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2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the nineteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Catalunya on April 18 and finished at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on October 25, after fourteen rounds. This season was the last for the current specification Tatuus chassis introduced in 2000, as a new chassis will be introduced for the 2010 season.^[1] Albert Costa won the title holding off the challenges of Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa, who finished tied on points, with Vergne finishing second on a tie-breaker.

Teams and drivers[edit]

• This season saw a cap on entries, with the lineup being capped at 38 entries, depending on the circuit.^[2] Guest entries are listed in italics.

Team No. Driver name Class Rounds SG Formula 1 Jean-Éric Vergne[3] All 2 Miki Monrás[3] J All 3 Hugo Valente[3] J All 4 Arthur Pic[3] J All 5 Dominic Storey[3] 1-2 Ramez Azzam J 3-7 Motopark Academy 6 António Félix da Costa[4] J All 7 Marco Sørensen[5] All 8 Juan Jacobo[6] J 1-2 Kuba Giermaziak 3, 5-7 Matias Laine 4 57 5 9 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[7] All 10 Kevin Magnussen[8] J All 56 Luís Felipe Derani[9] 2, 4, 6 59 Jimmy Eriksson J 6 60 Bart Hylkema J 6 65 Patrick Kronenberger 7 Epsilon Euskadi 11 Nathanaël Berthon[10] All 12 Carlos Muñoz[10] J All 14 Albert Costa[10] All 15 Federico Scionti J 7 16 Miguel Otegui J 3-7 BVM Minardi 21 Andrea Roda 3, 6–7 22 Dean Smith 7 Fortec Motorsport 24 Kevin Kleveros[11] J 1–6 25 Oliver Webb[12] 1, 5 Fredrik Blomstedt[9] 2 26 James Calado[12] 1–2, 5 27 Will Stevens[9] 2, 5 Epsilon Sport 28 Luciano Bacheta[13] 1–2, 4–7 54 Arno Santamato[13] J 1–3 MP Motorsport 29 Adam Christodoulou[9] 2 Karl-Oscar Liiv 4–7 30 Nigel Melker[14] 1–5 31 Daniël de Jong[15] J All Krenek Motorsport 32 Adam Kout[16] All 33 Jakub Knoll[16] All iQuick Valencia 34 Johan Jokinen[17] 1-2 Marco Betti 3, 5 Federico Scionti J 4 Jordi Cunill J 7 35 Patrick Kronenberger[17] 1–5 Tristan Vautier 7 One Racing 36 Daniel Mancinelli[18] 1–3, 5 37 Federico Scionti[19] 1–3, 5 Jenzer Motorsport 50 Genís Olivé[20] J All 51 Nico Müller[20] J All 53 Fabien Thuner[21] 1–6 Maxim Zimin J 7 Pole Services 55 Benjamin Lariche[22] 1, 6–7 58 Arno Santamato J 5 SL Formula Racing 61 Julian Eisenreich J 6

Icon Class J Junior Class

Race calendar[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 April	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Nathanaël Berthon	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		19 April	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 May	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		3 May	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi
3	R1	Hungaroring	13 June	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jean-Éric Vergne	SG Formula
	R2		14 June	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Kevin Magnussen	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Motopark Academy
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	4 July	Jean-Éric Vergne	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	Motopark Academy
	R2		5 July	Jean-Éric Vergne	Albert Costa	Jean-Éric Vergne	SG Formula
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	18 July	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jean-Éric Vergne	SG Formula
	R2		19 July	Jean-Éric Vergne	António Félix da Costa	Jean-Éric Vergne	SG Formula
6	R1	Nürburgring	19 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2		20 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi
7	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	24 October	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	Motopark Academy
	R2		25 October	António Félix da Costa	Federico Scionti	António Félix da Costa	Motopark Academy

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers[edit]

