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.[ 1] 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.
This season saw a cap on entries, with the lineup being capped at 38 entries, depending on the circuit.[ 2] Guest entries are listed in italics.
Team
Driver name
Class
Rounds
SG Formula
1
Jean-Éric Vergne [ 3]
All
2
Miki Monrás [ 3]
J
All
3
Hugo Valente [ 3]
J
All
4
Arthur Pic [ 3]
J
All
5
Dominic Storey [ 3]
1-2
Ramez Azzam
J
3-7
Motopark Academy
6
António Félix da Costa [ 4]
J
All
7
Marco Sørensen [ 5]
All
8
Juan Jacobo[ 6]
J
1-2
Kuba Giermaziak
3, 5-7
Matias Laine
4
57
5
9
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs [ 7]
All
10
Kevin Magnussen [ 8]
J
All
56
Luís Felipe Derani [ 9]
2, 4, 6
59
Jimmy Eriksson
J
6
60
Bart Hylkema
J
6
65
Patrick Kronenberger
7
Epsilon Euskadi
11
Nathanaël Berthon [ 10]
All
12
Carlos Muñoz [ 10]
J
All
14
Albert Costa [ 10]
All
15
Federico Scionti
J
7
16
Miguel Otegui
J
3-7
BVM Minardi
21
Andrea Roda
3, 6–7
22
Dean Smith
7
Fortec Motorsport
24
Kevin Kleveros[ 11]
J
1–6
25
Oliver Webb [ 12]
1, 5
Fredrik Blomstedt[ 9]
2
26
James Calado [ 12]
1–2, 5
27
Will Stevens [ 9]
2, 5
Epsilon Sport
28
Luciano Bacheta [ 13]
1–2, 4–7
54
Arno Santamato[ 13]
J
1–3
MP Motorsport
29
Adam Christodoulou [ 9]
2
Karl-Oscar Liiv
4–7
30
Nigel Melker [ 14]
1–5
31
Daniël de Jong [ 15]
J
All
Krenek Motorsport
32
Adam Kout[ 16]
All
33
Jakub Knoll[ 16]
All
iQuick Valencia
34
Johan Jokinen [ 17]
1-2
Marco Betti
3, 5
Federico Scionti
J
4
Jordi Cunill
J
7
35
Patrick Kronenberger[ 17]
1–5
Tristan Vautier
7
One Racing
36
Daniel Mancinelli [ 18]
1–3, 5
37
Federico Scionti[ 19]
1–3, 5
Jenzer Motorsport
50
Genís Olivé[ 20]
J
All
51
Nico Müller [ 20]
J
All
53
Fabien Thuner[ 21]
1–6
Maxim Zimin
J
7
Pole Services
55
Benjamin Lariche [ 22]
1, 6–7
58
Arno Santamato
J
5
SL Formula Racing
61
Julian Eisenreich
J
6
Icon
Class
J
Junior Class
Championship standings [ edit ]
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
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.