2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
Race details
	Round 7 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Circuito da Boavista in Porto, Portugal.
Date	5 July, 2009
Location	Porto, Portugal
Course	Circuito da Boavista ; 4.770 kilometres (2.964 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	12
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	13
Podium
First
Second
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Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal was the seventh round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the third FIA WTCC Race of Portugal. It was held on 5 July 2009 at the temporary Circuito da Boavista street course in Porto, Portugal. The first race was won by Gabriele Tarquini for SEAT Sport and the second race was won by Augusto Farfus for BMW Team Germany.

Background

The second race of the day was the 100th World Touring Car Championship race since its reintroduction at Monza in 2005. It also saw the debut of the new Lada Priora, with former race-winner James Thompson behind the wheel for LADA Sport.^[1] Diego Puyo made his series debut for SUNRED Engineering, after scoring more points than any other driver in the SEAT Leon Eurocup round at Brno.

Report

Testing and Free Practice

Testing took place on Friday afternoon, with Augusto Farfus quickest in the half-hour session for BMW Team Germany. The first free practice session took place on the Saturday morning, with Farfus quickest again.^[2] Chevrolet's Rob Huff was quickest in the second practice session shortly after midday.^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on the Saturday afternoon. SEAT Sport's Yvan Muller was quickest in Qualifying 1, after which the fastest ten drivers go through to Qualifying 2. Gabriele Tarquini took pole position for SEAT Sport, with Huff second and Yvan Muller third. Tom Coronel was the fastest independent in Qualifying, starting from 12th.^[4]

Warm Up

The fifteen-minute Sunday morning warm-up session took part on a wet track, with Rob Huff fastest.^[5]

Race One

Race 1 started on a drying track at 11:34 local time. The red flag was brought out and the race was suspended at the end of the first lap for two separate incidents on the opening lap. As the leaders made their way away from the grid, the BMW of Sergio Hernández and the Lada of Jaap van Lagen, who started 17th and 18th respectively tangled after the rolling start, pitching Hernandez in the concrete barrier. Hernandez was subsequently taken to hospital for checks on his ankle. Later on in the lap, Farfus collided with Alain Menu, spinning Menu into the wall. Nicola Larini tagged Tiago Monteiro as they tried to avoid the incident. The track became blocked as Mehdi Bennani ran into Menu's stationary Chevrolet Cruze.

After the restart Tarquini led Huff and Yvan Muller to victory. On the last lap, Andy Priaulx, running in fourth, and Jorg Muller, running seventh, slowed to allow BWW teammate Farfus (who had served a drive-through-penalty for the first lap incident with Menu) past them to allow him to finish eighth, securing one championship point and pole position for the second race.

Stefano D'Aste was the leading independent, finishing in tenth place. Tarquini recorded the fastest lap of the race.^[6]

Race Two

Race 2 started at 16:50 local time. The unusually large gap in time between the two races was to allow for TV broadcaster Eurosport to cover the Tour de France. On the third lap Rob Huff passed teammate Nicola Larini for sixth. Gabriele Tarquini tried to make a late move down the inside of Larini to follow Huff past but the two Italian veterans collided and both ended up in the tyre wall on the exit of the turn. As the field went on by, Mehdi Bennani ran wide and as he picked his way through the middle of the two stranded cars he rejoined the racing line in the path of fellow SEAT driver Tom Boardman. The safety car was deployed.

Farfus was still leading when the race was red-flagged following a crash involving Alain Menu and Franz Engstler on lap 10, which left Menu's car stranded in the middle of the narrow track. Farfus completed the two laps after the stoppage to win the 100th WTCC race ahead of four SEATs.

Stefano D'Aste was once again the independents’ winner and Farfus took the fastest lap.^[7]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:09.471	2:09.308
2	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:09.601	2:09.395
3	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:09.361	2:09.493
4	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		2:09.676	2:09.563
5	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:09.856	2:09.670
6	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:09.892	2:09.679
7	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		2:09.928	2:09.786
8	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:09.797	2:09.859
9	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:09.967	2:10.089
10	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:09.910	2:10.448
11	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		2:10.430
12	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		2:10.576
13	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:11.330
14	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.505
15	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.887
16	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:11.964
17	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		2:12.007
18	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2:12.058
19	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:12.146
20	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:13.271
21	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:13.696
22	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2:13.831
23	35	Diego Puyo	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:13.976

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	1:04:11.274	1	10
2	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		12	+2.934	2	8
3	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+7.848	3	6
4	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+8.472	6	5
5	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		12	+15.790	8	4
6	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+16.192	10	3
7	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+16.640	9	2
8	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		12	+16.975	7	1
9	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		12	+17.791	4
10	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+18.216	14
11	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		12	+19.149	12
12	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		12	+19.442	11
13	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+33.010	13
14	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+42.995	15
15	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+54.702	21
16	35	Diego Puyo	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+54.931	23
17	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	12	+55.277	20
18	36	James Thompson	LADA Sport	Lada Priora		12	+55.742	24
19	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+1:11.955	22
20	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	11	+1 Lap	19
Ret	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		4	Race incident	5
Ret	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2	Race incident	18
Ret	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		0	Race incident	17
DSQ	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	0	Disqualified	16

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		13	47:48.304	1	10
2	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+2.295	6	8
3	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+2.810	2	6
4	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+3.385	3	5
5	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+3.970	5	4
6	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+4.219	7	3
7	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		13	+4.583	9	2
8	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		13	+5.064	11	1
9	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+6.428	10
10	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		13	+7.584	12
11	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	13	+9.201	18
12	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+13.290	13
13	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+15.272	14
14	35	Diego Puyo	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+17.706	15
15	36	James Thompson	LADA Sport	Lada Priora		13	+22.964	17
16	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	13	+53.730	16
17	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+1 Lap	23
18	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		9	+4 Laps	20
Ret	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		5	+23.139	4
Ret	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2	+5.426	8
Ret	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2	+43.550	21
Ret	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2	+34.859	22
DNS	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		0	Did not start	–
DNS	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		0	Did not start	19

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Yvan Muller	80
	2	Gabriele Tarquini	66
	3	Augusto Farfus	65
1	4	Rickard Rydell	46
2	5	Robert Huff	43

Independents' Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Félix Porteiro	135
2	Tom Coronel	113
3	Franz Engstler	100
4	Stefano D'Aste	72
5	Tom Boardman	38

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	SEAT	191
2	BMW	174
3	Chevrolet	121
4	Lada	53

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

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References

↑ English, Steven (26 June 2009). "Lada to run one Priora at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in first practice at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Huff flies in final Porto practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Tarquini claims pole at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.
↑ Meissner, Johan (5 July 2009). "Chevrolet masters a wet warm up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
↑ English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Tarquini eases to victory at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Farfus wins hectic second race at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.

External links

Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems

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[1] English, Steven (26 June 2009). "Lada to run one Priora at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[2] English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in first practice at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[3] English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Huff flies in final Porto practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[4] English, Steven (4 July 2009). "Tarquini claims pole at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[5] Meissner, Johan (5 July 2009). "Chevrolet masters a wet warm up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[6] English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Tarquini eases to victory at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[7] English, Steven (5 July 2009). "Farfus wins hectic second race at Porto". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 13 July 2009.

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2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

Contents

Background

Report

Testing and Free Practice

Qualifying

Warm Up

Race One

Race Two

Results

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Standings after the race

Related Research Articles

References

External links