2009 Zolder Superleague Formula round

The 2009 Zolder Superleague Formula round was the second round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on 6 January 2009. The main support series for the event was the EuroBOSS series. Other supporting events included the Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge, Formule Ford Benelux, Dutch Supercar Challenge and the Dunlop Endurance Cup.^[1][2]

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Circuit Map
Date	6 January, 2009
Location	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.492 mi (4.010 km)
Laps	29 & 29
Pole position Team FC Midtjylland Kasper Andersen Time 1:19.878 Podium (1st race) First Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby Second Rangers F.C. John Martin Third Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés Fastest lap (1st race) Team FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel Time 1:19.036 (on lap 17) Podium (2nd race) First Al Ain Esteban Guerrieri Second Atlético Madrid Ho-Pin Tung Third Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés Fastest lap (2nd race) Team Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby Time 1:20.655 (on lap 28)

Report

Qualifying

FC Midtjylland (Kasper Andersen) claimed their first pole in the Superleague Formula in only their second competitive weekend in the series. They narrowly edged out Rangers F.C. (John Martin) to the pole position.^[3]

Race 1

Race 2

Race Two eventually got under way after a Safety Car start due to the rain and spray. Victims of the first racing lap were PSV Eindhoven (Dominick Muermans) who had a spin and CR Flamengo (Enrique Bernoldi) who ran over the back of Galatasaray S.K. (Duncan Tappy) ending both their races.

Results

Qualifying

• In each group, the top four qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A Pos. Team Driver Time 1 FC Midtjylland Kasper Andersen 1:19.254 2 F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy 1:19.548 3 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 1:19.685 4 Sporting CP Pedro Petiz 1:19.934 5 RSC Anderlecht Yelmer Buurman 1:19.950 6 Galatasaray SK Duncan Tappy 1:19.974 7 Atlético Madrid Ho-Pin Tung 1:20.006 8 Flamengo Enrique Bernoldi 1:20.344 9 PSV Eindhoven Dominick Muermans 1:24.459

Group B Pos. Team Driver Time 1 Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés 1:19.123 2 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 1:19.185 3 Rangers F.C. John Martin 1:19.253 4 Al Ain Esteban Guerrieri 1:19.619 5 Olympiacos CFP Davide Rigon 1:19.629 6 Corinthians Antônio Pizzonia 1:19.663 7 A.C. Milan Giorgio Pantano 1:20.341 8 Olympique Lyonnais Nelson Panciatici 1:20.395 9 A.S. Roma Jonathan Kennard 1:21.815

Knockout stages

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Pole Shoot Out

B1

Liverpool F.C.

1:20.334

A4

Sporting CP

1:20.730

B1

Liverpool F.C.

1:20.847

B3

Rangers F.C.

1:21.523

B3

Rangers F.C.

1:19.829

A2

F.C. Porto

1:35.517

B3

Rangers F.C.

1:19.956

B2

Tottenham Hotspur

1:19.812

A1

FC Midtjylland

1:19.878

A3

FC Basel 1893

1:19.634

A3

FC Basel 1893

1:21.429

B4

Al Ain

1:21.134

A1

FC Midtjylland

1:20.371

A1

FC Midtjylland

1:20.822

Grid

Pos.	Team	Driver	Time
1	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	1:19.878
2	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	1:19.956
3	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	1:21.429
4	Liverpool F.C.	Adrian Valles	1:20.847
5	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	1:35.517
6	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	1:19.812
7	Al Ain	Esteban Guerrieri	1:21.134
8	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	1:20.730
9	R.S.C Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	1:19.950
10	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	1:19.663
11	Galatasaray S.K.	Duncan Tappy	1:19.974
12	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	1:20.341
13	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	1:20.006
14	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	1:20.395
15	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	1:19.629
16	CR Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	1:20.344
17	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	1:21.815
18	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	1:24.459

Race 1

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	19	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	29	45:42.338	6	50
2	17	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	29	+ 2.075	2	45
3	21	Liverpool F.C.	Adrian Valles	29	+ 3.412	4	40
4	10	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	29	+ 4.401	3	36
5	3	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	29	+ 4.738	12	32
6	6	Al Ain	Esteban Guerrieri	29	+ 7.059	7	29
7	7	CR Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	29	+ 9.575	16	26
8	8	RSC Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	29	+ 10.769	9	23
9	4	Galatasaray S.K.	Duncan Tappy	29	+ 11.061	11	20
10	9	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	29	+ 11.766	15	18
11	22	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	29	+ 12.650	17	16
12	16	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	29	+ 13.190	5	14
13	24	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	19		1	12
14	69	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	11		14	10
15	5	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	6		18	8
16	2	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	0		8	7
17	14	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	0		10	6
18	15	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	0		13	5
Fastest lap: Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) 1:19.036 (113.52 mph)

Race 2

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	6	Al Ain	Esteban Guerrieri	29	46:34.726	13	50
2	15	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	29	+ 0.794	2	45
3	21	Liverpool F.C.	Adrian Valles	29	+ 8.732	16	40
4	9	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	29	+ 9.316	9	36
5	22	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	29	+ 18.904	8	32
6	24	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	29	+ 23.504	6	29
7	16	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	29	+ 24.675	7	26
8	10	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	29	+ 30.209	15	23
9	19	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	29	+ 36.869	18	20
10	69	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	19		5	18
11	3	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	15		14	16
12	14	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	14		1	14
13	2	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	9		3	12
14	8	R.S.C Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	6		11	10
15	17	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	4		17	8
16	4	Galatasaray S.K.	Duncan Tappy	3		10	7
17	5	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	2		4	6
18	7	CR Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	2		12	5
Fastest lap: Craig Dolby (Tottenham Hotspur) 1:20.655 (111.24 mph)

Standings after the round

Pos	Team	Points
1	Liverpool F.C.	159
2	Al Ain	135
3	Tottenham Hotspur	128
4	FC Basel 1893	117
5	A.C. Milan	112