2009 Formula 3 Euro Series

Drivers and teams

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Driver changes

Changed Teams

• Sam Bird: Manor Motorsport → Mücke Motorsport
• Tom Dillmann: SG Formula → HBR Motorsport
• Mika Mäki: Mücke Motorsport → Signature-Plus
• Edoardo Mortara: Signature-Plus → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Basil Shaaban: HBR Motorsport → Prema Powerteam
• Robert Wickens: Signature-Plus → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Renger van der Zande: Prema Powerteam → (Motopark Academy)

Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

• Mirko Bortolotti: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Carlin Motorsport
• Valtteri Bottas: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Motopark Academy) → ART Grand Prix
• Andrea Caldarelli: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → SG Formula
• Johnny Cecotto Jr.: German Formula Three Championship (HS Technik Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport
• Matteo Chinosi: German Formula Three Championship (Ombra Racing) → Prema Powerteam
• Carlo van Dam: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Petronas Team Tom's) → Manor Motorsport
• Pedro Enrique: Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesário Fórmula) → Manor Motorsport
• Víctor García Spanish Formula Three Championship (Escuderia TEC-Auto & RP Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
• Tiago Geronimi: Formula BMW Europe (Eifelland Racing) → Signature-Plus
• Esteban Gutiérrez: Formula BMW Europe (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → ART Grand Prix
• Johan Jokinen: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Alexandre Marsoin: Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Epsilon Euskadi) → SG Formula
• Roberto Merhi: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Epsilon Euskadi) → Manor Motorsport
• Kevin Mirocha: German Formula Three Championship (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → HBR Motorsport
• Nico Monien: ADAC Formel Masters (URD Rennsport) → Mücke Motorsport
• Atte Mustonen: British Formula 3 Championship (Räikkönen Robertson Racing) → Motopark Academy
• César Ramos: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (BVM Minardi Team) → Manor Motorsport
• Jake Rosenzweig: Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Epsilon Euskadi) → Carlin Motorsport
• Tim Sandtler: International Formula Master (Team ISR) → Prema Powerteam
• Alexander Sims: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Competition) → Mücke Motorsport
• Adrien Tambay: Formula BMW Europe (Eifelland Racing) → ART Grand Prix
• Nick Tandy: British Formula 3 Championship (JTR with Marshall Westland) → Kolles & Heinz Union
• Marco Wittmann: Formula BMW Europe (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → Mücke Motorsport
• Christopher Zanella: Swiss Formula Renault Championship (Jenzer Motorsport) → Motopark Academy

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

• Niall Breen: Manor Motorsport → Sabbatical
• Daniel Campos-Hull: HBR Motorsport → Italian Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam)
• Yann Clairay: SG Formula → Le Mans Series (Luc Alphand Aventures)
• Cong Fu Cheng: RC Motorsport → A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team China)
• Dani Clos: Prema Powerteam → GP2 Series (Fat Burner Racing Engineering)
• Peter Elkmann: RC Motorsport → German Formula Three Championship (Performance Racing)
• Rodolfo González: Carlin Motorsport → Euroseries 3000 (Fisichella Motor Sport)
• Maximilian Götz: RC Motorsport → Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo – Pro (Lamborghini München Team Holzer)
• Nico Hülkenberg: ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• James Jakes: ART Grand Prix → GP2 Asia Series (Super Nova Racing)
• Erik Janiš: Mücke Motorsport → International Formula Master (ISR Racing)
• Charlie Kimball: Prema Powerteam → Firestone Indy Lights (Team PBIR)
• Michael Klein: Jo Zeller Racing → Retirement
• Jens Klingmann: RC Motorsport → FIA GT3 European Championship (Alpina)
• Jon Lancaster: ART Grand Prix → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Comtec Racing)
• Franck Mailleux: Signature-Plus → Le Mans Series (Signature-Plus)
• Oliver Oakes: Carlin Motorsport → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport)
• Kazuya Oshima: Manor Motorsport → Formula Nippon (Petronas Team TOM'S) & Super GT (Lexus Team Kraft)
• Nelson Panciatici: RC Motorsport → GP2 Series (Durango)
• Richard Philippe: Carlin Motorsport → Firestone Indy Lights (Genoa Racing)
• Martin Plowman: RC Motorsport → Firestone Indy Lights (Panther Racing)
• Daniel Ricciardo: SG Formula → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport)
• Koudai Tsukakoshi: Manor Motorsport → Formula Nippon (HFDP Racing) & Super GT (Keihin Real Racing)
• Frédéric Vervisch: RC Motorsport → Atlantic Championship (Genoa Racing)

Calendar

Season standings

Drivers Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

– Rookie Cup |} † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

• Pole-winners in bold; race 1 pole-winners earn one point, except at Brands Hatch.
• Drivers achieving fastest lap in italics. No points awarded.
• 1 – Stefano Coletti was disqualified from the first race at the Norisring, due to a post-race altercation with Jules Bianchi. Coletti was excluded from the meeting, and no driver was awarded third place points.{{cite news | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090630005022/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76587| archive-date= 30 June 2009 | url-status=live}}

Team Standings

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Nations Cup

Notes

References

References

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