The 2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series season was the seventeenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the second under the Formul'Academy Euro Series guise. The season began on 3 May at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain and ended on 25 October at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz, also in Spain; and consisted of fourteen races at seven meetings. Benjamin Bailly became series champion, only the fourth time that a non-French driver had won the series that began as Formula Renault Campus.
Driver lineup No Driver Rounds 1 Donald Choque All 2 Christophe Charrier 2 Alexandre Mantovani 5 Adrien Iché 7 3 Franck Matelli All 4 Clovis Roux All 5 Amir Mesny All 6 Benjamin Bailly All 7 Vincent Beltoise All 8 Fernando Monje All 9 William Vermont All 10 Andrea Cecchellero All 11 Romain Fournillier All 12 Louis Gervoson All 13 Jonathan Fiorillo All 14 Thibaut Taquet All 15 Yann Zimmer All 16 Alexandre Cougnaud All 17 Julien Deschamps All 18 Paul Lanchère All 19 Jakub Klášterka All
Race calendar and results A seven-round calendar was announced on 12 January 2009. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Supporting 1 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 3 May Vincent Beltoise Benjamin Bailly Vincent Beltoise European F3 Open R2 Benjamin Bailly Benjamin Bailly Benjamin Bailly 2 R1 Circuit de Pau Ville 16 May Vincent Beltoise Franck Matelli Andrea Cecchellero FIA WTCC Race of France R2 17 May Andrea Cecchellero Franck Matelli Vincent Beltoise 3 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 20 June Benjamin Bailly Benjamin Bailly Benjamin Bailly FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours R2 21 June Yann Zimmer Andrea Cecchellero Yann Zimmer 4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 July Vincent Beltoise Fernando Monje William Vermont FIA GT 24 Hours of Spa R2 25 July Vincent Beltoise Benjamin Bailly Benjamin Bailly 5 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 19 September William Vermont William Vermont William Vermont European F3 Open R2 20 September William Vermont Yann Zimmer William Vermont 6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 3 October Benjamin Bailly Andrea Cecchellero Benjamin Bailly Superleague Formula / European F3 Open R2 4 October Benjamin Bailly Franck Matelli Benjamin Bailly 7 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 24 October Julien Deschamps Yann Zimmer Benjamin Bailly World Series by Renault R2 25 October Yann Zimmer Julien Deschamps Franck Matelli
Championship standings
Drivers Only a driver's best twelve results counted towards the championship. Points were awarded to the drivers as follows: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Pos Driver VAL1 VAL2 PAU1 PAU2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 Total 1 Benjamin Bailly 3 1 2 4 1 2 Ret 1 2 3 1 1 1 5 2 Yann Zimmer 5 5 7 11 2 1 2 3 3 4 Ret 4 3 2 3 William Vermont 2 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 2 1 1 4 Ret Ret 6 99 4 Franck Matelli 8 7 4 3 6 Ret 3 8 5 7 3 2 4 1 5 Vincent Beltoise 1 3 Ret 1 4 5 11 4 4 2 15 6 13 8 94 6 Julien Deschamps 6 2 3 5 7 DSQ 5 7 Ret 5 9 7 2 3 83 7 Andrea Cecchellero 4 6 1 Ret 8 6 6 10 Ret 8 2 Ret 7 Ret 64 8 Thibaut Taquet 9 12 8 6 5 Ret 9 6 9 16 6 3 5 4 54 9 Paul Lanchère 10 11 6 2 Ret Ret 10 9 8 6 5 Ret 16 9 37 10 Fernando Monje 7 8 Ret 9 Ret 4 4 5 16 11 Ret 8 Ret 13 36 11 Jakub Klášterka 11 17 12 12 3 3 12 14 10 10 10 5 DSQ 7 33 12 Donald Choque Ret 9 9 10 Ret 8 7 11 6 12 7 11 6 12 27 13 Jonathan Fiorillo Ret 14 16 15 9 Ret 14 17 7 13 12 9 8 10 12 14 Alexandre Cougnaud Ret 10 10 7 12 Ret 15 15 17 Ret 11 Ret 9 14 8 15 Clovis Roux 15 16 11 13 11 10 13 12 13 9 8 10 11 18 7 16 Louis Gervoson 14 15 13 Ret 13 7 Ret 18 11 Ret 16 Ret 10 11 5 17 Romain Fournillier 12 13 Ret 14 10 11 8 13 14 14 13 12 15 17 4 18 Amir Mesny 13 Ret 14 16 DNS 9 Ret 16 12 17 14 13 14 16 2 guest drivers ineligible for points Christophe Charrier 15 8 0 Adrien Iché 12 15 0 Alexandre Mantovani 15 15 0 Pos Driver VAL1 VAL2 PAU1 PAU2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 TotalBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links The official website of the Formul'Academy Euro Series