2009 Australian Drivers' Championship

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.

2009 Australian Drivers' Championship

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2010

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 2001^[1]

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.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Australian Formula 3 season.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Astuti Motorsport	Gold Star	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	2	Mat Sofi
			Sodemo-Renault	7	Ray Chamberlain
	National A	Dallara F304		10	Kristian Lindbom
	Gold Star	Dallara F307		11	Rio Haryanto
Team BRM	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	3	Mathew Radisich
				4	Mitch Evans
				5	Joey Foster
Scarborough Holiday Parks	National B	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	6	Andrew Mill
				96	Blake Varney
R-Tek Motorsport Services	National A	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	7	Roger Iánson
					Zhang Shan Qi
				8	Li Zhi Cong
				59	Jesse Wakeman
JB Motorsport	National B	Dallara F301	Novamotor-Fiat	12	John Boothman
PHR Scuderia	National A	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	15	Maher Algadri
				16	Rio Haryanto
Gilmour Racing	National A	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	17	Chris Gilmour
Ralt Australia	National A	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	19	Tom Tweedie
GKH Powdercoating	National A	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	21	Graeme Holmes
Scud Racing	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	25	Tim Macrow
	National B	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	35	Peter Kalpakiotis
		Dallara F396	TOM's-Toyota	45	Michael Gray
Hack, Anderson & Thomas	National B	Dallara F396	TOM's-Toyota	37	Rod Anderson
Tandersport	National A	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	42	Bryce Moore
					Leanne Tander
	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	52	Ben Crighton
Cooltemp Racing	National A	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	60	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.^[2]

Event	Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Adelaide Street Circuit[3]	21 March	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Team BRM
	2		22 March	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Team BRM
2	3	Wakefield Park[4]	26 April	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
	4			Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Team BRM
3	5	Phillip Island[5]	17 May	Tim Macrow	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Team BRM
	6			Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
4	7	Winton Motor Raceway[6]	28 June	Tim Macrow	Joey Foster	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
	8			Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Joey Foster	Team BRM
5	9	Eastern Creek Raceway[7]	19 July	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	Mat Sofi	Transwest Racing
	10			Tim Macrow	Joey Foster	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
6	11	Queensland Raceway[8]	21 August	Joey Foster	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
	12			Tim Macrow	Mat Sofi	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
7	13	Oran Park Raceway[9][10]	30 August	Tim Macrow	Mat Sofi	Joey Foster	Team BRM
	14			Mat Sofi	Mat Sofi	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
8	15	Sandown Raceway	29 November	Joey Foster	Ben Crighton	Joey Foster	Team BRM
	16			Mat Sofi	Joey Foster	Mitch Evans	Team BRM

Results and standings

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver ADE 1 ADE 2 WAK 1 WAK 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 WIN 1 WIN 2 EAS 1 EAS 2 QLD 1 QLD 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 SAN 1 SAN 2 Pts[11] GOLD STAR 1 Joey Foster 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 7 1 2 265 2 Tim Macrow Ret 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 257 3 Mat Sofi 4 3 2 2 3 9 Ret 5 1 3 4 3 4 2 8 3 192 4 Ben Crighton 6 7 6 3 5 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 7 6 151 5 Mitch Evans 4 1 32 6 Ray Chamberlain 9 10 7 6 30 7 Mathew Radisich 2 4 25 8 Rio Haryanto 6 5 18 NATIONAL A 1 Tom Tweedie 3 5 4 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Ret 3 3 9 288 2 Graeme Holmes 8 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 6 5 12 10 124 3 Jesse Wakeman 7 8 5 7 7 6 5 7 10 Ret 116 4 Chris Gilmour 5 6 6 5 7 Ret 3 Ret 93 5 Maher Algadri 8 8 6 8 7 7 12 10 7 Ret 86 6 Roger I'Anson 9 6 8 4 49 7 Leanne Tander 4 3 44 8 Bryce Moore 9 7 33 9 Bevan Carrick 11 Ret 5 6 31 10 Kristian Lindbom 5 8 30 11 Rio Haryanto 6 8 29 12 Li Zhi Cong 10 Ret 10 13 Zhang Shan Qi 11 Ret 8 NATIONAL B 1 Peter Kalpakiotis 13 11 9 Ret 13 Ret 78 2 Rod Anderson 7 6 44 Andrew Mill 8 7 44 – Blake Varney DNS DNS 0

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)

See also

• Australian Drivers' Championship
• Australian Formula 3

References

1. 2009 Australian Formula 3 Sporting & Technical Regulations as archived at WebCite on 3 December 2009
2. "Queensland to replace Tasmania in F3 calendar reshuffle". The official website of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship. 4 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
3. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
4. "Wakefield Park Raceway 26/04/2009 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Round 2". National Software. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
5. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3". National Software. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
6. "Winton Motor Raceway 28/06/2009 2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship – Round 5". National Software. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
7. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
8. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16". National Software. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
9. "Oran Park Raceway 30/08/2009 Shannons Nationals 2009 – Round 8". National Software. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
10. "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. Retrieved 31 August 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. 2009 Australian Formula 3 Drivers Championship – Points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009

External links

• Official Australian Formula 3 website
• 2009 Racing Results Archive Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine