2009 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2009 SEAT León Eurocup was the second season of the SEAT León Eurocup, a one-make racing series supporting the World Touring Car Championship.

Hungarian Norbert Michelisz won the championship at the final round at Imola.

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Team Clairet Sport 1   Jean Marie Clairet All
  Zengő Motorsport 2   Róbert Mendre 2
3   Norbert Michelisz All
4   Andrea Larini All
5   György Kontra 2
50   Gábor Wéber 6
  SUNRED 6   Javier Ibran All
7   Aldo Ponti 1–4, 6
19   Tim Coronel All
21   Rob Kamphues All
23   Michal Matějovský All
28   Diego Puyo 1–4
30   Santiago Navarro 4–6
32   Michaël Rossi 1–2, 5–6
  Rangoni Motorsport 8   Massimiliano Pedalà All
9   Davide Roda 1–3, 6
14   Martin Morente 1, 3–4
18   Aleksey Dudukalo 1–3, 5–6
51   Eoin Murray 6
  SEAT Swiss Racing 10   Fredy Barth All
  Ursinho Racing by Carpi 11   Urs Sonderegger 1–3, 5–6
  JR Niogret 12   Jean Robert Niogret 1–5
  Team Russia 15   Anton Markin All
16   Oleg Petrikov All
  Pujolaracing 30   Santiago Navarro 1
  De Diego Motorsport 31   Marcos De Diego 1
  Zsille Motorsport 33   Bálint Hatvani 2, 5–6
34   Zoltán Bárkovics 2, 5–6
  Oasis Motorsport 38   Miguel Freitas 3
  Welch Motorsport 39   Daniel Welch 4
  Advent Motorsport 44   Freddy Nordström 4
  GAG Racing Team 47   Petr Fulín 5
48   Damien Sawicki 5

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team WTCC Prize Drive Winner*
1 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 30 May   Norbert Michelisz   Norbert Michelisz   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport   Tim Coronel
R2 31 May   Norbert Michelisz   Andrea Larini   Zengő Motorsport
2 R1   Masaryk Circuit, Brno 20 June   Norbert Michelisz   Norbert Michelisz   Michaël Rossi   SUNRED   Diego Puyo
R2 21 June   Norbert Michelisz   Diego Puyo   SUNRED
3 R1   Circuito da Boavista 4 July   Fredy Barth   Massimiliano Pedalà   Fredy Barth   SEAT Swiss Racing   Norbert Michelisz
R2 5 July   Diego Puyo   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport
4 R1   Brands Hatch, Kent 18 July   Norbert Michelisz   Michal Matějovský   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport   Jean Marie Clairet
R2 19 July   Jean Marie Clairet   Jean Marie Clairet   Team Clairet Sport
5 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September   Norbert Michelisz   Norbert Michelisz   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport   Andrea Larini
R2 6 September   Fredy Barth   Tim Coronel   SUNRED
6 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 19 September   Michaël Rossi   Michaël Rossi   Michaël Rossi   SUNRED   Michaël Rossi
R2 20 September   Fredy Barth   Norbert Michelisz   Zengő Motorsport

* The highest points scorer from each round won a prize drive in the next round of the WTCC in a SEAT León with SUNRED Engineering. Michaël Rossi will race at the first European round in 2010.

Championship standings edit

Pos Driver VAL
 
BRN
 
POR
 
BRH
 
OSC
 
IMO
 
Pts
1   Norbert Michelisz 1 Ret 4 2 7 1 1 3 1 13 7 1 68
2   Massimiliano Pedalà 4 5 2 4 2 Ret 7 2 Ret 4 4 4 55
3   Fredy Barth 12 3 3 Ret 1 9 2 16 4 8 6 2 47
4   Tim Coronel 3 4 Ret 12 6 3 15 11 8 1 3 3 43
5   Diego Puyo 2 Ret 5 1 3 2 3 Ret 42
6   Michaël Rossi 7 11 1 14 Ret 2 1 5 34
7   Jean Marie Clairet 17 Ret 6 3 9 5 4 1 5 9 9 7 34
8   Andrea Larini 8 1 8 Ret 8 8 8 4 2 3 10 Ret 34
9   Michal Matějovský 6 2 4 5 5 13 Ret 15 Ret 6 11 Ret 27
10   Oleg Petrikov 9 6 7 8 11 6 14 8 7 Ret 17 6 15
11   Miguel Freitas 4 4 10
12   Gábor Wéber 2 Ret 8
13   Jean Robert Niogret Ret 8 Ret 11 14 7 6 7 Ret 11 8
14   Freddy Nordström 5 6 7
15   Petr Fulín 3 Ret 6
16   Javier Ibran 10 7 DNS Ret 13 10 10 9 6 15 13 10 5
17   Bálint Hatvani Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 9 5
18   Aleksey Dudukalo 11 Ret 9 10 10 Ret 13 5 Ret 12 4
19   Anton Markin 13 13 Ret Ret 12 11 16 5 10 Ret 12 15 4
20   Marcos De Diego 5 Ret 4
21   Eoin Murray 5 Ret 4
22   Róbert Mendre 10 7 2
23   Zoltán Bárkovics Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 8 2
24   Rob Kamphues 15 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS 12 10 9 10 Ret 11 0
25   Santiago Navarro Ret 9 11 13 11 12 Ret 14 0
26   Daniel Welch 9 Ret 0
27   Aldo Ponti 14 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 16 Ret 0
28   Urs Sonderegger 16 12 12 15 DNS DNS 14 14 14 Ret 0
29   Martin Morente Ret Ret Ret 14 13 12 0
30   Davide Roda Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 13 0
31   György Kontra Ret 13 0
  Damian Sawicki Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver VAL
 
BRN
 
POR
 
BRH
 
OSC
 
IMO
 
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

References edit

External links edit