2009 Formula BMW Pacific season explained

The 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season was the eighth Formula BMW Pacific season. It began on May 2 in Sepang and ended on November 22 in Macau after 15 rounds in five countries. Rio Haryanto became champion with one race to spare, having won the title at Okayama.

Teams and drivers

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

Team No Driver Class Rounds Team Holzer PFX 2 Dominic Ang All 3 Calvin Wong All 4 Alif Jafri All Asia Racing Team 5 Suriya Kerisnan 4, 6 9 Alon Day 6 Atlantic Racing Team 6 Aditya Patel 1 8 Steel Guiliana align=center rowspan=2 5–6 Motaworld Racing 1–4 E-Rain Racing 7 Gary Thompson All 17 Fahmi Ilyas All 27 Fahad Algosaibi 1–2, 4–5 49 Akhil Dinesh Khushlani All Eurasia Motorsport 10 Antonio Martínez 2 11 Chris Wootton All 12 Jack Harvey 4 22 Axcil Jefferies All 26 Paul Lau 4, 6 30 James Cole 6 33 Daiki Sasaki 5 Ao's Racing 16 Hong Wei Cao 1–2, 4, 6 EuroInternational 18 Jim Pla 6 19 William Buller 6 20 James Kovacic 4–5 21 Felipe Nasr 4, 6 23 Facundo Regalia 5–6 42 Michael Lewis 4–5 Räikkönen Robertson Racing 28 Jazeman Jaafar 6 Questnet Team Qi-Meritus Huan Zhu 1 38 Dustin Sofyan All 88 Rio Haryanto All Champ Motorsport 29 Jim Ka To 6 TopSpeed Racing Shanghai 34 Tomoki Nojiri 6

Icon Class Rookie Driver Junior Driver

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang	4 April	nowrap	Gary Thompson	nowrap	Gary Thompson	nowrap	Gary Thompson	E-Rain Racing	Malaysian Grand Prix
	R2		5 April	Gary Thompson	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	nowrap	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
2	R1	Sepang	30 May	Chris Wootton	Gary Thompson	Axcil Jefferies	Eurasia Motorsport	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2			Chris Wootton	Rio Haryanto	Fahmi Ilyas	E-Rain Racing
	R3		31 May	Axcil Jefferies	nowrap	Akhil Dinesh Khushlani	Axcil Jefferies		Eurasia Motorsport
	R4			Fahmi Ilyas	Gary Thompson	Rio Haryanto	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
3	R1	Sentul	15 August	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2			Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
	R3		16 August	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
	R4			Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Rio Haryanto	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus
4	R1	Singapore	nowrap	26 September	Rio Haryanto*	Gary Thompson*	Rio Haryanto*	nowrap	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*	Singapore Grand Prix
	R2	27 September	Fahmi Ilyas*	Axcil Jefferies*	Rio Haryanto*	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*
5	R1	Okayama	31 October	Axcil Jefferies*	Rio Haryanto*	Rio Haryanto*	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*	World Touring Car Championship
	R2		1 November	Rio Haryanto*	Rio Haryanto*	Rio Haryanto*	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*
6	R1	Macau	22 November	Rio Haryanto*	Rio Haryanto*	Rio Haryanto*	Questnet Team Qi-Meritus*	Macau Grand Prix

* At the last three rounds, guest drivers started from pole position, setting the fastest lap before winning the race. In Singapore, Felipe Nasr achieved that before Facundo Regalia (Okayama) and William Buller did so in Macau.

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver SEP1 1 SEP1 2 SEP2 1 SEP2 2 SEP2 3 SEP2 4 SEN 1 SEN 2 SEN 3 SEN 4 SIN 1 SIN 2 OKA 1 OKA 2 MAC 1 Pts 1 Rio Haryanto 3 1 Ret 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 3 250 2 Gary Thompson 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 9 3 6 Ret 180 3 Axcil Jefferies 4 Ret 1 4 1 3 4 2 3 2 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 163 4 Fahmi Ilyas 7 Ret 11 1 8 2 2 6 6 7 9 Ret Ret 5 8 102 5 Dustin Sofyan 5 Ret 4 5 5 7 6 5 5 4 14 11 13 13 6 89 6 8 Ret 3 Ret 3 5 7 4 4 5 Ret 12 6 11 Ret 82 7 Chris Wootton 2 2 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 6 6 6 9 8 Ret 78.5 8 Calvin Wong 6 4 5 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 8 10 4 Ret 69 9 Dominic Ang 11 7 8 7 6 10 5 9 9 9 17 7 Ret 12 Ret 46 10 Steel Guiliana 14 9 10 9 12 14 8 Ret 8 10 13 10 5 10 Ret 35 11 Fahad Algosaibi 13 8 6 8 11 12 10 16 12 Ret 19.5 12 Hong Wei Cao 10 5 Ret DNS 9 11 7 14 Ret 19 13 Alif Jafri Ret 11 9 Ret 13 13 9 7 10 11 12 Ret 11 14 Ret 17 14 Aditya Patel 9 6 5 15 Huan Zhu 12 10 0.5 16 Suriya Kerisnan 15 Ret 7 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Felipe Nasr 1 1 DSQ 0 Facundo Regalia 1 1 Ret 0 William Buller 1 0 Michael Lewis 11 2 4 Ret 0 Jim Pla 2 0 James Kovacic 3 3 7 3 0 Jack Harvey 4 13 0 Jim Ka To 4 0 Antonio Martínez 7 6 10 8 0 Daiki Sasaki 8 9 0 Paul Lau 16 15 Ret 0 James Cole Ret 0 Alon Day Ret 0 Jazeman Jaafar Ret 0 Tomoki Nojiri Ret 0 Pos Driver SEP1 1 SEP1 2 SEP2 1 SEP2 2 SEP2 3 SEP2 4 SEN 1 SEN 2 SEN 3 SEN 4 SIN 1 SIN 2 OKA 1 OKA 2 MAC 1 Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap W – Wet Race

Note: In the second race at the Sepang F1 support event, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded.

External links

• BMW-Motorsport.com
• Asian Festival Of Speed