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 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 Gary Thompson Gary Thompson Gary Thompson E-Rain Racing Malaysian Grand Prix R2 5 April Gary Thompson Rio Haryanto Rio Haryanto 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 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 26 September Rio Haryanto* Gary Thompson* Rio Haryanto* 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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP Race 1 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver SEP11 SEP12 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 SEN1 SEN2 SEN3 SEN4 SIN1 SIN2 OKA1 OKA2 MAC1 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 SEP11 SEP12 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 SEN1 SEN2 SEN3 SEN4 SIN1 SIN2 OKA1 OKA2 MAC1 PtsBold – 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.
References
External links BMW-Motorsport.com Asian Festival Of Speed