2009 International Formula Master season

2009 International Formula Master season
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The 2009 International Formula Master season was the third International Formula Master season. The season consisted of eight double-header events, beginning on May 16 at Pau and ending on September 20 at Imola. The series supported the World Touring Car Championship at all European rounds except the Race of Portugal, and supported Formula One at the Hungarian Grand Prix and at the Belgian Grand Prix. Fabio Leimer claimed the title for Jenzer Motorsport, winning his seventh race of the season at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.^[1]

Prize Tests

Like the previous season, the top drivers in the International Formula Master series standings at the end of the year will be awarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories.

As champion, Fabio Leimer received a GP2 Series test with French team DAMS,^[2] with Leimer, Sergey Afanasyev and Josef Král all earning the chance to use the chassis simulator of Formula One team Red Bull Racing for a day.^[3]

In addition, tests have also been confirmed with Indy Lights team Sam Schmidt Motorsports and with the Chevrolet Cruze used in the World Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

R = Series rookie for 2009

Team	No	Driver	Status	Rounds
JD Motorsport	1	Vladimir Arabadzhiev[4]		All
	2	Sergey Afanasyev[5]		All
	3	Josef Král[6]		All
Trident Racing	5	Frankie Provenzano[7]		1
Cram Competition				2, 6–8
	4	Tiago Petiz	R	4–8
	10	Harald Schlegelmilch[7]		1
	12	Matteo Davenia	R	3
	47	Alessandro Kouzkin[8]	R	1–5
Jenzer Motorsport	6	Fabio Leimer[9]		All
	7	Pål Varhaug[10]	R	All
	26	Nicolas Maulini		2–3, 6, 8
Iris Project	8	Simon Trummer[11]		All
	9	Patrick Reiterer[12]	R	All
ADM Motorsport	10	Harald Schlegelmilch[7]		2
	14	Earl Bamber[7]		1–2
	15	Marcello Puglisi[13]		1
Hitech Junior Team	16	Alexander Rossi[7]	R	1–2
	24	Kasper Andersen[7]		1–3
ISR Racing	16	Alexander Rossi	R	3–8
	20	Erik Janiš		3–8
Team JVA	29	Jonathan Kennard[7]	R	1
	30	Duncan Tappy[7]	R	1
AR Motorsport	31	Kelvin Snoeks[14]	R	All
	32	Dennis Retera[7]	R	1–3
	33	Paul Meijer	R	5
IFM Talent Support Program	40	Alexander Sims		5–6
	41	Samuele Buttarelli		5–6
	42	Earl Bamber		5
	43	Andrea Roda		6
	44	Edwin Jowsey		6

Race calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Pau, France	Pau Circuit	16 May	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			17 May		Fabio Leimer	Alessandro Kouzkin	Cram Competition
2	R1	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	30 May	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			31 May		Josef Král	Kasper Andersen	Hitech Junior Team
3	R1	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	20 June	Pål Varhaug	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			21 June		Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	ISR Racing
4	R1	Kent, UK	Brands Hatch	18 July	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			19 July		Fabio Leimer	Alessandro Kouzkin	Cram Competition
5	R1	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	25 July	Josef Král	Josef Král	Josef Král	JD Motorsport
	R2			26 July		Sergey Afanasyev	Sergey Afanasyev	JD Motorsport
6	R1	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			30 August		Fabio Leimer	Alexander Rossi	ISR Racing
7	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	5 September	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			6 September		Fabio Leimer	Josef Král	JD Motorsport
8	R1	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	19 September	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			20 September		Fabio Leimer	Alexander Rossi	ISR Racing

Championship Standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Race One	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race Two	6	5	4	3	2	1

In addition:

• One point was awarded for Pole position for Race One
• One point was awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers

