2009 Formula BMW Europe season

2009 Formula BMW Europe season
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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]

1 Teams and drivers
2 Calendar
- 2.1 Season schedule
3 Standings
- 3.1 Drivers
- 3.2 Teams
4 References
5 External links

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing	2	Kazeem Manzur		All
	3	Facundo Regalia		All
	4	Robin Frijns	R	All
Eifelland Racing	5	Jazeman Jaafar		All
	6	Giorgios Katsinis	R	All
	7	David Mengesdorf		1–5
	7	Doru Sechelariu		7–8
Fortec Motorsport	8	William Buller		All
	9	Jack Harvey	R	All
	10	Antonio Martínez	R	All
EuroInternational	11	Daniel Juncadella		All
	12	Felipe Nasr		All
	14	Olivier Lombard		All
Mücke Motorsport	15	Michael Christensen		All
	16	Timmy Hansen	R	All
	17	Jack Te Braak	R	All
DAMS	18	Jim Pla		All
	19	Javier Tarancón		All
	20	Côme Ledogar		All
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	21	Rupert Svendsen-Cook		All
	22	Gary Thompson	R	3, 5
	22	Ollie Millroy		7–8
	23	Grègoire Demoustier		1–7
FMS International Scuderia Coloni	24	Doru Sechelariu		1–5
	24	Kevin Friesacher		8
	25	Kevin Gilardoni		1–5
	26	Ramón Piñeiro		1–5
	26	Rio Haryanto		8
Motaworld Racing	27	Ollie Millroy		1–3
	27	Ramón Piñeiro		6–8
	28	Mikkel Mac	R	1–5
		Doru Sechelariu		6
		Fahmi Ilyas		8
	29	Huan Zhu		1
		Matt Bell		5
		Fahmi Ilyas		6
		Asad Rahman		7
		Steel Guiliana		8
Daltec Racing	30	Christof von Grünigen		8
	31	Kevin Giovesi		8
	32	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	Barcelona	May 10	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
1	R2	Barcelona	May 10	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
2	R1	Zandvoort	June 14	Robin Frijns	Michael Christensen	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
2	R2	Zandvoort	June 14	Jack Harvey	Felipe Nasr	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport
3	R1	Silverstone	June 20	William Buller	Felipe Nasr	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing
3	R2	Silverstone	June 21	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	July 11	Felipe Nasr	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
4	R2	Nürburgring	July 12	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
5	R1	Hungaroring	July 25	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
5	R2	Hungaroring	July 26	Michael Christensen	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
6	R1	Valencia	August 22	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	DAMS
6	R2	Valencia	August 23	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	DAMS
7	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	August 29	Felipe Nasr	Jazeman Jaafar	Jim Pla	DAMS
7	R2	Spa-Francorchamps	August 30	Felipe Nasr	Robin Frijns	Jim Pla	DAMS
8	R1	Monza	September 12	Jack Harvey	Jazeman Jaafar	Daniel Juncadella	EuroInternational
8	R2	Monza	September 13	Jim Pla	Jack Harvey	Felipe Nasr	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	BAR 1	BAR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	Pts
1	Felipe Nasr	2	1	1	2	8	8	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	392
2	Daniel Juncadella	5	3	3	3	7	7	7	4	5	3	5	4	6	3	1	2	288
3	Robin Frijns	4	4	2	4	1	10	3	5	4	7	3	14	3	5	3	12	265
4	Michael Christensen	1	2	8	5	4	1	1	2	1	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	Ret	4	233
5	Jim Pla	11	8	11	8	Ret	13	10	12	3	2	1	1	1	1	7	Ret	222
6	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	15	15	10	17	3	3	18	6	6	4	10	5	4	4	13	8	165
7	Jack Harvey	7	19	5	1	5	9	17	Ret	14	6	7	9	11	10	5	16	149
8	Facundo Regalia	13	10	4	18	10	4	4	8	7	17	6	6	7	7	11	Ret	148
9	Jazeman Jaafar	3	7	7	Ret	Ret	15	8	9	15	15	Ret	3	8	8	12	6	123
10	William Buller	12	18	13	Ret	6	5	23	3	Ret	8	9	7	10	11	6	Ret	113
11	Kazeem Manzur	8	Ret	6	16	2	2	9	Ret	13	11	14	10	Ret	15	15	10	107
12	Javier Tarancón	20	5	19	7	23	16	11	15	10	9	4	Ret	12	13	4	21	91
13	Timmy Hansen	Ret	9	23	10	20	6	5	11	9	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	8	7	79
14	Doru Sechelariu	9	17	16	9	12	14	Ret	13	12	10	12	15	9	Ret	Ret	3	69
15	David Mengesdorf	6	6	9	Ret	9	22	6	10	11	Ret							69
16	Olivier Lombard	Ret	22	15	6	13	Ret	13	7	16	16	Ret	8	DSQ	9	16	5	67
17	Côme Ledogar	Ret	12	18	14	21	11	14	14	21	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	14	19	50
18	Ollie Millroy	10	14	Ret	20	11	Ret							Ret	6	10	11	39
19	Ramón Piñeiro	14	11	12	11	15	Ret	21	DSQ	17	12	8	Ret	13	12	Ret	Ret	38
20	Jack Te Braak	18	13	14	Ret	Ret	12	12	17	8	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	9	15	34
21	Giorgios Katsinis	17	Ret	17	Ret	14	Ret	16	18	18	13	11	12	14	14	18	14	23
22	Grégoire Demoustier	19	DNS	24	13	16	21	22	Ret	20	20	Ret	13	16	18			7
23	Mikkel Mac	22	21	21	12	22	18	20	19	Ret	19							4
24	Kevin Gilardoni	16	16	20	15	19	17	15	16	Ret	14							4
25	Asad Rahman													15	17			1
26	Antonio Martínez	21	Ret	22	19	17	20	19	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	20	20	0
27	Matt Bell									19	21							0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Kevin Friesacher															17	9	0
	Fahmi Ilyas											13	11			Ret	22	0
	Christof von Grünigen															19	13	0
	Rio Haryanto															Ret	17	0
	Gary Thompson					18	19			23	18							0
	Sven Ackermann															21	18	0
	Huan Zhu	Ret	20															0
	Steel Guiliana															Ret	DNS	0
	Kevin Giovesi															DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	BAR 1	BAR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Blue	Not classified (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
R – Rookie Cup

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	BAR 1	BAR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	Pts
1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	FMS International 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	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
	Daltec Racing	30															19	13	0
		31															DNS	DNS
		32															21	18
Pos	Team	No	BAR 1	BAR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	Pts

References

^ ^a ^b "Mücke Motorsport suspended from Formula BMW Europe races.". bmw-motorsport.com (Formula BMW). 2009-08-20. http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/news/current/2009_08/2009_08_20.html. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
^ ^a ^b "FIA International Court of Appeal ruling confirms judicial decisions.". bmw-motorsport.com (Formula BMW). 2009-11-17. http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/news/current/2009_11/2009_11_17.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

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