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The 2009 GT4 European Cup season was the third season of the GT4 European Cup. It began on May 3 at Silverstone, before finishing on September 13 at Portimao after twelve races.
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| Pos | Driver | SIL  | ADR  | OSC  | SPA  | ZOL | ALG  | Pts | ||||||
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| 1 | Joe Osborne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | DSQ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 66 |
| 2 | Alex Buncombe | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 57 |
 Lucas Ordóñez | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 57 | |
| 3 |  Pierre Brice-Mena | 9 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | DSQ | 3 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| 4 | Michael Mallock | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 55 |
| 5 |  Kevin Weltman | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 36 | ||
| 6 | Hunter Abbott | 4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 35 |
| Henry Fletcher | 4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 35 | |
| 7 | Maxime Martin | 1 | 1 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 1 | 30 | ||||||
| Ludovic Sougnez | 1 | 1 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 1 | 30 | |||||||
| 8 | Tom Dunstan | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | Lorenzo Case | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||
| 10 |  Vladimir Hladik | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 11 | Nigel Moore | 1 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||||||||
| 12 | Michael Broadhurst | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 13 |  Alexander Pugachev | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 |  Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Jody Firth | 1 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||||
| 16 |  Roberto Aranha | 5 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Mauro Casadei | 10 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Stewart Linn | DNS | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mike Simpson | DNS | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Tobias Guttroff | 14 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | ||
| Jens Richter | 14 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | |||
| 20 | Matt Hamilton | Ret | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Derek Palmer Jr. | 10 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| Rick Pearson | 10 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 4 | |||||||
| 22 | Raphael van der Straten | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Gianni Giudici | 8 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||
| 24 | André Grammatico | 9 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Tom Langeberg | 8 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Andrea Perlini | 11 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Tom Black | 12 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Eric De Doncker | 15 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
| Francois Kicq | 15 | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||
| Guest driver ineligible for points | ||||||||||||||
| – | Walter Salles | 10 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pos | Driver | SIL | ADR | OSC | SPA | ZOL | ALG | Pts | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | SIL | ADR | OSC | SPA | ZOL | ALG | Pts | ||||||
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| 1 |  Augustin Eder | 13 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 85 |
| 2 | Denis Donkervoort | 3 | Ret | 11 | DNS | Ret | 8 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 9 | 76 |
| 3 | Stéphane Wintenberger | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 54 | ||||
| 4 | Nico Pronk | 14 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 |  Athanasios Ladas | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 40 | ||||
| 6 | Oliver Freymuth | 11 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Wolfgang Weber | 8 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | SIL | ADR | OSC | SPA | ZOL | ALG | Pts | ||||||
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