2009 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship 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.

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

Formula Renault UK season edit

Background edit

Despite initial fears of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 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 edit

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

Calendar edit

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 edit

  • 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Formula Renault UK Winter Series edit

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 edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
Manor Competition 1   David McDonald All
5   Menasheh Idafar All
9   Thomas Hylkema All
55   Robert Foster-Jones All
Fortec Motorsport 3   Tom Blomqvist 2
36   Alex Lynn All
41   Luke Wright All
8   Dino Zamparelli 1
Antel Motorsport 18 2
Hitech Junior Team 12   Nick Yelloly All
33   Marlon Stockinger All
Hillspeed 22   Joseph Reilly All
CRS Racing 27   Harry Tincknell All

Calendar edit

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 edit

Pos 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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

References edit

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External links edit