2009 Formula BMW Europe season

The 2009 Formula BMW Europe season was the second season of Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship was contested over sixteen races at eight meetings: seven of which supported Formula One Grands Prix and a meeting at the Masters of Formula 3 event at Zandvoort. Felipe Nasr won the title at Monza, having finished fourteen of the sixteen races in the top two and won the title by 104 points. Two months after the season's finish, all results were confirmed after Mücke Motorsport's appeal over a breach of technical regulations^[1] was rejected by the FIA.^[2]

2009 Formula BMW Europe season

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Felipe Nasr, the 2009 Drivers' Champion.

Teams and drivers

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

Team No Driver Class Rounds Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 Kazeem Manzur All 3 Facundo Regalia[N 1] All 4 Robin Frijns R All Eifelland Racing 5 Jazeman Jaafar All 6 Giorgios Katsinis R All 7 David Mengesdorf 1–5 Doru Sechelariu 7–8 Fortec Motorsport 8 William Buller All 9 Jack Harvey R All 10 Antonio Martínez R All EuroInternational 11 Daniel Juncadella All 12 Felipe Nasr All 14 Olivier Lombard All Mücke Motorsport 15 Michael Christensen All 16 Timmy Hansen R All 17 Jack Te Braak R All DAMS 18 Jim Pla All 19 Javier Tarancón All 20 Côme Ledogar All Räikkönen Robertson Racing 21 Rupert Svendsen-Cook All 22 Gary Thompson R 3, 5 Ollie Millroy 7–8 23 Grégoire Demoustier 1–7 FMS International Scuderia Coloni 24 Doru Sechelariu 1–5 Kevin Friesacher 8 25 Kevin Gilardoni 1–5 26 Ramón Piñeiro 1–5 Rio Haryanto 8 Motaworld Racing 27 Ollie Millroy 1–3 Ramón Piñeiro 6–8 28 Mikkel Mac R 1–5 Doru Sechelariu 6 Fahmi Ilyas 8 29 Huan Zhu 1 Matt Bell 5 Fahmi Ilyas 6 Asad Rahman 7 Steel Guiliana 8 Daltec Racing 30 Christof von Grünigen 8 31 Kevin Giovesi 8 32 Sven Ackermann 8

Icon Class R Rookie Cup

• Mücke Motorsport were given a four-race ban due to a force-deflection test that revealed that each oil pressure relief valve spring was of a different characteristic than the standard spring installed in the engine. They raced at Valencia and Spa under appeal, an appeal they would later lose.^[1][2]
• † Drivers registered in other International Formula BMW series during 2009 are limited to an entry for three meetings of their choice, these Drivers will compete as Guest Drivers, they will not be entitled to receive points and prize money in the Driver classification and/or the Rookie Cup classification and/or the Team Trophy classification.

Calendar

Season schedule

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	9 May	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		10 May	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	14 June	Robin Frijns	Michael Christensen	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
	R2			Jack Harvey	Felipe Nasr	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	20 June	William Buller	Felipe Nasr	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R2		21 June	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	Nürburgring	11 July	Felipe Nasr	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		12 July	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
5	R1	Hungaroring	25 July	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		26 July	Michael Christensen	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational
6	R1	Valencia Street Circuit	22 August	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	DAMS
	R2		23 August	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	Jim Pla	DAMS
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	Felipe Nasr	Jazeman Jaafar	Jim Pla	DAMS
	R2		30 August	Felipe Nasr	Robin Frijns	Jim Pla	DAMS
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 September	Jack Harvey	Jazeman Jaafar	Daniel Juncadella	EuroInternational
	R2		13 September	Jim Pla	Jack Harvey	Felipe Nasr	EuroInternational

