 Ret DNS 7
33   Max Snegirev 15 DNS DNS 5
Pos Driver BRH SIL SNE OUL BRH SIL SNE Points
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

References edit

  1. ^ "Top 3 FPA finishers to get F2 test". formula-palmer-audi.com. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

External links edit