2009 British Formula 3 International Series

April 2014 April 2014 2009 British Formula 3 International Series 2008 2010 thumb|right|2009 champion, Daniel Ricciardo The 2009 British Formula 3 International Series (for sponsorship reasons, the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series) was the 59th British Formula 3 International Series 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 countries.http://www.fota.co.uk/calendar.php Calendar fota.co.uk British Formula 3 Championship 3 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090120213910/http://fota.co.uk/calendar.php 20 January 2009 dead 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. The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. If a Class B driver or a guest driver finished among the top finishers, he would not score points for the main championship, and the points would be awarded to the next driver in the standings. Three events (six rounds) were held outside the United Kingdom: Hockenheim, Spa-Francorchamps and Algarve. Drivers and teams Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 1 GBR Max Chilton All 2 GBR Henry Arundel All 21 AUS Daniel Ricciardo All 22 GBR Oliver Oakes 1–2 CAN Robert Wickens 4 CAN Philip Major 5-10 GBR T-Sport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 3 BRA Adriano Buzaid All 4 GBR Wayne Boyd All GBR Fortec Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 5 ESP Víctor García All 51 GBR Riki Christodoulou All FRA Barazi-Epsilon Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 7 MCO Stéphane Richelmi 1–5, 7-9 GBR Bridger Motorsport Mygale M-09F3 Mugen-Honda 10 GBR Jay Bridger 3-10 GBR Team West-Tec 11 1 GBR Hitech Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 13 AUT Walter Grubmüller All 14 NLD Renger van der Zande 2-9 GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 16 SWE Marcus Ericsson 3-4 NZL Dominic Storey 6 TWN Kevin Chen 7-9 26 COL Carlos Huertas All 27 JPN Daisuke Nakajima All GBR C F Racing Dallara F309 Mugen-Honda 25 GBR Hywel Lloyd All GBR Joe Tandy Racing Mygale M-09F3 Mercedes HWA 28 GBR Nick Tandy 1–4 National Class GBR T-Sport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 43 BRA Gabriel Dias All GBR Team West-Tec Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 44 RUS Max Snegirev 1–3, 5-10 46 FRA Mathieu Maurage 9 64 CHN Qinghua Ma 10 66 ITA Michele Faccin 8 GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 49 LBN Joe Ghanem 9-10 GBR Litespeed F3 SLC R1 Mugen-Honda 53 IDN Satrio Hermanto 8-9 54 GBR Aaron Steele 5 55 BRA Victor Corrêa All GBR Fortec Motorsport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 56 GBR Daniel McKenzie All Invitation Entries GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 23 USA Jake Rosenzweig 7 GBR Fortec Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 76 GBR Sam Bird 9 GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 88 SWE Marcus Ericsson 10 FRA ART Grand Prix Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 90 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez 7, 9 91 FRA Jules Bianchi 7, 9 92 FIN Valtteri Bottas 7, 9 94 FRA Adrien Tambay 7, 9 LUX Racing Experience Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA 95 FRA Nicolas Marroc 7 GBR Manor Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 96 BRA Pedro Enrique 9 97 ESP Roberto Merhi 9 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.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74140 British F3 drops Bucharest for Algarve Matt Beer autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2 April 2009 2 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090405173711/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74140 5 April 2009 live 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.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74474 Donington British F3 race postponed Ben Anderson autosport.com Haymarket Publications 14 April 2009 14 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090417105336/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74474 17 April 2009 live dmy Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team National Class Winner 1 GBR Oulton Park 13 April GBR Max Chilton GBR Nick Tandy AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Daniel McKenzie 2 AUT Walter Grubmüller AUT Walter Grubmüller AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Daniel McKenzie 3 GBR Silverstone Circuit 2 May GBR Max Chilton NLD Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande GBR Hitech Racing BRA Gabriel Dias 4 3 May GBR Max Chilton GBR Nick Tandy AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport BRA Gabriel Dias 5 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 31 May AUS Daniel Ricciardo