2009 British Formula 3 International Series Explained

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.^[1] 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.

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	nowrap	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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	National Class Winner
1	Oulton Park	13 April		Nick Tandy	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport	nowrap	Daniel McKenzie
2				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	nowrap	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 Ricciardo^1	Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport	Daniel McKenzie
14		25 July	Adriano Buzaid	Carlos Huertas^1	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	nowrap	Renger van der Zande^2	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	Daniel McKenzie
18			Max Chilton	Renger van der Zande^1	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	align=left nowrap	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

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calendar. fota.co.uk. British Formula 3 Championship. 3 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090120213910/http://fota.co.uk/calendar.php. 20 January 2009. dead.
2. Web site: British F3 drops Bucharest for Algarve. Matt. Beer. autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2 April 2009. 2 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090405173711/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74140. 5 April 2009. live.
3. Web site: Donington British F3 race postponed . Ben . Anderson . autosport.com . . 14 April 2009 . 14 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417105336/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74474 . 17 April 2009 . live . dmy .