2009 Formula 3 Euro Series

The 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the seventh championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series. The series consisted of ten double-header meetings beginning at Hockenheim on 16 May and ending at the same venue on 25 October.^[1] Jules Bianchi claimed the title for ART Grand Prix, winning his eighth race of the season at Dijon-Prenois.

2009 Formula 3 Euro Series

Drivers' Champion:
Jules Bianchi
Teams' Champion:
ART Grand Prix
Nations Cup Champion:
France
Rookie Cup Champion:
Valtteri Bottas

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2008

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2010

Jules Bianchi was series champion, scoring a total of nine victories during the season.

Tiago Geronimi at the Hockenheimring.

Drivers and teams

2009 Entry List[2] Team No Driver Rookie Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds ART Grand Prix 1 Jules Bianchi[3] F308/026 Mercedes 1-6 F308/048 7-10 2 Valtteri Bottas[3] R F308/009 All 23 Esteban Gutiérrez[3] R F308/070 All 24 Adrien Tambay[3] R F308/040 1–4, 7–10 Signature 3 Mika Mäki[4] F308/073 Volkswagen[5] 1–9 F308/033 10 4 Jean-Karl Vernay[6] 1 F308/011 2–10 25 Tiago Geronimi[6] R F308/057 All Prema Powerteam 5 Basil Shaaban[7] F308/031 Mercedes All 6 Stefano Coletti[8] F309/014 1–6, 8 F308/047 9–10 27 Matteo Chinosi[9] F308/047 1–4 34 Tom Dillmann[10] F308/015 9 35 Tim Sandtler[11] F308/047 7–8 42 Víctor García[12] F308/015 10 Mücke Motorsport 7 Christian Vietoris[13] F308/050 Mercedes 1–9 8 Sam Bird[14] F308/042 1–9 14 Marco Wittmann[15] R F308/044 1–9 F308/050 10 26 Alexander Sims[16] R F308/005 All 37 Nico Monien[12] F308/042 10 Manor Motorsport 9 César Ramos[17] R F308/046 Mercedes 1–8 10 Pedro Enrique[18] F308/001 All 28 Roberto Merhi[19] F308/036 All SG Formula 11 Henkie Waldschmidt[20] F308/029 Mercedes All 12 Alexandre Marsoin[21] F308/072 1–2 22 Carlo van Dam[22] 8 30 Andrea Caldarelli[20] R F308/014 All Carlin Motorsport 15 Brendon Hartley[23] F308/074 Volkswagen[24] 1–7, 9 16 Jake Rosenzweig[25] R F308/055 All 43 Mirko Bortolotti[26] F308/074 10 HBR Motorsport 17 Kevin Mirocha[27] F308/021 Mercedes 1–4 18 Johnny Cecotto Jr.[27] F308/052 1–6 34 Tom Dillmann[28] F308/021 5–6, 10 Motopark Academy 19 Atte Mustonen[29] F308/098 Mercedes 1–4, 6–7 20 Christopher Zanella[30] R F308/099 All 33 Renger van der Zande[31] F308/098 5, 8–10 Kolles & Heinz Union 21 Robert Wickens[32] F309/001 Volkswagen[33] 1 F309/003 9 22 Carlo van Dam[33] 1–2 31 Johan Jokinen[34] R F309/001 2–10 32 Nick Tandy[35] F309/003 3–8 36 Edoardo Mortara[12] 10

Icon Legend R Rookie Cup

Driver changes

Changed Teams

• Sam Bird: Manor Motorsport → Mücke Motorsport
• Tom Dillmann: SG Formula → HBR Motorsport
• Mika Mäki: Mücke Motorsport → Signature-Plus
• Edoardo Mortara: Signature-Plus → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Basil Shaaban: HBR Motorsport → Prema Powerteam
• Robert Wickens: Signature-Plus → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Renger van der Zande: Prema Powerteam → (Motopark Academy)

Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

• Mirko Bortolotti: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Carlin Motorsport
• Valtteri Bottas: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Motopark Academy) → ART Grand Prix
• Andrea Caldarelli: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → SG Formula
• Johnny Cecotto Jr.: German Formula Three Championship (HS Technik Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport
• Matteo Chinosi: German Formula Three Championship (Ombra Racing) → Prema Powerteam
• Carlo van Dam: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Petronas Team Tom's) → Manor Motorsport
• Pedro Enrique: Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesário Fórmula) → Manor Motorsport
• Víctor García Spanish Formula Three Championship (Escuderia TEC-Auto & RP Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
• Tiago Geronimi: Formula BMW Europe (Eifelland Racing) → Signature-Plus
• Esteban Gutiérrez: Formula BMW Europe (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → ART Grand Prix
• Johan Jokinen: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Alexandre Marsoin: Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Epsilon Euskadi) → SG Formula
• Roberto Merhi: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Epsilon Euskadi) → Manor Motorsport
• Kevin Mirocha: German Formula Three Championship (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → HBR Motorsport
• Nico Monien: ADAC Formel Masters (URD Rennsport) → Mücke Motorsport
• Atte Mustonen: British Formula 3 Championship (Räikkönen Robertson Racing) → Motopark Academy
• César Ramos: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (BVM Minardi Team) → Manor Motorsport
• Jake Rosenzweig: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Epsilon Euskadi) → Carlin Motorsport
• Tim Sandtler: International Formula Master (Team ISR) → Prema Powerteam
• Alexander Sims: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Competition) → Mücke Motorsport
• Adrien Tambay: Formula BMW Europe (Eifelland Racing) → ART Grand Prix
• Nick Tandy: British Formula 3 Championship (JTR with Marshall Westland) → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Marco Wittmann: Formula BMW Europe (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → Mücke Motorsport
• Christopher Zanella: Swiss Formula Renault Championship (Jenzer Motorsport) → Motopark Academy

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

• Niall Breen: Manor Motorsport → Sabbatical
• Daniel Campos-Hull: HBR Motorsport → Italian Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam)
• Yann Clairay: SG Formula → Le Mans Series (Luc Alphand Aventures)
• Cong Fu Cheng: RC Motorsport → A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team China)
• Dani Clos: Prema Powerteam → GP2 Series (Fat Burner Racing Engineering)
• Peter Elkmann: RC Motorsport → German Formula Three Championship (Performance Racing)
• Rodolfo González: Carlin Motorsport → Euroseries 3000 (Fisichella Motor Sport)
• Maximilian Götz: RC Motorsport → Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo – Pro (Lamborghini München Team Holzer)
• Nico Hülkenberg: ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• James Jakes: ART Grand Prix → GP2 Asia Series (Super Nova Racing)
• Erik Janiš: Mücke Motorsport → International Formula Master (ISR Racing)
• Charlie Kimball: Prema Powerteam → Firestone Indy Lights (Team PBIR)
• Michael Klein: Jo Zeller Racing → Retirement
• Jens Klingmann: RC Motorsport → FIA GT3 European Championship (Alpina)
• Jon Lancaster: ART Grand Prix → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Comtec Racing)
• Franck Mailleux: Signature-Plus → Le Mans Series (Signature-Plus)
• Oliver Oakes: Carlin Motorsport → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport)
• Kazuya Oshima: Manor Motorsport → Formula Nippon (Petronas Team TOM'S) & Super GT (Lexus Team Kraft)
• Nelson Panciatici: RC Motorsport → GP2 Series (Durango)
• Richard Philippe: Carlin Motorsport → Firestone Indy Lights (Genoa Racing)
• Martin Plowman: RC Motorsport → Firestone Indy Lights (Panther Racing)
• Daniel Ricciardo: SG Formula → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport)
• Koudai Tsukakoshi: Manor Motorsport → Formula Nippon (HFDP Racing) & Super GT (Keihin Real Racing)
• Frédéric Vervisch: RC Motorsport → Atlantic Championship (Genoa Racing)

