2009 Estoril Superleague Formula round
# 2009 Estoril Superleague Formula round

The 2009 Estoril Superleague Formula round was the fourth round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on September 6, 2009.

## Report

### Qualifying

SC Corinthians (Antônio Pizzonia) took his 3rd Superleague Formula pole of the season.

### Race 1

Polesitter SC Corinthians (Antônio Pizzonia) went too slowly at the start and got passed by Olympiacos CFP (Esteban Guerrieri). When the pitstops came around Liverpool F.C. (Adrián Vallés) passed the Olympiacos CFP car in the pitstops. During SC Corinthians pitstop the car left with the rear jack still attached to the car. Antônio Pizzonia managed to shake it off before getting back on track. Atlético Madrid (María de Villota) got into the side of F.C. Porto (Álvaro Parente) ending F.C. Portos race.

With 12 minutes to go Olympiacos CFP passed SC Corinthians to go into 2nd place and with 3 minutes on the clock remaining Olympiacos CFP passed Liverpool F.C. to get into 1st and get their first ever Superleague Formula win. Liverpool F.C. came 2nd and SC Corinthians finished 3rd.

## Results

### Qualifying

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

**Knockout stages**

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Pole Shoot Out | Pole Shoot Out | Pole Shoot Out |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Olympiacos CFP | 1:29.122 | | | | | | |
| B4 | A.S. Roma | 1:29.601 | A1 | Olympiacos CFP | 1:28.438 | | | |
| A3 | Liverpool F.C. | 1:29.176 | A3 | Liverpool F.C. | 1:29.334 | | | |
| B2 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 1:29.548 | | | | A1 | Olympiacos CFP | 1:28.627 |
| A2 | Rangers F.C. | 1:29.762 | | | | B3 | SC Corinthians | 1:28.447 |
| B3 | SC Corinthians | 1:28.390 | B3 | SC Corinthians | 1:29.106 | | | |
| A4 | FC Basel 1893 | 1:28.800 | A4 | FC Basel 1893 | 1:29.553 | | | |
| B1 | F.C. Porto | 1:29.159 | | | | | | |

**Grid**

| Pos. | Team | Driver | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SC Corinthians | Antônio Pizzonia | 1:28.447 |
| 2 | Olympiacos CFP | Esteban Guerrieri | 1:28.627 |
| 3 | Liverpool F.C. | Adrián Vallés | 1:29.334 |
| 4 | FC Basel 1893 | Max Wissel | 1:29.553 |
| 5 | Rangers F.C. | John Martin | 1:29.762 |
| 6 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Yelmer Buurman | 1:29.548 |
| 7 | A.S. Roma | Franck Perera | 1:29.601 |
| 8 | F.C. Porto | Álvaro Parente | 1:29.159 |
| 9 | A.C. Milan | Giorgio Pantano | 1:28.710 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | Nelson Panciatici | 1:29.670 |
| 11 | FC Midtjylland | Kasper Andersen | 1:28.845 |
| 12 | Sporting CP | Pedro Petiz | 1:29.962 |
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | Craig Dolby | 1:28.960 |
| 14 | PSV Eindhoven | Carlo van Dam | 1:30.715 |
| 15 | Sevilla FC | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:29.005 |
| 16 | Galatasaray S.K. | Ho-Pin Tung | 1:31.676 |
| 17 | CR Flamengo | Enrique Bernoldi | 1:29.686 |
| 18 | Atlético Madrid | María de Villota | 1:32.457 |

