2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

Race of Japan Japan 1 November 2009 Circuit TI (Aida).png 11 12 Mimasaka, Japan Okayama International Circuit 3.703 16 14 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport 1:37.666 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany GBR Rob Huff Chevrolet SWE Rickard Rydell 1:51.428 SEAT Sport BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport GBR Rob Huff 1:52.538 Chevrolet The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the eleventh round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 1 November 2009 at the Okayama International Circuit near Mimasaka, Japan. The two races were won by BMW drivers Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. The race was supported by the 2009 1000 km of Okayama, the inaugural event of the Asian Le Mans Series. Background Gabriele Tarquini arrived in Japan with a seven-point lead over SEAT Sport teammate Yvan Muller. BMW Team Germany driver Augusto Farfus was the only other driver that could still win the title. He was eighteen points behind Tarquini. SUNRED Engineering placed Japanese-based Brazilian João Paulo de Oliveira in their third car for the race,http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=369 Brazilian driver joins SUNRED World Touring Car Championship 2009-10-17 2009-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205233418/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=369 2010-02-05 dead taking it over from Andrea Larini. Japanese drivers Seiji Ara and Nobuteru Taniguchi also made their championship debuts, for Wiechers-Sport and Proteam Motorsport respectively, while Masaki Kano returned to Liqui Moly Team Engstler, the team with which he made his series debut in 2008.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=362 Japanese trio to race in Okayama World Touring Car Championship 2009-10-06 2009-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100405/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=362 2012-03-05 dead Macau's Henry Ho also drove for Engstler, making his series debut.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=358 Team Engstler test Asian drivers World Touring Car Championship 2009-10-01 2009-10-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100102/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=358 2012-03-05 Independent SEAT drivers Marin Čolak and Mehdi Bennani did not travel to Japan, while Fabio Fabiani did not follow-up his one-off drive for Proteam at the previous race in Italy.2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Rounds 21 & 22 - Okayama, 1 November - Entry List http://www.fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/11_entrylist_Japan.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100026/http://fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/11_entrylist_Japan.pdf 2012-03-05 2009-10-29 Report Testing and free practice Yvan Muller was quickest in Friday's test session, ahead of Farfus and the SEAT trio of Tiago Monteiro, Rickard Rydell and Gabriele Tarquini.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4170 Yvan Muller fastest in Japan Johann Meissner TouringCarTimes 2009-10-30 2009-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20111001172421/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4170 2011-10-01 dead Farfus set the fastest time in Saturday morning's free practice session, ahead of fellow BMW driver Andy Priaulx and SEAT drivers Jordi Gené, Yvan Muller and Tiago Monteiro. Stefano D'Aste crashed ten minutes into the session, bringing out the red flags and stopping the session.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4172 Farfus quickest in first practice Rob Veltman TouringCarTimes 2009-10-31 2009-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130833/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4172 2012-02-24 dead Farfus was also the quickest in the second practice session, ahead of BMW Team Germany teammate Jörg Müller and his namesake Yvan. Robert Huff for Chevrolet and Tarquini were fourth and fifth quickest.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4173 Farfus fastest again, Chevrolet gets closer Rob Veltman TouringCarTimes 2009-10-31 2009-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130843/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4173 2012-02-24 dead Qualifying Tarquini took his third straight pole position and his fifth of the season in the qualifying session. He will start ahead of Priaulx, Jörg Müller, Rydell and Farfus. Yvan Muller will start in seventh place. Tom Coronel was the quickest of the Independent runners.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79889 Tarquini takes third straight pole Steven English autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-10-31 2009-10-31 Warm-Up Farfus set the quickest time in the Sunday morning warm-up, ahead of Gené, Jörg Müller, Rickard Rydell and Tiago Monteiro.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4175 Farfus heads Japan warm-up Neil Hudson 2009-11-01 2009-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130850/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4175 2012-02-24 dead Race One thumb|200px|Andy Priaulx leads Jörg Müller during Race One. A heavy downfall of rain before the first race meant that the field began behind the safety car.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=384 Priaulx sings in the rain World Touring Car Championship 2009-11-01 2009-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100426/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=384 2012-03-05 dead The safety car came in at the end of the first lap, with polesitter Tarquini leading the pack. However, he drifted wide at Turn 2 through the gravel trap. This left Priaulx to lead until the end of the race, despite pressure from BMW teammate Jörg Müller. Despite dropping back after his off-track excursion, Tarquini came back through the field to finish in fifth behind Huff and Yvan Muller, ahead of SEAT teammates Gené and Monteiro. Farfus had gone off at the same time as Tarquini on lap 3, but he fought his way through to finish eighth and securing pole position for Race Two after pushing Alain Menu wide on the penultimate lap, continuing his habit this season off recovering from early Race One incidents to finish eighth and start Race Two on pole. Coronel took the Independents' class victory. Race Two thumb|200px|Augusto Farfus won Race Two ahead of Andy Priaulx. Race Two began with Jörg Müller starting quickly, causing a bunch-up at Turn 1 that resulted in Müller spinning Monteiro off the track.