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

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

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

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 classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

  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.
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