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

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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

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and finished on 29 November at

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after eight events across four different states with two rounds per event.

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driver Joey Foster became the second successive champion from

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, holding off 2007 series champion

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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: * Australian Formula 3 Championship – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2007 * Formula 3 National A – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2004 * Formula 3 National B – for cars constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 20012009 Australian Formula 3 Sporting & Technical Regulations as archived at WebCite on 3 December 2009
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Points System

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.

Race calendar

Originally Event 7 of the series was to have taken place at

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in Tasmania, and was indeed set to host the series signature race, the

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on 18 October, however with several other series involved in the

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withdrawing from the logistically difficult Tasmanian meeting, the event was cancelled. Subsequently, a new meeting was organised to be held at

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on 21 August on the support card of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Results and standings

Drivers Championship

References

External links

Official Australian Formula 3 website

2009 Racing Results Archive
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