2009 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship explained

The 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 21st British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 5 April and ended at the same venue on 4 October, after twenty rounds held in England. Dean Smith won the title, despite missing the opening rounds of the series. Harry Tincknell won the Graduate Cup for first-year drivers.

Formula Renault UK season

Background

Despite initial fears of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 causing a lack of entries into the championship, the series' grid increased from the previous season with a total of 26 entries prior to the championship's opening race at Brands Hatch.^[1] Most of the pre-season anticipation centred around the two championship favourites: Fortec Motorsport's James Calado and Alpine Motorsport's Dean Stoneman, both in their second season and boasting victories in their début season in the series, with pre-season testing further backing media predictions that the championship would most likely be decided between the pair. The series swelled to 29, for the second meeting at Thruxton.

Teams and drivers

2009 Entry List
Team		Driver name	Class	Rounds
CRS Racing	1	Harry Tincknell^[2]		All
	4	Matias Laine		1–6
	4	Euan Hankey		8–10
	6	Joshua Scott		All
	17	Lewis Williamson		All
Privateer	2	Michael Lyons^[3]		All
R S Racing	3	Ryan Singleton^[4]		All
Hill Speed Racing	5	Menasheh Idafar		1–7
Hill Speed Racing	8	Lee Dwyer		1–6
Alpine Motorsport	7	Dean Stoneman		All
Alpine Motorsport	19	Isa Yousif^[5]		All
Manor Competition	9	Thomas Hylkema		All
	10	David McDonald		All
	15	Alice Powell		All
	36	Dean Smith^[6]		2–10
Fortec Motorsport	11	James Calado^[7]		All
	26	Fredrik Blomstedt^[8]		All
	27	Oliver Webb		All
	28	Will Stevens^[9]		All
Hitech Junior Team	12	Nick Yelloly		All
	20	Jordan Oakes^[10]		All
	21	Tamás Pál Kiss		All
	22	Marlon Stöckinger		All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	14	Mateusz Adamski		9
	25	Jesse Krohn^[11]		All
	29	James Dixon^[12]		2–4
TA1 Motorsport	16	Tom Armour^[13]		1–7
Tempus Sport	18	Max Snegirev		5
	23	Maksym Dmytrenko^[14]		1–6
	24	Sasha Radola^[15]		2–6
Falcon Motorsport	33	Jordan Williams^[16]		2–3
Privateer	99	Jordan Williams^[16]	6
Apotex Scorpio Motorsport	44	Ollie Hancock^[17]		1–6

Calendar

All races were held in United Kingdom.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Brands Hatch Indy	5 April	Harry Tincknell	Oliver Webb	Oliver Webb	Fortec Motorsport
2	Brands Hatch Indy	5 April	James Calado	Jesse Krohn	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
3	Thruxton	25 April	Dean Stoneman	Harry Tincknell	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
4	Thruxton	26 April	James Calado	Jesse Krohn	Jesse Krohn	Mark Burdett Motorsport
5	Donington Park	17 May	Dean Smith	Jesse Krohn	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
6	Donington Park	17 May	Dean Smith	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
7	Oulton Park	31 May	James Calado	Harry Tincknell	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
8	Oulton Park	31 May	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
9	Croft	13 June	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
10	Croft	14 June	James Calado	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
11	Silverstone GP	5 July	Joshua Scott	James Calado	Joshua Scott	CRS Racing
12	Silverstone GP	5 July	James Calado	Dean Smith	Oliver Webb	Fortec Motorsport
13	Snetterton	2 August	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
14	Snetterton	2 August	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Stoneman	Alpine Motorsport
15	Silverstone National	30 August	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
16	Silverstone National	30 August	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
17	Rockingham	19 September	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
18	Rockingham	20 September	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
19	Brands Hatch GP	4 October	Dean Smith	Oliver Webb	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
20	Brands Hatch GP	4 October	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport

