2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK

2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK
Race details
	Round 8 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent, England.
Date	19 July, 2009
Location	Kent, England
Course	Brands Hatch ; 3.703 kilometres (2.301 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	16
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of UK) was the eighth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth FIA WTCC Race of UK. It was held on 19 July 2009 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The first race was won by Alain Menu for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Augusto Farfus for BMW Team Germany. The round was overshadowed by the death of Henry Surtees in the second FIA Formula Two Championship support race.

Background

Yvan Muller arrived at Brands Hatch with a 14 point lead over SEAT Sport teammate Gabriele Tarquini, with BMW's Augusto Farfus a further point behind.

The race saw four new drivers for the 2009 season. ADAC Procar Series champion Philip Geipel joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a third BMW 320si. Meanwhile, Swedish team Polestar Racing entered two Volvo C30s for Robert Dahlgren and WTCC newcomer Tommy Rustad, however both Volvos were ineligible to score championship points.^[1] Norbert Michelisz drove the SUNRED Engineering-run SEAT Leon Eurocup prize car, as he did at Okayama in 2008.

Report

Free Practice

Augusto Farfus went quickest in the first free practice session on the Saturday morning.^[2] The Brazilian BMW Team Germany driver then went quickest in the second session later in the morning.^[3]

Qualifying

Farfus went quickest in the first qualifying session. Amongst those who failed to make it through into the second session were Yvan Muller and Jordi Gene. Chevrolet's Alain Menu and Rob Huff locked out the front row of the grid after the second session, with the BMWs of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. Guest independent SEAT driver Norbert Michelisz qualified tenth, the leading independent.^[4] Jorg Muller, Robert Dahlgren, Jordi Gene and Kristian Poulsen all received grid penalties ahead of the first race. Muller received a five-place penalty for driving in the fast lane of the pits before the pit lane had been opened at the beginning of the session. Dahlgren had all his times disallowed because his team worked on the car during the parc ferme conditions between Q1 and Q2. The Swede dropped from 13th to the back of the grid. Gene also had his times disallowed because the engine speed sensor of his car's data logging system was disconnected, and he also dropped to the back row of the grid. Poulsen received a 10-place grid drop after having the engine in his BMW changed, although he had only qualified 22nd anyway.^[5]

Warm Up

Andy Priaulx went fastest in the Sunday morning warm-up session. The major story though was James Thompson setting the eighth quickest time in the Lada Priora.^[6]

Race One

The first race started with a multi-car accident at the Druids hairpin as Yvan Muller and Augusto Farfus tangled. Felix Porteiro and Norbert Michelisz were also heavily involved with many others taking to the grass on the inside and outside of the corner in avoidance. The incident brought the safety car out. Huff lead Menu from the restart, although Menu re-passed Huff for the lead on lap five. The two Chevrolet drivers remained out in front until the end of the race, although Priaulx pushed Huff for second in the final laps, having passed Gabriele Tarquini for third.

The safety car made a second appearance later in the race as Sergio Hernández, Vito Postiglione and Tommy Rustad tangled at Surtees. Farfus made his way through the field after his first lap incident to claim eighth place and pole position for Race 2.

Stefano D'Aste won the Independents Trophy from Tom Coronel and Tom Boardman. Menu set the fastest lap.^[7]

Race Two

Race two was won by pole-sitter Augusto Farfus from BMW Team Germany teammate Jörg Müller. SEAT Sport drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Rickard Rydell finished third and fourth ahead of Andy Priaulx. Yvan Muller battled through from the back of the field to take seventh place in an otherwise uneventful race.