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

* – only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos Driver CAT SPA HUN SIL LMS NÜR ALC Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Albert Costa DSQ 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 1 2 3 138 2 Jean-Éric Vergne Ret 23† 3 8 1 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 6 128 3 António Félix da Costa J 3 2 2 2 4 5 1 Ret 3 2 DSQ DSQ 1 1 128 4 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 8 Ret 4 3 6 1 9 3 14 6 4 9 6 4 83 5 Miquel Monrás J 5 3 Ret 5 3 3 4 6 5 7 Ret 4 12 9 76 6 Nathanaël Berthon 1 Ret 7 6 2 24† 8 8 6 4 Ret 7 9 7 67 7 Kevin Magnussen J Ret Ret 5 4 16 21 6 10 7 3 DSQ DSQ 4 5 50 8 Carlos Muñoz J 9 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 5 9 8 10 Ret 3 11 10 36 9 Kuba Giermaziak Ret 4 11 8 2 6 8 Ret 32 10 Arthur Pic J 20 7 10 9 12 14 7 4 4 Ret 13 Ret 13 14 27 11 Nico Müller J 2 22† 17 10 7 9 15 11 17 Ret 5 11 24 12 25 12 Ramez Azzam J 8 10 11 7 9 5 Ret Ret DNS DNS 16 13 Adam Kout 12 8 19 Ret 11 11 Ret 2 13 14 19 15 21 15 15 14 Patrick Kronenberger 10 4 12 11 21 6 14 13 10 Ret 15 Ret 15 15 Marco Sørensen 14 Ret 9 15 DSQ DSQ 10 Ret 20 12 6 8 18 8 15 16 Luciano Bacheta 6 Ret 15 12 16 14 12 13 7 12 10 17 11 17 James Calado 25† 5 11 7 18 11 10 18 Miguel Otegui J 9 23† 12 15 Ret 9 16 5 Ret 24† 10 19 Daniel Mancinelli 7 6 13 20 Ret Ret 15 NC 9 20 Johan Jokinen 4 Ret 14 14 8 21 Federico Scionti J 19 18 31 Ret 19 25 17 21 25 Ret 5 11 7 22 Matias Laine Ret 5 26 20 6 23 Nigel Melker 15 16 6 Ret 22† 18 Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 24 Hugo Valente J Ret 10 28 21 10 12 13 18 23 17 8 Ret Ret 19 5 25 Daniël de Jong J 11 21 18 19 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 3 26 Dominic Storey 23 9 22 16 2 27 Luís Felipe Derani 20 Ret 18 17 9 Ret 2 28 Genís Olivé J 18 12 16 13 13 22† 22 16 19 16 11 10 14 Ret 2 29 Oliver Webb 13 11 21 21 0 30 Kevin Kleveros J 17 14 29 27 17 15 21 Ret 27 Ret 14 13 0 31 Arno Santamato J Ret 13 23 24 14 17 24 Ret 0 32 Fabien Thuner 22 19 26 25 15 13 Ret 19 22 18 17 18 0 33 Karl-Oscar Liiv 19 20 28 19 15 21 Ret 16 0 34 Will Stevens 24 22 16 15 0 35 Benjamin Lariche 21 15 18 17 22 23 0 36 Juan Jacobo J 16 17 21 17 0 37 Marco Betti 18 16 Ret 22 0 38 Adam Christodoulou 25 18 0 39 Jakub Knoll 24 20 30 26 20 19 20 22 29 Ret 20 19 20 22 0 40 Andrea Roda 23 20 21 20 25 20 0 41 Fredrik Blomstedt 27 23 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Dean Smith 7 2 0 Jimmy Eriksson J 10 14 0 Bart Hylkema J 12 22 0 Tristan Vautier 17 13 0 Jordi Cunill J 16 18 0 Julian Eisenreich J 22 16 0 Maxim Zimin J 23 21 0 Pos Driver CAT SPA HUN SIL LMS NÜR ALC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams[edit]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Epsilon Euskadi	192
2	SG Formula	192
3	Motopark Academy	184
4	Jenzer Motorsport	27
5	iQuick Valencia	23
6	Krenek Motorsport	15
7	Epsilon Sport	11
8	Fortec Motorsport	10
9	One Racing	9
10	MP Motorsport	8
	BVM Minardi	0
	Pole Services	0
	SL Formula Racing	0

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship