2009 Australian Drivers' Championship


The 2009 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title with the championship winner receiving the 2009 CAMS Gold Star award. The 2009 championship was the 53rd Australian Drivers' Championship and the fifth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 19 March 2009 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 29 November at Sandown Raceway after eight events across four different states with two rounds per event. Team BRM driver Joey Foster became the second successive champion from Great Britain, holding off 2007 series champion Tim Macrow by eight points. In the National classes, Tom Tweedie was champion in National A, recording three top-three overall finishes and twelve class wins, while Peter Kalpakiotis was champion in National B as he was the only driver to contest more than one meeting.

Class structure

Drivers compete in three classes:
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten classified finishers in the Championship Class in each race. One additional point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap time in the class in each qualifying session and in each race at each round. The same system was also used for both the National A Class and the National B Class awards.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Australian Formula 3 season.
TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
Astuti MotorsportGold StarDallara F307Mugen-Honda2 Mat Sofi
Astuti MotorsportGold StarDallara F307Sodemo-Renault7 Ray Chamberlain
Astuti MotorsportNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault10 Kristian Lindbom
Astuti MotorsportGold StarDallara F307Sodemo-Renault11 Rio Haryanto
Team BRMGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz3 Mathew Radisich
Team BRMGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz4 Mitch Evans
Team BRMGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz5 Joey Foster
Scarborough Holiday ParksNational BDallara F301Spiess-Opel6 Andrew Mill
Scarborough Holiday ParksNational BDallara F301Spiess-Opel96 Blake Varney
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel7 Roger Iánson
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel7 Zhang Shan Qi
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel8 Li Zhi Cong
R-Tek Motorsport ServicesNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel59 Jesse Wakeman
JB MotorsportNational BDallara F301Novamotor-Fiat12 John Boothman
PHR ScuderiaNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault15 Maher Algadri
PHR ScuderiaNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault16 Rio Haryanto
Gilmour RacingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel17 Chris Gilmour
Ralt AustraliaNational ADallara F304Sodemo-Renault19 Tom Tweedie
GKH PowdercoatingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel21 Graeme Holmes
Scud RacingGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz25 Tim Macrow
Scud RacingNational BDallara F301Spiess-Opel35 Peter Kalpakiotis
Scud RacingNational BDallara F396TOM's-Toyota45 Michael Gray
Hack, Anderson & ThomasNational BDallara F396TOM's-Toyota37 Rod Anderson
TandersportNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel42 Bryce Moore
TandersportNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel42 Leanne Tander
TandersportGold StarDallara F307HWA-Mercedes-Benz52 Ben Crighton
Cooltemp RacingNational ADallara F304Spiess-Opel60 Bevan Carrick

Race calendar

Originally Event 7 of the series was to have taken place at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania, and was indeed set to host the series signature race, the Tasmanian Super Prix on 18 October, however with several other series involved in the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships withdrawing from the logistically difficult Tasmanian meeting, the event was cancelled. Subsequently, a new meeting was organised to be held at Queensland Raceway on 21 August on the support card of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.
EventRoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning driverWinning team
11 Adelaide Street Circuit21 March Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM
12 Adelaide Street Circuit22 March Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM
23 Wakefield Park26 April Joey Foster Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing
24 Wakefield Park26 April Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM
35 Phillip Island17 May Tim Macrow Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM
36 Phillip Island17 May Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Scud Racing
47 Winton Motor Raceway28 June Tim Macrow Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing
48 Winton Motor Raceway28 June Joey Foster Joey Foster Joey Foster Team BRM
59 Eastern Creek Raceway19 July Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Mat Sofi Transwest Racing
510 Eastern Creek Raceway19 July Tim Macrow Joey Foster Tim Macrow Scud Racing
611 Queensland Raceway21 August Joey Foster Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Scud Racing
612 Queensland Raceway21 August Tim Macrow Mat Sofi Tim Macrow Scud Racing
713 Oran Park Raceway30 August Tim Macrow Mat Sofi Joey Foster Team BRM
714 Oran Park Raceway30 August Mat Sofi Mat Sofi Tim Macrow Scud Racing
815 Sandown Raceway29 November Joey Foster Ben Crighton Joey Foster Team BRM
816 Sandown Raceway29 November Mat Sofi Joey Foster Mitch Evans Team BRM

Results and Standings

Drivers Championship