2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK

FIA WTCC Race of UK UK 19 July 2009 Brands Hatch 2003.svg 8 12 Kent, England Brands Hatch 3.703 16 16 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:33.521 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet GBR Rob Huff Chevrolet GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK CHE Alain Menu 1:34.362 Chevrolet BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport DEU Jörg Müller 1:34.448 BMW Team Germany 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.Matt Beer Volvo enters Brands WTCC rounds http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76784 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 9 July 2009 18 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090712064047/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76784 12 July 2009 live 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.Steven English Farfus quickest in first Brands practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77031 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 18 July 2009 18 July 2009 The Brazilian BMW Team Germany driver then went quickest in the second session later in the morning.Steven English Farfus quickest in final Brands practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77038 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 18 July 2009 18 July 2009 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.Steven English Menu leads all-Chevrolet front row http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77053 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 18 July 2009 19 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090723050243/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77053 23 July 2009 live 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.Steven English Four drivers get penalties for race one http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77062 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 19 July 2009 19 July 2009 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.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=279 WARM UP - THOMPSON'S BIG IMPROVEMENT. Accessed 2009-07-19. Archived 2009-07-25. 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.Steven English Menu continues Brands winning streak http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77066 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 19 July 2009 19 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722094816/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77066 22 July 2009 live 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.Steven English Farfus strolls to victory in race two http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77080 autosport.com Haymarket Publishing 19 July 2009 19 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722094826/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77080 22 July 2009 live Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:34.088 1:33.521 2 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:34.184 1:33.618 3 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:34.216 1:33.670 4 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:33.836 1:33.696 5 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.093 1:33.871 6 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.294 1:33.963 7 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:34.110 1:33.968 8 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:34.187 1:34.195 9 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.182 1:34.204 10 37 HUN Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:34.213 1:34.857 11 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.366 12 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:34.380 13 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:34.559 14 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:34.680 15 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:34.921 16 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:35.033 17 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:35.118 18 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:35.227 19 40 NOR Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 1:35.363 20 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:35.517 21 31 ITA Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:35.710 22 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:35.831 23 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 1:35.950 24 38 DEU Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:36.245 25 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:37.102 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 28:25.945 1 10 2 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +1.051 2 8 3 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16 +1.240 3 6 4 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +2.024 6 5 5 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +2.420 5 4 6 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 +5.815 13 3 7 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +6.300 8 2 8 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 +8.307 4 1 9 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 16 +9.225 15 10 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +10.884 12 11 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +11.737 18 12 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +12.415 16 13 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +13.331 26 14 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +13.675 11 15 39 SWE Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 16 +14.087 25 16 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +17.753 14 17 38 DEU Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +22.188 23 18 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 16 +25.447 22 19 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 16 +37.466 24 20 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +41.831 27 21 31 ITA Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +42.677 20 22 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 15 +1 Lap 7 Ret 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 11 Race incident 21 Ret 40 NOR Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 6 Race incident 19 Ret 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 5 Engine 17 Ret 37 HUN Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 0 Race incident 9 Ret 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 10 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 28:09.979 1 10 2 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 +2.061 3 8 3 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +7.030 5 6 4 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +7.398 4 5 5 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16 +7.749 6 4 6 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +8.427 7 3 7 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +16.651 24 2 8 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +17.444 2 1 9 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +18.191 16 10 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +19.523 11 11 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +19.969 10 12 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +20.183 12 13 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 16 +21.589 9 14 39 SWE Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 16 +22.255 25 15 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +22.923 14 16 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +23.053 13 17 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +23.594 22 18 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +24.021 8 19 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +28.723 26 20 38 DEU Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +29.318 17 21 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 16 +35.320 27 22 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 16 +36.187 18 23 31 ITA Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +36.735 21 24 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12 +4 Laps 19 NC 37 HUN Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 6 +10 Laps 23 Ret 40 NOR Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 4 Race incident 25 Ret 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 3 Race incident 20 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 82 10px 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 77 10px 3 BRA Augusto Farfus 76 10px 4 SWE Rickard Rydell 55 10px 5 GBR Robert Huff 54 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ESP Félix Porteiro 145 10px 2 NLD Tom Coronel 129 10px 3 DEU Franz Engstler 104 10px 4 ITA Stefano D'Aste 89 10px 5 GBR Tom Boardman 54 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 ESP SEAT 211 10px 2 DEU BMW 201 10px 3 USA Chevrolet 147 10px 4 RUS Lada 59 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems FIA WTCC Race of UK 2009 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany 2008 FIA WTCC Race of UK 2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK Race of UK UK