2009 European Touring Car Cup

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The 2009 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fifth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 25 October 2009 at the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga in Portugal. James Thompson won the event after winning the second race. Norbert Michelisz won the first race.

Contents

Entry list

Super 2000 class [1]
TeamCarNoDriversRegular series
Flag of Denmark.svg Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 1 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær Danish Touring Car Championship
Flag of Sweden.svg Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Engström Swedish Touring Car Championship
Flag of Germany.svg Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 3 Flag of Estonia.svg Urmas Kitsing German ADAC Procar Series
4 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler World Touring Car Championship
Flag of Spain.svg SEAT Sport SEAT León TDi 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz SEAT León Eurocup
Flag of Portugal.svg Veloso Motorsport SEAT León TFSi 6 Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco CarvalhoPortuguese Touring Car Championship
Flag of Switzerland.svg Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Radermecker German ADAC Procar Series
8 Flag of Portugal.svg José Monroy Portuguese Touring Car Championship
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 9 Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Fèlix da Costa Portuguese Touring Car Championship
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard British Touring Car Championship
Flag of Denmark.svg Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Various
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Per Poulsen Danish Touring Car Championship
Flag of Portugal.svg Sports & You BMW 320si 14 Flag of Portugal.svg José Pedro Fontes Portuguese Touring Car Championship
Super Production class
Flag of Latvia.svg AV Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 21 Flag of Latvia.svg Marcis Birkens Baltic Touring Car Championship
Flag of Russia.svg Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV 22 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Karamyshev Russian Touring Car Championship
BMW 320i 23 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Zasadych
Super 1600 class
Flag of Germany.svg NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 31 Flag of Germany.svg Carsten Seifert German ADAC Procar Series

† Although in attendance, Radermecker did not compete due to a technical problem with his car.

‡ Despite entering the event, Fontes did not attend.

Report

Qualifying

SEAT Leon Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz took pole position from Franz Engstler at the very end of the session. [2] Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid. [2] Pre-event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively. [2] Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti. [2]

Classification

Race 1

PosNoClassDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridClass Points
15S2000 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz SEAT Sport SEAT León TDi 1725:54.375110
24S2000 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 17+0.44228
311S2000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 17+3.68366
41S2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 17+10.28385
510S2000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 17+20.92744
68S2000 Flag of Portugal.svg José Monroy Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 17+34.12593
76S2000 Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Carvalho Veloso Motorsport SEAT León TFSi 17+53.27072
89S2000 Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Félix da Costa Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 17+57.51831
92S2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Engström Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 17+1:07.0015
103S2000 Flag of Estonia.svg Urmas Kitsing Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 17+1:07.35511
1121SP Flag of Latvia.svg Marcis Birkens AV Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 16+ 1 lap1310
1223SP Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Zasadych Sport-Garage BMW 320i 16+ 1 lap128
1331S1600 Flag of Germany.svg Carsten Seifert NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 16+ 1 lap1410
1422SP Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Karamyshev Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV 14+ 3 laps276
Ret12S2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Per Poulsen Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 3Accident10

Final standings

PosDriverRace
1
Race
2
Pts
Super 2000
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson 3116
2 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler 2216
3 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz 1514
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Carvalho747
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Vaulkhard 567
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Engström 936
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Michel Nykjær 4Ret5
8 Flag of Portugal.svg José Monroy 6Ret3
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Félix da Costa 873
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Per Poulsen Ret81
11 Flag of Estonia.svg Urmas Kitsing 10Ret0
Super Production
1 Flag of Latvia.svg Marcis Birkens 11920
2 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Zasadych 121116
3 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Karamyshev 14Ret6
Super 1600
1 Flag of Germany.svg Carsten Seifert 131020
PosDriverRace
1
Race
2
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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