2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
Race details
Brno (formerly Masarykuv okruh).svg
Date21 June, 2009
Location Brno, Czech Republic
Course Masaryk Circuit
5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi)
Race One
Laps 12
Pole position
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany
Time 2:09.590
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain
Second Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany
Third Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Time 2:10.622
Race Two
Laps 10
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain
Second Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Third Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain
Time 2:12.143

The 2009 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of the Czech Republic was the sixth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic. It was held on 21 June 2009 at the Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic. BMW Team Italy-Spain won both races with Alex Zanardi winning the first race and Sergio Hernández winning the second race.

Contents

Background

Coming into the round, SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship by a three-point margin over BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus. Tom Coronel was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Tom's twin brother Tim Coronel joined SUNRED Engineering for the event to make his WTCC debut. [1] Exagon Engineering and their driver Mehdi Bennani missed the round before returning at the Race of Portugal.

Report

Free practice

BMW cars dominated first practice taking the top five positions on Saturday morning. In wet conditions, Andy Priaulx was fastest just under 0.15s ahead of Zanardi. Rickard Rydell was the fastest SEAT drive in sixth place and the fastest Chevrolet was that of Nicola Larini in seventh. [2]

BMW filled the top four places in the second free practice session with Farfus setting the fastest time. SEAT cars filled the next five places, led by Gabriele Tarquini while the fastest Chevrolet was Robert Huff in tenth. The track was still damp after the morning but it was drying as the session progressed. [3]

Qualifying

Farfus took his third pole position of the year with Priaulx alongside him on the front row. Behind them were Zanardi and the fastest Chevrolet of Larini. Only two SEATs made it through to Q2, Rydell lined up fifth and Tarquini sixth. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Félix Porteiro was the fastest independent lining up tenth. Priaulx had been fastest in Q1 but changing weather conditions favoured Farfus later on. Out in Q1 were SEAT Sport drivers Tiago Monteiro, Jordi Gené and points leader Yvan Muller. [4]

Warm-Up

Farfus was quickest in Sunday mornings warm up session with BMW cars in the top five positions. [5]

Race One

Farfus moved to the left at the start, collecting Priaulx, Huff, Larini and Gené before beaching himself in the gravel trap. Priaulx limped back to the pits minus his front bumper and with broken front suspension while Farfus, Huff and Larini were stuck at turn one. The incident allowed Tarquini and Zanardi to pass up the inside and continue. Tarquini led away from the restart before Zanardi quickly passed the SEAT and pulled away into the lead. Zanardi took victory at Brno for the second consecutive year while Jörg Müller had climbed up from eleventh to second ahead of Tarquini. Porteiro was the winning Yokohama Independent driver and Yvan Muller finished eighth to secure pole position for race two. [6]

Race Two

Starting on the front row, Porteiro moved into the lead at the start while Hernández then took second from pole sitter Yvan Muller. The leading pair ran close together and on lap three Hernández made his move to take the lead. Porteiro dropped down to fourth on lap four when he was passed by Muller and Monteiro. Behind them, a battle for fifth place was developing between BMW pair Priaulx and Müller and SEAT pair Tarquini and Rydell. While the BMW duo were contesting fifth place, Tarquini and Rydell overtook the pair of them. At the line Hernández took his first ever WTCC win with Muller second and Monteiro third, fourth place for Porteiro secured him the independents' win. [6]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCQ1Q2
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2:10.6632:09.590
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 2:09.6442:09.630
39 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 2:10.8262:09.862
414 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.8222:10.327
53 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.6042:10.371
62 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.6012:10.617
77 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2:10.4242:10.661
812 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.7302:10.714
910 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 2:10.6282:10.996
1023 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:10.9812:11.011
115 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.020
124 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.317
131 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.320
1411 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:11.391
1527 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y2:11.504
1621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y2:11.851
1725 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2:11.895
1831 Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y2:12.141
1928 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y2:12.469
2032 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y2:12.490
2122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y2:13.048
2218 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:13.371
2326 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2:13.808
2419 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:14.033
2520 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:14.257

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 122:26.496310
27 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 12+1.84878
32 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12+4.83166
43 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12+5.10555
510 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 12+5.30394
65 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12+7.250113
723 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y12+7.847102
81 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12+9.915131
921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y12+10.81416
1031 Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y12+11.02218
1125 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y12+12.91617
1232 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y12+14.15020
1322 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y12+17.69221
1418 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12+20.20022
1519 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12+22.34224
1620 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12+24.60725
1727 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y12+36.10615
Ret28 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y7Pierced radiator19
NC6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 6Race incident2
Ret4 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 4Race incident12
Ret26 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y2Engine23
Ret12 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1Race incident8
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 0Race incident1
Ret14 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 0Race incident4
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 0Race incident14

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1022:13.734410
21 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10+2.31618
35 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10+4.11436
423 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y10+4.28025
52 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10+7.23264
63 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10+7.85753
77 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 10+8.09272
86 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 10+8.852171
921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y10+10.3699
1031 Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y10+10.55110
114 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10+12.50118
1211 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 10+16.02619
1314 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 10+17.62421
1425 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y10+18.45611
1527 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y10+19.35223
1632 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y10+19.91612
1719 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10+29.47615
1818 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10+30.48314
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y10+30.83713
2020 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10+31.36216
2126 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y10+42.12125
2212 Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 9+1 Lap22
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 4Race incident8
Ret8 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1Race incident20
DNS28 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y0Pierced radiator24

Championship standings

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