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	16 May	Sam Bird	Alexander Sims	Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam
	R2		17 May		Mika Mäki	Jean-Karl Vernay	Signature
2	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	30 May	Valtteri Bottas	Stefano Coletti	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		31 May		Henkie Waldschmidt	Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport
3	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	27 June	Alexander Sims	Valtteri Bottas	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		28 June		Jean-Karl Vernay	Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	18 July	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		19 July		Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	1 August	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		2 August		Stefano Coletti	Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport
6	R1	Nürburgring	15 August	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		16 August		Alexander Sims	Alexander Sims	Mücke Motorsport
7	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	5 September	Valtteri Bottas	Christian Vietoris	Mika Mäki	Signature
	R2		6 September		Sam Bird	Brendon Hartley	Carlin Motorsport
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	19 September	Jules Bianchi	Andrea Caldarelli	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		20 September		Jules Bianchi	Renger van der Zande	Motopark Academy
9	R1	Dijon-Prenois	10 October	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		11 October		Sam Bird	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
10	R1	Hockenheimring	24 October	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix
	R2		25 October		Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Signature

Season standings

Drivers Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP
Race 1	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Race 2	6	5	4	3	2	1	0		0

Pos Driver HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points 1 Jules Bianchi 5 3 1 14 1 3 1 1 1 6 1 5 Ret Ret 1 5 2 1 1 7 114 2 Christian Vietoris 7 2 8 1 6 1 3 4 4 1 8 2 3 4 6 4 1 6 75 3 Valtteri Bottas Ret 16 2 13 12 Ret 2 6 2 8 2 4 2 15 4 6 16 Ret 2 5 62 4 Alexander Sims 17 8 Ret 22 2 16 13 9 5 4 7 1 4 2 2 2 8 4 6 14† 54 5 Jean-Karl Vernay 6 1 3 12 7 2 4 5 6 7 6 15 13 8 Ret 14 18 Ret 3 1 47 6 Mika Mäki 4 4 12 6 Ret 15 Ret 19 8 3 5 3 1 6 10 13 3 Ret 5 Ret 43 7 Roberto Merhi 2 10 6 2 5 8 18 11 3 5 17 Ret 9 11 9 Ret 5 2 4 13† 42 8 Sam Bird 3 6 5 3 8 Ret 8 2 12 20 4 8 6 3 Ret Ret 6 5 40 9 Esteban Gutiérrez 16 Ret 24 11 4 12 5 7 9 9 3 6 7 5 Ret 9 12 3 11 6 26 10 Stefano Coletti 1 5 15 23 DSQ1 EX Ret 12 7 2 9 10 Ret 15 21† Ret 10 9 19 11 Brendon Hartley 19 Ret 4 4 Ret 11 10 8 21 21 22 17 8 1 Ret 11 15 12 Henkie Waldschmidt 22† 9 7 5 9 6 6 17 11 10 10 7 15 13 5 7 13 Ret 8 8 13 13 Christopher Zanella 14 Ret 14 8 Ret Ret 21† 16 13 Ret 14 Ret 5 7 14 12 7 12 19 2 11 14 Andrea Caldarelli 15 Ret 23 20 21 Ret NC 21 20 23 24 19 18 14 3 10 4 Ret 13 Ret 11 15 Renger van der Zande DSQ 13 8 1 Ret 13 Ret 16† 7 16 Marco Wittmann 12 Ret 22 9 10 17 12 10 10 17 12 9 14 10 18 17 11 Ret 7 4 6 17 Basil Shaaban 23† 13 20 21 11 19† 16 18 15 12 20 Ret 20 Ret 7 3 10 Ret 12 Ret 6 18 Jake Rosenzweig Ret Ret 21 15 15 18† 7 3 16 11 15 12 10 16 NC 19 Ret Ret Ret 15† 6 19 Atte Mustonen 8 7 Ret 10 13 4 9 Ret 11 20 Ret Ret 4 20 Tiago Geronimi 10 17† 9 24 Ret 5 Ret 22† 14 14 13 18 Ret DNS 11 8 9 8 Ret 17† 2 21 Adrien Tambay 13 Ret 11 7 19 7 11 Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 20† 10 14 10 0 22 Robert Wickens 11 11 14 7 0 23 Matteo Chinosi 9 12 10 17 Ret 9 20† 23† 0 24 Johan Jokinen DNS 18 Ret 14 19 Ret 19 Ret 19 16 19 18 13 Ret 17 9 18 11 0 25 César Ramos 24 Ret 17 Ret 16 10 17 13 23 15 DSQ 13 11 Ret Ret 16 0 26 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 21 Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 15 20 17 19 16 11 0 27 Pedro Enrique 20 14 18 16 14 20† 14 14 22 19 DSQ Ret 17 17 15 20 15 14 Ret 12 0 28 Nick Tandy 20 Ret Ret 15 18 17 18 Ret Ret 12 Ret DNS 0 29 Kevin Mirocha Ret 15† 13 25 18 13 DNS DNS 0 30 Tom Dillmann 24 22 21 14 19 Ret 15 Ret 0 31 Carlo van Dam 18 Ret 19 19 16 18 0 32 Alexandre Marsoin 25† Ret Ret Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Mirko Bortolotti 17 3 0 Tim Sandtler 16 9 12 11 0 Víctor García 9 Ret 0 Nico Monien 16 Ret 0 Edoardo Mortara Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap R – Rookie Cup

