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 20012009 Australian Formula 3 Sporting & Technical Regulations as archived at WebCite on 3 December 2009

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 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.

Event Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Adelaide Street Circuit 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 26 April Joey Foster Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing 4 Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM 3 5 Phillip Island 17 May Tim Macrow Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM 6 Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Scud Racing 4 7 Winton Motor Raceway 28 June Tim Macrow Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing 8 Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM 5 9 Eastern Creek Raceway 19 July Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Mat Sofi Transwest Racing 10 Tim Macrow Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing 6 11 Queensland Raceway 21 August Joey Foster Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Scud Racing 12 Tim Macrow Mat Sofi Tim Macrow Scud Racing 7 13 Oran Park Raceway 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 ADE1 ADE2 WAK1 WAK2 PHI1 PHI2 WIN1 WIN2 EAS1 EAS2 QLD1 QLD2 ORA1 ORA2 SAN1 SAN2 Pts2009 Australian Formula 3 Drivers Championship – Points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009 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

See also Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Formula 3

References

External links Official Australian Formula 3 website 2009 Racing Results Archive