Tom Boardman took his first ever Independent's Trophy win in tenth overall. Jörg Müller set the fastest lap of the race.^[8]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:34.088	1:33.521
2	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:34.184	1:33.618
3	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		1:34.216	1:33.670
4	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		1:33.836	1:33.696
5	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:34.093	1:33.871
6	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:34.294	1:33.963
7	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1:34.110	1:33.968
8	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		1:34.187	1:34.195
9	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:34.182	1:34.204
10	37	Norbert Michelisz	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:34.213	1:34.857
11	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		1:34.366
12	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:34.380
13	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:34.559
14	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		1:34.680
15	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	1:34.921
16	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		1:35.033
17	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		1:35.118
18	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	1:35.227
19	40	Tommy Rustad	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30		1:35.363
20	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:35.517
21	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	1:35.710
22	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:35.831
23	36	James Thompson	LADA Sport	Lada Priora		1:35.950
24	38	Philip Geipel	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	1:36.245
25	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		1:37.102

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		16	28:25.945	1	10
2	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		16	+1.051	2	8
3	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		16	+1.240	3	6
4	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+2.024	6	5
5	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+2.420	5	4
6	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		16	+5.815	13	3
7	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+6.300	8	2
8	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		16	+8.307	4	1
9	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+9.225	15
10	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	16	+10.884	12
11	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	16	+11.737	18
12	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		16	+12.415	16
13	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+13.331	26
14	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+13.675	11
15	39	Robert Dahlgren	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30		16	+14.087	25
16	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		16	+17.753	14
17	38	Philip Geipel	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	16	+22.188	23
18	36	James Thompson	LADA Sport	Lada Priora		16	+25.447	22
19	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		16	+37.466	24
20	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	16	+41.831	27
21	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+42.677	20
22	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		15	+1 Lap	7
Ret	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	11	Race incident	21
Ret	40	Tommy Rustad	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30		6	Race incident	19
Ret	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		5	Engine	17
Ret	37	Norbert Michelisz	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	0	Race incident	9
Ret	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		0	Race incident	10

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		16	28:09.979	1	10
2	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		16	+2.061	3	8
3	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+7.030	5	6
4	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+7.398	4	5
5	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		16	+7.749	6	4
6	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		16	+8.427	7	3
7	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+16.651	24	2
8	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+17.444	2	1
9	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		16	+18.191	16
10	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	16	+19.523	11
11	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	16	+19.969	10
12	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		16	+20.183	12
13	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+21.589	9
14	39	Robert Dahlgren	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30		16	+22.255	25
15	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+22.923	14
16	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		16	+23.053	13
17	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		16	+23.594	22
18	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		16	+24.021	8
19	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	16	+28.723	26
20	38	Philip Geipel	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	16	+29.318	17
21	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		16	+35.320	27
22	36	James Thompson	LADA Sport	Lada Priora		16	+36.187	18
23	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	16	+36.735	21
24	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+4 Laps	19
NC	37	Norbert Michelisz	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	6	+10 Laps	23
Ret	40	Tommy Rustad	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30		4	Race incident	25
Ret	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	3	Race incident	20

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Yvan Muller	82
2	Gabriele Tarquini	77
3	Augusto Farfus	76
4	Rickard Rydell	55
5	Robert Huff	54

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Félix Porteiro	145
2	Tom Coronel	129
3	Franz Engstler	104
4	Stefano D'Aste	89
5	Tom Boardman	54

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	SEAT	211
2	BMW	201
3	Chevrolet	147
4	Lada	59

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

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References

↑ Beer, Matt (9 July 2009). "Volvo enters Brands WTCC rounds". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in first Brands practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 18 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in final Brands practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 18 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Menu leads all-Chevrolet front row". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Four drivers get penalties for race one". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 19 July 2009.
↑ http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=279 WARM UP - THOMPSON'S BIG IMPROVEMENT. Accessed 2009-07-19. Archived 2009-07-25.
↑ English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Menu continues Brands winning streak". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
↑ English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Farfus strolls to victory in race two". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

External links

Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems

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[1] Beer, Matt (9 July 2009). "Volvo enters Brands WTCC rounds". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.

[2] English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in first Brands practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 18 July 2009.

[3] English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Farfus quickest in final Brands practice". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 18 July 2009.

[4] English, Steven (18 July 2009). "Menu leads all-Chevrolet front row". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[5] English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Four drivers get penalties for race one". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing . Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[6] ttp://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=279 WARM UP - THOMPSON'S BIG IMPROVEMENT. Accessed 2009-07-19. Archived 2009-07-25.

[7] English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Menu continues Brands winning streak". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[8] English, Steven (19 July 2009). "Farfus strolls to victory in race two". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

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2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK

Contents

Background

Report

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