2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
The Formula Renault 3.5 season of 2009 is the twelfth season of Formula Renault 3.5, the main series of World Series by Renault. The season started on April 18, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya and ended on 25 October 2009 at the new Motor City.
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Evaluation team
Starter box
All teams use Dallara chassis and Renault V6 engines.
Changes in drivers
- Pasquale di Sabatino: Red Devil Team Comtec → RC Motorsport
- Esteban Guerrieri: Ultimate Motorsport → RC Motorsport
- Alexandre Marsoin: Epsilon Euskadi → Comtec Racing
- Miguel Molina: Prema Powerteam → Ultimate Motorsport
- Daniil Move: KTR → P1 Motorsport
- Sten Pentus: Red Devil Team Comtec → Mofaz Fortec Motorsport
- James Walker: Fortec Motorsport → P1 Motorsport
- Jaime Alguersuari: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Carlin Motorsport
- Jules Bianchi: Formula 3 Euro Series ( ART Grand Prix) → KMP Group / SG Formula
- Max Chilton: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Comtec Racing
- Dani Clos: GP2 Series ( Racing Engineering ) → Epsilon Euskadi
- Stefano Coletti: Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam
- Chris van der Drift: International Formula Master (JD Motorsport) → Epsilon Euskadi
- Salvador Durán: A1 Grand Prix ( A1 Team Mexico) → Interwetten.com
- Brendon Hartley: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Tech 1 Racing
- Tobias Hegewald: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 ( Moto Park Academy ) → Interwetten.com
- Michael Herck: GP2 Series (DPR) → Interwetten.com
- Keisuke Kunimoto: Formula Nippon (Team LeMans ) → Epsilon Euskadi
- Jon Lancaster: Formula 3 Euro Series ( ART Grand Prix) → Comtec Racing
- Omar Leal: Euro Series 3000 (Durango ) → Prema Powerteam
- Federico Leo: ATS Formula 3 Cup ( Ombra Racing) → Pons Racing
- Mihai Marinescu: European Formula BMW Championship ( FMS International) → Interwetten.com / RC Motorsport
- John Martin: A1 Grand Prix ( A1 Team Australia) / British Formula 3 Championship ( Raikkonen Robertson Racing) → Comtec Racing
- Greg Mansell: Atlantic Championship ( Walker Racing) → USR / Comtec Racing
- Bruno Méndez: European F3 Open ( Campos Racing) → RC Motorsport
- Guillaume Moreau: FIA GT Championship ( Luc Alphand Aventures ) → KMP Group / SG Formula
- Cristiano Morgado: Formula Volkswagen ( Morgado Racing) → Comtec Racing
- Edoardo Mortara: GP2 Series ( Arden International) → KMP Group / SG Formula & Tech 1 Racing
- Anton Nebylitskiy: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (SG Drivers' Project) → Comtec Racing & KMP Group / SG Formula
- Frankie Provenzano: International Formula Master (ADM Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
- Daniel Ricciardo: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Tech 1 Racing
- Filip Salaquarda: International Formula Master (ISR Racing) → RC Motorsport
- Harald Schlegelmilch: International Formula Master ( Trident Racing) → Comtec Racing
- Oliver Turvey: British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) → Carlin Motorsport
- Alberto Valerio: GP2 Series ( Piquet GP) → Comtec Racing
- Adrián Vallés: GP2 Series (BCN Competicion ) → Epsilon Euskadi
- Adrian Zaugg: A1 Grand Prix ( A1 Team South Africa) → Interwetten.com
- Mikhail Aleshin: Carlin Motorsport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Borja García: RC Motorsport → Atlantic Championship ( Condor Motorsports )
- Giedo van der Garde: P1 Motorsport → GP2 Series ( iSport International)
- Julien Jousse: Tech 1 Racing → FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Pippa Mann: P1 Motorsport → Indy Lights (Panther Racing)
- Mario Romancini: Epsilon Euskadi → Indy Lights ( RLR / Andersen Racing)
- Duncan Tappy: RC Motorsport → Indy Lights (Genoa Racing)
- Robert Wickens: Carlin Motorsport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
Race
The racing season calendar 2009 includes nine tracks, take place on each of which two races. The first race is the sprint, the second is the major races on the respective race track. An exception was the race in Monaco, in which only the main race was held. In addition, the race in Monaco the only one that took place during the Formula 1.
Points system
In the 2009 season, there are the following points system:
Furthermore, there is a bonus point for the driver who makes good most positions in the race.
On a race weekend (except Monaco), a driver can have a maximum 32 points, a team achieve a maximum 57 point.
The starting grid is determined as follows: The 26 cars are divided into two groups for each 20 - minute workout. The top six riders in each group take part in the subsequent Superpole qualifying. At the starting grid for the sprint race at first the best eight riders of the Superpole qualifying in reverse order, the first starting places. This is followed by the last four riders of the Superpole qualifying (not in reverse order ), and the remaining 14 riders in the order of training result. In the main, however, the first race starting positions of the top eight riders of the Superpole qualifying to be taken in the order of the training results. The rest of the starting places will be distributed to the result of the first race accordingly.
In Monte Carlo and Portimão another scoring system was used because there was no Superpole qualifying. The points for the qualifications were awarded to each qualifying group.
Ratings
Drivers' championship
- Fat - Pole Position
- Italics - Fastest lap
- * - Because of the short distance but not counted in the target,