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. 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 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 1 Max Chilton All 2 Henry Arundel All 21 Daniel Ricciardo All 22 Oliver Oakes 1–2 Robert Wickens 4 Philip Major 5-10 T-Sport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 3 Adriano Buzaid All 4 Wayne Boyd All Fortec Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 5 Víctor García All 51 Riki Christodoulou All Barazi-Epsilon Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 7 Stéphane Richelmi 1–5, 7-9 Bridger Motorsport Mygale M-09F3 Mugen-Honda 10 Jay Bridger 3-10 Team West-Tec 11 1 Hitech Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 13 Walter Grubmüller All 14 Renger van der Zande 2-9 Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 16 Marcus Ericsson 3-4 Dominic Storey 6 Kevin Chen 7-9 26 Carlos Huertas All 27 Daisuke Nakajima All C F Racing Dallara F309 Mugen-Honda 25 Hywel Lloyd All Joe Tandy Racing Mygale M-09F3 Mercedes HWA 28 Nick Tandy 1–4 National Class T-Sport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 43 Gabriel Dias All Team West-Tec Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 44 Max Snegirev 1–3, 5-10 46 Mathieu Maurage 9 64 Qinghua Ma 10 66 Michele Faccin 8 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda 49 Joe Ghanem 9-10 Litespeed F3 SLC R1 Mugen-Honda 53 Satrio Hermanto 8-9 54 Aaron Steele 5 55 Victor Corrêa All Fortec Motorsport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 56 Daniel McKenzie All Invitation Entries Carlin Motorsport Dallara F309 Volkswagen 23 Jake Rosenzweig 7 Fortec Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 76 Sam Bird 9 Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 88 Marcus Ericsson 10 ART Grand Prix Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 90 Esteban Gutiérrez 7, 9 91 Jules Bianchi 7, 9 92 Valtteri Bottas 7, 9 94 Adrien Tambay 7, 9 Racing Experience Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA 95 Nicolas Marroc 7 Manor Motorsport Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 96 Pedro Enrique 9 97 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. 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.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team National Class Winner 1 Oulton Park 13 April Max Chilton Nick Tandy Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Daniel McKenzie 2 Walter Grubmüller Walter Grubmüller Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Daniel McKenzie 3 Silverstone Circuit 2 May Max Chilton Renger van der Zande Renger van der Zande Hitech Racing Gabriel Dias 4 3 May Max Chilton Nick Tandy Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Gabriel Dias 5 Rockingham Motor Speedway 31 May Daniel Ricciardo Renger van der Zande Nick Tandy Joe Tandy Racing Daniel McKenzie 6 Marcus Ericsson Nick Tandy Marcus Ericsson Räikkönen Robertson Racing Daniel McKenzie 7 Hockenheimring 6 June Renger van der Zande Renger van der Zande Marcus Ericsson Räikkönen Robertson Racing Victor Corrêa 8 7 June Walter Grubmüller Nick Tandy Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing Daniel McKenzie 9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 5 July Hitech Racing Daniel McKenzie 10 Renger van der Zande Renger van der Zande Riki Christodoulou Fortec Motorsport Gabriel Dias 11 Donington Park 19 July Renger van der Zande Daniel