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2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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The 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the fifth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It began on 18 April at the Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 25 October at the brand-new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz. It was the fifth season of the Renault-backed single-seater category. International DracoRacing driver Bertrand Baguette won the championship by a comfortable margin, having dominated the second half of the season. His team won their respective championship, ahead of Carlin Motorsport.

Season results

Points for both championships are awarded as follows:

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In addition, a bonus point will be awarded to the driver who climbs the most places in the race order during each race.

The maximum number of points a driver can earn each weekend (except Monaco) is 32 and the maximum number for a team is 57. At Monaco and Portimão, a different point system was implemented, with the qualifying points awarded to each group as there is no Super Pole session.

Teams' Championship

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Pos	Team	Car No.	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	BUG SPR	BUG FEA	ALG SPR	ALG FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	ALC SPR	ALC FEA	Points
1	International DracoRacing	11	2	Ret	2*	2	5	3	6	8	5	1*	1	2	5	1	5	1	1	205
1	International DracoRacing	12	Ret	Ret	7	12	16	2	2	10	10	5	7	16	11	8	7	14	6	205
2	Carlin Motorsport	9	4	11	6	14	1	8	Ret	3	3	3	10	Ret	6	4	Ret	2	5	181
2	Carlin Motorsport	10	5	16†	10	6	6	5	16	6	9	4	3	3	1*	5	6	8	12	181
3	P1 Motorsport	5	6	Ret	Ret	1*	3	4	Ret	4	2	Ret	9	6	8	Ret	4	18	9*	138
3	P1 Motorsport	6	14	12	5	4	Ret	12	9	18	8	11	19	Ret	10	3	9	4	3	138
4	Tech 1 Racing	1	12	9	11	10	17*	17*	12	5	13	Ret	6	Ret	15	13	2*	15	16	126
4	Tech 1 Racing	2	DNS	6*	4	Ret	9	11	8	7	1*	6	Ret	4	2	6	1	13	11	126
5	Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Mofaz Racing	19	8	7	15	15	15	1	7*	2	4	7	4	8	20	2	3	6	2	121
5	Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Mofaz Racing	20	18	2	18	11	11	18	15	14	7	14	13	9	14	Ret	12	Ret	10	121
6	Pons Racing	23	1	1	1	5	Ret	6	Ret	1	6	17	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	13	81
6	Pons Racing	24	19	18	17	17	18	Ret	14	15	21	18	Ret	13	19	18	17	7	7	81
7	Ultimate Motorsport	3	13	10	13	9	13	15	Ret	11	22	12	Ret	11	13					67
7	Ultimate Motorsport	4	9*	14	3	3	4	7	Ret	9	Ret	9	2*	7	4					67
8	Epsilon Euskadi	21	3	4	DNS	Ret	8	16	Ret	12	14	10	17	Ret	9	16	13	17	21	65
8	Epsilon Euskadi	22	7	3	9	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	19	15	11	Ret	7	14	10	9	8	65
9	RC Motorsport	27					21	Ret	11									5*	4	54
9	RC Motorsport	28	11	8	8	8	Ret	14	1	Ret	Ret	2	8	14	18	10	Ret	Ret	19	54
10	Comtec Racing	17	17	17†	20	Ret	12	20	13	21	20	19	18	17	16	7	8	10	14	48
10	Comtec Racing	18	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	9	10	22*	15	8	5	1	Ret	9*	Ret	3	20	48
11	Interwetten.com	15	Ret	13	14	16	Ret	Ret	5	20	18	16	14	19	Ret	15	15	20	17	34
11	Interwetten.com	16	10	5	12	7	2	10	Ret	13	11	Ret	15			DNS	16	16	Ret	34
12	KMP Group/SG Formula	25					20	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	11	Ret	Ret	19
12	KMP Group/SG Formula	26					Ret	21	Ret	16	12	13	12	5	3	11	Ret	19	18	19
13	Prema Powerteam	7	15	19†	19	18	14	22	3	17	16	Ret	20	18	17	17	14	21	22†	13
13	Prema Powerteam	8	Ret	15	16	13	10	Ret	NC	19	17	Ret	16	10	12	Ret	Ret	12	15	13
Pos	Team	Car No.	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	BUG SPR	BUG FEA	ALG SPR	ALG FEA	NÜR SPR	NÜR FEA	ALC SPR	ALC FEA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Polesitter for feature race in bold and is awarded four points. Second and third placed drivers in the Super Pole session receive 2 & 1 points respectively.
Driver with asterisk recorded fastest lap. No points are awarded.
Driver who retired but was classified denoted by †.
Driver who gained most positions in a race in italics, and is awarded one point.

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Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Tech 1 Racing	1	Brendon Hartley^[5]	R	1–5, 8–9
		Edoardo Mortara^[6]	R	6
		Daniel Ricciardo^[7]	R	7
	2	Charles Pic^[8]		All
Ultimate Motorsport^[9]	3	Greg Mansell^[9]	R	1–7
Ultimate Motorsport^[9]	4	Miguel Molina^[10]		1–7
P1 Motorsport	5	James Walker^[11]		All
P1 Motorsport	6	Daniil Move^[12]		All
Prema Powerteam	7	Omar Leal^[13]	R	All
	8	Frankie Provenzano^[14]	R	1–2
		Stefano Coletti^[15]	R	3
		Filip Salaquarda^[16]	R	4–9
Carlin Motorsport	9	Oliver Turvey^[17]	R	All
Carlin Motorsport	10	Jaime Alguersuari^[18]	R	All
International DracoRacing	11	Bertrand Baguette^[19]		All
International DracoRacing	12	Marco Barba^[20]		All
Interwetten.com Racing	15	Mihai Marinescu^[21]	R	1, 3, 6, 8–9
		Tobias Hegewald^[22]	R	2
		Michael Herck^[23]		4–5, 7
	16	Adrian Zaugg^[21]		1–6
	16	Salvador Durán^[24]		8–9
Comtec Racing	17	Anton Nebylitskiy^[25]	R	1–2
		John Martin^[26]	R	3–5, 8
		Cristiano Morgado^[27]	R	6
		Alberto Valerio^[28]		7
		Greg Mansell^[29]	R	9
	18	Harald Schlegelmilch^[30]	R	1
		Alexandre Marsoin^[31]		2
		Max Chilton^[32]	R	3
		Jon Lancaster^[33]	R	4–9
Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Mofaz Racing^[34]	19	Fairuz Fauzy^[35]		All
Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Mofaz Racing^[34]	20	Sten Pentus^[36]	R	All
Epsilon Euskadi	21	Adrián Vallés^[37]		1–5
		Dani Clos^[6]	R	6–7
		Keisuke Kunimoto^[38]	R	8–9
	22	Chris van der Drift^[37]	R	All
Pons Racing	23	Marcos Martínez^[39]		All
Pons Racing	24	Federico Leo^[40]	R	All
KMP Group/SG Formula^[41]	25	Anton Nebylitskiy^[42]	R	3–9
	26	Jules Bianchi^[43]	R	3
		Edoardo Mortara^[44]	R	4
		Guillaume Moreau^[45]		5–9
RC Motorsport	27	Filip Salaquarda^[46]	R	3
		Mihai Marinescu^[47]	R	4
		Esteban Guerrieri^[48]		9
	28	Pasquale Di Sabatino^[49]		1–8
	28	Bruno Méndez^[48]	R	9

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	18 April	Adrián Vallés	Miguel Molina	Marcos Martínez	Pons Racing	Oliver Turvey
1	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	19 April	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Marcos Martínez	Pons Racing	Sten Pentus
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 May	Marco Barba	Bertrand Baguette	Marcos Martínez	Pons Racing	Oliver Turvey
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 May	Bertrand Baguette	James Walker	James Walker	P1 Motorsport	Jaime Alguersuari
3		Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	24 May	Oliver Turvey	Brendon Hartley	Oliver Turvey	Carlin Motorsport	Oliver Turvey
4	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	13 June	Fairuz Fauzy	Brendon Hartley	Fairuz Fauzy	Mofaz Fortec Motorsport	Jaime Alguersuari
4	R2	Hungaroring, Budapest	14 June	Marcos Martínez	Fairuz Fauzy	Pasquale Di Sabatino	RC Motorsport	Omar Leal
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	4 July	Bertrand Baguette	Jon Lancaster	Marcos Martínez	Pons Racing	Oliver Turvey
5	R2	Silverstone Circuit	5 July	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Charles Pic	Tech 1 Racing	Oliver Turvey
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	18 July	Marco Barba	Bertrand Baguette	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Oliver Turvey
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	19 July	Jon Lancaster	Miguel Molina	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Jaime Alguersuari
7	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	1 August	Jon Lancaster	Charles Pic	Jon Lancaster	Comtec Racing	Jon Lancaster
7	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	1 August	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Jaime Alguersuari	Carlin Motorsport	Jaime Alguersuari
8	R1	Nürburgring	19 September	Daniil Move	Jon Lancaster	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Oliver Turvey
8	R2	Nürburgring	20 September	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Charles Pic	Tech 1 Racing	Brendon Hartley
9	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	24 October	Oliver Turvey	Esteban Guerrieri	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Oliver Turvey
9	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	25 October	Fairuz Fauzy	James Walker	Bertrand Baguette	International DracoRacing	Oliver Turvey

Race											Qualifying
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP	2nd	3rd
Sprint	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Feature	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	4	2	1

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2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Regulation Changes

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Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Race calendar and results

Season results

Drivers' Championship

Teams' Championship

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