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=385 Farfus keeps title fight open World Touring Car Championship 2009-11-01 2009-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106154354/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=385 2010-01-06 dead Tarquini joined him in running off, although he was able to rejoin the circuit. Müller received a drive-through penalty for causing the incident. Many other drivers ran wide at Turn 2 in the treacherous conditions. Farfus lead Priaulx home to give another one-two finish for BMW, ahead of Yvan Muller. The three Chevrolets finished next, with Menu ahead of Nicola Larini and Huff. Gené and Rydell sacrificed their positions on the last lap to give teammate Tarquini a seventh-place finish. D'Aste took the Independents' win, finishing tenth overall Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:38.168 1:37.666 2 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:38.117 1:37.716 3 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:37.914 1:37.726 4 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:38.149 1:37.799 5 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:38.323 1:37.826 6 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:38.017 1:37.835 7 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:38.255 1:37.978 8 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:38.202 1:38.119 9 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:38.900 1:38.620 10 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:38.460 1:39.110 11 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:39.043 12 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:39.078 13 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 1:39.106 14 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:39.126 15 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:39.159 16 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:39.186 17 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:39.395 18 49 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:39.469 19 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport Lada Priora 1:39.498 20 50 JPN Seiji Ara Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:39.549 21 47 BRA João Paulo Lima de Oliveira SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:39.643 22 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:39.672 23 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:39.823 24 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:40.112 25 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Lada Priora 1:40.786 26 51 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:41.536 27 48 JPN Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:42.427 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16 32:18.887 2 10 2 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 +0.484 3 8 3 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +2.552 9 6 4 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +12.066 7 5 5 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +15.757 1 4 6 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +17.131 6 3 7 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 16 +18.693 8 2 8 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 +25.403 5 1 9 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +28.163 10 10 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +30.133 12 11 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 16 +30.693 13 12 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +32.217 14 13 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport Lada Priora 16 +40.278 19 14 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +50.587 15 15 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +55.891 16 16 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Lada Priora 16 +57.180 25 17 50 JPN Seiji Ara Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 16 +58.480 20 18 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +1:05.796 23 19 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +1:09.905 24 20 49 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 16 +1:15.829 18 21 48 JPN Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +1:28.415 27 22 51 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 16 +1:53.615 26 23 47 BRA João Paulo Lima de Oliveira SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 1:59.405 21 24 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 15 +1 Lap 17 25 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +2 Laps 4 Ret 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 3 Wheel damage 22 Ret 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 2 Race incident 11 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 14 26:55.015 1 10 2 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 14 +0.761 8 8 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +3.298 5 6 4 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +5.878 9 5 5 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +13.725 27 4 6 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +17.538 6 3 7 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +24.104 4 2 8 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +26.212 24 1 9 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +27.272 3 10 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 14 +35.619 23 11 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 14 +36.900 13 12 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14 +37.866 26 13 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 14 +41.110 10 14 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 14 +58.394 17 15 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 14 +1:03.206 25 16 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 +1:07.306 7 17 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14 +1:10.579 14 18 50 JPN Seiji Ara Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 14 +1:18.816 16 19 47 BRA João Paulo Lima de Oliveira SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 14 +1:19.317 21 20 48 JPN Masaki Kano Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 14 +1:40.690 20 Ret 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport Lada Priora 9 Engine 12 Ret 36 GBR James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 8 Anti–mist failure 11 Ret 51 MAC Henry Ho Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 6 Race incident 22 Ret 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 6 Race incident 18 Ret 49 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 3 Race incident 19 Ret 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 2 DNS 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Lada Priora 0 Engine 15 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 115 10px 2 FRA Yvan Muller 113 10px 3 BRA Augusto Farfus 102 10px 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 84 10px 1 5 GBR Robert Huff 69 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 NLD Tom Coronel 212 10px 2 ESP Félix Porteiro 182 10px 1 3 ITA Stefano D'Aste 137 10px 1 4 DEU Franz Engstler 132 10px 5 GBR Tom Boardman 87 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 ESP SEAT 289 10px 2 DEU BMW 286 10px 3 USA Chevrolet 193 10px 4 RUS Lada 81 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 Japan 2009 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2009 Guia Race of Macau 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan Japan Race of Japan