2009 SEAT León Eurocup explained

The 2009 SEAT León Eurocup was the second season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship.

Hungarian Norbert Michelisz won the championship at the final round at Imola.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team Clairet Sport	1	Jean Marie Clairet	All
Zengő Motorsport	2	Róbert Mendre	2
	3	Norbert Michelisz	All
	4	Andrea Larini	All
	5	György Kontra	2
	50	Gábor Wéber	6
SUNRED	6	Javier Ibran	All
	7	Aldo Ponti	1–4, 6
	19	Tim Coronel	All
	21	Rob Kamphues	All
	23	Michal Matějovský	All
	28	Diego Puyo	1–4
	30	Santiago Navarro	4–6
	32	Michaël Rossi	1–2, 5–6
Rangoni Motorsport	8	Massimiliano Pedalà	All
	9	Davide Roda	1–3, 6
	14	Martin Morente	1, 3–4
	18	Aleksey Dudukalo	1–3, 5–6
	51	Eoin Murray	6
SEAT Swiss Racing	10	Fredy Barth	All
Ursinho Racing by Carpi	11	Urs Sonderegger	1–3, 5–6
JR Niogret	12	Jean Robert Niogret	1–5
Team Russia	15	Anton Markin	All
	16	Oleg Petrikov	All
Pujolaracing	30	Santiago Navarro	1
De Diego Motorsport	31	Marcos De Diego	1
Zsille Motorsport	33	Bálint Hatvani	2, 5–6
	34	Zoltán Bárkovics	2, 5–6
Oasis Motorsport	38	Miguel Freitas	3
Welch Motorsport	39	Daniel Welch	4
Advent Motorsport	44	Freddy Nordström	4
GAG Racing Team	47	Petr Fulín	5
	48	Damien Sawicki	5

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team	WTCC Prize Drive Winner*
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	30 May	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Tim Coronel
	R2		31 May		Norbert Michelisz	Andrea Larini	Zengő Motorsport
2	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	20 June	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Michaël Rossi	SUNRED	Diego Puyo
	R2		21 June		Norbert Michelisz	Diego Puyo	SUNRED
3	R1	Circuito da Boavista	4 July	Fredy Barth	Massimiliano Pedalà	Fredy Barth	SEAT Swiss Racing	Norbert Michelisz
	R2		5 July		Diego Puyo	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	18 July	Norbert Michelisz	Michal Matějovský	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Jean Marie Clairet
	R2		19 July		Jean Marie Clairet	Jean Marie Clairet	Team Clairet Sport
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	5 September	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport	Andrea Larini
	R2		6 September		Fredy Barth	Tim Coronel	SUNRED
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	19 September	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	Michaël Rossi	SUNRED	Michaël Rossi
	R2		20 September		Fredy Barth	Norbert Michelisz	Zengő Motorsport

* The highest points scorer from each round won a prize drive in the next round of the WTCC in a SEAT León with SUNRED Engineering. Michaël Rossi will race at the first European round in 2010.

Championship standings

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valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver VAL BRN POR BRH OSC IMO valign=middle Pts 1 Norbert Michelisz 1 Ret 4 2 7 1 1 3 1 13 7 1 68 2 Massimiliano Pedalà 4 5 2 4 2 Ret 7 2 Ret 4 4 4 55 3 Fredy Barth 12 3 3 Ret 1 9 2 16 4 8 6 2 47 4 Tim Coronel 3 4 Ret 12 6 3 15 11 8 1 3 3 43 5 Diego Puyo 2 Ret 5 1 3 2 3 Ret 42 6 Michaël Rossi 7 11 1 14 Ret 2 1 5 34 7 Jean Marie Clairet 17 Ret 6 3 9 5 4 1 5 9 9 7 34 8 Andrea Larini 8 1 8 Ret 8 8 8 4 2 3 10 Ret 34 9 Michal Matějovský 6 2 4 5 5 13 Ret 15 Ret 6 11 Ret 27 10 Oleg Petrikov 9 6 7 8 11 6 14 8 7 Ret 17 6 15 11 Miguel Freitas 4 4 10 12 Gábor Wéber 2 Ret 8 13 Jean Robert Niogret Ret 8 Ret 11 14 7 6 7 Ret 11 8 14 Freddy Nordström 5 6 7 15 Petr Fulín 3 Ret 6 16 Javier Ibran 10 7 DNS Ret 13 10 10 9 6 15 13 10 5 17 Bálint Hatvani Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 9 5 18 Aleksey Dudukalo 11 Ret 9 10 10 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 4 19 Anton Markin 13 13 Ret Ret 12 11 16 5 10 Ret 12 15 4 20 Marcos De Diego 5 Ret 4 21 Eoin Murray 5 Ret 4 22 Róbert Mendre 10 7 2 23 Zoltán Bárkovics Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 8 2 24 Rob Kamphues 15 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS 12 10 9 10 Ret 11 0 25 Santiago Navarro Ret 9 11 13 11 12 Ret 14 0 26 Daniel Welch 9 Ret 0 27 Aldo Ponti 14 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 16 Ret 0 28 Urs Sonderegger 16 12 12 15 DNS DNS 14 14 14 Ret 0 29 Martin Morente Ret Ret Ret 14 13 12 0 30 Davide Roda Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 13 0 31 György Kontra Ret 13 0 Damian Sawicki Ret DNS 0 valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver VAL BRN POR BRH OSC IMO valign=middle Pts

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