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 United Kingdom Richard Plant G W Price All
3 United Kingdom Paul Rees Oxford Audi All
4 United Kingdom Ashley Babbra AMB Racing & Events Ltd. All
5 France Maxime Jousse E. Leclerc All
6 United Kingdom Kenny Andrews Quattro Plant Ltd. 1–4
Germany Bastian Graber ALWA - Montagen 6–7
7 United Kingdom Adam Foster Platinum Computer Solutions All
8 United Kingdom Mark Powell Future World 4
Greece Dimitris Papanastasiou Amalthia Shipping Co. Inc 5–7
9 Spain José Alonso Liste KENTES / Time Force 1–6
10 Italy Luca Orlandi Constellar All
11 United Kingdom Mark Powell Corsport 1
United Kingdom Dominic Pettit Dominant Motorsport 2
Brazil Andre Manzarra Floripa Prime 3, 5
United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Comma Oil 6–7
12 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler Schober Information Group 1–6
Brazil Danilo Estrela Schober Information Group 7
13 Spain María de Villota Hola Magazine 1–3
14 France Julien Gerbi Biotech International / myracedriver.com All
15 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani tedeschiusa.com All
16 United Kingdom Tom Duggan Stars of Tomorrow 1–2
United Kingdom Alice Powell www.silverstone-hotels.com 5
Spain Ramón Piñeiro Caja Madrid 6–7
18 Finland Emma Kimiläinen Astrum Vene All
19 Slovenia David Rotar Racing Pool AMF All
21 Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas Darsena Management All
22 United Kingdom Howard Fuller AGM Transitions All
33 United States Josef Newgarden Robo Pong 1
United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Comtact 2
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Pintos 7
38 France Tristan Vautier Mediaco All
55 Brazil Thiago Calvet Alfaparf Milano 1–3
United Kingdom Bruce Hodges Metrow Foods 5–6
Russia Max Snegirev Klaxon Automotive Magazine 7
66 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Adam Foster Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas United States Josef Newgarden
R2 Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas United Kingdom Richard Plant United States Josef Newgarden
R3 3 May Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas United Kingdom Richard Plant Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas
2 R1 Silverstone National 7 June France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier
R2 Spain José Alonso Liste Finland Emma Kimiläinen Spain José Alonso Liste
R3 France Tristan Vautier United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant
3 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 4 July United Kingdom Richard Plant France Maxime Jousse France Tristan Vautier
R2 5 July United Kingdom Richard Plant France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier
4 R1 Oulton Park 25 July France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier
R2 France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier France Tristan Vautier
R3 France Tristan Vautier United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant
5 R1 Brands Hatch Indy 22 August United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant
R2 23 August United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Richard Plant
R3 United Kingdom Richard Plant United Kingdom Adam Foster United Kingdom Richard Plant
6 R1 Silverstone GP 2 October United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer France Tristan Vautier United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer
R2 3 October United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer France Tristan Vautier
R3 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer France Maxime Jousse
7 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 17 October United Kingdom Paul Rees France Tristan Vautier Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas
R2 18 October Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
R3 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist

Championship standings

Pos Driver BRH SIL SNE OUL BRH SIL SNE Points
1 United Kingdom Richard Plant 3 5 2 5 Ret 1 2 12 3 3 1 1 1 1 10 9 7 2 8 8 330
2 Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas 4 2 1 3 4 Ret 9 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 3 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 313
3 United Kingdom Adam Foster 2 21 3 2 10 11 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 6 5 7 11 2 304
4 France Tristan Vautier 6 4 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 Ret 8 Ret 2 1 10 14 7 Ret 303
5 Finland Emma Kimiläinen 10 12 12 7 2 3 5 5 8 Ret 6 5 9 3 Ret 5 2 4 4 4 260
6 United Kingdom Ashley Babbra 19 8 9 8 7 6 10 8 Ret 5 4 6 7 Ret 7 8 4 5 6 6 227
7 United Kingdom Paul Rees 5 3 7 6 9 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 7 3 3 2 9 10 3 Ret 9 Ret 217
8 France Maxime Jousse Ret 6 Ret 4 5 4 4 3 DNS Ret DNS Ret 6 9 11 3 1 3 Ret 5 204
9 Slovenia David Rotar 11 10 Ret 11 6 5 8 11 6 Ret DNS 7 13 8 6 4 6 8 Ret 7 193
10 United Kingdom Ash Davies 9 16 11 Ret Ret 10 12 14 5 6 8 8 10 5 15 13 11 10 10 Ret 167
11 Spain José Alonso Liste Ret 7 8 9 1 Ret 7 9 DNS 8 9 Ret 5 Ret 5 12 9 156
12 France Julien Gerbi 14 15 13 12 8 9 11 13 12 12 10 13 14 10 16 14 13 9 Ret 10 152
13 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler 8 11 10 Ret 11 8 13 10 7 7 11 10 12 Ret 8 11 14 149
14 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 20 19 Ret 15 14 14 16 9 9 Ret 12 15 Ret 14 17 15 16 12 11 92
15 United Kingdom Howard Fuller 13 18 17 17 16 DNS 15 18 10 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 12 16 9 87
16 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer 10 Ret DNS 1 18 18 6 3 Ret 70
17 Italy Luca Orlandi 16 22 20 19 18 15 18 20 11 13 13 15 18 12 20 16 Ret 18 17 13 68
18 United States Josef Newgarden 1 1 4 64
19 United Kingdom Kenny Andrews 7 9 6 14 17 DNS Ret 6 DNS DNS DNS 61
20 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 17 7 Ret 13 5 3 56
21 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Ret 1 1 48
22 Spain Maria de Villota 18 13 16 15 12 7 16 17 46
23 Brazil Thiago Calvet 12 14 15 18 13 13 17 15 43
24 Germany Bastian Graber 12 Ret 8 11 13 Ret 36
25 United Kingdom Alice Powell 9 11 7 33
26 Greece Dimitris Papanastasiou Ret Ret 11 18 15 12 17 15 Ret 32
27 United Kingdom Tom Duggan 17 17 14 16 14 12 30
28 United Kingdom Mark Powell 15 19 18 Ret 10 12 26
29 United Kingdom Bruce Hodges 16 16 13 19 Ret 16 20
30 Brazil Danilo Estrela Ret 14 12 14
31 Brazil Andre Manzarra Ret 19 14 17 Ret 10
32 United Kingdom Dominic Pettit 13 Ret DNS 7
33 Russia Max Snegirev 15 DNS DNS 5
Pos Driver BRH SIL SNE OUL BRH SIL SNE Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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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