2009 Superleague Formula

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Bourdais wins Superleague final

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Ousted Toro Rosso driver Sébastien Bourdais celebrated a victory on his debut weekend in the Superleague Formula on Sunday. The Frenchman, who was sacked from the Italian Toro Rosso following the German Grand Prix, not only won the weekend's final in Portugal but picked up a cool €100,000 (£87,500) in prize money.

The four-time Champ Car Champion competed in only nine F1 races this year

Bourdais lost his Formula One drive after one and a half seasons this year when Toro Rosso announced the Le Mans pilot's departure in favour of Jaime Alguersuari.

Bourdais silenced his critics at the weekend, however, by winning on his first weekend in the series which sees teams represented by football teams.

"It's great to be back on the top of the podium," Sébastien said at Estoril after taking the chequered flag for Sevilla FC in the weekend final, which sees the highest six scoring drivers from the race meeting compete for the win. "It's been a roller coaster ride this weekend but it doesn't matter what car you are driving when you win."
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Seville and Bourdais net opening Monza race

04/10/2009

Sebastien Bourdais picked up from where he had left off in Estoril by winning the first Superleague Formula by Sonangol race at Monza today after a commanding performance for Spanish side Seville.

The Frenchman backed up his Shootout win on debut last month by beating fellow Portugal winner Olympiacos’ Esteban Guerrieri down to the first corner before reeling off the 40 minute +1 lap race in relative ease. Series debutant Julien Jousse completed the podium for AS Roma while Liverpool came through from eighth to fourth to increase their lead at the top of the standings from Tottenham, who finished fifth. Fellow title-protagonists FC Basel could only manage ninth.

Sebastien Bourdais, Seville: “It was a good race. The start was in my favour because for some reason the pole is on the left. That sounds like a big issue for the pole-sitter but I was very happy about it! We were side by side at the start but I was on the inside so I made it stick. I think that Wissel was all over me when we got to where the track narrows and I think there was a bit of mayhem behind us as we pulled away. It was good, I was pretty happy with the car although we had a bit too much understeer. Then, on the second to last lap, I made a bit of a mistake at Ascari trying to extend the gap. He closed up and since I had used my push-to-pass he had the advantage.”
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Race 1 - SF Round 5 Italy - Classification
POS No RACING TEAM DRIVER TIME GAP
1 18 Sevilla FC SF Racing Team S. Bourdais 41:26.833 25 laps
2 9 Olympiacos SF Racing Team E. Guerrieri 41.27.208 0.375
3 22 AS Roma SF Racing Team J. Jousse 41:41.763 14.930
4 21 Liverpool FC SF Racing Team A, Vallés 41:44.847 18.014
5 19 Tottenham Hotspur SF Racing Team C. Dolby 41:48.911 22.078
6 8 RSC Anderlecht SF Racing Team Y. Buurman 41:52.369 25.536
7 16 FC Porto SF Racing Team T. Gommendy 41:54.175 27.342
8 4 Galatasaray SF Racing Team H.P. Tung 41:56.401 29.568
9 10 FC Basel SF Racing Team M. Wissel 42:02.727 35.894
10 14 Corinthians SF Racing Team A. Pizzonia 42:05.211 38.378
11 17 Rangers FC SF Racing Team J. Martin 42:18.567 51.734
12 24 FC Midtjylland Racing Team K. Andersen 42:22.153 55.320
13 69 Olympique Lyonnais SF Racing Team N. Panciatici 42:23.640 56.807
14 15 Atlético de Madrid SF Racing Team M. de Villota 42:32.494 1:05.661
15 3 AC Milan SF Racing Team G. Pantano 42:37.678 1:10.845
16 5 PSV Eindhoven SF Racing Team C. Van Dam 42:40.421 1:13.588
17 7 Flamengo SF Racing Team J. Kennard 43:01.553 1:34.720
18 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal SF Racing Team P. Petiz 16.49.695 15 laps

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Petiz and Sporting win race two

04/10/2009

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Sporting Lisbon’s Pedro Petiz took his and the club’s first Superleague Formula by Sonangol victory at Monza today after a mature, untroubled drive from start to finish. Seville’s Sebastien Bourdais meanwhile came through to third after starting last to grab the Weekend Winner award.

Round 5 Italy - Race 2 results

1 2 Sporting Clubde de Portugal SF Racing Team P. Petiz 41:51.037 25 laps
2 19 Tottenham Hotspur SF Racing Team C. Dolby 41:57.088 6.051
3 18 Sevilla FC SF Racing Team S. Bourdais 42:02.473 11.436
4 9 Olympiacos SF Racing Team E. Guerrieri 42:03.982 12.945
5 21 Liverpool FC SF Racing Team A. Vallés 42:09.697 18.660
6 8 RSC Anderlecht SF Racing Team Y. Buurman 42:10.144 19.107
7 4 Galatasaray SF Racing Team H.P. Tung 42:15.976 24.939
8 5 PSV Eindhoven SF Racing Team C. Van Dam 42:25.416 34.379
9 14 Corinthians SF Racing Team A. Pizzonia 42:37.895 46.858
10 15 Atlético de Madrid SF Racing Team M. de Villota 42:45.592 54.555
11 3 AC Milan SF Racing Team G. Pantano 42:58.550 1:07.513
12 17 Rangers FC SF Racing Team J. Martin 43:38.584 1:47.547
13 16 FC Porto SF Racing Team T. Gommendy 37:29.928 3 laps
14 10 FC Basel SF Racing Team M. Wissel 29:05.746 8 laps
15 69 Olympique Lyonnais SF Racing Team N. Panciatici 28:32.683 10 laps
16 24 FC Midtjylland SF Racing Team K. Andersen 8:34.589 20 laps
17 22 AS Roma SF Racing Team J. Jousse 5:12.200 2 laps
18 7 Flamengo SF Racing Team J. Kennard 5:12.814 0.641

