2009 Formula BMW Pacific season
Introduction 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.2009 Formula BMW Pacific champion - Rio Haryanto
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 Pts'''Bold''' – 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