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

• All races held in the United Kingdom.

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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

References

External links

• Official Formula Palmer Audi Website