2009 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

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Flag of Brazil.svg 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Race details
Autodromo Curitiba.svg
Date8 March, 2009
Location Curitiba, Brazil
Course Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
3.695 kilometres (2.296 mi)
Race One
Laps 16
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Time 1:24.196
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Second Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Third Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Time 1:25.662
Race Two
Laps 16
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport
Third Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet
Time 1:34.837

The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil) was the first round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held on March 8, 2009 at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil. It was the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil.

Contents

The two races were won by SEAT's Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini, with SEAT filling both podiums.

Background

The race marked the arrival of a fourth manufacturer, with Lada giving full backing to the Russian Bears Motorsport team, forming the Lada Sport team. SEAT, BMW and Chevrolet returned for their fifth seasons in the series, with Chevrolet introducing the new Cruze model.

Reigning Independents Trophy champion Sergio Hernández had joined BMW Team Italy-Spain from Scuderia Proteam Motorsport, swapping seats with fellow Spaniard Félix Porteiro. After a one-off appearance for the team in 2008, Tom Boardman joined SUNRED Engineering full-time, while Marin Čolak joined the series, forming his own team. Stefano D'Aste had returned to Wiechers-Sport, while Kristian Poulsen had joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler.

Report

Testing and free practice

SEAT Sport driver Tarquini was fastest in the Friday test session. His fastest time was less than a tenth of a second faster than the BMW pair of Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller. Behind them were five SEATs led by Yvan Muller, while the new Chevrolet Cruze was ninth in the hands of Nicola Larini. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Porteiro was the fastest driver in the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. Jaap van Lagen was the fastest Lada driver. SUNRED driver Tom Coronel stopped early on in the session when his engine failed while Engstler Motorsport driver Poulsen didn't get any running due to a fuel pump failure. [1]

Defending champion Yvan Muller led a SEAT 1–2–3–4–5 in the Saturday morning practice session with Farfus sixth as the best BMW runner. Porteiro was once again the fastest independent driver while Larini was the fastest Chevrolet. BMW Team UK driver Andy Priaulx finished 17th having suffered from brake problems. [2]

Jörg Müller was fastest in the second free practice session ahead of earlier pace setter Yvan Muller. Priaulx was third after his brake problems in the morning session, while Alain Menu put his Chevrolet in seventh. Coronel missed more practice time due to a clutch problem on his Sunred SEAT. [3]

Qualifying

For the first time qualifying was split into two sessions. The first determined the top ten, who would go through to the second session. The first session was red-flagged after five minutes when Kristian Poulsen crashed heavily into the wall at the final turn. Yvan Muller was fastest in the session, ahead of Gabriele Tarquini. Amongst those that went out in Q1 were Sergio Hernández, Rob Huff and Alex Zanardi. [4]

Muller also set the fastest time in Q2, winning pole position ahead of his teammates, Jordi Gené, Tarquini, Tiago Monteiro and Rickard Rydell. [4]

Warm-Up

Jörg Müller was the fastest driver in Sunday mornings warm up session, leading a BMW 1–2–3 ahead of Farfus and Priaulx. Pole sitter Yvan Muller was fourth. [5]

Race One

The first race was dominated by Muller, as he led from the beginning until the end. SEAT teammates Gené, Rydell and Tarquini finished in second, third and fourth respectively. Alain Menu retired following a collision on the opening lap, involving him and the BMWs of Jörg Müller and Andy Priaulx. Müller spent five laps in the pits before rejoining the race, while Priaulx went on to climb from 21st to ninth. The safety car was introduced on lap six, following a crash for Stefano D'Aste. Nicola Larini finished the race in fifth, scoring the first points for the new Chevrolet Cruze. Augusto Farfus finished sixth ahead of Hernández and Monteiro. Félix Porteiro won the Independents’ class, finishing tenth overall. [6]

After the race, Larini and Monteiro were given 30-second penalties after overtaking during the safety car period, dropping them to 15th and 16th respectively. Jaap van Lagen and George Tanev were also given the same penalties. Andy Priaulx and Porteiro inherited seventh and eighth places respectively. [6]

Race Two

SEAT encored in race two, once again placing four drivers in the top four positions. The race started behind the safety car on a track flooded by a violent thunderstorm, with Félix Porteiro who had inherited pole position after Tiago Monteiro’s penalty. In the early stages the BMW drivers - Félix Porteiro, Andy Priaulx, Sergio Hernández and Augusto Farfus – set the pace, but soon the SEAT tide became unstoppable. Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell, Jordi Gené and Yvan Muller jumped on top to stay, while Porteiro repeated his success in the Independents’ class.

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.3451:24.196
24 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.7961:24.315
32 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.5371:24.355
45 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.5541:24.472
53 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.8451:24.486
67 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:24.7061:24.637
78 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:24.7721:24.749
812 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:24.5341:24.831
914 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:25.0101:24.831
106 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:24.7721:24.933
1110 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:25.046
1223 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y1:25.377
1311 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:25.456
149 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:25.488
1525 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y1:26.018
1622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y1:26.026
1727 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y1:26.076
1821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y1:26.220
1928 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y1:26.281
2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:26.753
2124 Flag of Bulgaria.svg George Tanev Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y1:26.940
2226 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y1:27.578
2319 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:27.585
2420 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:28.035

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1626:45.799110
24 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+2.09828
33 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+2.88056
42 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+3.50135
58 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16+7.76674
610 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16+8.152113
76 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16+12.128102
823 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y16+13.441121
921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y16+15.97118
109 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16+16.10514
1122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y16+16.99016
1225 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y16+20.82915
1320 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+26.33924
1419 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+27.54023
1514 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16+37.1839
165 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+38.7674
1718 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+54.11620
1824 Flag of Bulgaria.svg George Tanev Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y16+54.86821
1928 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y13+3 Laps19
2026 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y13+3 Laps22
NC7 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 11+5 Laps6
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 5Mechanical13
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y4Race incident17
Ret12 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2Race incident8

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1627:44.649510
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+0.81068
34 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+5.86976
41 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+7.15785
57 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16+9.916204
68 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16+11.75943
723 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y16+13.72112
821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y16+14.21691
96 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16+17.6822
1010 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16+18.1443
1112 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16+19.04622
125 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16+23.09716
1311 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16+23.37621
149 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16+27.31510
1514 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16+27.69415
1625 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y16+29.85912
1718 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+34.42417
1826 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y16+35.86019
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y16+36.60111
2027 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y16+36.99223
2124 Flag of Bulgaria.svg George Tanev Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y16+48.90818
2219 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+49.70914
2320 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport LADA 110 2.0 16+1:13.06913
DNS28 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y0Did not start24

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