Pos Driver PAU FEA PAU SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR BRH FEA BRH SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR SPA FEA SPA SPR OSC FEA OSC SPR IMO FEA IMO SPR Pts 1 Fabio Leimer 1 7 1 6 1 6 1 7 2 5 1 2 1 11 1 11 106 2 Sergey Afanasyev Ret 9 Ret 3 4 3 3 3 7 1 2 4 2 4 2 3 68 3 Josef Král Ret 13 2 4 3 DSQ 2 5 1 Ret 7 Ret 6 1 4 2 62 4 Alexander Rossi 10 4 7 12 7 1 7 2 3 Ret 5 1 4 7 5 1 52 5 Pål Varhaug 3 3 4 2 2 Ret 4 6 11 12 8 5 5 3 Ret 6 49 6 Erik Janiš 5 4 5 4 8 3 4 3 3 6 7 4 42 7 Vladimir Arabadzhiev 2 Ret 3 5 6 2 9 8 15 8 14 7 8 2 3 7 37 8 Alessandro Kouzkin 4 1 NC Ret 11 7 8 1 Ret 10 18 9 Patrick Reiterer Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 10 6 11 9 7 15 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 16 10 Kasper Andersen Ret 11 6 1 9 5 11 11 Simon Trummer Ret 8 Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 9 13 Ret 3 8 7 5 8 12 11 12 Paul Meijer 6 2 10 13 Dennis Retera 8 2 DNS 11 10 8 6 14 Jonathan Kennard 5 Ret 4 15 Frankie Provenzano 7 Ret Ret 9 12 6 10 9 Ret Ret 3 16 Harald Schlegelmilch 6 Ret Ret 8 3 17 Nicolas Maulini 8 7 8 Ret 9 12 9 8 3 18 Earl Bamber 11 5 Ret 10 5 6 2 19 Marcello Puglisi Ret 6 1 20 Kelvin Snoeks Ret 12 NC 13 12 9 11 Ret 14 Ret 11 Ret 9 8 Ret 9 0 21 Tiago Petiz 10 10 12 11 10 9 11 10 10 10 0 22 Duncan Tappy 9 10 0 23 Matteo Davenia 14 12 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Alexander Sims 4 4 6 Ret 0 Samuele Buttarelli 10 9 Ret 10 0 Edwin Jowsey Ret 11 0 Andrea Roda 13 Ret 0 Pos Driver PAU FEA PAU SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR BRH FEA BRH SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR SPA FEA SPA SPR OSC FEA OSC SPR IMO FEA IMO SPR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams

Pos Team PAU FEA PAU SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR BRH FEA BRH SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR SPA FEA SPA SPR OSC FEA OSC SPR IMO FEA IMO SPR Pts 1 JD Motorsport 2 9 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 149 Ret 13 3 4 4 3 3 5 7 8 7 7 6 2 3 3 2 Jenzer Motorsport 1 3 1 2 1 6 1 6 2 5 1 2 1 3 1 6 138 3 7 4 6 2 Ret 4 7 11 12 8 5 5 11 9 8 3 ISR Racing 5 1 5 2 3 3 4 1 3 6 5 1 93 7 4 7 4 8 Ret 5 3 4 7 7 4 4 Iris Project Ret 8 5 Ret 13 10 6 8 9 7 3 8 7 5 6 5 30 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 13 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 12 5 Cram Competition 4 1 NC 9 11 7 8 1 12 10 10 6 10 9 10 10 23 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 10 10 Ret 11 12 9 11 10 Ret Ret 6 Hitech Junior Team 10 4 6 1 9 5 18 Ret 11 7 12 7 AR Motorsport 8 2 NC 11 10 8 11 Ret 6 2 11 Ret 9 8 Ret 9 18 Ret 12 DNS 13 12 9 14 Ret 8 ADM Motorsport 11 5 Ret 8 4 Ret 6 Ret 10 9 Team JVA 5 10 4 9 Ret 10 Trident Racing 7 Ret 2 guest teams ineligible for championship points IFM Talent Support Program 4 4 6 10 0 5 6 13 11 Pos Team PAU FEA PAU SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR BRH FEA BRH SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR SPA FEA SPA SPR OSC FEA OSC SPR IMO FEA IMO SPR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

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