2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

FIA WTCC Race of Italy Italy 20 September 2009 Imola 2009.svg 10 12 Imola, Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 4.909 13 11 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport 1:55.530 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport GBR Rob Huff Chevrolet ITA Gabriele Tarquini 1:57.580 SEAT Sport FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet SWE Rickard Rydell 1:57.458 SEAT Sport The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC Stihl Race of Italy) was the tenth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season, and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held on 20 September 2009 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, in Italy. It was the first time the Race of Italy was held at the circuit, although it had previously held races in 2005 and 2008, under the Race of San Marino and Race of Europe titles respectively. The races were won by SEAT Sport drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller who both finished second to their teammates in the other races. Background Gabriele Tarquini arrived at his home race in Italy as the new championship leader, with a one-point lead over BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus. Previous series leader Yvan Muller was a further six points behind for SEAT. There were 25 cars taking part at the event. Making his World Championship debut for Proteam was Fabio Fabiani, the reigning European Touring Car Cup champion in the Super Production class.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3924 Fabio Fabiani joins Proteam in Imola Johann Meissner TouringCarTimes 2009-09-17 2009-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071850/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3924 2011-07-16 dead Returning to the series after limited races in 2005 was Andrea Larini, younger brother of Chevrolet driver Nicola, in the SUNRED-run SEAT León Eurocup prize car.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=329 Another Larini joins at Imola FIA World Touring Car Championship 2009-09-08 2009-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205233755/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=329 2010-02-05 dead James Thompson returned to the Lada Sport team, taking his Priora back off team principal Viktor Shapovalov, who stood in for Thompson in Germany due to commitments in V8 Supercar.http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,69510,Thompson-and-Bennani-return-for-Imola-race,news.htm Thompson and Bennani return for Imola race Fabio Ravaioli automobilsport 2009-09-11 2009-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20091010160747/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,69510,Thompson-and-Bennani-return-for-Imola-race,news.htm 2009-10-10 usurped Also returning was Mehdi Bennani and the Exagon Engineering team after missing the previous two rounds. Report Free Practice Championship leader Tarquini was fastest in the first practice session, ahead of BMW Team Italy-Spain's Alessandro Zanardi and Yvan Muller. Independent's Trophy leader Tom Coronel was fourth fastest ahead of Farfus and Sergio Hernández.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=339 Practice 1 - Italians set pace FIA World Touring Car Championship 2009-09-19 2009-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205232040/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=339 2010-02-05 dead Jordi Gené was fastest in the second session for SEAT, ahead of teammate Rickard Rydell and BMW Team UK's Andy Priaulx. The session ended a couple of minutes early as the red flag was brought out after a collision between independent BMW drivers Stefano D'Aste and Fabio Fabiani, which left Fabiani stranded in the gravel.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=340 Practice 2 - Jordi Gené on top FIA World Touring Car Championship 2009-09-19 2009-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205232622/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=340 2010-02-05 dead Qualifying The first session decided which ten drivers would make it through to the second session. Tarquini was fastest as all five SEAT drivers made it through to Q2. Only two BMW's made it through, with Farfus and Priaulx joined by all three Chevrolet drivers. D'Aste was the fastest independent in 14th, one place ahead of Thompson's Lada. The second session determined the starting positions of the top ten. The five SEATs followed each other round to gain a slipstreaming benefit. Tarquini was the fastest of the train, ahead of Yvan Muller and Rydell. Rob Huff was fourth fastest for Chevrolet, ahead of SEAT driver Tiago Monteiro and Farfus. Priaulx, Gené and Chevrolet's Nicola Larini were seventh, eighth and ninth. The third Chevrolet driver Alain Menu did not take part in Q2 after his car returned to the pits at the end of Q1 spewing out oil.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78733 Tarquini takes pole for home race Steven English autosport.com 2009-09-19 2009-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090927185729/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78733 2009-09-27 live He was later given a ten-place grid penalty for an engine change.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3990 Grid penalty for Alain Menu Johann Meissner TouringCarTimes 2009-09-20 2009-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071922/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3990 2011-07-16 dead Race One Tarquini led from the start of the race until the finish, although it was a busy race for those behind him. Several front-runners were taken out of contention on the opening lap at the first Tamburello chicane. Jordi Gené triggered the accident when he hit Rob Huff's Chevrolet under breaking. Huff lost control and made contact with Rickard Rydell, who then hit his SEAT teammate Gené and then Augusto Farfus. Jörg Müller and Tiago Monteiro also suffered damage in the incident. All except Monteiro were able to make it to the pits and return to the action later in the race. Tarquini led from Yvan Muller, Huff, and Alex Zanardi. Tom Coronel and James Thompson were able to make up a host of places after avoiding the carnage by running through the gravel at the chicane, and finished in fifth and sixth. A train formed behind Thompson's Lada, and Stefano D'Aste ran off the track after out-breaking himself trying to pass Thompson. He made contact with Alain Menu's Chevrolet on rejoining the circuit, tipping D'Aste into a spin. Elsewhere, Kristian Poulsen tapped Jaap van Lagen into a spin, which resulted in van Lagen's Lada hitting a tyre wall and then flipping through the gravel trap, which brought out the safety car. Poulsen was then hit by teammate and team owner Franz Engstler. Andy Priaulx lost out in the fight for the eighth place, going off the circuit twice before eventually finishing fifteenth. Guest driver Andrea Larini was black-flagged for not wearing fire-proof underwear.English Steven Tarquini extends lead with home win http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78750 