2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
# 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the nineteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Catalunya on April 18 and finished at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on October 25, after fourteen rounds. This season was the last for the current specification Tatuus chassis introduced in 2000, as a new chassis will be introduced for the 2010 season. Albert Costa won the title holding off the challenges of Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa, who finished tied on points, with Vergne finishing second on a tie-breaker.

## Teams and drivers

* This season saw a cap on entries, with the lineup being capped at 38 entries, depending on the circuit. Guest entries are listed in italics.

| Team | No. | Driver name | Class | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| SG Formula | 1 | Jean-Éric Vergne | | All |
| SG Formula | 2 | Miki Monrás | J | All |
| SG Formula | 3 | Hugo Valente | J | All |
| SG Formula | 4 | Arthur Pic | J | All |
| SG Formula | 5 | Dominic Storey | | 1-2 |
| SG Formula | 5 | Ramez Azzam | J | 3-7 |
| Motopark Academy | 6 | António Félix da Costa | J | All |
| Motopark Academy | 7 | Marco Sørensen | | All |
| Motopark Academy | 8 | Juan Jacobo | J | 1-2 |
| Motopark Academy | 8 | Kuba Giermaziak | | 3, 5-7 |
| Motopark Academy | 8 | Matias Laine | | 4 |
| Motopark Academy | 57 | Matias Laine | | 5 |
| Motopark Academy | 9 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | | All |
| Motopark Academy | 10 | Kevin Magnussen | J | All |
| Motopark Academy | 56 | Luís Felipe Derani | | 2, 4, 6 |
| Motopark Academy | 59 | Jimmy Eriksson | J | 6 |
| Motopark Academy | 60 | Bart Hylkema | J | 6 |
| Motopark Academy | 65 | Patrick Kronenberger | | 7 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 11 | Nathanaël Berthon | | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 12 | Carlos Muñoz | J | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | Albert Costa | | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 15 | Federico Scionti | J | 7 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 16 | Miguel Otegui | J | 3-7 |
| BVM Minardi | 21 | Andrea Roda | | 3, 6–7 |
| BVM Minardi | 22 | Dean Smith | | 7 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 24 | Kevin Kleveros | J | 1–6 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 25 | Oliver Webb | | 1, 5 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 25 | Fredrik Blomstedt | | 2 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 26 | James Calado | | 1–2, 5 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 27 | Will Stevens | | 2, 5 |
| Epsilon Sport | 28 | Luciano Bacheta | | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Epsilon Sport | 54 | Arno Santamato | J | 1–3 |
| MP Motorsport | 29 | Adam Christodoulou | | 2 |
| MP Motorsport | 29 | Karl-Oscar Liiv | | 4–7 |
| MP Motorsport | 30 | Nigel Melker | | 1–5 |
| MP Motorsport | 31 | Daniël de Jong | J | All |
| Krenek Motorsport | 32 | Adam Kout | | All |
| Krenek Motorsport | 33 | Jakub Knoll | | All |
| iQuick Valencia | 34 | Johan Jokinen | | 1-2 |
| iQuick Valencia | 34 | Marco Betti | | 3, 5 |
| iQuick Valencia | 34 | Federico Scionti | J | 4 |
| iQuick Valencia | 34 | Jordi Cunill | J | 7 |
| iQuick Valencia | 35 | Patrick Kronenberger | | 1–5 |
| iQuick Valencia | 35 | Tristan Vautier | | 7 |
| One Racing | 36 | Daniel Mancinelli | | 1–3, 5 |
| One Racing | 37 | Federico Scionti | | 1–3, 5 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 50 | Genís Olivé | J | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 51 | Nico Müller | J | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 53 | Fabien Thuner | | 1–6 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 53 | Maxim Zimin | J | 7 |
| Pole Services | 55 | Benjamin Lariche | | 1, 6–7 |
| Pole Services | 58 | Arno Santamato | J | 5 |
| SL Formula Racing | 61 | Julian Eisenreich | J | 6 |
| Icon | Class |
| J | Junior Class |

## Race calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 18 April | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Nathanaël Berthon | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 19 April | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 May | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 May | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 3 | R1 | Hungaroring | 13 June | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | SG Formula |
| 3 | R2 | Hungaroring | 14 June | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Kevin Magnussen | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Motopark Academy |
| 4 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 4 July | Jean-Éric Vergne | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | Motopark Academy |
| 4 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 5 July | Jean-Éric Vergne | Albert Costa | Jean-Éric Vergne | SG Formula |
| 5 | R1 | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 18 July | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | SG Formula |
| 5 | R2 | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 19 July | Jean-Éric Vergne | António Félix da Costa | Jean-Éric Vergne | SG Formula |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | 19 September | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburgring | 20 September | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Albert Costa | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 7 | R1 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 24 October | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | Motopark Academy |
| 7 | R2 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 25 October | António Félix da Costa | Federico Scionti | António Félix da Costa | Motopark Academy |

