2009 FIA GT Championship season

2009 FIA GT Championship season
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Michael Bartels & Andrea Bertolini won the GT1 Championship for Drivers

The 2009 FIA GT Championship season was the thirteenth season of the FIA GT Championship for grand tourer cars competing in the GT1 and GT2 categories. The season began 3 May, and ended 25 October after eight races. This was also the final season of a combined GT1 and GT2 championship before the launch of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.

Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati drivers Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini successfully defended their GT1 Championships, pulling clear of the rivals in the final two events of the season after a close battle with the Pekaracing Chevrolet team of Anthony Kumpen and Mike Hezemans. Bartels and Bertolini won races at Adria International Raceway and Hungaroring in the way to the title, a third championship each for the pair. With the assistance of Miguel Ramos and Alex Müller in the teams second Maserati MC12 GT1, Vitaphone Racing Team also secured the Teams Championship.

In the lower specification GT2 category, former Porsche Supercup champion Richard Westbrook won the GT2 championship, driving a Prospeed Competition Porsche. Westbrook won the title by just two points over AF Corse Ferrari pairing of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander. Controversially Westbrook was split from his season long partner Emmanuel Collard at the final round, swapping cars with Brixia Racing driver Marco Holzer in a successful attempt to maximise Porsche's chances of defeating the Ferrari pairing. AF Corse, with the help of the teams second car of Álvaro Barba and Niki Cadei, did defeat Prospeed in the teams championship. CRS Racing driver Chris Niarchos was awarded the Citation Cup for amateur drivers.

Schedule

The 2009 schedule was initially announced by the FIA on 5 November 2008, with seven events consisting of two-hour races, the Bucharest City Challenge of two separate one-hour races, and the Spa 24 Hours. Adria's event was once again scheduled to take place at night. However at a further meeting of the FIA on 17 March 2009 the calendar was set at eight rounds, with the cancellation of the Potrero de los Funes event and the inclusion of Circuit Paul Ricard. This decreased the number of two-hour races from seven to six.

On 16 June the Bucharest Ring, Romania cancelled their planned FIA GT event. The series therefore replaced the fifth round with an event at the Hungaroring in Hungary which would return to the normal two-hour race format.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	May 3
2	Adria 2 Hours	Adria International Raceway	May 16
3	Oschersleben 2 Hours	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	June 21
4	24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 25 July 26
5	Budapest City Challenge	Hungaroring	August 30
6	Algarve 2 Hours	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	September 20
7	Paul Ricard 2 Hours	Circuit Paul Ricard	October 4
8	Zolder 2 Hours	Circuit Zolder	October 25

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Silverstone	No. 14 K plus K Motorsport	No. 60 Prospeed Competition	Results
		Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Richard Westbrook Emmanuel Collard
2	Adria	No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team	No. 60 Prospeed Competition	Results
		Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Richard Westbrook Emmanuel Collard
3	Oschersleben	No. 4 PK Carsport	No. 50 AF Corse	Results
		Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni
4	Spa	No. 4 PK Carsport	No. 50 AF Corse	Results
		Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Jos Menten Kurt Mollekens	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo Luís Pérez Companc
5	Hungaroring	No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team	No. 60 Prospeed Competition	Results
		Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Richard Westbrook Emmanuel Collard
6	Algarve	No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team	No. 51 AF Corse	Results
		Bert Longin James Ruffier	Niki Cadei Álvaro Barba
7	Paul Ricard	No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil	No. 50 AF Corse	Results
		Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni
8	Zolder	No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	No. 60 Prospeed Competition	Results
		Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Richard Westbrook Marco Holzer

Championships

Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Cars which failed to complete 75% of the winner's distance were not awarded points. Drivers who did not drive for at least 35 minutes do not receive points.

