2009 in motorsport

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2009 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 2009 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

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The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
3–18 January	31st Dakar Rally	^[1]
24–25 January	47th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[2]
15 February	51st Daytona 500	^[3]
23–24 May	37th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	^[4]
24 May	67th Monaco Grand Prix	^[5]
24 May	93rd Indianapolis 500	^[6]
30 May-13 June	91st Isle of Man TT	^[7]
13–14 June	77th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[8]
14 June	19th Masters of Formula 3	^[9]
25–26 July	61st 24 Hours of Spa	^[10]
26 July	32nd Suzuka 8 Hours	^[11]
11 October	52nd Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	^[12]
22 November	56th Macau Grand Prix	^[13]
3–4 December	22nd Race of Champions	^[14]

Disestablished championships/events

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Last race	Championship	Ref
8 November	Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup	^[15]

Deaths

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Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
2	July	Tony Maggs	72	South African	Racing driver	The first South African Formula One driver.	^[16]
13		Harry Källström	70	Swedish	Rally driver	1976 Acropolis Rally winner.	^[17]
18		Ricardo Londoño	59	Colombian	Racing driver	The first Colombian Formula One driver.	^[18]
30	September	Pentti Airikkala	64	Finnish	Rally driver	1989 Lombard RAC Rally winner.	^[19]

References

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^ "2009 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "2009 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "21. – 24. Mai 2009: 37. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "2009 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "2009 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "TT 2009". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "Le Mans Register - 2009". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Spa 24 Hours 2009 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2009 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ "2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "2009 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "2009 Beijing". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Calendar". frwec.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Tony Maggs". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Harry Källström". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ "Ricardo Londoño". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Pentti Airikkala". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.