2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours

thumb|right|250px|Circuit Paul Ricard (1C-V2) The 2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours was the penultimate round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 October 2009. The race was won by the Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi and Roberto Streit for Sangari Team Brazil, ahead of the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati and Selleslagh Racing Team Corvette. In the GT2 category, Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni won from pole position in the AF Corse Ferrari, leading the Prospeed Competition Porsche and the second AF Corse Ferrari. Vitaphone Racing Team and AF Corse both secured the FIA GT Teams Championships for the GT1 and GT2 categories in this race. Report Qualifying Qualifying was led by the No. Sangari Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi, however the car had been given a five grid spot penalty prior to qualifying for causing an avoidable accident during pre-qualifying practice. This moved the Sangari car back to sixth, and moved Alex Müller to pole position and allowing Vitaphone Racing Team to lock out the front row. In the GT2 category Gianmaria Bruni of AF Corse secured an all Ferrari front row alongside CRS Racing. Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://fiagt.com/results.php?event=7&season=2009&session=Qualifying1 Qualifying FIA GT Championship 2009-10-03 2009-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20050102081710/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=7 2005-01-02 dead Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 GT1 No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 2:00.919 6 2 GT1 No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 2:01.856 1 3 GT1 No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 2:02.043 2 4 GT1 No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 2:02.044 3 5 GT1 No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team James Ruffier 2:02.300 4 6 GT1 No. 4 Peka Racing Mike Hezemans 2:02.328 5 7 GT1 No. 19 Luc Alphand Aventures Thomas Biagi 2:02.541 7 8 GT1 No. 21 Solution F Olivier Panis 2:04.796 8 9 GT1 No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 2:05.853 9 10 GT1 No. 44 Matech GT Racing Thomas Mutsch 2:07.108 10 11 GT2 No. 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 2:08.314 11 12 GT2 No. 55 CRS Racing Tim Mullen 2:08.480 12 13 GT2 No. 97 Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 2:08.924 13 14 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Sascha Maassen 2:08.972 14 15 GT2 No. 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba 2:09.436 15 16 GT2 No. 61 Prospeed Competition Darryl O'Young 2:09.483 16 17 GT2 No. 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 2:09.534 17 18 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 2:09.551 18 19 GT2 No. 56 CRS Racing Andrew Kirkaldy 2:09.722 19 20 GT2 No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli 2:09.743 20 21 GT2 No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Diego Romanini 2:11.078 21 Race Race results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2009&event=7&session=Race%20Result Race Result FIA GT Championship 2009-10-04 2009-10-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100103223618/http://fiagt.com/results.php?event=7&season=2009&session=Race%20Result 2010-01-03 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 8 BRA Sangari Team Brazil BRA Enrique BernoldiBRA Roberto Streit Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 57 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 2 GT1 2 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team PRT Miguel RamosDEU Alex Müller Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 57 Maserati 6.0 L V12 3 GT1 3 BEL Sellesagh Racing Team BEL Bert LonginFRA James Ruffier Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 57 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 4 GT1 19 FRA Luc Alphand Aventures NLD Xavier MaassenITA Thomas Biagi Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 57 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 5 GT1 1 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DEU Michael BartelsITA Andrea Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 57 Maserati 6.0 L V12 6 GT1 33 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DHL ITA Alessandro Pier GuidiITA Matteo Bobbi Maserati MC12 GT1 Michelin 57 Maserati 6.0 L V12 7 GT1 21 FRA Solution F FRA Ange BardeFRA Olivier Panis Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Michelin 55 Ferrari 5.9 L V12 8 GT1 44 CHE Matech GT Racing DEU Thomas MutschCHE Henri Moser Ford GT1 Michelin 55 Ford 5.0 L V8 9 GT2 50 ITA AF Corse FIN Toni VilanderITA Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 55 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 60 BEL Prospeed Competition FRA Emmanuel CollardGBR Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 55 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 51 ITA AF Corse ESP Álvaro BarbaITA Niki Cadei Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 55 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 95 ARG PeCom Racing Team ARG Luis Pérez CompancARG Matías Russo Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 55 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 55 GBR CRS Racing CAN Chris NiarchosGBR Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 55 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT1 40 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersBEL Renaud Kuppens Ford GT1 Michelin 55 Ford 5.0 L V8 15 GT2 97 ITA Brixia Racing ITA Luigi LucchiniAUT Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 54 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT2 77 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Matteo MalucelliITA Paolo Ruberti Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 54 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 56 GBR CRS Racing GBR Andrew KirkaldyGBR Rob Bell Ferrari F430 GT2 Michelin 54 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 18 GT2 59 GBR Trackspeed Racing DEU Sascha MaassenGBR David Ashburn Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 54 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19DNF GT2 78 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia ITA Ettore BonaldiITA Diego Romanini Ferrari F430 GT2 Pirelli 45 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 20DNF GT1 4 BEL Peka Racing NLD Mike HezemansBEL Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 40 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 DSQ GT2 61 BEL Prospeed Competition HKG Darryl O'YoungDEU Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 53 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 References 2009 FIA GT Championship FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours Paul Ricard FIA GT Paul Ricard FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours