2009 European Touring Car Cup

Motorsport contest 2009 European Touring Car Cup 2008 2010 thumb|250px|Layout of the Circuito Vasco Sameiro The 2009 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fifth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 25 October 2009 at the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga in Portugal. James Thompson won the event after winning the second race. Norbert Michelisz won the first race. Entry list Super 2000 classhttp://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/entryList.asp 2009 Entry List fiawetcc.com 2009-10-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000041/http://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/entryList.asp 2011-07-11 Team Car No Drivers Regular series DNK Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 1 DNK Michel Nykjær Danish Touring Car Championship SWE Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2 SWE Tomas Engström Swedish Touring Car Championship DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 3 EST Urmas Kitsing German ADAC Procar Series 4 DEU Franz Engstler World Touring Car Championship ESP SEAT Sport SEAT León TDi 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz SEAT León Eurocup PRT Veloso Motorsport SEAT León 6 PRT Francisco Carvalho Portuguese Touring Car Championship CHE Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 7 BEL Vincent Radermecker† German ADAC Procar Series 8 PRT José Monroy Portuguese Touring Car Championship GBR Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 9 PRT Duarte Fèlix da Costa Portuguese Touring Car Championship 10 GBR Harry Vaulkhard British Touring Car Championship DNK Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 11 GBR James Thompson Various 12 DNK Per Poulsen Danish Touring Car Championship PRT Sports & You BMW 320si 14 PRT José Pedro Fontes‡ Portuguese Touring Car Championship Super Production class LVA AV Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 21 LVA Marcis Birkens Baltic Touring Car Championship RUS Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV 22 RUS Nikolay Karamyshev Russian Touring Car Championship BMW 320i 23 RUS Mikhail Zasadych Super 1600 class DEU NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 31 DEU Carsten Seifert German ADAC Procar Series † Although in attendance, Radermecker did not compete due to a technical problem with his car. ‡ Despite entering the event, Fontes did not attend. Report Qualifying SEAT Leon Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz took pole position from Franz Engstler at the very end of the session.http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4150 Michelisz takes last second pole Neil Hudson TouringCarTimes 2009-10-24 2009-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20111001172348/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4150 2011-10-01 dead Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid. Pre-event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively. Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti. Classification Race 1 Pos No Class Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Class Points15S2000HUN Norbert MicheliszSEAT SportSEAT León TDi 17 25:54.375 1 1024S2000DEU Franz EngstlerLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si 17 +0.442 2 8311S2000GBR James ThompsonHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R 17 +3.683 6 641S2000DNK Michel NykjærPerfection RacingChevrolet Lacetti 17 +10.283 8 5510S2000GBR Harry VaulkhardBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti 17 +20.927 4 468S2000PRT José MonroyMaurer MotorsportChevrolet Lacetti 17 +34.125 9 376S2000PRT Francisco CarvalhoVeloso MotorsportSEAT León TFSi 17 +53.270 7 289S2000PRT Duarte Félix da CostaBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti 17 +57.518 3 192S2000SWE Tomas EngströmEngström MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 17 +1:07.001 5103S2000EST Urmas KitsingLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si 17 +1:07.355 111121SPLVA Marcis BirkensAV MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R 16 + 1 lap 13 101223SPRUS Mikhail ZasadychSport-GarageBMW 320i 16 + 1 lap 12 81331S1600DEU Carsten SeifertNK Racing TeamFord Fiesta ST 16 + 1 lap 14 101422SPRUS Nikolay KaramyshevSport-GarageVolkswagen Golf IV 14 + 3 laps 27 6Ret12S2000DNK Per PoulsenHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R 3 Accident 10 Final standings Pos Driver Race1 Race2 Pts Super 2000 1 GBR James Thompson 3 1 16 2 DEU Franz Engstler 2 2 16 3 HUN Norbert Michelisz 1 5 14 4 PRT Francisco Carvalho 7 4 7 5 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 5 6 7 6 SWE Tomas Engström 9 3 6 7 DNK Michel Nykjær 4 Ret 5 8 PRT José Monroy 6 Ret 3 9 PRT Duarte Félix da Costa 8 7 3 10 DNK Per Poulsen Ret 8 1 11 EST Urmas Kitsing 10 Ret 0 Super Production 1 LVA Marcis Birkens 11 9 20 2 RUS Mikhail Zasadych 12 11 16 3 RUS Nikolay Karamyshev 14 Ret 6 Super 1600 1 DEU Carsten Seifert 13 10 20 Pos Driver Race1 Race2 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap References External links Official website of the FIA European Touring Car Cup Category:European Touring Car Cup European Touring Car Cup European Touring Car Cup Category:2009 in European sport Category:October 2009 sports events in Portugal