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. Jules Bianchi claimed the title for ART Grand Prix, winning his eighth race of the season at Dijon-Prenois.

Drivers and teams 2009 Entry List Team No Driver Rookie Chassis Engine Rounds ART Grand Prix 1 Jules Bianchi F308/026 Mercedes 1-6 F308/0487-10 2 Valtteri Bottas F308/009 All 23 Esteban Gutiérrez F308/070 All 24 Adrien Tambay F308/040 1–4, 7–10 Signature 3 Mika Mäki F308/073 Volkswagen 1–9 F308/033 10 4 Jean-Karl Vernay 1 F308/011 2–10 25 Tiago Geronimi F308/057 All Prema Powerteam 5 Basil Shaaban F308/031 Mercedes All 6 Stefano Coletti F309/014 1–6, 8 F308/047 9–10 27 Matteo Chinosi F308/047 1–4 34 Tom Dillmann F308/015 9 35 Tim Sandtler F308/047 7–8 42 Víctor García F308/015 10 Mücke Motorsport 7 Christian Vietoris F308/050 Mercedes 1–9 8 Sam Bird F308/042 1–9 14 Marco Wittmann F308/044 1–9 F308/050 10 26 Alexander Sims F308/005 All 37 Nico Monien F308/042 10 Manor Motorsport 9 César Ramos F308/046 Mercedes 1–8 10 Pedro Enrique F308/001 All 28 Roberto Merhi F308/036 All SG Formula 11 Henkie Waldschmidt F308/029 Mercedes All 12 Alexandre Marsoin F308/072 1–2 22 Carlo van Dam 8 30 Andrea Caldarelli F308/014 All Carlin Motorsport 15 Brendon Hartley F308/074 Volkswagen 1–7, 9 16 Jake Rosenzweig F308/055 All 43 Mirko Bortolotti F308/074 10 HBR Motorsport 17 Kevin Mirocha F308/021 Mercedes 1–4 18 Johnny Cecotto Jr. F308/052 1–6 34 Tom Dillmann F308/021 5–6, 10 Motopark Academy 19 Atte Mustonen F308/098 Mercedes 1–4, 6–7 20 Christopher Zanella F308/099 All 33 Renger van der Zande F308/098 5, 8–10 Kolles & Heinz Union 21 Robert Wickens F309/001 Volkswagen 1 F309/003 9 22 Carlo van Dam 1–2 31 Johan Jokinen F309/001 2–10 32 Nick Tandy F309/003 3–8 36 Edoardo Mortara 10 Icon Legend 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: 12345678PPRace 11086543211Race 265432100

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 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 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 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 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 PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap – 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.

Team Standings