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

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
	5	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	Matias Laine		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
BVM Minardi	22	Dean Smith		7
Fortec Motorsport	24	Kevin Kleveros^[11]	J	1–6
	25	Oliver Webb^[12]		1, 5
	25	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
Epsilon Sport	54	Arno Santamato^[13]	J	1–3
MP Motorsport	29	Adam Christodoulou^[9]		2
	29	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
Krenek Motorsport	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
	35	Tristan Vautier		7
One Racing	36	Daniel Mancinelli^[18]		1–3, 5
One Racing	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
	53	Maxim Zimin	J	7
Pole Services	55	Benjamin Lariche^[22]		1, 6–7
Pole Services	58	Arno Santamato	J	5
SL Formula Racing	61	Julian Eisenreich	J	6

Icon	Class
J	Junior Class

Race calendar

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
1	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	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
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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
3	R2	Hungaroring	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
4	R2	Silverstone Circuit	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
5	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	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
6	R2	Nürburgring	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
7	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	25 October	António Félix da Costa	Federico Scionti	António Félix da Costa	Motopark Academy

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP*
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

* – only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos	Driver	CAT		SPA		HUN		SIL		LMS		NÜR		ALC		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
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	Miki 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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kevin Magnussen takes a liking to Spa". renault-sport.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ ^a ^b "Krenek Motorsport news". Krenek Motorsport. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
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^ "Restart for Benjamin Lariche!". Pole Services. 2009-01-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

External links

Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship

[1] Parries, Maggy (2009-04-19). "Renault Sport Technologies confirms the launch of New Formula Renault 2.0 in 2010". automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-05-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "A passport to Formula Renault 3.5 Series". renault-sport.com. 2008-09-30. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[SG-3] "Pieces of eight". SG Formula. 2009-02-12. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[4] "António Félix da Costa attacks Eurocup title in 2009". Driver Database. 2009-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[5] "Marco Sorensen". Renault F1. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[6] "Relief for Costa". renault-sport.com. 2009-04-18. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[7] "Quaife-Hobbs lines up for Motopark". automobilsport.com. 2008-11-23. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[8] "God test for Kevin Magnussen i Barcelona" (in Danish). Kevin Magnussen. 2009-03-08. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[Spa-9] "Kevin Magnussen takes a liking to Spa". renault-sport.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

[EE-10] "Epsilon Euskadi dominates in Le Mans". Epsilon Euskadi. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[11] "News". Fortec Motorsport. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[Barcelona-12] "Temperatures rise on the Costas". renault-sport.com. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

[PaddockTalk-13] "Barcelona Preview – Shine And You'll Go Far!". paddocktalk.com. 2009-04-10. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[14] "Nigel Melker with MP Motorsport in NEC and Eurocup FR2.0". MP Motorsport. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[15] "Daniel stoomt door naar de Eurocup Formule Renault 2.0" (in Dutch). Daniël de Jong. 2009-01-09. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[Krenek-16] "Krenek Motorsport news". Krenek Motorsport. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[iQuick-17] "Johan Jokinen en quinta posición". f1-live.com (in Spanish). Racing Live. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[18] "Test in Barcelona, looking for European season in Formula Renault". Daniel Mancinelli. Retrieved 2009-05-09. ^{[dead link]}

[19] "Federico Scionti pronto all'esordio nell'Eurocup di F.Renault" (in Italian). Federico Scionti. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-05-09. ^{[dead link]}

[Jenzer-20] "FR 2.0 Eurocup: Barcelona (E), 18-19/04/2009". Jenzer Motorsport. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

[21] "Successful sponsor event at Autobritt!". Jenzer Motorsport. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

[22] "Restart for Benjamin Lariche!". Pole Services. 2009-01-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

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