Driver standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Pos	Driver	BHI		THR		DON		OUL		CRO		SILGP		SNE		SILN		ROC		BHGP		Pts	G. Pts
Pos	Driver	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10	Pts	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15	width=25	16	width=25	17	width=25	18	width=25	19	width=25	20
1	Dean Smith			13	9	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	3	491
2	James Calado	5	1	1	Ret	26	1	Ret	4	1	Ret	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	4	8	1	457
3	Oliver Webb	1	7	12	5	3	5	3	2	3	3	5	1	3	5	2	8	Ret	5	2	9
4	Dean Stoneman	4	6	2	2	5	6	18	3	4	2	4	4	5	1	3	3	3	Ret	7	4
5	Harry Tincknell (G)	2	DNS	7	3	6	12	2	5	11	9	12	8	8	Ret	4	6	4	3	6	10	323	295
6	Jesse Krohn	6	3	Ret	1	2	22	6	7	9	4	10	Ret	9	8	13	11	Ret	Ret	3	5	277
7	Will Stevens (G)	9	8	3	21	12	11	8	12	7	5	7	6	20	7	12	10	7	7	14	12		222
8	Joshua Scott	7	5	4	4	9	8	Ret	24	8	8	1	7	17	6	Ret	5	16	Ret	20	7	246
9	Fredrik Blomstedt	12	2	5	7	7	17	5	6	10	6	9	14	Ret	Ret	8	12	17	8	12	17	233
10	Lewis Williamson	14	4	10	Ret	8	3	Ret	17	5	21	14	13	4	Ret	7	13	10	17	4	2	229
11	Jordan Oakes	3	DNS	8	6	Ret	9	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	5	14	17	10	17	8	2	16	6	217
12	David McDonald	13	11	Ret	8	4	20	4	13	23	7	8	9	6	4	11	14	6	Ret	21	13	210
13	Tamás Pál Kiss (G)	18	18	Ret	12	14	7	Ret	16	12	19	16	11	Ret	13	14	7	9	14	9	11	141	136
14	Matias Laine (G)	8	16	6	11	11	19	9	8	6	10	11	10									135	135
15	Isa Yousif (G)	17	9	14	16	20	13	Ret	14	24	18	17	12	13	9	6	Ret	15	12	19	14	122	119
16	Thomas Hylkema	11	14	Ret	Ret	21	10	7	11	16	11	13	23	10	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	6	13	19	121
17	Euan Hankey															9	4	5	9	5	8	100
18	Alice Powell (G)	15	13	16	Ret	10	Ret	21	10	15	20	18	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	13	11	16	88	88
19	Nick Yelloly (G)	Ret	20	18	Ret	22	Ret	19	21	17	16	20	15	7	10	Ret	9	Ret	10	10	Ret	83	83
20	Michael Lyons (G)	23	21	21	15	23	23	13	18	13	22	Ret	19	12	11	15	Ret	13	11	15	15	82	82
21	Tom Armour	16	15	15	14	16	Ret	10	Ret	14	15	21	16	11	15							74
22	Ollie Hancock	10	19	19	Ret	13	4	17	Ret	Ret	12	15	22									64
23	Lee Dwyer (G)	Ret	12	9	10	15	21	16	15	Ret	13	Ret	DNS									57	57
24	Menasheh Idafar (G)	19	10	11	20	27	16	15	Ret	20	17	19	17	18	14							56	56
25		20	17	Ret	18	19	18	11	23	Ret	26	23	18	19	12	16	15	Ret	16	18	NC	56	56
26	Ryan Singleton (G)	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	28	DNS	14	19	18	NC	Ret	21	15	16	17	18	14	Ret	17	18	44	44
27	James Dixon			17	13	17	15	12	20													32
28	Mateusz Adamski																	11	15			16
29	Jordan Williams (G)			20	Ret	18	14					22	Ret									11	11
30	Maksym Dmytrenko	22	22	22	17	24	25	Ret	22	19	23	24	20									7
31	Sasha Radola			23	19	25	24	20	Ret	21	24	25	Ret									3
32	Max Snegirev									22	25											0
Pos	Driver	BHI		THR		DON		OUL		CRO		SILGP		SNE		SILN		ROC		BHGP		Pts	G. Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Formula Renault UK Winter Series

The 2009 Formula Renault UK Winter Series was the 12th British Formula Renault Winter Series. The series began at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit on 31 October and ended at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 7 November, after four races at two rounds held in England. Harry Tincknell won the title.

