2009 in motorsport
# 2009 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2009 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

## Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

| Date | Event |
| - | - |
| 3–18 January | 31st Dakar Rally |
| 24–25 January | 47th 24 Hours of Daytona |
| 15 February | 51st Daytona 500 |
| 23–24 May | 37th 24 Hours of Nurburgring |
| 24 May | 67th Monaco Grand Prix |
| 24 May | 93rd Indianapolis 500 |
| 30 May-13 June | 91st Isle of Man TT |
| 13–14 June | 77th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 14 June | 19th Masters of Formula 3 |
| 25–26 July | 61st 24 Hours of Spa |
| 26 July | 32nd Suzuka 8 Hours |
| 11 October | 52nd Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |
| 22 November | 56th Macau Grand Prix |
| 3–4 December | 22nd Race of Champions |

## Disestablished championships/events

| Last race | Championship | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| 8 November | Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup | |

## Deaths

| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | July | Tony Maggs | 72 | South African | Racing driver | The first South African Formula One driver. |
| 13 | July | Harry Källström | 70 | Swedish | Rally driver | 1976 Acropolis Rally winner. |
| 18 | July | Ricardo Londoño | 59 | Colombian | Racing driver | The first Colombian Formula One driver. |
| 30 | September | Pentti Airikkala | 64 | Finnish | Rally driver | 1989 Lombard RAC Rally winner. |