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

• Pole-winners in bold; race 1 pole-winners earn one point, except at Brands Hatch.
• Drivers achieving fastest lap in italics. No points awarded.
• ¹ – Stefano Coletti was disqualified from the first race at the Norisring, due to a post-race altercation with Jules Bianchi. Coletti was excluded from the meeting, and no driver was awarded third place points.^[36]

Team Standings

Pos Team HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points 1 ART Grand Prix 5 3 1 7 1 3 1 1 1 6 1 4 2 5 1 5 2 1 1 5 183 13 16 2 11 4 7 2 6 2 8 2 5 7 15 4 6 12 3 2 6 2 Mücke Motorsport 3 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 4 6 4 163 7 6 8 3 6 16 8 4 5 4 7 2 4 3 6 4 6 5 7 14 3 Signature 4 1 3 6 7 2 4 5 6 3 5 3 1 6 10 8 3 8 3 1 92 6 4 9 12 Ret 5 Ret 19 8 7 6 15 13 8 11 13 9 Ret 5 17 4 Manor Motorsport 2 10 6 2 5 8 14 11 3 5 12 13 9 11 9 16 5 2 4 12 42 20 14 17 16 14 10 17 13 23 15 18 Ret 11 17 15 20 15 14 Ret 13 5 Prema Powerteam 1 5 10 17 11 9 16 12 7 2 9 10 16 9 7 3 10 Ret 9 9 25 9 12 15 21 Ret 19 20 18 15 12 21 Ret 20 Ret 12 11 19 Ret 10 Ret 6 SG Formula 15 9 7 5 9 6 6 17 11 10 10 7 15 13 3 7 4 Ret 8 8 24 22 Ret 23 20 21 Ret Ret 21 21 23 25 19 18 14 5 10 13 Ret 13 Ret 7 Motopark Academy 8 7 14 8 13 4 9 16 13 13 11 20 5 7 8 1 7 12 19 2 22 14 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 21 Ret 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 Ret 13 Ret 16 8 Carlin Motorsport 19 Ret 4 4 15 11 7 3 16 11 16 12 8 1 Ret 19 Ret 11 17 3 21 Ret Ret 21 15 Ret 18 10 8 22 16 23 17 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 15 9 Kolles & Heinz Union 11 11 19 18 20 14 19 15 19 17 19 16 19 12 13 Ret 14 7 18 11 0 18 Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 20 Ret Ret 19 Ret DNS 17 9 Ret Ret 10 HBR Motorsport 21 15 13 25 17 13 15 20 18 19 17 11 15 Ret 0 Ret Ret 16 Ret 18 Ret DNS DNS 25 22 22 14 Pos Team HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1	France	155
2	Finland	108
3	Great Britain	92
4	Germany	81
5	Spain	42
6	Mexico	26
7	Netherlands	20
8	Monaco	19
9	New Zealand	15
10	Switzerland	11
11	Italy	11
12	Lebanon	6
13	United States	6
14	Brazil	2

See also

• 2009 Masters of Formula 3
• 2009 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three

Notes

1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.