British Formula 3 Championship 2009

The British Formula 3 Championship 2009 was the 59th season of the British Formula 3 Championship . It comprised a total of ten race weekends with two races each. It began on April 13, 2009 at Oulton Park and ended on September 20, 2009 at Brands Hatch . The driver's championship title was won by the Australian Daniel Ricciardo .

Starting field

team No. driver class chassis engine Race weekend  Carlin Motorsport 01  Max Chilton M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 02  Henry Arundel M. 1-10 21st  Daniel Ricciardo M. 1-10 22nd  Oliver Oakes M. 1-2  Robert Wickens M. 4th  Philip Major M. 5-10 23  Jake Rosenzweig G 7th 49  Joe Ghanem N Mugen Honda 9-10  T-Sport 03  Adriano Buzaid M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 04th  Wayne Boyd M. 1-10 43  Gabriel Dias N Mugen Honda 1-10  Fortec Motorsport 05  Víctor García M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 51  Riki Christodoulou M. 1-10 56  Daniel McKenzie N Mugen Honda 1-10 76  Sam Bird G Mercedes Benz 9  Barazi epsilon 07th  Stéphane Richelmi M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-5, 7-9  Bridger Motorsport 10  Jay Bridger M. Mygale Mugen Honda 3-10  Team West-Tec 11  Jay Bridger M. Mygale Mugen Honda 1 44  Max Snegirev N Dallara 1-3, 5-10 46  Mathieu Maurage N 9 64  Qinghua Ma N 10 66  Michele Faccin N 8th  Hitech Racing 13  Walter Grubmüller M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 14th  Renger van der Zande M. 2-9  Raikkonen Robertson Racing 16  Dominic Storey M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 6th  Kevin Chen M. 7-9  Marcus Ericsson M. 3-4 88 G 10 26th  Carlos Huertas M. 1-10 27  Daisuke Nakajima M. 1-10  CF Racing 25th  Hywel Lloyd M. Dallara Mugen Honda 1-10  Joe Tandy Racing 28  Nick Tandy M. Mygale Mercedes Benz 1-4  Litespeed F3 53  Satrio Hermanto N SLC Mugen Honda 8-9 54  Aaron Steele N 5 55  Victor Corrêa N 1-10  ART Grand Prix 90  Esteban Gutiérrez G Dallara Mercedes Benz 7, 9 91  Jules Bianchi G 7, 9 92  Valtteri Bottas G 7, 9 94  Adrien Tambay G 7, 9  Racing Experience 95  Nicolas Marroc G Dallara Mercedes Benz 7th  Manor Motorsport 96  Pedro Enrique G Dallara Mercedes Benz 9 97  Roberto Merhi G 9

symbol class M. championship N National G guest

Racing calendar

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	April 13th	Tarporley	Daniel Ricciardo	Nick Tandy	Walter Grubmüller
2.			Daniel Ricciardo	Walter Grubmüller	Nick Tandy
3.	2.May	Silverstone	Renger van der Zande	Max Chilton	Adriano Buzaid
4th	May 3rd		Daniel Ricciardo	Riki Christodoulou	Max Chilton
5.	31. May	Northamptonshire	Nick Tandy	Marcus Ericsson	Daisuke Nakajima
6th			Marcus Ericsson	Henry Arundel	Adriano Buzaid
7th	6th of June	Hockenheim	Marcus Ericsson	Renger van der Zande	Walter Grubmüller
8th.	June 7th		Walter Grubmüller	Renger van der Zande	Robert Wickens
9.	5th July	Norfolk	Renger van der Zande	Daniel Ricciardo	Henry Arundel
10.			Riki Christodoulou	Daniel Ricciardo	Walter Grubmüller
11.	July 19	Donington	Walter Grubmüller	Renger van der Zande	Daniel Ricciardo
12.			Wayne Boyd	Adriano Buzaid	Walter Grubmüller
13.	24th July	Spa Francorchamps	Daniel Ricciardo	Renger van der Zande 1	Víctor García 1
14th	July 25th		Adriano Buzaid	Daniel Ricciardo	Walter Grubmüller
15th	August 16	Silverstone	Daniel Ricciardo	Walter Grubmüller	Renger van der Zande
16.			Renger van der Zande	Daisuke Nakajima	Daniel Ricciardo
17th	13.september	Portimão	Daniel Ricciardo 2	Renger van der Zande 2	Carlos Huertas 2 <
18th			Max Chilton 3	Carlos Huertas 3	Daniel Ricciardo 3
19th	September 20th	Brands Hatch	Daniel Ricciardo	Max Chilton	Riki Christodoulou
20th			Max Chilton	Riki Christodoulou	Daniel Ricciardo 4

¹ Jules Bianchi and Valtteri Bottas finished second and third. Since they had started as a guest driver, the fourth-placed Renger van der Zande received the points for the second and the seventh-placed Víctor García the points for the third place.

² Jules Bianchi and Esteban Gutiérrez finished first and second. Since they had started as a guest driver, the third placed Daniel Ricciardo received the points for the first, the fourth placed Renger van der Zande the points for the second and the fifth placed Carlos Huertas the points for the third place.

³ Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird finished first and second. Since they had started as a guest driver, the third-placed Max Chilton received the points for the first, the fourth-placed Carlos Huertas the points for the second and the fifth-placed Daniel Ricciardo the points for the third place.

⁴ Marcus Ericsson finished third. Since he started as a guest driver, the fourth-placed Daniel Ricciardo received the points for third place.

Rating

Driver standings - championship

Item driver Points 1.  Daniel Ricciardo 275 2.  Walter Grubmüller 188 3.  Renger van der Zande 178 4th  Max Chilton 171 5.  Riki Christodoulou 130 6th  Adriano Buzaid 109 7th  Daisuke Nakajima 95

Item driver Points 8th.  Carlos Huertas 95 9.  Henry Arundel 90 10.  Nick Tandy 68 11.  Marcus Ericsson 65 12.  Wayne Boyd 50 13.  Hywel Lloyd 33 14th  Víctor García 30th

Item driver Points 15th  Jay Bridger 28 16.  Robert Wickens 12 17th  Philip Major 10 18th  Oliver Oakes 7th 19th  Stéphane Richelmi 4th 20th  Kevin Chen 2 21st  Dominic Storey 0

• Jules Bianchi , Sam Bird , Valtteri Bottas , Pedro Enrique , Esteban Gutiérrez , Roberto Merhi , Jake Rosenzweig and Adrien Tambay started as guest drivers and were therefore not included in the ranking.

Driver standings - national class

Item driver Points 1.  Daniel McKenzie 351 2.  Gabriel Dias 295 3.  Victor Corrêa 184 4th  Max Snegirev 108 5.  Joe Ghanem 39

Item driver Points 6th  Aaron Steele 22nd 7th  Michele Faccin 20th 8th.  Satrio Hermanto 16 9.  Mathieu Maurage 12 10.  Qinghua Ma 10

• Nicolas Marroc started as a guest driver and was therefore not included in the classification.