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2009 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition


Motor racing competition

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.

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

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.

Teams and drivers

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

TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
Astuti MotorsportGold StarDallara F307Mugen-Honda2Australia Mat Sofi
Sodemo-Renault7Australia Ray Chamberlain
National ADallara F30410Australia Kristian Lindbom
Gold StarDallara F30711Indonesia Rio Haryanto
Team BRMGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz3New Zealand Mathew Radisich
4New Zealand Mitch Evans
5Great Britain Joey Foster
Scarborough Holiday ParksNational BDallara F301Spiess-Opel6Australia Andrew Mill
96Australia Blake Varney
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel7Australia Roger Iánson
China Zhang Shan Qi
8China Li Zhi Cong
59Australia Jesse Wakeman
JB MotorsportNational BDallara F301Novamotor-Fiat12Australia John Boothman
PHR ScuderiaNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault15Indonesia Maher Algadri
16Indonesia Rio Haryanto
Gilmour RacingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel17Australia Chris Gilmour
Ralt AustraliaNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault19Australia Tom Tweedie
GKH PowdercoatingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel21Australia Graeme Holmes
Scud RacingGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz25Australia Tim Macrow
National BDallara F301Spiess-Opel35UK Peter Kalpakiotis
Dallara F396TOM's-Toyota45Australia Michael Gray
Hack, Anderson & ThomasNational BDallara F396TOM's-Toyota37Australia Rod Anderson
TandersportNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel42Australia Bryce Moore
Australia Leanne Tander
Gold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz52New Zealand Ben Crighton
Cooltemp RacingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel60Australia 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.

EventRoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1122343564785910611127131481516
South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit21 MarchGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
22 MarchGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
New South Wales Wakefield Park26 AprilGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Great Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
Victoria Phillip Island17 MayAustralia Tim MacrowGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
Australia Tim MacrowAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Victoria Winton Motor Raceway28 JuneAustralia Tim MacrowGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Great Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway19 JulyAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Mat SofiAustralia Transwest Racing
Australia Tim MacrowGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Queensland Queensland Raceway21 AugustGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Australia Tim MacrowAustralia Mat SofiAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway30 AugustAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Mat SofiGreat Britain Joey FosterAustralia Team BRM
Australia Mat SofiAustralia Mat SofiAustralia Tim MacrowAustralia Scud Racing
Victoria Sandown Raceway29 NovemberGBR Joey FosterNZL Ben CrightonGBR Joey FosterAUS Team BRM
AUS Mat SofiGBR Joey FosterNZL Mitch EvansAUS Team BRM

Results and standings

Drivers Championship

PosDriverADE
1ADE
2WAK
1WAK
2PHI
1PHI
2WIN
1WIN
2EAS
1EAS
2QLD
1QLD
2ORA
1ORA
2SAN
1SAN
2PtsGOLD STAR12345678NATIONAL A12345678910111213NATIONAL B12
Great Britain Joey Foster*1**1**3**1*1Ret2*1*24221712265
Australia Tim MacrowRet2142*1*12*3*1112124257
Australia Mat Sofi432239Ret513434*2*83192
New Zealand Ben Crighton676352334234RetRet76151
New Zealand Mitch Evans4132
Australia Ray Chamberlain9107630
New Zealand Mathew Radisich2425
Indonesia Rio Haryanto6518
Australia Tom Tweedie3*5**4**5*Ret4*4**4**5**5*55Ret*3**3*9288
Australia Graeme Holmes899766109651210124
Australia Jesse Wakeman7857765710Ret116
Australia Chris Gilmour5665*7*Ret3Ret93
Indonesia Maher Algadri88687712107Ret86
Australia Roger I'Anson968449
Australia Leanne Tander*4**3*44
Australia Bryce Moore9733
Australia Bevan Carrick11Ret5631
Australia Kristian Lindbom5830
Indonesia Rio Haryanto6*8*29
China Li Zhi Cong10Ret10
China Zhang Shan Qi11Ret8
UK Peter Kalpakiotis1311*9**Ret**13**Ret*78
Australia Rod Anderson*7**6*44
Australia Andrew Mill*8**7*44
Australia Blake VarneyDNSDNS0

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References

References

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  10. (April 2019). "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.
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