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. 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. Guest entries are listed in italics. Team Driver name Class Rounds SG Formula 1 Jean-Éric Vergne All 2 Miki Monrás All 3 Hugo Valente All 4 Arthur Pic All 5 Dominic Storey 1-2 Ramez Azzam 3-7 Motopark Academy 6 António Félix da Costa All 7 Marco Sørensen All 8 Juan Jacobo 1-2 Kuba Giermaziak 3, 5-7 Matias Laine 4 57 5 9 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs All 10 Kevin Magnussen All 56 Luís Felipe Derani 2, 4, 6 59 Jimmy Eriksson 6 60 Bart Hylkema 6 65 Patrick Kronenberger 7 Epsilon Euskadi 11 Nathanaël Berthon All 12 Carlos Muñoz All 14 Albert Costa All 15 Federico Scionti 7 16 Miguel Otegui 3-7 BVM Minardi 21 Andrea Roda 3, 6–7 22 Dean Smith 7 Fortec Motorsport 24 Kevin Kleveros 1–6 25 Oliver Webb 1, 5 Fredrik Blomstedt 2 26 James Calado 1–2, 5 27 Will Stevens 2, 5 Epsilon Sport 28 Luciano Bacheta 1–2, 4–7 54 Arno Santamato 1–3 MP Motorsport 29 Adam Christodoulou 2 Karl-Oscar Liiv 4–7 30 Nigel Melker 1–5 31 Daniël de Jong All Krenek Motorsport 32 Adam Kout All 33 Jakub Knoll All iQuick Valencia 34 Johan Jokinen 1-2 Marco Betti 3, 5 Federico Scionti 4 Jordi Cunill 7 35 Patrick Kronenberger 1–5 Tristan Vautier 7 One Racing 36 Daniel Mancinelli 1–3, 5 37 Federico Scionti 1–3, 5 Jenzer Motorsport 50 Genís Olivé All 51 Nico Müller All 53 Fabien Thuner 1–6 Maxim Zimin 7 Pole Services 55 Benjamin Lariche 1, 6–7 58 Arno Santamato 5 SL Formula Racing 61 Julian Eisenreich 6 Icon Class 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 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
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 ARA Points1234567891011121314 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 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 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 Ret Ret 5 4 16 21 6 10 7 3 DSQ DSQ 4 5 50 8 Carlos Muñoz 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 20 7 10 9 12 14 7 4 4 Ret 13 Ret 13 14 27 11 Nico Müller 2 22† 17 10 7 9 15 11 17 Ret 5 11 24 12 25 12 Ramez Azzam 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 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 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 Ret 10 28 21 10 12 13 18 23 17 8 Ret Ret 19 5 25 Daniël de Jong 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 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 17 14 29 27 17 15 21 Ret 27 Ret 14 13 0 31 Arno Santamato 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 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 10 14 0 Bart Hylkema 12 22 0 Tristan Vautier 17 13 0 Jordi Cunill 16 18 0 Julian Eisenreich 22 16 0 Maxim Zimin 23 21 0 Pos Driver CAT SPA HUN SIL LMS NÜR ARA PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams PosTeamPoints1 Epsilon Euskadi1922 SG Formula1923 Motopark Academy1844 Jenzer Motorsport275 iQuick Valencia236 Krenek Motorsport157 Epsilon Sport118 Fortec Motorsport109 One Racing910 MP Motorsport8 BVM Minardi0 Pole Services0 SL Formula Racing0
References
External links Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship