2009 Formula Renault UK season

2009 Formula Renault UK season
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Despite missing the opening round of the series at Brands Hatch, Dean Smith won the title ahead of James Calado and Oliver Webb.

The 2009 Formula Renault UK season 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 global recession 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.^[1] The series swelled to 29, for the second meeting at Thruxton.

Teams and drivers

2009 Entry List[1] Team No Driver Class CRS Racing 1 Harry Tincknell[2] G 4 Matias Laine[2] G Euan Hankey 6 Joshua Scott[2] 17 Lewis Williamson[2] Privateer 2 Michael Lyons[3] G R S Racing 3 Ryan Singleton[4] G Hill Speed Racing 5 Menasheh Idafar[3] G 8 Lee Dwyer[3] G Alpine Motorsport 7 Dean Stoneman[3] 19 Isa Yousif[5] G Manor Competition 9 Thomas Hylkema[4] 10 David McDonald[4] 15 Alice Powell[4] G 36 Dean Smith[6] Fortec Motorsport 11 James Calado[7] 26 Fredrik Blomstedt[8] 27 Oliver Webb[7] 28 Will Stevens[9] G Hitech Junior Team 12 Nick Yelloly[7] G 20 Jordan Oakes[10] 21 Tamás Pál Kiss[7] G 22 Marlon Stöckinger[7] G Mark Burdett Motorsport 14 Mateusz Adamski 25 Jesse Krohn[11] 29 James Dixon[12] TA1 Motorsport 16 Tom Armour[13] Tempus Sport 18 Max Snegirev 23 Maksym Dmytrenko[14] 24 Sasha Radola[15] Falcon Motorsport 33 Jordan Williams[16] G Privateer 99 Apotex Scorpio Motorsport 44 Ollie Hancock[17]

Icon Class G Graduate Cup

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			James Calado	Jesse Krohn	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
3	Thruxton	25 April	Dean Stoneman	Harry Tincknell	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
4		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			Dean Smith	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
7	Oulton Park	31 May	James Calado	Harry Tincknell	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
8			Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
9	Croft	13 June	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
10		14 June	James Calado	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
11	Silverstone GP	5 July	Joshua Scott	James Calado	Joshua Scott	CRS Racing
12			James Calado	Dean Smith	Oliver Webb	Fortec Motorsport
13	Snetterton	2 August	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
14			Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Stoneman	Alpine Motorsport
15	Silverstone National	30 August	James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
16			James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport
17	Rockingham	19 September	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Dean Smith	Manor Competition
18		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			James Calado	James Calado	James Calado	Fortec Motorsport

Driver standings

• Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	FL
Points	32	28	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Best 18 results count towards the championship.

• T. Pts – points if all races counted.
• Drop – two dropped scores.
• Pts – best 18 results.
• G. Pts – drivers in the Graduate Cup, with the best 15 results counting.

Pos Driver BHI THR DON OUL CRO SILGP SNE SILN ROC BHGP Pts G. Pts 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 9 419 4 Dean Stoneman 4 6 2 2 5 6 18 3 4 2 4 4 5 1 3 3 3 Ret 7 4 418 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 12 247 222 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 Marlon Stöckinger (G) 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) 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	No.	Driver
Manor Competition	1	David McDonald
	5	Menasheh Idafar
	9	Thomas Hylkema
	55	Robert Foster-Jones
Fortec Motorsport	3	Tom Blomqvist
	36	Alex Lynn
	41	Luke Wright
	8	Dino Zamparelli
Antel Motorsport	18
Hitech Junior Team	12	Nick Yelloly
	33	Marlon Stockinger
[Hillspeed	22	Joseph Reilly
CRS Racing	27	Harry Tincknell

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
	R2				Menasheh Idafar	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
2	R3	Rockingham	7 November	Harry Tincknell	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
	R4				Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport

Driver Standings

Pos[18][19] Driver SNE ROC Points 1 2 3 4 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

References

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8. Nilsson, L-G (5 March 2009). "Fredrik Blomstedt kör Formel Renault för Fortec Motorsport". sportinformation.com (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
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10. "Jordan Oakes completes Formula Renault UK line-up". Hitech Junior. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
11. "Calado Quickest During Two-Day Test at Silverstone". eformulacarnews.com. 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
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17. "Ollie Hancock graduates to Formula Renault". British Racing Drivers Club. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
18. BARC – 31st October – Snetterton tsl-timing.com
19. BARC – 7th November – Rockingham tsl-timing.com

External links

• The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship