2009 Jarama Superleague Formula round

The 2009 Jarama Superleague Formula round was the sixth round and last of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on November 8, 2009.

2009 Jarama Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round Spain
Circuit Map
DateNovember 8, 2009
LocationSpain Circuito del Jarama, Spain
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.115 mi (3.404 km)
Laps34 & 31
Pole position
Team Spain Sevilla FC Sébastien Bourdais
Time 1:20.397
Podium (1st race)
First Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht Yelmer Buurman
Second Spain Sevilla FC Sébastien Bourdais
Third Italy A.C. Milan Giorgio Pantano
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht Yelmer Buurman
Time 1:20.011 (on lap 13)
Podium (2nd race)
First Turkey Galatasaray S.K. Ho-Pin Tung
Second England Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby
Third Denmark FC Midtjylland Kasper Andersen
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team Portugal F.C. Porto Tristan Gommendy
Time 1:20.650 (on lap 13)

Report edit

Qualifying edit

For the final round of the year, 4 time Champ Car World Series champion and Formula One pointscorer Sébastien Bourdais clinched his first pole position in the Superleague Formula series.[1]

Race 1 edit

At the start of the race FC Midtjylland (Kasper Andersen)[2] and Rangers F.C. (John Martin) both ran off into the gravel trap at turn 1.[3] This left FC Midtjylland stuck and Rangers F.C.s race severely compromised. Olympiacos CFP (Esteban Guerrieri) lost it on the exit of the corner, spinning out and nearly hitting the barrier, they rejoined the race within seconds. Atlético Madrid (María de Villota) spun out of the race on lap 2. Galatasaray S.K. (Ho-Pin Tung) were in 3rd place in the opening stage of the race before going straight on at turn 1 with reported brake failure. Sevilla FC (Sébastien Bourdais) built up a comfortable 3 second lead in the opening stage of the race, but spun the car before the first round of pit stops - amazingly still keeping his lead. Sevilla FC went to the pits one lap before R.S.C. Anderlecht (Yelmer Buurman) and when Anderlecht came out from their pit stop the two teams went side by side into the first corner. The Sevilla FC mysteriously slowed up midcorner giving R.S.C. Anderlecht a lead they would never relinquish, finishing ahead of Sevilla by 14 seconds. A.C. Milan (Giorgio Pantano) clinched the last podium spot. A couple of laps before the end of the race SC Corinthians (Antônio Pizzonia) suffered a suspected puncture after making contact with A.S. Roma which led to A.S. Roma (Julien Jousse) crashing into the back of him, while FC Basel 1893 (Max Wissel) had to take avoiding action allowing title challenger Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) to pass 3 cars to keep his slim title bid alive. Both A.S. Roma and SC Corinthians were given grid penalties for the 2nd race of the day.

Race 2 edit

 
Kasper Andersen racing the FC Midtjylland entry at the weekend.

At the start of the race there were more problems. Olympiacos CFP (Esteban Guerrieri) locked up and went into the side of PSV Eindhoven (Carlo van Dam) and caused mayhem. Rangers F.C. (John Martin) had to take avoiding action and went into the gravel again. Several other cars had to take avoiding action including Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) and FC Basel 1893 (Max Wissel). SC Corinthians (Antônio Pizzonia) also got tangled up in the mess and were the only retirement on the opening lap with PSV Eindhoven.

Galatasaray S.K. (Ho-Pin Tung) passed FC Midtjylland (Kasper Andersen) on the restart. The race had several passes by the Tottenham Hotspur car including one on Sevilla FC (Sébastien Bourdais). When the pit stop window opened there was a crash in the pits when R.S.C. Anderlecht (Yelmer Buurman) and Olympique Lyonnais (Nelson Panciatici) collided. Race 1 winner R.S.C. Anderlecht was out the race from the incident.

In the end Galatasaray S.K. came home the winners for their first ever Superleague Formula win, Tottenham Hotspur finished 2nd and FC Midtjylland got their first Superleague Formula podium. Liverpool F.C. (Adrián Vallés) were crowned the 2009 champions.

Super Final edit

The 100,000 Euro Super Final was the last race of the season. Polesitter Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) stalled and were effectively out of the race at the start, coming in at the finish 6th and last some way behind. F.C. Porto (Tristan Gommendy) outbraked himself at the first corner and finished 5th. R.S.C. Anderlecht (Yelmer Buurman) jumped up from 5th to 1st at the first corner and would never give up the lead and won the race. Sevilla FC (Sébastien Bourdais) finished 2nd and the new champions Liverpool F.C. (Adrián Vallés) finished 3rd.

Results edit

Qualifying edit

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

Knockout stages edit

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Pole Shoot Out
A1 FC Basel 1893 1:20.433
B4 R.S.C. Anderlecht 1:20.389 B4 R.S.C. Anderlecht 1:20.484
A3 SC Corinthians 1:26.557 A3 SC Corinthians 1:20.720
B2 Galatasaray S.K. 1:48.061 B4 R.S.C. Anderlecht 1:20.403
A2 Olympiacos CFP 1:20.386 B1 Sevilla FC 1:20.397
B3 A.C. Milan 1:21.259 A2 Olympiacos CFP 1:21.141
A4 Olympique Lyonnais 1:21.262 B1 Sevilla FC 1:20.501
B1 Sevilla FC 1:20.289