Driver championships

GT1 standings

Note that the results of Round 8, Zolder, remain provisional following an appeal.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1=	Michael Bartels	Vitaphone Racing Team	8	10	8	5	10	4	4	8	57
1=	Andrea Bertolini	Vitaphone Racing Team	8	10	8	5	10	4	4	8	57
3=	Anthony Kumpen	Pekaracing	5	8	10	10	4	8	0	0	45
3=	Mike Hezemans	Pekaracing	5	8	10	10	4	8	0	0	45
5=	Bert Longin	Selleslagh Racing Team	3	4	5	4	3	10	6	4	39
5=	James Ruffier	Selleslagh Racing Team	3	4	5	4	3	10	6	4	39
7	Xavier Maassen	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	5	4		5		5	6	36
		Sangari Team Brazil				0		5
8=	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL				8	8	3	3	10	32
8=	Miguel Ramos	Vitaphone Racing Team	0	6	6	3	0	6	8	3	32
8=	Alex Müller	Vitaphone Racing Team	0	6	6	3	0	6	8	3	32
11=	Enrique Bernoldi	Sangari Team Brazil				0	6	5	10	5	26
11=	Roberto Streit	Sangari Team Brazil				0	6	5	10	5	26
13	Matteo Bobbi	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL					8	3	3	10	24
14	Thomas Biagi	Matech GT Racing	1	0							21
		Luc Alphand Aventures			4		5		5	6
15	Stéphane Lémeret	Full Speed Racing Team	0	3	1		0	1			13
		Vitaphone Racing Team DHL				8
16	Jos Menten	DKR Engineering	2								12
		Pekaracing				10
17	Guillaume Moreau	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	5							11
18=	Karl Wendlinger	K plus K Motorsport	10	0	0		0				10
18=	Ryan Sharp	K plus K Motorsport	10	0	0		0				10
18=	Kurt Mollekens	Pekaracing				10					10
21=	Renaud Kuppens	Marc VDS Racing Team	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	9
21=	Bas Leinders	Marc VDS Racing Team	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	9
23=	Vincent Vosse	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL				8					8
23=	Carl Rosenblad	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL				8					8
25	Adam Lacko	K plus K Motorsport	4	1	0		1				6
26=	Stéphane Sarrazin	Vitaphone Racing Team				5					5
26=	Alexandre Negrão	Vitaphone Racing Team				5					5
26=	Mario Domínguez	K plus K Motorsport	4	1	0						5
26=	Luke Hines	Full Speed Racing Team	0	3	1		0	1			5
30=	Maxime Soulet	Selleslagh Racing Team				4					4
30=	Oliver Gavin	Selleslagh Racing Team				4					4
30=	Thomas Mutsch	Matech GT Racing	1	0	2		0		1		4
33=	Eric van de Poele	Vitaphone Racing Team				3					3
33=	Pedro Lamy	Vitaphone Racing Team				3					3
35=	Markus Palttala	DKR Engineering	2								2
35=	Marc Hennerici	Matech GT Racing			2						2
35=	Ange Barde	Solution F							2		2
35=	Olivier Panis	Solution F							2		2
39=	Max Nilsson	K plus K Motorsport					1				1
39=	Henri Moser	Matech GT Racing							1		1

GT2 standings

Richard Westbrook won the GT2 Cup for Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Richard Westbrook	Prospeed Competition	10	10	0	0	10	8	8	10	56
2=	Gianmaria Bruni	AF Corse	0	8	10	10	8	3	10	5	54
2=	Toni Vilander	AF Corse	0	8	10	10	8	3	10	5	54
4	Emmanuel Collard	Prospeed Competition	10	10	0	0	10	8	8		49
		Brixia Racing								3
5=	Álvaro Barba	AF Corse	4	6	2	0	4	10	6	2	34
5=	Niki Cadei	AF Corse	4	6	2	0	4	10	6	2	34
5=	Rob Bell	CRS Racing	6	2	4	8	3	4	1	6	34
5=	Andrew Kirkaldy	CRS Racing	6	2	4	8	3	4	1	6	34
9	Luís Pérez Companc	PeCom Racing Team	8		0		2	5	5	0	30
		AF Corse				10
10=	Paolo Ruberti	BMS Scuderia Italia	5	0	0	0	6	6	2	8	27
10=	Matteo Malucelli	BMS Scuderia Italia	5	0	0	0	6	6	2	8	27
12	Marco Holzer	Prospeed Competition	3	5	0		5	0	0	10	23
		Brixia Racing				0
13=	Tim Mullen	CRS Racing	0	3	6	6	1	1	4	0	21
13=	Chris Niarchos	CRS Racing	0	3	6	6	1	1	4		21
15	Matías Russo	PeCom Racing Team	8		0		2	5	5	0	20
		AF Corse				0
16	Martin Ragginger	Brixia Racing	1	4	5	0	0	2	3	3	18
17	Luigi Lucchini	Brixia Racing	1	4	5	0	0	2	3		15
		BMS Scuderia Italia								0
18	Darryl O'Young	Prospeed Competition	3	5		0	5	0	0	1	14
19=	Jaime Melo	AF Corse				10					10
19=	Frédéric Makowiecki	Hexis Racing AMR	2		8						10
19=	Stefan Mücke	Hexis Racing AMR	2		8						10
22=	Antonio García	CRS Racing				8				0	8
22=	Peter Kox	CRS Racing				8					8
24	Jörg Bergmeister	Trackspeed Racing			3	0				4	7
25=	Phil Quaife	CRS Racing				6					6
25=	Chris Goodwin	CRS Racing				6					6
27=	Maurizio Basso	JMB Racing				5					5
27=	Peter Kutemann	JMB Racing				5					5
27=	John Hartshone	JMB Racing				5					5
27=	Stéphane Daoudi	JMB Racing				5					5
31=	David Ashburn	Trackspeed Racing	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
31=	Chris Mamerow	Trackspeed Racing								4	4
33=	Tim Sugden	Trackspeed Racing	0	1		0	0	0			1
33=	Diego Romanini	BMS Scuderia Italia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1
33=	Kenneth Heyer	BMS Scuderia Italia	0	0	1	0	0				1
33=	Marc Lieb	Prospeed Competition								1	1

