2009 FIA WTCC Race of France

FIA WTCC Race of France France 17 May 2009 Track map for the Pau street circuit -- 2007.svg 4 12 Pau, France Circuit de Pau 2.769 19 18 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany 1:22.473 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany ESP Sergio Hernández 1:24.005 BMW Team Italy-Spain CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet DEU Jörg Müller 1:23.448 BMW Team Germany The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 17 May 2009 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2009 Pau Grand Prix. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Robert Huff winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two. The second race was notable for a collision between race leader Franz Engstler and the safety car at the end of the first lap. Background Yvan Muller had established an outright lead in the drivers' championship after the previous round in Morocco, twelve points clear of SEAT Sport teammate Gabriele Tarquini. Félix Porteiro was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. SUNRED Engineering expanded to three cars for the Pau event, Tom Coronel was joined by Tom Boardman who returned after missing the previous round and former European Touring Car Championship driver Éric Cayrolle.SUNRED adds third car for Pau http://www.crash.net/wtcc/news/146664/1/sunred_adds_third_car_for_pau.html Crash.net Crash Media Group 2 February 2013 11 May 2009 With both George Tanev and Vito Postiglione being forced to miss the round, Scuderia Proteam Motorsport ran just one car for independents' championship leader Porteiro.Proteam down to one for Pau http://www.crash.net/wtcc/news/146752/1/proteam_down_to_one_for_pau.html Crash.net Crash Media Group 2 February 2013 14 May 2009 Local French GT Championship regular Laurent Cazenave joined Wiechers-Sport for the weekend alongside full-time driver Stefano D'Aste.Meissner Johan Laurent Cazenave joins Wiechers Sport http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3436 TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB 2 February 2013 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071146/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3436 2011-07-16 dead Report Free practice Jörg Müller was fastest in the first practice session, Augusto Farfus was second and Yvan Muller was third. Alain Menu was the fastest Chevrolet driver in sixth. The petrol SEAT cars were mainly faster than the SEAT Sport run diesel cars. Marin Čolak, Coronel and Boardman finished the session seventh, eighth and ninth ahead of Jordi Gené, Tiago Monteiro and Rickard Rydell.English Steven Jorg Muller fastest in first Pau practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75343 Autosport Haymarket Publications 2 February 2013 16 May 2009 BMW were quickest once again in free practice two, Andy Priaulx was quickest for BMW Team UK. He was ahead of morning pacesetters Müller and Farfus while Coronel in fourth was the fastest independent. Menu was fifth for Chevrolet and the fastest factory SEAT was Rydell fourteenth, one place behind the Lada of Jaap van Lagen.English Steven Priaulx leads final practice at Pau http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75347 Autosport Haymarket Publications 2 February 2013 16 May 2009 Qualifying Priaulx claimed his first pole position since the 2006 Guia Race of Macau. The BMW Team UK man was among the front runners during both practice sessions and qualifying and put in a time of 1:22.462 in Q2. He demoted BMW teammate Farfus by just 11 thousandths of a second. Coronel defied odds in taking part in Q2 after the front of his car was severely damaged in Q1. However, attention from his team and he lined up in third place. While it was a BMW at the top of the timesheet for the majority of the Q1, on the last lap Huff and Chevrolet stormed through with a 1:22.900 stealing the quickest time away from Priaulx by 0.042 of a second. Jörg Müller (1:22.960) and Farfus (1:23.201) went into Q2 as third and fourth best. Coronel was sitting fifth at the end of Q1. However, at this time his team was repairing his car for Q2 after he incurred damage with seven minutes remaining. Leading man Huff's teammates Larini and Menu both made the cut after claiming the sixth and seventh best times. Independent drivers Porteiro and Engstler along with Sergio Hernández made up the top ten, narrowly denying Alessandro Zanardi and D’Aste progression into Q2. All the five SEAT Sport turbodiesel cars remained out of the Q2 for the first time. In Q2, Coronel was the man to beat for the opening half of the session after he clocked a 1:22.917. However, Farfus knocked the Dutchman off provisional pole by a sturdy four tenths of a second. The Brazilian's time of 1:22.473 seemed good enough to set him up at the front for Race 1 until Priaulx bettered it by just 0.011 seconds. Coronel's time secured third place on the grid alongside Jörg Müller. A trio of Chevrolets followed from fifth to seventh; Huff (1:23.097), Menu (1:23.128) and Larini (1:23.282).http://www.fiawtcc.com/2009/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.200951795641.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101031141031/http://fiawtcc.com/2009/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.200951795641.pdf 2010-10-31 Qualifying Report Warm-Up Pole sitter Farfus was fastest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning with Jörg Müller second and Priaulx third. Race One Huff took his second win in three races for Chevrolet. The Briton got a great start from third and overtook Farfus who hit some oil and went wide at Pont Oscar on lap 2. Huff led the pack for the remaining 17 laps with Farfus and Jörg Müller having to settle for second and third despite applying constant pressure on the front man. Perseverance paid out for Priaulx who crossed the line fourth, having passed Menu on lap 12. Spaniard Hernández made good progress in the second half of the race to secure fifth place overall with fellow countryman Porteiro winning the independent category in sixth overall, however he was eventually excluded by the stewards for hitting Coronel. Engstler inherited the independents’ victory and sixth place, while Menu came home eighth to start race two on pole.http://www.fiawtcc.com/2009/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.2009517225639.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101031164632/http://fiawtcc.com/2009/uploadedFiles/PDF/RP.4.2009517225639.pdf 2010-10-31 Race Report Race Two Chevrolet achieved their fourth consecutive win and this time it was Menu on the top podium spot. He was joined by teammate Huff who crossed the line third and Farfus from BMW Team Germany took second place just as in race one. The race was suspended when Engstler collided with the safety car. During the first lap Porteiro hit Hernández with the later not being able to rejoin. Porteiro was given a drive-through penalty. Jörg Müller and Priaulx also made contact with each other in lap one. While Priaulx continued and crossed the line fourth, Müller received a drive-through penalty for pitting during the suspension of the race and finished 18th. Zanardi stormed through the pack to achieve fifth place and SEAT Sport men Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller scored points in sixth and seventh. The race ended under the red flags with one lap remaining after Cayrolle and Larini, who were battling for eighth spot, were involved in a collision. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Q1 Q2 1 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:23.201 1:22.473 2 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:22.960 1:23:051 3 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:23.625 1:24.442 41 1 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:22.900 excluded 51 1 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:22:942 excluded 61 1 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:23.375 excluded 71 1 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:23.425 excluded 81 1 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:23.516 excluded 91 1 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:23.577 excluded 101 1 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:23.768 excluded 11 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:23.806 12 28 HRV Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:23.815 13 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:23.929 14 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.118 151 2 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:24.196 16 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.284 17 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.506 18 33 FRA Laurent Cazenave Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 1:24.621 19 29 FRA Éric Cayrolle SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:24.742 20 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.874 211 3 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:24.894 22 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:24.925 23 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:25.280 24 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:25.299 25 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:25.457 26 20 RUS Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 1:26.054 1 1 — Robert Huff, Andy Priaulx, Tom Coronel, Nicola Larini, Alain Menu, Félix Porteiro and Sergio Hernández had all their times in Q2 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit on their cars.ROUNDS 7 & 8 – PAU, FRANCE QUALIFYING UPDATE http://www.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/95/pau_qualifying_update.pdf fiawtcc.com Eurosport 2 February 2013 17 May 2009 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 1 2 — Stefano D'Aste had his four fastest lap times in Q1 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit on his car. 1 3 — Yvan Muller had his fastest lap time in Q1 deleted for exceeding the engine rev limit and the maximum supercharged air pressure on his car. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 19 27:10.540 4 10 2 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 19 +0.261 1 8 3 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 19 +0.892 2 6 4 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 19 +1.105 5 5 5 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 19 +1.943 10 4 6 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 19 +9.544 3 3 7 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 19 +9.550 8 2 8 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 19 +11.050 6 1 9 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 19 +23.983 22 10 29 FRA Éric Cayrolle SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 19 +31.504 17 11 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 19 +32.037 19 12 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 19 +32.485 15 13 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 19 +33.322 14 14 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 19 +34.067 18 15 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 19 +34.823 21 16 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 19 +36.815 25 17 20 RUS Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 19 +54.020 26 18 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 19 +54.870 13 19 28 HRV Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 18 +1 Lap 12 Ret 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 13 Power steering 20 Ret 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 12 Race incident 24 NC 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 12 +7 Laps 11 Ret 33 FRA Laurent Cazenave Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 4 Clutch 16 NC 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2 +17 Laps 7 Ret 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 0 Race incident 23 DSQ 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 19 Disqualified 9 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Car C Class Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 18 52:22.260 1 10 2 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 18 +0.351 7 8 3 11 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 18 +3.066 8 6 4 6 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 18 +3.325 5 5 5 9 ITA Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 18 +16.153 20 4 6 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18 +17.728 12 3 7 1 FRA Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18 +19.686 11 2 8 29 FRA Éric Cayrolle SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 18 +22.425 10 1 9 14 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 18 +22.581 21 10 26 DNK Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 18 +23.297 15 11 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18 +28.247 14 12 4 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18 +29.778 16 13 18 NLD Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 18 +34.095 24 14 33 FRA Laurent Cazenave Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 18 +38.990 23 15 20 RUS Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 18 +44.402 17 16 28 HRV Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 18 +52.439 19 17 23 ESP Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 17 +1 Lap 3 18 7 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 17 +1 Lap 6 19 21 NLD Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 15 +3 Laps 26 Ret 30 MAR Mehdi Bennani Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 11 Race incident 18 Ret 3 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 Race incident 13 Ret 19 RUS Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 9 Driveshaft 25 Ret 25 DEU Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1 Race incident 2 Ret 22 GBR Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1 Race incident 9 Ret 10 ESP Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 0 Race incident 4 DNS 27 ITA Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 0 Did not start 22 Bold denotes Fastest lap. Standings after the event Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Yvan Muller 45 10px 3 2 BRA Augusto Farfus 39 10px 1 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 34 10px 2 4 GBR Robert Huff 32 10px 2 5 SWE Rickard Rydell 30 Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 DEU Franz Engstler 71 10px 1 2 ESP Félix Porteiro 68 10px 3 NLD Tom Coronel 56 10px 4 ITA Stefano D'Aste 25 10px 1 5 GBR Tom Boardman 23 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 ESP SEAT 107 10px 2 DEU BMW 91 10px 3 USA Chevrolet 82 10px 4 RUS Lada 29 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings. References External links Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems Collision between Engstler and Safety Car at YouTube FIA WTCC Race of France 2009 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Spain 2008 FIA WTCC Race of France 2014 FIA WTCC Race of France Race of France France FIA WTCC Race of France Category:Pau Grand Prix