### Race 1

| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Olympiacos CFP | Esteban Guerrieri | 30 | 45:47.271 | 2 | 50 |
| 2 | 21 | Liverpool F.C. | Adrián Vallés | 30 | + 2.166 | 3 | 45 |
| 3 | 14 | SC Corinthians | Antônio Pizzonia | 30 | + 3.010 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | 8 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Yelmer Buurman | 30 | + 13.980 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | 17 | Rangers F.C. | John Martin | 30 | + 18.200 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | 3 | A.C. Milan | Giorgio Pantano | 30 | + 28.787 | 9 | 29 |
| 7 | 22 | A.S. Roma | Franck Perera | 30 | + 31.158 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | Craig Dolby | 30 | + 35.764 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | 2 | Sporting CP | Pedro Petiz | 30 | + 1:00.995 | 12 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | PSV Eindhoven | Carlo van Dam | 30 | + 1:21.104 | 14 | 18 |
| 11 | 18 | Sevilla FC | Sébastien Bourdais | 30 | + 1:22.390 | 15 | 16 |
| 12 | 69 | Olympique Lyonnais | Nelson Panciatici | 30 | + 2:25.470 | 10 | 14 |
| 13 | 7 | CR Flamengo | Enrique Bernoldi | 29 | + 1 lap | 17 | 12 |
| 14 | 15 | Atlético Madrid | María de Villota | 29 | + 1 lap | 18 | 10 |
| 15 | 24 | FC Midtjylland | Kasper Andersen | 28 | Retired | 11 | 8 |
| 16 | 16 | F.C. Porto | Álvaro Parente | 11 | Retired | 8 | 7 |
| 17 | 4 | Galatasaray S.K. | Ho-Pin Tung | 8 | Retired | 16 | 6 |
| DNS | 10 | FC Basel 1893 | Max Wissel | | | 4 | 0 |
| Fastest lap: Yelmer Buurman (R.S.C Anderlecht) 1:29.162 (104.91 mph) ||||||||

### Race 2

| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | F.C. Porto | Álvaro Parente | 30 | 46:07.422 | 2 | 50 |
| 2 | 18 | Sevilla FC | Sébastien Bourdais | 30 | +1.065 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | 7 | CR Flamengo | Enrique Bernoldi | 30 | +19.892 | 5 | 40 |
| 4 | 8 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Yelmer Buurman | 30 | + 20.373 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | 14 | SC Corinthians | Antônio Pizzonia | 30 | + 20.747 | 15 | 32 |
| 6 | 3 | A.C. Milan | Giorgio Pantano | 30 | + 28.774 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 | 4 | Galatasaray S.K. | Ho-Pin Tung | 30 | + 34.531 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | 17 | Rangers F.C. | John Martin | 30 | + 35.266 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | 21 | Liverpool F.C. | Adrián Vallés | 30 | + 38.677 | 16 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | PSV Eindhoven | Carlo van Dam | 30 | + 45.032 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 10 | FC Basel 1893 | Max Wissel | 30 | + 1:00.641 | 18 | 16 |
| 12 | 12 | A.S. Roma | Franck Perera | 30 | + 1:35.981 | 11 | 14 |
| 13 | 15 | Atlético Madrid | María de Villota | 29 | + 1 lap | 4 | 12 |
| 14 | 9 | Olympiacos CFP | Esteban Guerrieri | 28 | + 2 laps | 17 | 10 |
| 15 | 69 | Olympique Lyonnais | Nelson Panciatici | 28 | + 2 laps | 6 | 8 |
| 16 | 24 | FC Midtjylland | Kasper Andersen | 6 | Retired | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 2 | Sporting CP | Pedro Petiz | 3 | Retired | 9 | 6 |
| 18 | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | Craig Dolby | 1 | Retired | 10 | 5 |
| Fastest lap: Max Wissel (FC Basel 1893) 1:29.190 (104.88 mph) ||||||||

* FC Midtjylland started from the pitlane.

### Super Final

| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | Sevilla FC | Sébastien Bourdais | 5 | 6:43.077 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 | Olympiacos CFP | Esteban Guerrieri | 5 | + 1.270 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Liverpool F.C. | Adrián Vallés | 5 | + 5.584 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Yelmer Buurman | 5 | + 6.611 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | SC Corinthians | Antônio Pizzonia | 4 | + 1 laps | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | A.C. Milan | Giorgio Pantano | 3 | +2 laps | 6 |
| Fastest lap: ???? |||||||

## Standings after the round

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Liverpool F.C. | 282 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 224 |
| 3 | FC Basel 1893 | 223 |
| 4 | A.C. Milan | 212 |
| 5 | SC Corinthians | 211 |