Citation Cup

New for 2009, the Citation Cup involved amateur drivers in the GT2 category rather than the GT1 category used since 2007. Drivers rated as bronze by the GT Bureau driver classification system were allowed to enter the Citation Cup if they competed in a car which was homologated before 2009. Points in the Citation Cup were awarded at every FIA GT round except for the Spa 24 Hours.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Chris Niarchos	CRS Racing	8	10	10		8	8	8		52
2	Luís Pérez Companc	PeCom Racing Team	10		0		10	10	10	8	48
3	David Ashburn	Trackspeed Racing	0	8	8		6	6	6	10	44
4	Jean-Claude Lagniez	Red Racing	6								6

Team championships

GT1 standings

The Nissan Motorsports entry was not allowed to score championship points due to being run as a factory team. Note that the results of Round 8, Zolder, remain provisional following an appeal.

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0 L V12	8	16	14	8	10	10	12	11	89
2	Pekaracing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	5	8	10	10	4	8	0	0	45
3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	3	4	5	4	3	10	6	4	39
4	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0 L V12				8	8	3	3	10	32
5	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	6	5	4		5		5	6	31
6	Sangari Team Brazil	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8				0	6	5	10	5	26
7	K plus K Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	14	1	0		1				16
8	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Ford 5.0 L V8	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	9
9	Full Speed Racing Team	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	0	3	1	0	0	1			5
10	Matech GT Racing	Ford GT1	Ford 5.0 L V8	1	0	2		0		1		4
11=	DKR Engineering	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	2								2
11=	Solution F	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9 L V12							2		2

GT2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	4	14	12	10	12	13	16	7	88
2	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	13	15	0	0	15	8	8	11	70
3	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	6	5	10	14	4	5	5	6	55
4	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	5	0	1	0	6	6	2	8	28
5	PeCom Racing Team	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	8	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	20
6	Brixia Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	1	4	5	0	0	2	3	3	18
7	Hexis Racing AMR	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	2		8						10
8	Trackspeed Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	8
9	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8				5					5
–	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6				0					0

Manufacturers Cups

Ferrari won the GT2 Manufacturers' Cup

Results of the GT2 Manufacturers’ Cup were as follows. Although a GT1 Manufacturers’ Cup was listed in the Sporting Regulations for the 2009 FIA GT Championship, no points table for this award was published. An award was given only for the manufacturers in the GT2 category.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Ferrari	23	19	22	19	21	0	25	21	150
2	Porsche	14	20	8	19	15	0	11	18	105
3	Aston Martin	2		8						10

External links

• FIA GT Championship
• Official Live Stream Supplier
• Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
• Technical Regulations for Grand Touring Cars – GT1 as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
• Technical Regulations for Grand Touring Cars – GT2 as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
• FIA Classifications as archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 December 2009
• 2009 FIA GT Championship images