2009 Formula Palmer Audi season explained

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
6	Bastian Graber	ALWA - Montagen	6–7
7	Adam Foster	Platinum Computer Solutions	All
8	Mark Powell	Future World	4
8	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
12	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		2 May	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
3	R2	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	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		23 August	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		3 October	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		18 October	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													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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

External links

Official Formula Palmer Audi Website

Notes and References

Web site: Top 3 FPA finishers to get F2 test. formula-palmer-audi.com. 2008-12-04. 2009-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201113505/http://www.formula-palmer-audi.com/brochure-calendar.aspx. 1 February 2009. dead. dmy-all.