2009 European Rally Championship

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 Donchev
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 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). 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)

Key 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) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References

External links

• Official website