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Final Round -6

Spain-Jarama 7/8 November:

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Circuito del Jarama
The Circuito Permanente del Jarama (Permanent circuit of Jarama) is a 3.850 km race course in Spain which hosted nine Formula One Spanish Grand Prix.
 
Anderlecht dominates as title fight continues

Jarama-08/11/2009

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Yelmer Buurman produced a dominant performance in race 1 of the Superleague Formula by Sonangol season finale at Jarama to clinch a first win of the season for Belgian giants RSC Anderlecht and gain revenge on Sevilla FC’s Sebastien Bourdais.
Bourdais beat Buurman by just six thousandths of a second in yesterday’s qualifying final to clinch pole position, but a fine passing manoeuvre immediately after the pit stops and then a string of unmatchable quick laps saw the Dutch driver avenge that loss.

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Race 1 Results:
1 Y. Buurman Anderlecht 46:32.409
2 S. Bourdais Sevilla FC + 14.048
3 G. Pantano AC Milan + 30.729
4 C. Dolby Tottenham Hotspur + 35.924
5 M. Wissel FC Basel + 39.164
6 T. Gommendy FC Porto + 53.145
7 A. Valles Liverpool FC + 53.742
8 E. Guerrieri Olympiacos + 56.171
9 N. Panciatici Olympique Lyonnais + 1:00.262
10 J. Martin Rangers FC + 1:04.524
11 E. Bernoldi Flamengo + 1:13.243
12 C. van Dam PSV Eindhoven + 1:16.659
13 P. Petiz Sporting Clube de Portugal + 1 lap(s)
Did not finish
14 A. Pizzonia Corinthians + 3 lap(s)
15 J. Jousse AS Roma + 3 lap(s)
16 H. Tung Galatasaray + 27 lap(s)
17 M. de Villota Atletico de Madrid + 33 lap(s)
18 K. Andersen FC Midtjylland + 34 lap(s)
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Tung wins in Spain R2, Vallés en Liverpool Champion

08-10-09,

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Liverpool claimed the 2009 Superleague Formula by Sonangol title in front of 33,000 spectators in the season finale at Jarama after a spectacular weekend of racing at the Spanish circuit.
Adrian Valles drove intelligently throughout the final meeting, scoring seventh and fourth place finishes, to protect the healthy points lead he held over Tottenham Hotspur’s Craig Dolby coming into the weekend, despite the British driver’s best attempts to cause an upset in race 2

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Results R 2;
1 H. Tung Galatasaray 45:42.682
2 C. Dolby Tottenham Hotspur + 3.895
3 K. Andersen FC Midtjylland + 8.897
4 A. Valles Liverpool FC + 9.769
5 T. Gommendy FC Porto + 10.029
6 S. Bourdais Sevilla FC + 19.731
7 M. de Villota Atletico de Madrid + 22.433
8 M. Wissel FC Basel + 23.472
9 J. Martin Rangers FC + 24.687
10 E. Guerrieri Olympiacos + 28.994
11 N. Panciatici Olympique Lyonnais + 1:06.568
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12 E. Bernoldi Flamengo + 6 ronde(n)
13 P. Petiz Sporting Clube de Portugal + 7 ronde(n)
14 G. Pantano AC Milan + 8 ronde(n)
15 Y. Buurman Anderlecht + 22 ronde(n)
16 J. Jousse AS Roma + 26 ronde(n)
17 C. van Dam PSV Eindhoven + 31 ronde(n)
18 A. Pizzonia Corinthians + 31 ronde(n)

Anderlecht’s Yelmer Buurman was the other star of the weekend as he backed up his race 1 victory with a win in the six-car, five-lap Super Final to net a €100,000 prize, while Galatasaray secured their first ever Superleague win thanks to a faultless drive from Ho-Pin Tung in race 2.

The Super Final saw two of the six runners out of the reckoning within seconds of the start as Dolby stalled from pole position and FC Porto’s Tristan Gommendy out-braked himself into the first corner while fighting Sevilla’s Sebastien Bourdais for the lead.

Bourdais also went slightly wide into the first turn, allowing a gleeful Buurman to drive up the inside and take a lead that he would never lose. Bourdais finished second, over one second down, while Valles, already in jubilant mood having clinched the title just minutes earlier, held off Tung’s attack for third.

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Super Final:
Pos. Rijder Team Banden Tijd
1 Y. Buurman Anderlecht 6:50.779
2 S. Bourdais Sevilla FC + 1.393
3 A. Valles Liverpool FC + 4.353
4 H. Tung Galatasaray + 8.770
5 T. Gommendy FC Porto + 10.288
6 C. Dolby Tottenham Hotspur + 28.487
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