2009 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round
| 2009 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round Superleague Formula round France |
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| Date | June 28, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.740 mi (4.410 km) |
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| Laps | 30 & 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Team |
 SC Corinthians
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Antônio Pizzonia | |
| Time | 1:26.555 | ||
| Podium (1st race) | |||
| First |
 Liverpool
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Adrian Valles | |
| Second |
 R.S.C. Anderlecht
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Yelmer Buurman | |
| Third |
Tottenham Hotspur
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Craig Dolby | |
| Fastest lap (1st race) | |||
| Team |
Tottenham Hotspur
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Craig Dolby | |
| Time | 1:27.284 (on lap 12) | ||
| Podium (2nd race) | |||
| First |
 A.C. Milan
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Giorgio Pantano | |
| Second |
 Olympiacos CFP
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Davide Rigon | |
| Third |
 FC Basel 1893
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Max Wissel | |
| Fastest lap (2nd race) | |||
| Team |
SC Corinthians
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Antônio Pizzonia | |
| Time | 1:28.120 (on lap 12) | ||
The 2009 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round was the opening round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season, with the races taking place on 28 June 2009. Liverpool F.C. and A.C. Milan shared the two race wins, with Liverpool also being the Weekend Winner after winning the six-car Super Final. The supporting events were the Euroseries 3000 and the Mitjet Series.
As always, the field was split into two groups for qualifying, with the fastest four qualifiers from each progressing into the knockout stages to decide places 1 to 8 on the grid. Davide Rigon and Max Wissel driving the cars of Olympiacos and FC Basel 1893 both recorded times faster than Group A fourth place, Enrique Bernoldi (CR Flamengo). In the knockout stages, an all-British battle was the highlight of round one, with Rangers' John Martin and Tottenham's Craig Dolby recording the two fastest times of the first round. However, it was Melton Mowbray's Dolby who was faster, by three tenths of a second. Dolby's run ended at the semi-final stage, after spinning during his lap.
Antônio Pizzonia of SC Corinthians put pay to his hope, and would face Adrián Vallés in the Liverpool machine in the final. Pizzonia would come out on top by 0.299 seconds, to take his team's first pole position in Superleague Formula. Post-qualifying, the car of debutants FC Midtjylland, driven by Kasper Andersen was sent to the back of the grid, for failing to complete a round one lap due to a blistered tyre.
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