2009 Formula Le Mans Cup

Last updated February 06, 2023

The 2009 Formula Le Mans Cup season was the only season of the Formula Le Mans Cup, a support series for the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. All competitors utilized the Oreca FLM09 spec prototype. The season featured ten races held over six events from 10 May to 20 September 2009. Nico Verdonck claimed the title ahead of Gavin Cronje, despite the drivers sharing a car all season. Verdonck benefitted from points awarded for pole positions and fastest laps, giving him a four-point advantage of Cronje. Their team, DAMS, also won the teams championship.

Race calendar and results

The Formula Le Mans Cup schedule consisted of several types of events. Four events, held in support for the Le Mans Series, featured two races of 60 minutes each. A fifth event at the 24 Hours of Le Mans utilized only a single 60 minute race. The final event of the season at Magny-Cours featured three 60 minute races in succession with a winner determined only at the end of the third race.

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning Drivers	Winning Team
1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 9	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 10	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 13	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
4	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	July 31	David Zollinger Damien Toulemonde	Applewood-LD Autosport
5	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	August 1	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
6	Nürburgring	August 22	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
7	Nürburgring	August 23	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
8	Silverstone Circuit	September 11	Nico Verdonck Gavin Cronje	DAMS
9	Silverstone Circuit	September 13	Mathias Beche Valle Mäkelä	Hope Polevision Racing
10	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	September 20	Mathias Beche Valle Mäkelä	Hope Polevision Racing

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

Drivers' standings

An additional bonus point was available for individual drivers at each race; these could be earned by winning pole position or by setting the fastest lap of the race. A championship was also awarded to the best amateur driver over the season.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Nico Verdonck	DAMS	(21)	20	20	13	20	20	(21)	21	15	0	171
2	Gavin Cronje	DAMS	20	20	20	12	20	20	20	20	15	0	167
3	Mathias Beche	Hope Polevision Racing	12	15	16	10	15	(16)	3	(16)	(22)	21	146
4	Valle Mäkelä	Hope Polevision Racing	12	15	15	10	15	15	3	15	20	20	140
5	David Zollinger	Applewood-LD Autosport	2	13	0	(21)	12	6	15	12	10	15	106
6	Damien Toulemonde	Applewood-LD Autosport	2	12	0	20	12	6	15	12	10	15	104
7	Gary Chalandon	Boutsen Energy Racing	15	2	6	15	10	12	10	8	3	8	89
8	Christophe Pillon	Hope Polevision Racing	8	8	12	4	6	8	12	3	6	20	87
9	Dimitri Enjalbert	Boutsen Energy Racing	16	2		15	(11)	13	10				67
10	Natacha Gachnang	Hope Polevision Racing			12	4	6	8	13	3	6		52
11=	Luca Moro	DAMS	4	0	0	2	8	4	8	6	4	12	48
11=	Wolfgang Kaufmann	DAMS	4	0	0	2	8	4	8	6	4	12	48
13	Dominik Kraihamer	Boutsen Energy Racing			6	8	1	10	0	8	3	10	46
14	Lionel Robert	Boutsen Energy Racing								10	12	10	32
15	Richard Mori	Ibañez Racing Service	0	3		3	0	3	6	2	2	6	25
16	Luke Hines	Boutsen Energy Racing								10	12		22
17=	Johan-Boris Scheier	Boutsen Energy Racing	1	1	0	8	2					8	20
17=	William Cavailhès	Ibañez Racing Service			4	3	0	3	6	2	2		20
19	Philippe Haezebrouck	Applewood-LD Autosport			3	6	4	2	4				19
20	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Hope Polevision Racing	8	8									16
21=	Jean-Michel Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing	10	4									14
21=	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing	10	4									14
23=	Michaël Rossi	Exagon Engineering	3	10									13
23=	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	3	10									13
23=	Marc Faggionato	Applewood-LD Autosport			3	6	4						13
26=	Damien Charveriat	DAMS								4	8		12
26=	Charles Hollings	DAMS								4	8		12
26=	Stéphane Lemeret	DAMS	6	6									12
26=	Vincent Vosse	DAMS	6	6									12
30	Fabien Rosier	DAMS			(11)								11
31=	Vincent Capillaire	DAMS			10								10
31=	Mathieu Cheruy	Boutsen Energy Racing						10	0				10
33	François Desprez	Ibañez Racing Service	0	3								6	9
34=	Julien Canal	Graff Racing			8								8
34=	Ludovic Badey	Graff Racing			8								8
36=	José Ibañez	Ibañez Racing Service										6	6
36=	Linus Ohlsson	Applewood-LD Autosport						2	4				6
38	Thomas Duchene	Exagon Engineering	0	0	1	1	2			0	1		5
39=	Frédéric da Rocha	Ibañez Racing Service			4								4
39=	Tom Cloet	Applewood-LD Autosport										4	4
39=	Jean-Philippe Belloc	Applewood-LD Autosport										4	4
39=	Raymond Narac	Applewood-LD Autosport										4	4
43=	Kosta Kanaroglou	Escuela Española de Pilotos				0	3						3
43=	Oliver Campos-Hull	Escuela Española de Pilotos				0	3						3
43=	Damien Chanard	Boutsen Energy Racing				1	2						3
46=	Anthony Beltoise	Boutsen Energy Racing			2								2
46=	Gabriël Abergel	Boutsen Energy Racing			2								2
46=	Pascal Ballay	Boutsen Energy Racing	1	1	0								2
49=	Franck Lagorce	Exagon Engineering	0	(1)									1
49=	Keiko Ihara	Exagon Engineering			1								1

Key
	Rookie
Bold	Pole position
(Brackets)	Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	DAMS	26	26	30	14	28	24	28	26	23	12	237
2	Hope Polevision Racing	20	23	27	14	21	23	15	18	26	21	208
3	Boutsen Energy Racing	25	6	8	23	12	22	10	18	15	19	158
4	Applewood-LD Autosport	2	12	3	26	16	8	19	12	10	19	127
5	Ibañez Racing Service	0	3	4	3	0	3	6	2	2	6	29
6	Exagon Engineering	3	10	1								14
7	Graff Racing			8								8
8	Escuela Española de Pilotos				0	3						3

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