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2009 Formula BMW Europe season

Felipe Nasr, the 2009 Drivers' Champion.

The 2009 Formula BMW Europe season was the second season of Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship was contested over sixteen races at eight meetings: seven of which supported Formula One Grands Prix and a meeting at the Masters of Formula 3 event at Zandvoort. Felipe Nasr won the title at Monza, having finished fourteen of the sixteen races in the top two and won the title by 104 points. Two months after the season's finish, all results were confirmed after Mücke Motorsport's appeal over a breach of technical regulations[1] was rejected by the FIA.[2]

Teams and drivers

  • All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.
Team No Driver Class Rounds
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 United Kingdom Kazeem Manzur All
3 Spain Facundo Regalia[N 1] All
4 Netherlands Robin Frijns R All
Germany Eifelland Racing 5 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar All
6 Greece Giorgios Katsinis R All
7 Germany David Mengesdorf 1–5
Romania Doru Sechelariu 7–8
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 8 United Kingdom William Buller All
9 United Kingdom Jack Harvey R All
10 Spain Antonio Martínez R All
United States EuroInternational 11 Spain Daniel Juncadella All
12 Brazil Felipe Nasr All
14 France Olivier Lombard All
Germany Mücke Motorsport 15 Denmark Michael Christensen All
16 Sweden Timmy Hansen R All
17 Netherlands Jack Te Braak R All
France DAMS 18 France Jim Pla All
19 Spain Javier Tarancón All
20 France Côme Ledogar All
United Kingdom Räikkönen Robertson Racing 21 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook All
22 Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson R 3, 5
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 7–8
23 France Grégoire Demoustier 1–7
Italy FMS International
Italy Scuderia Coloni
24 Romania Doru Sechelariu 1–5
Austria Kevin Friesacher 8
25 Italy Kevin Gilardoni 1–5
26 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 1–5
Indonesia Rio Haryanto 8
United Kingdom Motaworld Racing 27 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 1–3
Spain Ramón Piñeiro 6–8
28 Denmark Mikkel Mac R 1–5
Romania Doru Sechelariu 6
Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 8
29 China Huan Zhu 1
United Kingdom Matt Bell 5
Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 6
United Arab Emirates Asad Rahman 7
Australia Steel Guiliana 8
Switzerland Daltec Racing 30 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 8
31 Italy Kevin Giovesi 8
32 Switzerland Sven Ackermann 8
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
  • Mücke Motorsport were given a four-race ban due to a force-deflection test that revealed that each oil pressure relief valve spring was of a different characteristic than the standard spring installed in the engine. They raced at Valencia and Spa under appeal, an appeal they would later lose.[1][2]
  • Drivers registered in other International Formula BMW series during 2009 are limited to an entry for three meetings of their choice, these Drivers will compete as Guest Drivers, they will not be entitled to receive points and prize money in the Driver classification and/or the Rookie Cup classification and/or the Team Trophy classification.

Calendar

Season schedule

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 9 May Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 10 May Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United States EuroInternational
2 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 14 June Netherlands Robin Frijns Denmark Michael Christensen Brazil Felipe Nasr United States EuroInternational
R2 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Jack Harvey United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport
3 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 20 June United Kingdom William Buller Brazil Felipe Nasr Netherlands Robin Frijns Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
R2 21 June Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Mücke Motorsport
4 R1 Germany Nürburgring 11 July Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 12 July Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United States EuroInternational
5 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 25 July Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 26 July Denmark Michael Christensen Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United States EuroInternational
6 R1 Spain Valencia Street Circuit 22 August France Jim Pla France Jim Pla France Jim Pla France DAMS
R2 23 August France Jim Pla France Jim Pla France Jim Pla France DAMS
7 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 29 August Brazil Felipe Nasr Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar France Jim Pla France DAMS
R2 30 August Brazil Felipe Nasr Netherlands Robin Frijns France Jim Pla France DAMS
8 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 September United Kingdom Jack Harvey Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar Spain Daniel Juncadella United States EuroInternational
R2 13 September France Jim Pla United Kingdom Jack Harvey Brazil Felipe Nasr United States EuroInternational

