2009 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition March 2014 January 2020 2009 Australian Drivers' Championship 2008 2010 The 2009 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title with the championship winner receiving the 2009 CAMS Gold Star award. The 2009 championship was the 53rd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fifth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 19 March 2009 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 29 November at Sandown Raceway after eight events across four different states with two rounds per event. Team BRM driver Joey Foster became the second successive champion from Great Britain, holding off 2007 series champion Tim Macrow by eight points. In the National classes, Tom Tweedie was champion in National A, recording three top-three overall finishes and twelve class wins, while Peter Kalpakiotis was champion in National B as he was the only driver to contest more than one meeting. Class structure Drivers compete in three classes: Australian Formula 3 Championship – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2007 Formula 3 National A – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2004 Formula 3 National B – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 20012009 Australian Formula 3 Sporting & Technical Regulations as archived at WebCite on 3 December 2009 Points System Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in the Championship Class in each race. One additional point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap time in the class in each qualifying session and in each race at each round. The same system was also used for both the National A Class and the National B Class awards. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Australian Formula 3 season. TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver Astuti Motorsport Gold Star Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 2 Australia Mat Sofi Sodemo-Renault 7 Australia Ray Chamberlain National A Dallara F304 10 Australia Kristian Lindbom Gold Star Dallara F307 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Team BRM Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 3 New Zealand Mathew Radisich 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans 5 Great Britain Joey Foster Scarborough Holiday Parks National B Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 6 Australia Andrew Mill 96 Australia Blake Varney R-Tek Motorsport Services National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 7 Australia Roger Iánson China Zhang Shan Qi 8 China Li Zhi Cong 59 Australia Jesse Wakeman JB Motorsport National B Dallara F301 Novamotor-Fiat 12 Australia John Boothman PHR Scuderia National A Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 15 Indonesia Maher Algadri 16 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Gilmour Racing National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 17 Australia Chris Gilmour Ralt Australia National A Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 19 Australia Tom Tweedie GKH Powdercoating National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 21 Australia Graeme Holmes Scud Racing Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 25 Australia Tim Macrow National B Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 35 UK Peter Kalpakiotis Dallara F396 TOM's-Toyota 45 Australia Michael Gray Hack, Anderson & Thomas National B Dallara F396 TOM's-Toyota 37 Australia Rod Anderson Tandersport National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 42 Australia Bryce Moore Australia Leanne Tander Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 52 New Zealand Ben Crighton Cooltemp Racing National A Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 60 Australia Bevan Carrick Race calendar Originally Event 7 of the series was to have taken place at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania, and was indeed set to host the series signature race, the Tasmanian Super Prix on 18 October, however with several other series involved in the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships withdrawing from the logistically difficult Tasmanian meeting, the event was cancelled. Subsequently, a new meeting was organised to be held at Queensland Raceway on 21 August on the support card of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.http://www.formula3.com.au/news.asp?id=672 Queensland to replace Tasmania in F3 calendar reshuffle The official website of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship 4 June 2009 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104424/http://www.formula3.com.au/news.asp?id=672 6 July 2011 live Event Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/03/2009.ADEL Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide National Software 22 March 2009 22 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426042842/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/03/2009.ADEL 26 April 2009 live 21 March Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 2 22 March Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 2 3 New South Wales Wakefield Parkhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/04/2009.WAKE Wakefield Park Raceway 26/04/2009 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Round 2 National Software 26 April 2009 22 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090918153726/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/04/2009.WAKE 18 September 2009 live 26 April Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 4 Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 3 5 Victoria Phillip Islandhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/05/2009.