2009 International Formula Master

The 2009 International Formula Master was the third and last 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[edit]

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[edit]

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	5	Frankie Provenzano^[7]		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
Iris Project	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
Hitech Junior Team	24	Kasper Andersen^[7]		1–3
ISR Racing	16	Alexander Rossi	R	3–8
ISR Racing	20	Erik Janiš		3–8
Team JVA	29	Jonathan Kennard^[7]	R	1
Team JVA	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[edit]

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
1	R2	Pau, France	Pau Circuit	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
2	R2	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	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
3	R2	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	21 June		Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	ISR Racing
4	R1	Kent, UK	Brands Hatch	18 July	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Fabio Leimer	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R2	Kent, UK	Brands Hatch	19 July		Fabio Leimer	Alessandro Kouzkin	Cram Competition
5	R1	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	25 July	Josef Král	Josef Král	Josef Král	JD Motorsport
5	R2	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	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
6	R2	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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
7	R2	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	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
8	R2	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 September		Fabio Leimer	Alexander Rossi	ISR Racing

Championship Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Pos	Driver	PAU		VAL		BRN		BRH		HUN		SPA		OSC		IMO		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		VAL		BRN		BRH		HUN		SPA		OSC		IMO		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams[edit]

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References[edit]

^ "Leimer is 2009 IFM champion". Automobil Sport. MaP. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Top 2009 IFM driver to test in GP2 Series". International Formula Master. 2009-03-27. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
^ "Red Bull racing simulator for top three Formula Master drivers". Automobil Sport. MaP. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "2008 champion team announces first driver". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Afanasiev returns with JD Motorsport, Lukoil and Red Bull". Automobil Sport. MaP. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Josef Kral joins JD Motorsport for 2009 season". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2009 International Formula Master season kicks off in Pau". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 10 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Alessandro Kouzkin joins Formula Master with Cram Competition". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "2008 vice champion Fabio Leimer returns". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Pal Varhaug graduates to Jenzer Motorsport squad". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Iris Project to run Simon Trummer in 2009 season". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Iris Project completes Formula Master line-up with Patrick Reiterer". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Pau winner Puglisi returns to Formula Master". paddocktalk.com. PaddockTalk. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "AR Motorsport announces Snoeks as first driver". paddocktalk.com. PaddockTalk. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[1] "Leimer is 2009 IFM champion". Automobil Sport. MaP. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[2] "Top 2009 IFM driver to test in GP2 Series". International Formula Master. 2009-03-27. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

[3] "Red Bull racing simulator for top three Formula Master drivers". Automobil Sport. MaP. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[4] "2008 champion team announces first driver". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[5] "Afanasiev returns with JD Motorsport, Lukoil and Red Bull". Automobil Sport. MaP. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[6] "Josef Kral joins JD Motorsport for 2009 season". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[Pau-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2009 International Formula Master season kicks off in Pau". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 10 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[8] "Alessandro Kouzkin joins Formula Master with Cram Competition". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[9] "2008 vice champion Fabio Leimer returns". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[10] "Pal Varhaug graduates to Jenzer Motorsport squad". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[11] "Iris Project to run Simon Trummer in 2009 season". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[12] "Iris Project completes Formula Master line-up with Patrick Reiterer". F1SA. F1 Supporters Association. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[13] "Pau winner Puglisi returns to Formula Master". paddocktalk.com. PaddockTalk. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[14] "AR Motorsport announces Snoeks as first driver". paddocktalk.com. PaddockTalk. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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