Autosport Haymarket Publications 22 September 2009 20 September 2009 Race Two Yvan Muller ended a run of poor results in race two by winning ahead of SEAT Sport teammate Tarquini. Muller had started seventh but he was able to pass race leader Menu on the third lap and led the rest of the way. Tarquini made contact with the Chevrolet car of Huff but remained on the tail of Muller. Tarquini fought for the lead but bumped into the back of Muller in trying to do so. Down the field, SEAT driver Gené attempted a pass on Hernández but misjudged it and spun the BMW. Fellow SEAT driver Monteiro also clipped another car, this time the SUNRED Engineering car of Tom Boardman. Monteiro went off the track as a consequence, cutting the corner at Rivazza and almost hitting Boardman as he rejoined the track. At the end Yvan Muller was first ahead of Tarquini and Menu while Thompson finished sixth in the Lada. Farfus was the final points scorer while D'Aste was the independents' trophy winner.English Steven Yvan Muller wins Imola race two http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78754 Autosport Haymarket Publishing 28 January 2013 20 September 2009 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 1:56.139 1:55.320 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:55.840 1:55.726 3 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:55.847 1:55.891 4 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:56.610 1:56.044 5 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:56.189 1:56.252 6 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:56.393 1:56.257 7 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:56.873 1:56.283 8 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:56.392 1:56.418 9 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:56.704 1:56.522 10 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:56.972 no time set 11 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:57.026 12 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:57.121 13 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:57.208 14 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:57.306 15 36 GBR James Thompson Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:57.331 16 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:57.419 17 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:57.472 18 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:57.787 19 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:57.962 20 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:58.029 21 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:58.170 22 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:58.388 23 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:58.990 24 45 ITA Andrea Larini SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:59.056 25 46 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:02.619 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 13 29:31.701 1 10 2 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 13 +0.409 2 8 3 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 +0.842 4 6 4 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 13 +1.457 12 5 5 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 13 +3.501 16 4 6 36 GBR James Thompson Lada Sport Lada Priora 13 +5.620 14 3 7 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 13 +6.002 10 2 8 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 13 +6.390 20 1 9 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 13 +10.004 15 10 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 13 +10.346 21 11 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 13 +10.819 19 12 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 13 +11.793 13 13 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 13 +12.329 17 14 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 13 +13.424 23 15 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 13 +13.766 7 16 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 13 +15.321 18 17 46 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 13 +22.432 25 Ret 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 8 Race incident 22 Ret 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 7 Race incident 8 Ret 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 5 Race incident 11 Ret 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 5 Race incident 3 Ret 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 4 Race incident 6 Ret 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 3 Race incident 9 Ret 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 0 Race incident 5 DSQ 45 ITA Andrea Larini SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 7 Disqualified 24 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 21:51.680 7 10 2 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +0.312 8 8 3 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +4.008 1 6 4 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 11 +4.467 5 5 5 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +5.632 19 4 6 36 GBR James Thompson Lada Sport Lada Priora 11 +7.190 3 3 7 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +7.612 21 2 8 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 11 +8.327 22 1 9 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 11 +8.827 15 10 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 11 +9.499 12 11 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 11 +12.380 2 12 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 11 +12.902 9 13 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 11 +13.390 11 14 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 11 +13.933 4 15 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 11 +14.351 20 16 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +15.582 25 17 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 +19.759 6 18 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 11 +30.537 10 19 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 11 +32.926 24 20 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 11 +37.197 14 21 45 ITA Andrea Larini SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 11 +37.198 18 22 46 ITA Fabio Fabiani Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 11 +1:24.989 16 23 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 8 +3 Laps 23 Ret 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 6 Race incident 13 DNS 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 0 Did not start 17 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 109 10px 1 2 FRA Yvan Muller 102 10px 1 3 BRA Augusto Farfus 91 10px 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 66 10px 5 SWE Rickard Rydell 63 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 NLD Tom Coronel 195 10px 2 ESP Félix Porteiro 166 10px 3 DEU Franz Engstler 128 10px 4 ITA Stefano D'Aste 127 10px 5 GBR Tom Boardman 77 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 ESP SEAT 271 10px 2 DEU BMW 250 10px 3 USA Chevrolet 169 10px 4 RUS Lada 78 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 Italy 2009 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy Race of Italy Italy