2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round

2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round UK
2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round; Superleague Formula round UK
	Circuit Map
Date	2 August, 2009
Location	Donington Park, Leicestershire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 2.500 mi (4.023 km)
Laps	31 & 30
Team
Pole position
Team	SC Corinthians
Time	1:22.868
Podium (1st race)
First	FC Basel 1893
Second	Rangers F.C.
Third	SC Corinthians
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team	FC Basel 1893
Time	1:19.662 (on lap 16)
Podium (2nd race)
First	F.C. Porto
Second	Sporting CP
Third	FC Basel 1893
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team	SC Corinthians
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.

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

Due to adverse weather conditions, the knockout stages were cancelled. As Group A achieved faster times than Group B, the Group A cars lined up in the odd-numbered positions on the grid, with the Group B cars on the even-numbered positions.

Group A

Pos.	Team	Driver	Time
1	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	1:22.868
2	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	1:22.907
3	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	1:22.948
4	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	1:22.953
5	Sevilla FC	Esteban Guerrieri	1:23.036
6	Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	1:23.067
7	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	1:25.141
8	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	1:26.199
9	Galatasaray SK	Scott Mansell	1:26.623

Group B

Pos.	Team	Driver	Time
1	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	1:32.414
2	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	1:33.110
3	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	1:33.660
4	RSC Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	1:33.923
5	Liverpool F.C.	Adrián Vallés	1:34.551
6	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	1:34.687
7	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	1:34.727
8	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	1:35.095
9	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	1:36.933

Grid

Pos.	Team	Driver	Time
1	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	1:22.868
2	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	1:32.414
3	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	1:22.907
4	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	1:33.110
5	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	1:22.948
6	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	1:33.660
7	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	1:22.953
8	RSC Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	1:33.923
9	Sevilla FC	Esteban Guerrieri	1:23.036
10	Liverpool F.C.	Adrián Vallés	1:34.551
11	Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	1:23.067
12	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	1:34.687
13	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	1:25.141
14	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	1:34.727
15	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	1:26.199
16	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	1:35.095
17	Galatasaray SK	Scott Mansell	1:26.623
18	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	1:36.933

Race 1

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	10	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	31	45:15.840	3	50
2	17	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	31	+ 2.180	5	45
3	14	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	31	+ 3.121	1	40
4	3	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano	31	+ 3.953	4	36
5	19	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	31	+ 11.490	6	32
6	21	Liverpool F.C.	Adrián Vallés	31	+ 12.582	10	29
7	22	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard	31	+ 16.415	7	26
8	16	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	31	+ 16.853	12	23
9	15	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung	31	+ 23.533	13	20
10	24	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen	31	+ 24.487	16	18
11	18	Sevilla FC	Esteban Guerrieri	31	+ 25.839	9	16
12	2	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	31	+ 1:05.223	18	14
13	4	Galatasaray S.K.	Scott Mansell	30	+ 1 Lap	17	12
14	69	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici	30	+ 1 Lap	14	10
15	5	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans	30	+ 1 Lap	15	8
16	8	R.S.C Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	7	Gearbox	8	7
17	9	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon	3	Oil Pressure	2	6
18	7	Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi	0	Spin	11	5
Fastest lap: Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) 1:19.662 (112.967 mph)

Race 2

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Time/Retired	Pts.
1	16	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy		50
2	2	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz		45
3	10	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel		40
4	19	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby		36
5	24	FC Midtjylland	Kasper Andersen		32
6	21	Liverpool F.C.	Adrián Vallés		29
7	15	Atlético Madrid	Ho-Pin Tung		26
8	14	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia		23
9	69	Olympique Lyonnais	Nelson Panciatici		20
10	22	A.S. Roma	Jonathan Kennard		18
11	5	PSV Eindhoven	Dominick Muermans		16
12	4	Galatasaray S.K.	Scott Mansell		14
13	18	Sevilla FC	Esteban Guerrieri		12
14	7	CR Flamengo	Enrique Bernoldi		10
15	9	Olympiacos CFP	Davide Rigon		8
16	17	Rangers F.C.	John Martin		7
17	3	A.C. Milan	Giorgio Pantano		6
DNS	8	R.S.C Anderlecht	Yelmer Buurman	Gearbox	0
Fastest lap: Antônio Pizzonia (SC Corinthians) ????

Olympiacos CFP started from the pitlane.

Super Final

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	17	Rangers F.C.	John Martin	5	6:43.077	3
2	19	Tottenham Hotspur	Craig Dolby	5	+ 3.750	6
3	10	FC Basel 1893	Max Wissel	5	+ 6.210	1
4	14	SC Corinthians	Antônio Pizzonia	5	+ 7.843	5
5	16	F.C. Porto	Tristan Gommendy	5	+ 10.009	2
6	2	Sporting CP	Pedro Petiz	5	+ 31.633	4
Fastest lap: Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto) 1:19.194 (113.635 mph)

Standings after the round

Pos	Team	Points
1	Liverpool F.C.	217
2	FC Basel 1893	207
3	Tottenham Hotspur	196
4	A.C. Milan	154
5	F.C. Porto	146

References

^ Bradley, Charles (2009-08-01). "Pizzonia takes pole in wash-out". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

External links

Official results from the Superleague Formula website^[usurped]

[1] Bradley, Charles (2009-08-01). "Pizzonia takes pole in wash-out". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

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