Ricciardo Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing Daniel McKenzie 12 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Wayne Boyd T-Sport Daniel McKenzie 13 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 July Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo1 Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Daniel McKenzie 14 25 July Adriano Buzaid Carlos Huertas1 Adriano Buzaid T-Sport Gabriel Dias 15 Silverstone Circuit 16 August Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Gabriel Dias 16 Daisuke Nakajima Max Chilton Renger van der Zande Hitech Racing Gabriel Dias 17 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 13 September Renger van der Zande Renger van der Zande2 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix Daniel McKenzie 18 Max Chilton Renger van der Zande1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix Gabriel Dias 19 Brands Hatch, Kent 20 September Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport Daniel McKenzie 20 Daniel Ricciardo Max Chilton Max Chilton Carlin Motorsport 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 OUL SIL ROC HOC SNE DON SPA SIL ALG BRH Pts 1 Daniel Ricciardo 1 1 5 1 Ret 5 4 8 2 2 3 5 1 2 1 3 3 5 1 4 275 2 Walter Grubmüller 3 2 7 7 Ret 6 3 1 4 3 1 3 Ret 3 2 4 12 20 5 5 188 3 Renger van der Zande 1 12 Ret Ret 2 2 1 4 2 13 4 4 3 1 4 11 178 4 Max Chilton 17 4 2 3 5 10 5 16 6 7 6 7 8 6 4 7 6 3 2 1 171 5 Riki Christodoulou 5 6 4 2 6 DSQ Ret 5 5 1 7 10 Ret Ret 8 6 7 Ret 3 2 130 6 Adriano Buzaid 6 7 3 10 16 3 6 7 9 5 5 2 19 1 10 12 Ret 16 8 8 109 7 Daisuke Nakajima 4 5 6 4 3 4 Ret 11 10 13 8 9 Ret 8 9 2 Ret 12 Ret 6 95 8 Carlos Huertas 14 14 10 8 4 Ret 7 14 Ret 12 4 4 17 7 6 5 5 4 6 9 95 9 Henry Arundel 12 9 9 6 7 2 13 9 3 8 13 6 11 5 5 9 Ret 6 7 14 90 10 Nick Tandy 2 3 8 5 1 14 DSQ 6 68 11 Marcus Ericsson 2 1 1 4 4 3 65 12 Wayne Boyd 7 DNS 12 11 9 11 8 Ret 15 6 10 1 Ret 12 7 8 Ret 17 15 7 50 13 Hywel Lloyd 8 11 16 13 Ret 9 10 Ret 13 15 16 11 9 9 Ret 11 10 7 10 Ret 33 14 Víctor García 10 10 14 16 8 7 9 13 12 10 11 Ret 7 16 12 10 20 Ret 12 10 30 15 Jay Bridger 16 Ret 10 8 11 Ret 7 9 9 8 12 Ret 13 19 13 9 13 12 28 16 Robert Wickens Ret 3 12 17 Philip Major 14 NC 15 Ret 10 14 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 13 10 18 Oliver Oakes 9 8 11 9 7 19 Stéphane Richelmi 13 13 17 17 13 12 DNS 12 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 15 21 14 4 20 Kevin Chen 15 15 17 18 16 18 2 21 Dominic Storey 14 Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Jules Bianchi 2 Ret 1 1 0 Esteban Gutiérrez 6 10 2 10 0 Sam Bird Ret 2 0 Valtteri Bottas 3 Ret Ret Ret 0 Jake Rosenzweig 5 Ret 0 Adrien Tambay 8 8 0 Pedro Enrique 9 Ret 0 Roberto Merhi Ret Ret 0 National Class 1 Daniel McKenzie 11 12 15 15 11 13 Ret 10 8 14 12 12 14 13 14 16 14 15 9 15 351 2 Gabriel Dias 15 DNS 13 14 12 Ret Ret 15 11 11 18 14 20 11 11 14 17 13 11 11 295 3 Victor Corrêa Ret 16 18 18 15 Ret 12 17 17 17 17 Ret 18 Ret 16 17 18 21 Ret 17 184 4 Max Snegirev 18 15 19 Ret 14 15 19 18 Ret Ret DNS DNS 20 22 19 22 Ret Ret 108 5 Joe Ghanem 15 Ret 14 16 39 6 Aaron Steele 18 16 22 7 Michele Faccin 18 20 20 8 Satrio Hermanto 19 21 Ret DNS 16 9 Mathieu Maurage Ret 19 12 10 Qinghua Ma 16 Ret 10 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Nicolas Marroc 16 Ret 0 Pos Driver OUL SIL ROC HOC SNE DON SPA SIL ALG BRH Pts

See also 2009 Masters of Formula 3 2009 Macau Grand Prix

References

External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship