2009 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Spain
Race details
	Round 5 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
Date	31 May, 2009
Location	Valencia, Spain
Course	Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo ; 4.051 kilometres (2.517 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	13
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	13
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated March 29, 2023

The FIA WTCC Race of Spain 2009 was the fifth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Spain. It was held on 31 May 2009 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, near Valencia in Spain. 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

SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship coming into the event, BMW driver Farfus was six points behind in second and Gabriele Tarquini was a further five points behind. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy with Félix Porteiro second.

Having missed the previous round at Pau due to damage sustained at the Race of Morocco, Vito Postiglione returned to the championship with Scuderia Proteam Motorsport.^[1]

After a disappointing performance at Pau, the SEAT León TDIs were given a 0.2 bar increase in boost pressure for the Race of Spain to return the diesels to competitive form.^[2]

Report

Free Practice

Yvan Muller set the pace in the opening free practice session, the increase in boost pressure for the TDI engine produced a SEAT 1–2–3 result. Tom Coronel was the leading petrol car, Nicola Larini was the leading Chevrolet car and the heavier BMWs were led by Farfus in ninth.^[3]

SEAT stayed on top in the second practice session, this time courtesy of Tiago Monteiro. Farfus was second for BMW and Larini was third for Chevrolet. Jaap van Lagen did not participate in the session, as the engine was changed in his LADA Sport Lada 110 2.0. The session was interrupted with a red flag when Jordi Gené went off the circuit and left gravel on the track.^[4]

Qualifying

Tarquini set pole position on his final timed lap, to achieve his first pole since the 2007 Race of Germany. SEAT Sport locked out the first two rows of the grid at their home event with Yvan Muller second, Gené third and Monteiro fourth. SEAT driver Rickard Rydell was fastest in Q1 at the head of a 1–2–3 for the marque, while Farfus was the only BMW to escape Q1. All three Chevrolet drivers progressed to Q2 while both LADAs lined up near the back of the grid. With SEAT claiming the first four positions in Q2, Farfus separated them from the leading Chevrolet of Alain Menu. SUNRED Engineering's Tom Coronel was the only independent driver to make it into Q2, and he lined up tenth for the first race.^[5]

Warm-Up

Rydell was fastest in Sunday morning warm up session with pole sitter Tarquini thirteenth.^[6]

Race One

Yvan Muller made a good start to take the lead from Tarquini straight away, while Monteiro also passed Tarquini to finish second. Having dropped out in Q1, triple champion Andy Priaulx battled through from fourteenth to fifth while the leading BMW of Farfus had a difficult race amongst the SEATs. He recovered after Gené pushed him wide, he then dropped down to seventh when he was involved in a tangle with Rydell, Menu and Gené but he then climbed up the order to claim fourth. This was helped by Jörg Müller dropping two places at the final corner. Coronel was the independent winner having finished seventh while further down the order, BMW Team Italy-Spain driver Sergio Hernández and Wiechers-Sport's Stefano D'Aste battled over the eighth place which would become pole position for race two, with Hernández coming out victorious.^[7]

Race Two

The second race saw a 1–2 finish for BMW Team Germany, with Farfus winning and Jörg Müller second. Jörg Müller had started from third and took the lead of the race which he held until the third lap, when Farfus assumed the race lead. The leading pair distanced themselves from the rest of the field which was being led by Tarquini and Priaulx in the battle for the third and final podium spot. Ultimately, it was Tarquini to finish third, to deny BMW a 1–2–3 finish. Coronel started on the front row but could not match the start of the rear-wheel drive BMW of pole sitter Hernández. Coronel finished tenth and Hernández sixth, while D'Aste took the independent win with ninth place.^[7]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:45.888	1:44.414
2	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:45.516	1:44.646
3	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:45.790	1:44.826
4	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:45.542	1:44.896
5	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		1:45.638	1:45.080
6	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:45.681	1:45.314
7	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:46.038	1:45.440
8	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:45.424	1:45.538
9	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:45.854	1:45.702
10	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:45.949	no time set
11	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		1:46.126
12	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		1:46.221
13	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		1:46.250
14	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		1:46.331
15	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:46.426
16	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	1:46.525
17	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:46.615
18	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:46.633
19	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:47.439
20	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:47.462
21	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:47.547
22	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		1:47.901
23	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:48.492
24	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		1:48.530
107% time: 1:52.823
—	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12:23.222

