2009 British Formula Three season

2009 British Formula Three season
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The 2009 British Formula Three season (for sponsorship reasons, the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series) was the 59th British Formula Three Championship season. It began on 13 April at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 20 September at Brands Hatch after 20 rounds in four different countries.^[1] Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo won the title with two races to spare, at the penultimate round at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. Daniel McKenzie sealed the National Class title during the same race.

Drivers and teams

Team	No	Driver	Class	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Carlin Motorsport	1	Max Chilton^[2]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	All
	2	Henry Arundel^[4]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	All
	21	Daniel Ricciardo^[5]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	All
	22	Oliver Oakes^[6]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	1–4
		Robert Wickens^[7]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	7–8
		Philip Major^[8]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	9–20
	23	Jake Rosenzweig^[9]	I	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	13–14
	49	Joe Ghanem^[10]	N	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	17–20
T-Sport	3	Adriano Buzaid^[11]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	All
	4	Wayne Boyd^[12]	C	Dallara F309	Volkswagen^[3]	All
	43	Gabriel Dias^[13]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	All
Fortec Motorsport	5	Víctor García^[14]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
	51	Riki Christodoulou^[15]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
	56	Daniel McKenzie^[16]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	All
	76	Sam Bird^[17]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	17–18
Barazi-Epsilon	7	Stéphane Richelmi^[18]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	1–10, 13–18
Bridger Motorsport	10	Jay Bridger^[19]	C	Mygale M-09F3	Mugen-Honda	5–20
Team West-Tec^[20]	11	Jay Bridger^[19]	C	Mygale M-09F3	Mugen-Honda	1–2
	44	Max Snegirev^[21]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	1–6, 9–20
	46	Mathieu Maurage^[22]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	17–18
	64	Qinghua Ma^[22]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	19–20
	66	Michele Faccin^[23]	N	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	15–16
Hitech Racing	13	Walter Grubmüller^[24]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
Hitech Racing	14	Renger van der Zande^[25]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	3–18
Räikkönen Robertson Racing	16	Dominic Storey^[26]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	11–12
		Kevin Chen^[27]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	13–18
		Marcus Ericsson^[28]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	5–8
	88	Marcus Ericsson^[28]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	19–20
	26	Carlos Huertas^[29]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
	27	Daisuke Nakajima^[30]	C	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
C F Racing	25	Hywel Lloyd^[31]	C	Dallara F309	Mugen-Honda	All
Joe Tandy Racing	28	Nick Tandy^[32]	C	Mygale M-09F3	Mercedes HWA	1–8
Litespeed F3	53	Satrio Hermanto^[33]	N	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	15–18
	54	Aaron Steele^[34]	N	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	9–10
	55	Victor Corrêa^[35]	N	SLC R1	Mugen-Honda	All
ART Grand Prix	90	Esteban Gutiérrez^[36]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	13–14, 17–18
	91	Jules Bianchi^[36]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	13–14, 17–18
	92	Valtteri Bottas^[36]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	13–14, 17–18
	94	Adrien Tambay^[36]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	13–14, 17–18
Racing Experience	95	Nicolas Marroc^[37]	I	Dallara F307	Mercedes HWA	13–14
Manor Motorsport	96	Pedro Enrique^[38]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	17–18
Manor Motorsport	97	Roberto Merhi^[38]	I	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	17–18

Icon	Class
C	Championship
N	National
I	Invitation

Calendar

The calendar for 2009 saw the total number of races drop from 22 to 20. Three overseas events remain, with the 24 Hours of Spa-supporting event the only one to remain from 2008. However, the Monza 1000km-supporting races and the FIA GT-support event in Bucharest were dropped to be replaced by the series' first visit to Germany and to Hockenheim, and also a visit to the brand-new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.^[39] Thruxton and Croft have also been dropped to be replaced with a second meeting at Silverstone. Donington's meeting was originally scheduled for 26 April, however due to ongoing issues with the circuit's track licence, the meeting was rescheduled for 19 July.^[40]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Oulton Park	13 April	Max Chilton	Nick Tandy	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
2	Oulton Park	13 April	Walter Grubmüller	Walter Grubmüller	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
3	Silverstone Circuit	2 May	Max Chilton	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande	Hitech Racing
4	Silverstone Circuit	3 May	Max Chilton	Nick Tandy	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
5	Rockingham Motor Speedway	31 May	Daniel Ricciardo	Renger van der Zande	Nick Tandy	Joe Tandy Racing
6	Rockingham Motor Speedway	31 May	Marcus Ericsson	Nick Tandy	Marcus Ericsson	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
7	Hockenheimring	6 June	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande	Marcus Ericsson	Räikkönen Robertson Racing
8	Hockenheimring	7 June	Walter Grubmüller	Nick Tandy	Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	5 July	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande	Hitech Racing
10	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	5 July	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande	Riki Christodoulou	Fortec Motorsport
11	Donington Park	19 July	Renger van der Zande	Daniel Ricciardo	Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing
12	Donington Park	19 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Wayne Boyd	T-Sport
13	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 July	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo¹	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
14	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 July	Adriano Buzaid	Carlos Huertas¹	Adriano Buzaid	T-Sport
15	Silverstone Circuit	16 August	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
16	Silverstone Circuit	16 August	Daisuke Nakajima	Max Chilton	Renger van der Zande	Hitech Racing
17	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	13 September	Renger van der Zande	Renger van der Zande²	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
18	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	13 September	Max Chilton	Renger van der Zande¹	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
19	Brands Hatch, Kent	20 September	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport
20	Brands Hatch, Kent	20 September	Daniel Ricciardo	Max Chilton	Max Chilton	Carlin Motorsport

