2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
Race details
	Round 6 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic.
Date	21 June, 2009
Location	Brno, Czech Republic
Course	Masaryk Circuit ; 5.403 kilometres (3.357 mi)
Race One
Laps
Laps	12
Pole position
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time
Race Two
Laps
Laps	10
Podium
First
Second
Third
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

Last updated July 02, 2022

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.

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.	Name	Team	Car	C	Q1	Q2
1	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		2:10.663	2:09.590
2	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		2:09.644	2:09.630
3	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		2:10.826	2:09.862
4	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:10.822	2:10.327
5	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:10.604	2:10.371
6	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:10.601	2:10.617
7	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		2:10.424	2:10.661
8	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:10.730	2:10.714
9	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		2:10.628	2:10.996
10	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:10.981	2:11.011
11	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.020
12	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.317
13	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		2:11.320
14	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		2:11.391
15	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.504
16	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:11.851
17	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:11.895
18	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	2:12.141
19	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:12.469
20	32	Tim Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:12.490
21	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	2:13.048
22	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2:13.371
23	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2:13.808
24	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2:14.033
25	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		2:14.257

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		12	2:26.496	3	10
2	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		12	+1.848	7	8
3	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+4.831	6	6
4	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+5.105	5	5
5	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		12	+5.303	9	4
6	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+7.250	11	3
7	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+7.847	10	2
8	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		12	+9.915	13	1
9	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+10.814	16
10	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+11.022	18
11	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	12	+12.916	17
12	32	Tim Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+14.150	20
13	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	12	+17.692	21
14	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+20.200	22
15	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+22.342	24
16	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		12	+24.607	25
17	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	12	+36.106	15
Ret	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	7	Pierced radiator	19
NC	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		6	Race incident	2
Ret	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		4	Race incident	12
Ret	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	2	Engine	23
Ret	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		1	Race incident	8
Ret	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		0	Race incident	1
Ret	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		0	Race incident	4
Ret	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		0	Race incident	14

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	C	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		10	22:13.734	4	10
2	1	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+2.316	1	8
3	5	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+4.114	3	6
4	23	Félix Porteiro	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+4.280	2	5
5	2	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+7.232	6	4
6	3	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+7.857	5	3
7	7	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		10	+8.092	7	2
8	6	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si		10	+8.852	17	1
9	21	Tom Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	10	+10.369	9
10	31	Vito Postiglione	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+10.551	10
11	4	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI		10	+12.501	18
12	11	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+16.026	19
13	14	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		10	+17.624	21
14	25	Franz Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	10	+18.456	11
15	27	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	Y	10	+19.352	23
16	32	Tim Coronel	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	10	+19.916	12
17	19	Kirill Ladygin	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		10	+29.476	15
18	18	Jaap van Lagen	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		10	+30.483	14
19	22	Tom Boardman	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	10	+30.837	13
20	20	Viktor Shapovalov	LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0		10	+31.362	16
21	26	Kristian Poulsen	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	Y	10	+42.121	25
22	12	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze LT		9	+1 Lap	22
Ret	9	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si		4	Race incident	8
Ret	8	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si		1	Race incident	20
DNS	28	Marin Čolak	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	Y	0	Pierced radiator	24

Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Yvan Muller	66
1	2	Gabriele Tarquini	56
1	3	Augusto Farfus	54
2	4	Jörg Müller	41
2	5	Rickard Rydell	38

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
2	1	Félix Porteiro	124
1	2	Tom Coronel	98
1	3	Franz Engstler	90
	4	Stefano D'Aste	50
	5	Tom Boardman	32

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	SEAT	161
2	BMW	153
3	Chevrolet	103
4	Lada	45

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

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References

↑ Veltman, Rob (31 May 2009). "Twin brother Coronel to join at Brno". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ Veltman, Rob (20 June 2009). "BMW dominant in first test session". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ English, Steven (20 June 2009). "Farfus fastest in second Brno practice". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ "Farfus secures pole at Brno". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ "Warm up results - WTCC: Czech Republic 2009". GPupdate. JHED Media BV. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
1 2 "ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

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[1] Veltman, Rob (31 May 2009). "Twin brother Coronel to join at Brno". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[2] Veltman, Rob (20 June 2009). "BMW dominant in first test session". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[3] English, Steven (20 June 2009). "Farfus fastest in second Brno practice". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[4] "Farfus secures pole at Brno". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[5] "Warm up results - WTCC: Czech Republic 2009". GPupdate. JHED Media BV. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[Results-6] 1 2 "ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. Eurosport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

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