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	23:13.675	2	10
2	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+1.884	4	8
3	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+4.157	1	6
4	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		13	+5.364	5	5
5	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		13	+5.855	14	4
6	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		13	+5.943	11	3
7	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+8.096	10	2
8	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		13	+12.106	13	1
9	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+13.301	16
10	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+15.846	15
11	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+16.461	9
12	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		13	+22.528	12
13	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+23.038	8
14	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+25.385	17
15	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+26.381	6
16	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	13	+32.002	21
17	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+33.042	19
18	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+33.730	18
19	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+34.781	20
20	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		13	+38.341	24
21	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+1 Lap	25
22	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		12	+1 Lap	7
Ret	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		7	Engine overheating	23
Ret	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1	Race incident	22
Ret	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	3

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	23:16.075	5	10
2	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		13	+0.540	3	8
3	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+5.426	6	6
4	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		13	+5.884	4	5
5	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		13	+6.676	12	4
6	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		13	+7.178	1	3
7	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+11.169	8	2
8	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+11.569	7	1
9	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+13.052	9
10	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+16.936	2
11	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+17.978	22
12	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+20.965	15
13	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+23.139	11
14	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		13	+23.635	13
15	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+24.470	10
16	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	13	+29.515	16
17	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	13	+32.556	19
18	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+33.721	18
19	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+34.859	17
20	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	13	+35.793	23
21	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		13	+36.289	20
22	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		13	+43.503	21
23	30	Mehdi Bennani	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	13	+43.550	14
24	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		13	+46.540	24
Ret	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		3	Oil pressure	25

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Yvan Muller	57
	2	Augusto Farfus	54
	3	Gabriele Tarquini	46
2	4	Andy Priaulx	35
1	5	Robert Huff	32

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
2	1	Tom Coronel	82
1	2	Franz Engstler	80
	3	Félix Porteiro	80
	4	Stefano D'Aste	44
	5	Tom Boardman	28

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	SEAT	136
2	BMW	120
3	Chevrolet	96
4	Lada	35

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

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References

↑ Casillo, Pietro (12 May 2009). "Interview with Vito Postiglione". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
↑ English, Steven (22 May 2009). "SEAT granted break for diesels". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 27 November 2012.
↑ English, Steven (30 May 2009). "SEAT leads first Valencia practice". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 27 November 2012.
↑ Veltman, Rob (30 May 2009). "Monteiro fastest, BMW closes in". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
↑ "ROUNDS 9 & 10 – VALENCIA, SPAIN QUALIFYING REPORT" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Warm up results – WTCC: Spain 2009". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
1 2 "ROUNDS 9 & 10 – VALENCIA, SPAIN RACE REPORT" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

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[1] Casillo, Pietro (12 May 2009). "Interview with Vito Postiglione". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[2] English, Steven (22 May 2009). "SEAT granted break for diesels". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[3] English, Steven (30 May 2009). "SEAT leads first Valencia practice". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[4] Veltman, Rob (30 May 2009). "Monteiro fastest, BMW closes in". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[5] "ROUNDS 9 & 10 – VALENCIA, SPAIN QUALIFYING REPORT" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Warm up results – WTCC: Spain 2009". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

[Race_Result-7] 1 2 "ROUNDS 9 & 10 – VALENCIA, SPAIN RACE REPORT" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship . Kigema Sport Organisation. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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2009 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

Contents

Background

Report

Free Practice

Qualifying

Warm-Up

Race One

Race Two

Results

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Championship standings

Related Research Articles

References

External links