2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round

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2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round UK
Donington as of 2006.svg
Circuit Map
Date2 August, 2009
Location Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park, Leicestershire, England
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.500 mi (4.023 km)
Laps31 & 30
Pole position
Team Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Antônio Pizzonia
Time 1:22.868
Podium (1st race)
First Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Second Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. John Martin
Third Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Antônio Pizzonia
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Time 1:19.662 (on lap 16)
Podium (2nd race)
First Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy
Second Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Pedro Petiz
Third Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Antônio Pizzonia
Time 1:19.400 (on lap 19)

The 2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round was the third round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on 2 August 2009. Support race events included the Historic Formula One Championship, British Superkart and Formula Jedi.

Contents

Report

Qualifying

Antônio Pizzonia took a fortunate second pole of the season, as qualifying was canned after the group stages due to heavy rain at Donington. [1] As his lap time with much faster than the time of Davide Rigon, the quickest driver of Group B, he was given the benefit of pole position. Rigon will line up second, as all the Group B cars will fill that side of the grid.

Race 1

Race 2

Super Final

Results

Qualifying

Grid

Pos.TeamDriverTime
1 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 1:22.868
2 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 1:32.414
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 1:22.907
4 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano 1:33.110
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 1:22.948
6 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 1:33.660
7 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Kennard 1:22.953
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg RSC Anderlecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 1:33.923
9 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 1:23.036
10 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 1:34.551
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Enrique Bernoldi 1:23.067
12 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 1:34.687
13 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung 1:25.141
14 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici 1:34.727
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dominick Muermans 1:26.199
16 Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Andersen1:35.095
17 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray SK Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Mansell 1:26.623
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz 1:36.933

Race 1

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
110 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 3145:15.840350
217 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 31+ 2.180545
314 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 31+ 3.121140
43 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano 31+ 3.953436
519 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 31+ 11.490632
621 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 31+ 12.5821029
722 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Kennard 31+ 16.415726
816 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 31+ 16.8531223
915 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung 31+ 23.5331320
1024 Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Andersen31+ 24.4871618
1118 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 31+ 25.839916
122 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz 31+ 1:05.2231814
134 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Mansell 30+ 1 Lap1712
1469 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici 30+ 1 Lap1410
155 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dominick Muermans 30+ 1 Lap158
168 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C Anderlecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 7Gearbox87
179 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 3Oil Pressure26
187 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Enrique Bernoldi 0Spin115
Fastest lap: Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) 1:19.662 (112.967 mph)

Race 2

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
116 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 50
22 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz 45
310 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 40
419 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 36
524 Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Andersen32
621 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés 29
715 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung 26
814 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 23
969 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici 20
1022 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Kennard 18
115 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dominick Muermans 16
124 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Mansell 14
1318 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 12
147 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg Enrique Bernoldi 10
159 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 8
1617 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 7
173 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano 6
DNS8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C Anderlecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman Gearbox0
Fastest lap: Antônio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) ????

Super Final

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGrid
117 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 56:43.0773
219 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 5+ 3.7506
310 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 5+ 6.2101
414 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 5+ 7.8435
516 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 5+ 10.0092
62 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Petiz 5+ 31.6334
Fastest lap: Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto) 1:19.194 (113.635 mph)

Standings after the round

PosTeamPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. 217
2 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 207
3 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 196
4 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan 154
5 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto 146

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References

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