¹ Fastest lap recorded by Jules Bianchi, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
² Fastest lap recorded by Esteban Gutiérrez, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Standings

Championship Class

Pos	Driver	OUL		SIL		ROC		HOC		SNE		DON		SPA		SIL		ALG		BRH		Pts
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	1	5	1	Ret	5	4	8	2	2	3	5	1	2	1	3	3	5	1	4	275
2	Walter Grubmüller	3	2	7	7	Ret	6	3	1	4	3	1	3	Ret	3	2	4	12	20	5	5	188
3	Renger van der Zande			1	12	Ret	Ret	2	2	1	4	2	13	4	4	3	1	4	11			178
4	Max Chilton	17	4	2	3	5	10	5	16	6	7	6	7	8	6	4	7	6	3	2	1	171
5	Riki Christodoulou	5	6	4	2	6	DSQ	Ret	5	5	1	7	10	Ret	Ret	8	6	7	Ret	3	2	130
6	Adriano Buzaid	6	7	3	10	16	3	6	7	9	5	5	2	19	1	10	12	Ret	16	8	8	109
7	Daisuke Nakajima	4	5	6	4	3	4	Ret	11	10	13	8	9	Ret	8	9	2	Ret	12	Ret	6	95
8	Carlos Huertas	14	14	10	8	4	Ret	7	14	Ret	12	4	4	17	7	6	5	5	4	6	9	95
9	Henry Arundel	12	9	9	6	7	2	13	9	3	8	13	6	11	5	5	9	Ret	6	7	14	90
10	Nick Tandy	2	3	8	5	1	14	DSQ	6													68
11	Marcus Ericsson					2	1	1	4											4	3	65
12	Wayne Boyd	7	DNS	12	11	9	11	8	Ret	15	6	10	1	Ret	12	7	8	Ret	17	15	7	50
13	Hywel Lloyd	8	11	16	13	Ret	9	10	Ret	13	15	16	11	9	9	Ret	11	10	7	10	Ret	33
14	Víctor García	10	10	14	16	8	7	9	13	12	10	11	Ret	7	16	12	10	20	Ret	12	10	30
15	Jay Bridger	16	Ret			10	8	11	Ret	7	9	9	8	12	Ret	13	19	13	9	13	12	28
16	Robert Wickens							Ret	3													12
17	Philip Major									14	NC	15	Ret	10	14	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	13	10
18	Oliver Oakes	9	8	11	9																	7
19	Stéphane Richelmi	13	13	17	17	13	12	DNS	12	16	Ret			13	Ret	15	15	21	14			4
20	Kevin Chen													15	15	17	18	16	18			2
21	Dominic Storey											14	Ret									0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Jules Bianchi													2	Ret			1	1			0
	Esteban Gutiérrez													6	10			2	10			0
	Sam Bird																	Ret	2			0
	Valtteri Bottas													3	Ret			Ret	Ret			0
	Jake Rosenzweig													5	Ret							0
	Adrien Tambay																	8	8			0
	Pedro Enrique																	9	Ret			0
	Roberto Merhi																	Ret	Ret			0
Pos	Driver	OUL		SIL		ROC		HOC		SNE		DON		SPA		SIL		ALG		BRH		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

National Class

Pos	Driver	OUL		SIL		ROC		HOC		SNE		DON		SPA		SIL		ALG		BRH		Pts
1	Daniel McKenzie	11	12	15	15	11	13	Ret	10	8	14	12	12	14	13	14	16	14	15	9	15	351
2	Gabriel Dias	15	DNS	13	14	12	Ret	Ret	15	11	11	18	14	20	11	11	14	17	13	11	11	295
3	Victor Corrêa	Ret	16	18	18	15	Ret	12	17	17	17	17	Ret	18	Ret	16	17	18	21	Ret	17	184
4	Max Snegirev	18	15	19	Ret	14	15			19	18	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	20	22	19	22	Ret	Ret	108
5	Joe Ghanem																	15	Ret	14	16	39
6	Aaron Steele									18	16											22
7	Michele Faccin															18	20					20
8	Satrio Hermanto															19	21	Ret	DNS			16
9	Mathieu Maurage																	Ret	19			12
10	Qinghua Ma																			16	Ret	10
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Nicolas Marroc													16	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	OUL		SIL		ROC		HOC		SNE		DON		SPA		SIL		ALG		BRH		Pts

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External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

British Formula Three Championship

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See also List of British Formula Three champions

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