Teams and Drivers

Team		Driver	Rounds
Manor Competition	1	David McDonald	All
	5	Menasheh Idafar	All
	9	Thomas Hylkema	All
	55	Robert Foster-Jones	All
Fortec Motorsport	3	Tom Blomqvist	2
	36	Alex Lynn	All
	41	Luke Wright	All
	8	Dino Zamparelli	1
Antel Motorsport	18	Dino Zamparelli	2
Hitech Junior Team	12	Nick Yelloly	All
Hitech Junior Team	33	Marlon Stockinger	All
Hillspeed	22	Joseph Reilly	All
CRS Racing	27	Harry Tincknell	All

Calendar

All races were held in United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton	31 October	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
1	R2	Snetterton	31 October		Menasheh Idafar	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
2	R3	Rockingham	7 November	Harry Tincknell	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
2	R4	Rockingham	7 November		Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport

Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	SNE		ROC		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Harry Tincknell	1	1	3	2	119
2	Nick Yelloly	2	6	4	3	93
3	Menasheh Idafar	4	2	6	6	88
4	Thomas Hylkema	3	3	7	5	86
5	Marlon Stöckinger	5	10	2	4	81
6	Dino Zamparelli	7	5	5	8	70
7	Tom Blomqvist			1	1	68
8	David McDonald	6	4	Ret	7	56
9	Joseph Reilly	12	11	9	11	41
10	Alex Lynn	8	8	Ret	9	40
11	Luke Wright	9	7	Ret	10	39
12	Robert Foster-Jones	10	9	8	Ret	37

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

External links

The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship

Notes and References

2 April 2009. Bucking the downturn . . 196 . 1 . 106–107 .
News: CRS reveals '09 line-up . crash.net . 19 January 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913032245/http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/11532/1/frenault_uk_crs_reveals_09_line-up.html . 13 September 2012 . live . dmy .
News: First Registrations Accepted For Renault Sport UK Championships . renaultsport.co.uk . 9 January 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412042302/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/news/ObjectId/5482/Default.aspx . 12 April 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Manor And Singleton Join Formula Renault UK Entry List . renaultsport.co.uk . 5 February 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412042322/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/news/ObjectId/5520/Default.aspx . 12 April 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Stoneman goes quickest in first Formula Renault test . renaultsport.co.uk . 26 February 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412041447/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/news/ObjectId/5532/Default.aspx . 12 April 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: No. 36 – Dean Smith . renaultsport.co.uk . 25 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502011956/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/drivers/dsmith/default.aspx . 2 May 2009 . dead . dmy .
News: Reigning Champions Join Newcomer in Formula Renault UK . renaultsport.co.uk . 18 February 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090411214023/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/news/ObjectId/5526/Default.aspx . 11 April 2009 . dead .
News: Fredrik Blomstedt kör Formel Renault för Fortec Motorsport . sportinformation.com . 5 March 2009 . 6 April 2009 . L-G . Nilsson . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20100831120630/http://www.sportinformation.com/ArticleTemplate.aspx?article=17364 . 31 August 2010 . live . dmy .
News: Will Stevens to race for Fortec in 2009 Formula Renault UK . automobilsport.com . 4 October 2008 . 6 April 2009.
News: Jordan Oakes completes Formula Renault UK line-up . . 17 March 2009 . 6 April 2009 .
News: Calado Quickest During Two-Day Test at Silverstone . eformulacarnews.com . 26 March 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401212219/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=5110&sid=365973770c5afe90b3953af4155c762f . 1 April 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: No. 29 – James Dixon . renaultsport.co.uk . 25 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502161647/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/drivers/jdixon/default.aspx . 2 May 2009 . dead .
News: Tom in gear for new season . Ilford Today . Tindle Newspapers Ltd. . 17 March 2009 . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417020052/http://www.ilford-today.co.uk/tn/sport.cfm?id=12947&headline=Tom%2Bin%2Bgear%2Bfor%2Bnew%2Bseason . 17 April 2009 . dead .
News: Tempus Sport to enter Formula Renault UK . . 3 December 2008 . 6 April 2009 .
News: Radola dogovorio s Tempus Sportom . cro-rss.com . 26 February 2009 . 6 April 2009 . hr .
Web site: No. 33 – Jordan Williams . renaultsport.co.uk . 25 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502010941/http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultuk/drivers/jwilliams/default.aspx . 2 May 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Ollie Hancock graduates to Formula Renault . . 1 April 2009 . 6 April 2009 .