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3 National Software 17 May 2009 18 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090919145645/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/05/2009.PHIL 19 September 2009 live 17 May Australia Tim Macrow Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 6 Australia Tim Macrow Australia Tim Macrow Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 4 7 Victoria Winton Motor Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?28/06/2009.WIN Winton Motor Raceway 28/06/2009 2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship – Round 5 National Software 28 June 2009 28 June 2009 28 June Australia Tim Macrow Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 8 Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 5 9 New South Wales Eastern Creek Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?19/07/2009.ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6 National Software 19 July 2009 19 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905011034/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?19/07/2009.ARDC 5 September 2009 live 19 July Australia Tim Macrow Australia Tim Macrow Australia Mat Sofi Australia Transwest Racing 10 Australia Tim Macrow Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 6 11 Queensland Queensland Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/08/2009.QRI Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16 National Software 23 August 2009 24 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090920221331/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/08/2009.QRI 20 September 2009 live 21 August Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Tim Macrow Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 12 Australia Tim Macrow Australia Mat Sofi Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 7 13 New South Wales Oran Park Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/08/2009.ORAN Oran Park Raceway 30/08/2009 Shannons Nationals 2009 – Round 8 National Software 30 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090920221515/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/08/2009.ORAN 20 September 2009 live http://www.formula3.com.au/news.asp?id=701 Macrow leads title race after dramatic, competitive and controversial weekend at Oran Park The official website of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship Series 30 August 2009 31 August 2009 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 30 August Australia Tim Macrow Australia Mat Sofi Great Britain Joey Foster Australia Team BRM 14 Australia Mat Sofi Australia Mat Sofi Australia Tim Macrow Australia Scud Racing 8 15 Victoria Sandown Raceway 29 November GBR Joey Foster NZL Ben Crighton GBR Joey Foster AUS Team BRM 16 AUS Mat Sofi GBR Joey Foster NZL Mitch Evans AUS Team BRM Results and standings Drivers Championship Pos Driver ADE1 ADE2 WAK1 WAK2 PHI1 PHI2 WIN1 WIN2 EAS1 EAS2 QLD1 QLD2 ORA1 ORA2 SAN1 SAN2 Pts2009 Australian Formula 3 Drivers Championship – Points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009 GOLD STAR 1 Great Britain Joey Foster 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 7 1 2 265 2 Australia Tim Macrow Ret 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 257 3 Australia Mat Sofi 4 3 2 2 3 9 Ret 5 1 3 4 3 4 2 8 3 192 4 New Zealand Ben Crighton 6 7 6 3 5 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 7 6 151 5 New Zealand Mitch Evans 4 1 32 6 Australia Ray Chamberlain 9 10 7 6 30 7 New Zealand Mathew Radisich 2 4 25 8 Indonesia Rio Haryanto 6 5 18 NATIONAL A 1 Australia Tom Tweedie 3 5 4 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Ret 3 3 9 288 2 Australia Graeme Holmes 8 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 6 5 12 10 124 3 Australia Jesse Wakeman 7 8 5 7 7 6 5 7 10 Ret 116 4 Australia Chris Gilmour 5 6 6 5 7 Ret 3 Ret 93 5 Indonesia Maher Algadri 8 8 6 8 7 7 12 10 7 Ret 86 6 Australia Roger I'Anson 9 6 8 4 49 7 Australia Leanne Tander 4 3 44 8 Australia Bryce Moore 9 7 33 9 Australia Bevan Carrick 11 Ret 5 6 31 10 Australia Kristian Lindbom 5 8 30 11 Indonesia Rio Haryanto 6 8 29 12 China Li Zhi Cong 10 Ret 10 13 China Zhang Shan Qi 11 Ret 8 NATIONAL B 1 UK Peter Kalpakiotis 13 11 9 Ret 13 Ret 78 2 Australia Rod Anderson 7 6 44 Australia Andrew Mill 8 7 44 – Australia Blake Varney DNS DNS 0 See also Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Formula 3 References External links Official Australian Formula 3 website 2009 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120304211419/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2009 4 March 2012 Category:Australian Drivers' Championship Drivers' Championship Category:Australian Formula 3 seasons Australia Australian Formula 3