Grid edit

Pos. Team Driver Time
1   Sevilla FC   Sébastien Bourdais 1:20.397
2   R.S.C. Anderlecht   Yelmer Buurman 1:20.403
3   Olympiacos CFP   Esteban Guerrieri 1:21.141
4   SC Corinthians   Antônio Pizzonia 1:20.720
5   Galatasaray S.K.   Ho-Pin Tung 1:48.061
6   A.C. Milan   Giorgio Pantano 1:21.259
7   Olympique Lyonnais   Nelson Panciatici 1:21.262
8   FC Basel 1893   Max Wissel 1:20.433
9   A.S. Roma   Julien Jousse 1:20.024
10   Tottenham Hotspur   Craig Dolby 1:20.099
11   FC Midtjylland   Kasper Andersen 1:20.174
12   Sporting CP   Pedro Petiz 1:20.233
13   Rangers F.C.   John Martin 1:20.211
14   Liverpool F.C.   Adrián Vallés 1:20.424
15   F.C. Porto   Tristan Gommendy 1:20.527
16   CR Flamengo   Enrique Bernoldi 1:20.497
17   Atlético Madrid   María de Villota 1:21.870
18   PSV Eindhoven   Carlo van Dam 1:20.909

Race 1 edit

Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts.
1 8   R.S.C. Anderlecht   Yelmer Buurman 34 46:32.409 2 50
2 18   Sevilla FC   Sébastien Bourdais 34 + 14.048 1 45
3 3   A.C. Milan   Giorgio Pantano 34 + 30.729 6 40
4 19   Tottenham Hotspur   Craig Dolby 34 + 35.924 10 36
5 10   FC Basel 1893   Max Wissel 34 + 39.164 8 32
6 16   F.C. Porto   Tristan Gommendy 34 + 53.145 15 29
7 21   Liverpool F.C.   Adrián Vallés 34 + 53.742 14 26
8 9   Olympiacos CFP   Esteban Guerrieri 34 + 56.171 3 23
9 69   Olympique Lyonnais   Nelson Panciatici 34 + 1:00.262 7 20
10 17   Rangers F.C.   John Martin 34 + 1:04.524 13 18
11 7   CR Flamengo   Enrique Bernoldi 34 + 1:13.243 16 16
12 5   PSV Eindhoven   Carlo van Dam 34 + 1:16.659 18 14
13 2   Sporting CP   Pedro Petiz 33 + 1 lap 12 12
14 14   SC Corinthians   Antônio Pizzonia 31 Acc. Damage 4 10
15 22   A.S. Roma   Julien Jousse 31 Acc. Damage 9 8
16 4   Galatasaray S.K.   Ho-Pin Tung 7 Brakes 5 7
17 15   Atlético Madrid   María de Villota 1 Spun off 17 6
18 24   FC Midtjylland   Kasper Andersen 0 Spun off 11 5
Fastest lap: Yelmer Buurman (R.S.C Anderlecht) 1:20.011 (107.63 mph)

Race 2 edit

Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts.
1 4   Galatasaray S.K.   Ho-Pin Tung 31 45:42.682 3 50
2 19   Tottenham Hotspur   Craig Dolby 31 + 3.895 15 45
3 24   FC Midtjylland   Kasper Andersen 31 + 8.897 1 40
4 21   Liverpool F.C.   Adrián Vallés 31 + 9.769 12 36
5 16   F.C. Porto   Tristan Gommendy 31 + 10.029 13 32
6 18   Sevilla FC   Sébastien Bourdais 31 + 19.731 17 29
7 15   Atlético Madrid   María de Villota 31 + 22.433 2 26
8 10   FC Basel 1893   Max Wissel 31 + 23.472 14 23
9 17   Rangers F.C.   John Martin 31 + 24.687 9 20
10 9   Olympiacos CFP   Esteban Guerrieri 31 + 28.994 11 18
11 69   Olympique Lyonnais   Nelson Panciatici 31 + 1:06.568 10 16
12 7   CR Flamengo   Enrique Bernoldi 25 Tech. Problem 8 14
13 2   Sporting CP   Pedro Petiz 24 6 12
14 3   A.C. Milan   Giorgio Pantano 23 Spun Off 16 10
15 8   R.S.C. Anderlecht   Yelmer Buurman 9 Acc. Damage 18 8
16 22   A.S. Roma   Julien Jousse 5 Spun Off 4 7
17 5   PSV Eindhoven   Carlo van Dam 0 Acc. Damage 7 6
18 14   SC Corinthians   Antônio Pizzonia 0 Acc. Damage 5 5
Fastest lap: Tristan Gommendy (F.C. Porto) 1:20.650 (106.78 mph)

Super Final edit

Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 8   R.S.C. Anderlecht   Yelmer Buurman 5 6:50.799 5
2 18   Sevilla FC   Sébastien Bourdais 5 + 1.393 2
3 21   Liverpool F.C.   Adrián Vallés 5 + 4.353 3
4 4   Galatasaray S.K.   Ho-Pin Tung 5 + 8.770 6
5 16   F.C. Porto   Tristan Gommendy 5 + 10.288 4
6 19   Tottenham Hotspur   Craig Dolby 5 + 18.199 1
Fastest lap: Yelmer Buurman (R.S.C Anderlecht) 1:21.476 (105.70 mph)

References edit

  1. ^ "Bourdais takes first pole as title contenders struggle". superleagueformula.com. Superleague Formula. 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ^ "Liverpool FC and Hitech are Superleague champions". Hitech Junior Team. Atech Grand Prix. 2009-11-09. Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  3. ^ "Turn one tussles cost Martin dearly". John Martin Racing. John Martin. 2009-11-08. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

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