NLD Renger van der Zande GBR Nick Tandy GBR Joe Tandy Racing GBR Daniel McKenzie 6 SWE Marcus Ericsson GBR Nick Tandy SWE Marcus Ericsson GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing GBR Daniel McKenzie 7 DEU Hockenheimring 6 June GBR Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande SWE Marcus Ericsson GBR Räikkönen Robertson Racing BRA Victor Corrêa 8 7 June AUT Walter Grubmüller GBR Nick Tandy AUT Walter Grubmüller GBR Hitech Racing GBR Daniel McKenzie 9 GBR Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 5 July NLD Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande GBR Hitech Racing GBR Daniel McKenzie 10 NLD Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande GBR Riki Christodoulou GBR Fortec Motorsport BRA Gabriel Dias 11 GBR Donington Park 19 July NLD Renger van der Zande AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUT Walter Grubmüller GBR Hitech Racing GBR Daniel McKenzie 12 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Wayne Boyd GBR T-Sport GBR Daniel McKenzie 13 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 July AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo1 AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Daniel McKenzie 14 25 July BRA Adriano Buzaid COL Carlos Huertas1 BRA Adriano Buzaid GBR T-Sport BRA Gabriel Dias 15 GBR Silverstone Circuit 16 August AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport BRA Gabriel Dias 16 JPN Daisuke Nakajima GBR Max Chilton NLD Renger van der Zande GBR Hitech Racing BRA Gabriel Dias 17 PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 13 September NLD Renger van der Zande NLD Renger van der Zande2 FRA Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix GBR Daniel McKenzie 18 GBR Max Chilton NLD Renger van der Zande1 FRA Jules Bianchi FRA ART Grand Prix BRA Gabriel Dias 19 GBR Brands Hatch, Kent 20 September AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Daniel McKenzie 20 AUS Daniel Ricciardo GBR Max Chilton GBR Max Chilton GBR Carlin Motorsport BRA Gabriel Dias 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 Pos Driver OULGBR SILGBR ROCGBR HOCDEU SNEGBR DONGBR SPABEL SILGBR ALGPRT BRHGBR Pts 1 AUS Daniel Ricciardo 1 1 5 1 Ret 5 4 8 2 2 3 5 1 2 1 3 3 5 1 4 275 2 AUT Walter Grubmüller 3 2 7 7 Ret 6 3 1 4 3 1 3 Ret 3 2 4 12 20 5 5 188 3 NLD Renger van der Zande 1 12 Ret Ret 2 2 1 4 2 13 4 4 3 1 4 11 178 4 GBR Max Chilton 17 4 2 3 5 10 5 16 6 7 6 7 8 6 4 7 6 3 2 1 171 5 GBR Riki Christodoulou 5 6 4 2 6 DSQ Ret 5 5 1 7 10 Ret Ret 8 6 7 Ret 3 2 130 6 BRA Adriano Buzaid 6 7 3 10 16 3 6 7 9 5 5 2 19 1 10 12 Ret 16 8 8 109 7 JPN Daisuke Nakajima 4 5 6 4 3 4 Ret 11 10 13 8 9 Ret 8 9 2 Ret 12 Ret 6 95 8 COL Carlos Huertas 14 14 10 8 4 Ret 7 14 Ret 12 4 4 17 7 6 5 5 4 6 9 95 9 GBR Henry Arundel 12 9 9 6 7 2 13 9 3 8 13 6 11 5 5 9 Ret 6 7 14 90 10 GBR Nick Tandy 2 3 8 5 1 14 DSQ 6 68 11 SWE Marcus Ericsson 2 1 1 4 4 3 65 12 GBR Wayne Boyd 7 DNS 12 11 9 11 8 Ret 15 6 10 1 Ret 12 7 8 Ret 17 15 7 50 13 GBR Hywel Lloyd 8 11 16 13 Ret 9 10 Ret 13 15 16 11 9 9 Ret 11 10 7 10 Ret 33 14 ESP Víctor García 10 10 14 16 8 7 9 13 12 10 11 Ret 7 16 12 10 20 Ret 12 10 30 15 GBR Jay Bridger 16 Ret 10 8 11 Ret 7 9 9 8 12 Ret 13 19 13 9 13 12 28 16 CAN Robert Wickens Ret 3 12 17 CAN Philip Major 14 NC 15 Ret 10 14 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 13 10 18 GBR Oliver Oakes 9 8 11 9 7 19 MCO Stéphane Richelmi 13 13 17 17 13 12 DNS 12 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 15 21 14 4 20 TWN Kevin Chen 15 15 17 18 16 18 2 21 NZL Dominic Storey 14 Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points FRA Jules Bianchi 2 Ret 1 1 0 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez 6 10 2 10 0 GBR Sam Bird Ret 2 0 FIN Valtteri Bottas 3 Ret Ret Ret 0 USA Jake Rosenzweig 5 Ret 0 FRA Adrien Tambay 8 8 0 BRA Pedro Enrique 9 Ret 0 ESP Roberto Merhi Ret Ret 0 National Class 1 GBR Daniel McKenzie 11 12 15 15 11 13 Ret 10 8 14 12 12 14 13 14 16 14 15 9 15 351 2 BRA Gabriel Dias 15 DNS 13 14 12 Ret Ret 15 11 11 18 14 20 11 11 14 17 13 11 11 295 3 BRA Victor Corrêa Ret 16 18 18 15 Ret 12 17 17 17 17 Ret 18 Ret 16 17 18 21 Ret 17 184 4 RUS Max Snegirev 18 15 19 Ret 14 15 19 18 Ret Ret DNS DNS 20 22 19 22 Ret Ret 108 5 LBN Joe Ghanem 15 Ret 14 16 39 6 GBR Aaron Steele 18 16 22 7 ITA Michele Faccin 18 20 20 8 IDN Satrio Hermanto 19 21 Ret DNS 16 9 FRA Mathieu Maurage Ret 19 12 10 CHN Qinghua Ma 16 Ret 10 guest drivers ineligible for championship points FRA Nicolas Marroc 16 Ret 0 Pos Driver OULGBR SILGBR ROCGBR HOCDEU SNEGBR DONGBR SPABEL SILGBR ALGPRT BRHGBR Pts See also 2009 Masters of Formula 3 2009 Macau Grand Prix References 2 External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season British British Formula 3 Championship