2009 European Rally Championship season

The 2009 European Rally Championship season was the 57th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. The season had 11 rallies, of which Giandomenico Basso won 7 and thus claimed his second European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners

For the 2009 season, the number of rounds was increased from 9 to 11. The calendar featured 3 new rallies (in Spain, Greece and Switzerland), whereas Rally Poland was a round of the World Rally Championship in that year.^[1]

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	17–19 April	33rd Rally 1000 Miglia	Giandomenico Basso
2	1– 3 May	38th Istanbul Rally	Michał Sołowow
3	28–30 May	36th Croatia Delta Rally	Krum Donczew
4	18–20 June	45th Ypres Westhoek Rally	Giandomenico Basso
5	17–19 July	40th Rally Bulgaria	Giandomenico Basso
6	30 July–1 August	50th Rally Vinho da Madeira	Giandomenico Basso
7	20–22 August	39th Barum Rally Zlín	Michał Sołowow
8	10–12 September	46th Rallye Príncipe de Asturias	Corrado Fontana
9	25–27 September	33rd ELPA Rally	Giandomenico Basso
10	16–18 October	44th Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur	Giandomenico Basso
11	30 October– 1 November	50th Rallye International du Valais	Giandomenico Basso

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 points. Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 points. Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.^[2]

Pos. Driver Points 1 Giandomenico Basso 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 122 2 Michał Sołowow 3 1 2 4 5 3 1 2 Ret 2 2 103 3 Corrado Fontana 5 3 4 3 3 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 78 4 Luca Betti 4 Ret 3 2 Ret Ret 34 5 Antonín Tlusťák 10 8 6 7 Ret 4 4 4 22 6 Jan Černý 11 10 10 2 Ret 3 16 7 Todor Slavov 9 Ret 7 8 5 Ret 3 14 8 Marco Cavigioli 9 9 Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 Not enough events to qualify for championship Krum Donchev 6 2 1 5 2 (43) Renato Travaglia 2 (13) Davide di Benedetto 8 5 6 (8)

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

External links

• Official website