## Championship standings

### Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP* |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

* – only awarded to race one polesitters

| Pos | Driver | CAT | CAT | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | LMS | LMS | NÜR | NÜR | ALC | ALC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albert Costa | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 138 |
| 2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Ret | 23† | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 128 |
| 3 | António Félix da Costa J | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | DSQ | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 128 |
| 4 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | 8 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 83 |
| 5 | Miquel Monrás J | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 12 | 9 | 76 |
| 6 | Nathanaël Berthon | 1 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24† | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 7 | 67 |
| 7 | Kevin Magnussen J | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | DSQ | DSQ | 4 | 5 | 50 |
| 8 | Carlos Muñoz J | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 9 | Kuba Giermaziak | | | | | Ret | 4 | | | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 32 |
| 10 | Arthur Pic J | 20 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 11 | Nico Müller J | 2 | 22† | 17 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 5 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | Ramez Azzam J | | | | | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 16 |
| 13 | Adam Kout | 12 | 8 | 19 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 2 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 |
| 14 | Patrick Kronenberger | 10 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 10 | Ret | | | 15 | Ret | 15 |
| 15 | Marco Sørensen | 14 | Ret | 9 | 15 | DSQ | DSQ | 10 | Ret | 20 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | Luciano Bacheta | 6 | Ret | 15 | 12 | | | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 11 |
| 17 | James Calado | 25† | 5 | 11 | 7 | | | | | 18 | 11 | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Miguel Otegui J | | | | | 9 | 23† | 12 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 16 | 5 | Ret | 24† | 10 |
| 19 | Daniel Mancinelli | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | Ret | Ret | | | 15 | NC | | | | | 9 |
| 20 | Johan Jokinen | 4 | Ret | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 21 | Federico Scionti J | 19 | 18 | 31 | Ret | 19 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 25 | Ret | | | 5 | 11 | 7 |
| 22 | Matias Laine | | | | | | | Ret | 5 | 26 | 20 | | | | | 6 |
| 23 | Nigel Melker | 15 | 16 | 6 | Ret | 22† | 18 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 5 |
| 24 | Hugo Valente J | Ret | 10 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 5 |
| 25 | Daniël de Jong J | 11 | 21 | 18 | 19 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | 3 |
| 26 | Dominic Storey | 23 | 9 | 22 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 27 | Luís Felipe Derani | | | 20 | Ret | | | 18 | 17 | | | 9 | Ret | | | 2 |
| 28 | Genís Olivé J | 18 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 22† | 22 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 2 |
| 29 | Oliver Webb | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Kevin Kleveros J | 17 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 21 | Ret | 27 | Ret | 14 | 13 | | | 0 |
| 31 | Arno Santamato J | Ret | 13 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 17 | | | 24 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Fabien Thuner | 22 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | | | 0 |
| 33 | Karl-Oscar Liiv | | | | | | | 19 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 21 | Ret | 16 | 0 |
| 34 | Will Stevens | | | 24 | 22 | | | | | 16 | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Benjamin Lariche | 21 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 18 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| 36 | Juan Jacobo J | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Marco Betti | | | | | 18 | 16 | | | Ret | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Adam Christodoulou | | | 25 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Jakub Knoll | 24 | 20 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 29 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 0 |
| 40 | Andrea Roda | | | | | 23 | 20 | | | | | 21 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| 41 | Fredrik Blomstedt | | | 27 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||||||
| | Dean Smith | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| | Jimmy Eriksson J | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 14 | | | 0 |
| | Bart Hylkema J | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 22 | | | 0 |
| | Tristan Vautier | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 13 | 0 |
| | Jordi Cunill J | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 18 | 0 |
| | Julian Eisenreich J | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 16 | | | 0 |
| | Maxim Zimin J | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 21 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | CAT | CAT | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | LMS | LMS | NÜR | NÜR | ALC | ALC | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

### Teams

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Epsilon Euskadi | 192 |
| 2 | SG Formula | 192 |
| 3 | Motopark Academy | 184 |
| 4 | Jenzer Motorsport | 27 |
| 5 | iQuick Valencia | 23 |
| 6 | Krenek Motorsport | 15 |
| 7 | Epsilon Sport | 11 |
| 8 | Fortec Motorsport | 10 |
| 9 | One Racing | 9 |
| 10 | MP Motorsport | 8 |
| | BVM Minardi | 0 |
| | Pole Services | 0 |
| | SL Formula Racing | 0 |