Standings

Drivers

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP
30 24 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver CAT
Spain
ZAN
Netherlands
SIL
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
HUN
Hungary
VSC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Pts
1 Brazil Felipe Nasr 2 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 392
2 Spain Daniel Juncadella 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 1 2 288
3 Netherlands Robin Frijns 4 4 2 4 1 10 3 5 4 7 3 14 3 5 3 12 265
4 Denmark Michael Christensen 1 2 8 5 4 1 1 2 1 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 4 233
5 France Jim Pla 11 8 11 8 Ret 13 10 12 3 2 1 1 1 1 7 Ret 222
6 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook 15 15 10 17 3 3 18 6 6 4 10 5 4 4 13 8 165
7 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 7 19 5 1 5 9 17 Ret 14 6 7 9 11 10 5 16 149
8 Spain Facundo Regalia 13 10 4 18† 10 4 4 8 7 17 6 6 7 7 11 Ret 148
9 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 3 7 7 Ret Ret 15 8 9 15 15 Ret 3 8 8 12 6 123
10 United Kingdom William Buller 12 18 13 Ret 6 5 23 3 Ret 8 9 7 10 11 6 Ret 113
11 United Kingdom Kazeem Manzur 8 Ret 6 16 2 2 9 Ret 13 11 14† 10 Ret 15 15 10 107
12 Spain Javier Tarancón 20 5 19 7 23 16 11 15 10 9 4 Ret 12 13 4 21 91
13 Sweden Timmy Hansen Ret 9 23 10 20 6 5 11 9 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 8 7 79
14 Romania Doru Sechelariu 9 17 16 9 12 14 Ret 13 12 10 12 15† 9 Ret Ret 3 69
15 Germany David Mengesdorf 6 6 9 Ret 9 22 6 10 11 Ret 69
16 France Olivier Lombard Ret 22 15 6 13 Ret 13 7 16 16 Ret 8 DSQ 9 16 5 67
17 France Côme Ledogar Ret 12 18 14 21 11 14 14 21 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 14 19 50
18 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 10 14 Ret 20† 11 Ret Ret 6 10 11 39
19 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 14 11 12 11 15 Ret 21 DSQ 17 12 8 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 38
20 Netherlands Jack Te Braak 18 13 14 Ret Ret 12 12 17 8 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 9 15 34
21 Greece Giorgios Katsinis 17 Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 16 18 18 13 11 12 14 14 18 14 23
22 France Grégoire Demoustier 19 DNS 24 13 16 21 22 Ret 20 20 Ret 13 16 18 7
23 Denmark Mikkel Mac 22 21 21 12 22 18 20 19 Ret 19 4
24 Italy Kevin Gilardoni 16 16 20 15 19 17 15 16 Ret 14 4
25 United Arab Emirates Asad Rahman 15 17 1
26 Spain Antonio Martínez 21 Ret 22 19† 17 20 19 Ret 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 20 20 0
27 United Kingdom Matt Bell 19 21 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
Austria Kevin Friesacher 17 9 0
Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 13 11 Ret 22 0
Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 19 13 0
Indonesia Rio Haryanto Ret 17 0
Republic of Ireland Gary Thompson 18 19 23 18 0
Switzerland Sven Ackermann 21 18 0
China Huan Zhu Ret 20 0
Australia Steel Guiliana Ret DNS 0
Italy Kevin Giovesi DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver CAT
Spain
ZAN
Netherlands
SIL
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
HUN
Hungary
VSC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Pts
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
R – Rookie Cup

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams

  • Points are awarded to all eligible cars from each team as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3
  • Then the total number of points scored by each Team will be divided by the number of cars from that team that entered the meeting.
Pos Team No CAT
Spain
ZAN
Netherlands
SIL
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
HUN
Hungary
VSC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Pts
1 United States EuroInternational 11 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 1 2 339
12 2 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
14 Ret 22 15 6 13 Ret 13 7 16 16 Ret 8 DSQ 9 16 5
2 Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 8 Ret 6 16 2 2 9 Ret 13 11 14† 10 Ret 15 15 10 245
3 13 10 4 18† 10 4 4 8 7 17 6 6 7 7 11 Ret
4 4 4 2 4 1 10 3 5 4 7 3 14 3 5 3 12
3 Germany Mücke Motorsport 15 1 2 8 5 4 1 1 2 1 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 4 151
16 Ret 9 23 10 20 6 5 11 9 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 8 7
17 18 13 14 Ret Ret 12 12 17 8 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 9 15
4 France DAMS 18 11 8 11 8 Ret 13 10 12 3 2 1 1 1 1 7 Ret 138
19 20 5 19 7 23 16 11 15 10 9 4 Ret 12 13 4 21
20 Ret 12 18 14 21 11 14 14 21 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 14 19
5 United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 8 12 18 13 Ret 6 5 23 3 Ret 8 9 7 10 11 6 Ret 121
9 7 19 5 1 5 9 17 Ret 14 6 7 9 11 10 5 16
10 21 Ret 22 19† 17 20 19 Ret 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 20 20
6 Germany Eifelland Racing 5 3 7 7 Ret Ret 15 8 9 15 15 Ret 3 8 8 12 6 112
6 17 Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 16 18 18 13 11 12 14 14 18 14
7 6 6 9 Ret 9 22 6 10 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3
7 United Kingdom Räikkönen Robertson Racing 21 15 15 10 17 3 3 18 6 6 4 10 5 4 4 13 8 95.5
22 18 19 23 18 Ret 6 10 11
23 19 DNS 24 13 16 21 22 Ret 20 20 Ret 13 16 18
8 Italy FMS International
Italy Scuderia Coloni
24 9 17 16 9 12 14 Ret 13 12 10 17 9 19
25 16 16 20 15 19 17 15 16 Ret 14
26 14 11 12 11 15 Ret 21 DSQ 17 12 Ret 17
9 United Kingdom Motaworld Racing 27 10 14 Ret 20† 11 Ret 8 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 16
28 22 21 21 12 22 18 20 19 Ret 19 12 15† Ret 22
29 Ret 20 19 21 13 11 15 17 Ret DNS
guest teams ineligible for points
Switzerland Daltec Racing 30 19 13 0
31 DNS DNS
32 21 18
Pos Team No CAT
Spain
ZAN
Netherlands
SIL
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
HUN
Hungary
VSC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Pts

Notes

  1. ^ Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mücke Motorsport suspended from Formula BMW Europe races". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  2. ^ a b "FIA International Court of Appeal ruling confirms judicial decisions". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2009-11-17.