2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round
# 2009 Donington Park Superleague Formula round

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. 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.

## 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.

**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 |