Standings

Drivers

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP
30	24	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver CAT ZAN SIL NÜR HUN VSC SPA MNZ Pts 1 Felipe Nasr 2 1 1 2 8 8 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 392 2 Daniel Juncadella 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 1 2 288 3 Robin Frijns 4 4 2 4 1 10 3 5 4 7 3 14 3 5 3 12 265 4 Michael Christensen 1 2 8 5 4 1 1 2 1 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 4 233 5 Jim Pla 11 8 11 8 Ret 13 10 12 3 2 1 1 1 1 7 Ret 222 6 Rupert Svendsen-Cook 15 15 10 17 3 3 18 6 6 4 10 5 4 4 13 8 165 7 Jack Harvey 7 19 5 1 5 9 17 Ret 14 6 7 9 11 10 5 16 149 8 Facundo Regalia 13 10 4 18† 10 4 4 8 7 17 6 6 7 7 11 Ret 148 9 Jazeman Jaafar 3 7 7 Ret Ret 15 8 9 15 15 Ret 3 8 8 12 6 123 10 William Buller 12 18 13 Ret 6 5 23 3 Ret 8 9 7 10 11 6 Ret 113 11 Kazeem Manzur 8 Ret 6 16 2 2 9 Ret 13 11 14† 10 Ret 15 15 10 107 12 Javier Tarancón 20 5 19 7 23 16 11 15 10 9 4 Ret 12 13 4 21 91 13 Timmy Hansen Ret 9 23 10 20 6 5 11 9 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 8 7 79 14 Doru Sechelariu 9 17 16 9 12 14 Ret 13 12 10 12 15† 9 Ret Ret 3 69 15 David Mengesdorf 6 6 9 Ret 9 22 6 10 11 Ret 69 16 Olivier Lombard Ret 22 15 6 13 Ret 13 7 16 16 Ret 8 DSQ 9 16 5 67 17 Côme Ledogar Ret 12 18 14 21 11 14 14 21 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 14 19 50 18 Ollie Millroy 10 14 Ret 20† 11 Ret Ret 6 10 11 39 19 Ramón Piñeiro 14 11 12 11 15 Ret 21 DSQ 17 12 8 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 38 20 Jack Te Braak 18 13 14 Ret Ret 12 12 17 8 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 9 15 34 21 Giorgios Katsinis 17 Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 16 18 18 13 11 12 14 14 18 14 23 22 Grégoire Demoustier 19 DNS 24 13 16 21 22 Ret 20 20 Ret 13 16 18 7 23 Mikkel Mac 22 21 21 12 22 18 20 19 Ret 19 4 24 Kevin Gilardoni 16 16 20 15 19 17 15 16 Ret 14 4 25 Asad Rahman 15 17 1 26 Antonio Martínez 21 Ret 22 19† 17 20 19 Ret 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 20 20 0 27 Matt Bell 19 21 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Kevin Friesacher 17 9 0 Fahmi Ilyas 13 11 Ret 22 0 Christof von Grünigen 19 13 0 Rio Haryanto Ret 17 0 Gary Thompson 18 19 23 18 0 Sven Ackermann 21 18 0 Huan Zhu Ret 20 0 Steel Guiliana Ret DNS 0 Kevin Giovesi DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver CAT ZAN SIL NÜR HUN VSC SPA MNZ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap R – Rookie Cup

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams

• Points are awarded to all eligible cars from each team as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3

• Then the total number of points scored by each Team will be divided by the number of cars from that team that entered the meeting.

Pos	Team	No	CAT		ZAN		SIL		NÜR		HUN		VSC		SPA		MNZ		Pts
1	EuroInternational	11	5	3	3	3	7	7	7	4	5	3	5	4	6	3	1	2	339
		12	2	1	1	2	8	8	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
		14	Ret	22	15	6	13	Ret	13	7	16	16	Ret	8	DSQ	9	16	5
2	Josef Kaufmann Racing	2	8	Ret	6	16	2	2	9	Ret	13	11	14†	10	Ret	15	15	10	245
		3	13	10	4	18†	10	4	4	8	7	17	6	6	7	7	11	Ret
		4	4	4	2	4	1	10	3	5	4	7	3	14	3	5	3	12
3	Mücke Motorsport	15	1	2	8	5	4	1	1	2	1	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	Ret	4	151
		16	Ret	9	23	10	20	6	5	11	9	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	8	7
		17	18	13	14	Ret	Ret	12	12	17	8	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	9	15
4	DAMS	18	11	8	11	8	Ret	13	10	12	3	2	1	1	1	1	7	Ret	138
		19	20	5	19	7	23	16	11	15	10	9	4	Ret	12	13	4	21
		20	Ret	12	18	14	21	11	14	14	21	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	14	19
5	Fortec Motorsport	8	12	18	13	Ret	6	5	23	3	Ret	8	9	7	10	11	6	Ret	121
		9	7	19	5	1	5	9	17	Ret	14	6	7	9	11	10	5	16
		10	21	Ret	22	19†	17	20	19	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	20	20
6	Eifelland Racing	5	3	7	7	Ret	Ret	15	8	9	15	15	Ret	3	8	8	12	6	112
		6	17	Ret	17	Ret	14	Ret	16	18	18	13	11	12	14	14	18	14
		7	6	6	9	Ret	9	22	6	10	11	Ret			9	Ret	Ret	3
7	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	21	15	15	10	17	3	3	18	6	6	4	10	5	4	4	13	8	95.5
		22					18	19			23	18			Ret	6	10	11
		23	19	DNS	24	13	16	21	22	Ret	20	20	Ret	13	16	18
8	FMS International Scuderia Coloni	24	9	17	16	9	12	14	Ret	13	12	10					17	9	19
		25	16	16	20	15	19	17	15	16	Ret	14
		26	14	11	12	11	15	Ret	21	DSQ	17	12					Ret	17
9	Motaworld Racing	27	10	14	Ret	20†	11	Ret					8	Ret	13	12	Ret	Ret	16
		28	22	21	21	12	22	18	20	19	Ret	19	12	15†			Ret	22
		29	Ret	20							19	21	13	11	15	17	Ret	DNS
guest teams ineligible for points
	Daltec Racing	30															19	13	0
		31															DNS	DNS
		32															21	18
Pos	Team	No	CAT		ZAN		SIL		NÜR		HUN		VSC		SPA		MNZ		Pts

Notes

1. Regalia is an Argentine driver who raced this year under Spanish racing license.