2009 FIA GT Championship

2009 FIA GT Championship season
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The 2009 FIA GT Championship season was the thirteenth and final 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.

Michael Bartels & Andrea Bertolini won the GT1 Championship for Drivers

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 Peka Racing 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 team's 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 team's 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	3 May
2	Adria 2 Hours	Adria International Raceway	16 May
3	Oschersleben 2 Hours	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	21 June
4	24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 July 26 July
5	Budapest City Challenge	Hungaroring	30 August
6	Algarve 2 Hours	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	20 September
7	Paul Ricard 2 Hours	Circuit Paul Ricard	4 October
8	Zolder 2 Hours	Circuit Zolder	25 October
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Entry list

GT1

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0 L V12	M	1	Michael Bartels	All
					Andrea Bertolini	All
					Stéphane Sarrazin	4
					Alexandre Negrão	4
				2	Miguel Ramos	All
					Alex Müller	All
					Eric van de Poele	4
					Pedro Lamy	4
Vitaphone Racing Team DHL				33	Alessandro Pier Guidi	4–8
					Vincent Vosse	4
					Carl Rosenblad	4
					Stéphane Lémeret	4
					Matteo Bobbi	5–8
Selleslagh Racing Team	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	3	Bert Longin	All
					James Ruffier	All
					Maxime Soulet	4
					Oliver Gavin	4
PekaRacing nv	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	4	Anthony Kumpen	All
					Mike Hezemans	All
					Kurt Mollekens	4
					Jos Menten	4
Sangari Team Brazil	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	8	Enrique Bernoldi	4–8
					Roberto Streit	4–8
					Xavier Maassen	4, 6
DKR Engineering				9	Jos Menten	1
					Markus Palttala	1
Full Speed Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	P	11	Stéphane Lémeret	1–3, 5–6
					Luke Hines	1–3, 5–6
					Robert Dierick	4
					Carlo van Dam	4
					Arjan van der Zwaan	4
					Rob van der Zwaan	4
				13	Ferdinando Monfardini	1–3
					Michael Orts	1–2
					Johnny Mowlem	3
K plus K Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	M	14	Karl Wendlinger	1–3, 5
					Ryan Sharp	1–3, 5
				18	Adam Lacko	1–3, 5
					Mario Domínguez	1–3
					Max Nilsson	5
Luc Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	M	19	Xavier Maassen	1–3, 5, 7–8
					Guillaume Moreau	1–2
					Thomas Biagi	3, 5, 7–8
Solution F	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12	M	21	Ange Barde	7
					Olivier Panis	7
Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R GT1	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	M	35	Darren Turner	1, 3–4, 8
					Michael Krumm	1, 3–4, 8
					Anthony Davidson	4
Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Ford 5.0 L V8	M	40	Bas Leinders	All
					Renaud Kuppens	All
					Eric de Doncker	4
Matech GT Racing	Ford GT1	Ford 5.0 L V8	M	44	Thomas Mutsch	1–3, 5, 7
					Thomas Biagi	1–2
					Marc Hennerici	3
					Jonathan Hirschi	5
					Henri Moser	7
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GT2

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	50	Toni Vilander	All
					Gianmaria Bruni	All
					Jaime Melo	4
					Luís Pérez Companc	4
				51	Álvaro Barba	All
					Niki Cadei	All
					Matías Russo	4
					Pierre Kaffer	4
CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	55	Tim Mullen	All
					Chris Niarchos	1–7
					Phil Quaife	4
					Chris Goodwin	4
					Antonio García	8
				56	Andrew Kirkaldy	All
					Rob Bell	All
					Antonio García	4
					Peter Kox	4
Trackspeed Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	58	David Ashburn	8
					Sascha Maassen	8
				59	David Ashburn	1–7
					Tim Sugden	1–2, 4–6
					Jörg Bergmeister	3–4, 8
					Stéphane Ortelli	4
					Sascha Maassen	7
					Christian Mamerow	8
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	60	Richard Westbrook	All
					Emmanuel Collard	1–7
					Sean Edwards	4
					Darryl O'Young	4
					Marco Holzer	8
				61	Marco Holzer	1–3, 5–7
					Darryl O'Young	1–2, 5–8
					Sean Edwards	3
					Paul van Splunteren	4
					Raymond Coronel	4
					Niek Hommerson	4
					Louis Machiels	4
					Marc Lieb	8
IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	70	Raymond Narac	4
					Patrick Pilet	4
					Patrick Long	4
BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M P	77	Paolo Ruberti	All
					Matteo Malucelli	All
					Kenneth Heyer	4
					Diego Romanini	4
				78	Diego Romanini	1–3, 5–7
					Kenneth Heyer	1–3, 5
					Fabio Babini	4
					Christian Pescatori	4
					Marcello Zani	4
					Ettore Bonaldi	6-7
					Stéphane Lémeret	8
					Luigi Lucchini	8
Hexis Racing AMR	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	M	80	Stefan Mücke	1, 3
					Frédéric Makowiecki	1, 3
Pecom Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	95	Matías Russo	1, 3, 5–8
					Luís Pérez Companc	1, 3, 5–8
					Cédric Sbirrazuoli	2, 4
					Francesco La Mazza	2
					Lorenzo Casè	4
Brixia Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	97	Martin Ragginger	All
					Luigi Lucchini	1-7
					Marco Holzer	4
					Bryce Miller	4
					Emmanuel Collard	8
JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	99	Maurizio Basso	4
					Peter Kutemann	4
					John Hartshorne	4
					Stéphane Daoudi	4
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Season results

Overall winners in bold.

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
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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

Pos. Driver Team SIL ADR OSC SPA BUD ALG PAU ZOL Total points 1 Michael Bartels Vitaphone Racing Team 2 1 2 4 1 5 5 3 55 1 Andrea Bertolini Vitaphone Racing Team 2 1 2 4 1 5 5 3 55 2 Anthony Kumpen PekaRacing nv 4 2 1 1 5 2 Ret 2 53 2 Mike Hezemans PekaRacing nv 4 2 1 1 5 2 Ret 2 53 3 Bert Longin Selleslagh Racing Team 6 5 4 5 6 1 3 6 38 3 James Ruffier Selleslagh Racing Team 6 5 4 5 6 1 3 6 38 4 Xavier Maassen Luc Alphand Aventures 3 4 5 4 4 4 35 Sangari Team Brazil Ret 4 5 Alessandro Pier Guidi Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 2 6 6 1 32 6 Miguel Ramos Vitaphone Racing Team Ret 3 3 6 Ret 3 2 7 31 6 Alex Müller Vitaphone Racing Team Ret 3 3 6 Ret 3 2 7 31 7 Enrique Bernoldi Sangari Team Brazil Ret 3 4 1 5 25 7 Roberto Streit Sangari Team Brazil Ret 3 4 1 5 25 8 Matteo Bobbi Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 6 6 1 24 9 Thomas Biagi Matech GT Racing 8 9 20 Luc Alphand Aventures 5 4 4 4 10 Stéphane Lémeret Full Speed Racing 9 6 8 Ret 8 13 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 11 Jos Menten DKR Engineering 7 12 PekaRacing nv 1 12 Guillaume Moreau Luc Alphand Aventures 3 4 11 13 Karl Wendlinger K plus K Motorsport 1 Ret 10 DSQ 10 13 Ryan Sharp K plus K Motorsport 1 Ret 10 DSQ 10 14 Kurt Mollekens PekaRacing nv 1 10 15 Renaud Kuppens Marc VDS Racing Team 10 7 6 NC 7 7 9 Ret 9 15 Bas Leinders Marc VDS Racing Team 10 7 6 NC 7 7 9 Ret 9 16 Vincent Vosse Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 8 16 Carl Rosenblad Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 8 17 Adam Lacko K plus K Motorsport 5 8 Ret 8 6 18 Stéphane Sarrazin Vitaphone Racing Team 4 5 18 Alexandre Negrão Vitaphone Racing Team 4 5 19 Mario Domínguez K plus K Motorsport 5 8 Ret 5 20 Luke Hines Full Speed Racing 9 6 8 Ret 8 5 21 Maxime Soulet Selleslagh Racing Team 5 4 21 Oliver Gavin Selleslagh Racing Team 5 4 22 Thomas Mutsch Matech GT Racing 8 9 7 9 8 4 23 Eric van de Poele Vitaphone Racing Team 6 3 23 Pedro Lamy Vitaphone Racing Team 6 3 24 Markus Palttala DKR Engineering 7 2 24 Marc Hennerici Matech GT Racing 7 2 24 Ange Barde Solution F 7 2 24 Olivier Panis Solution F 7 2 25 Max Nilsson K plus K Motorsport 8 1 25 Henri Moser Matech GT Racing 8 1 Pos. Driver Team SIL ADR OSC SPA BUD ALG PAU ZOL Total points Sources:

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

GT2 standings

Richard Westbrook won the GT2 Cup for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	ADR	OSC	SPA	BUD	ALG	PAU	ZOL	Total points
1	Richard Westbrook	Prospeed Competition	1	1	Ret	DSQ	1	2	2	1	56
2	Gianmaria Bruni	AF Corse	11	2	1	1	2	6	1	4	54
2	Toni Vilander	AF Corse	11	2	1	1	2	6	1	4	54
3	Emmanuel Collard	Prospeed Competition	1	1	Ret	DSQ	1	2	2		49
		Brixia Racing								6
4	Álvaro Barba	AF Corse	5	3	7	Ret	5	1	3	7	34
4	Niki Cadei	AF Corse	5	3	7	Ret	5	1	3	7	34
5	Rob Bell	CRS Racing	3	7	5	2	6	5	8	3	34
5	Andrew Kirkaldy	CRS Racing	3	7	5	2	6	5	8	3	34
6	Luís Pérez Companc	Pecom Racing	2		Ret		7	4	4	10	30
		AF Corse				1
7	Paolo Ruberti	BMS Scuderia Italia	4	10	Ret	Ret	3	3	7	2	27
7	Matteo Malucelli	BMS Scuderia Italia	4	10	Ret	Ret	3	3	7	2	27
8	Marco Holzer	Prospeed Competition	6	4	DSQ		4	Ret	DSQ	1	23
		Brixia Racing				DSQ
9	Tim Mullen	CRS Racing	9	6	3	3	8	8	5	Ret	21
9	Chris Niarchos	CRS Racing	9	6	3	3	8	8	5		21
10	Matías Russo	Pecom Racing	2		Ret		7	4	4	10	20
		AF Corse				Ret
11	Martin Ragginger	Brixia Racing	8	5	4	DSQ	9	7	6	6	18
12	Luigi Lucchini	Brixia Racing	8	5	4	DSQ	9	7	6		15
		BMS Scuderia Italia								Ret
13	Darryl O'Young	Prospeed Competition	6	4		DSQ	4	Ret	DSQ	8	14
14	Jaime Melo	AF Corse				1					10
15	Frédéric Makowiecki	Hexis Racing AMR	7		2						10
15	Stefan Mücke	Hexis Racing AMR	7		2						10
16	Antonio García	CRS Racing				2				Ret	8
16	Peter Kox	CRS Racing				2					8
17	Jörg Bergmeister	Trackspeed Racing			6	DSQ				5	7
18	Phil Quaife	CRS Racing				3					6
18	Chris Goodwin	CRS Racing				3					6
19	Maurizio Basso	JMB Racing				4					5
19	Peter Kutemann	JMB Racing				4					5
19	John Hartshone	JMB Racing				4					5
19	Stéphane Daoudi	JMB Racing				4					5
20	Christian Mamerow	Trackspeed Racing								5	4
21	David Ashburn	Trackspeed Racing	Ret	8	6	DSQ	11	10	9	9	4
22	Diego Romanini	BMS Scuderia Italia	10	9	8	Ret	10	9	Ret		1
23	Kenneth Heyer	BMS Scuderia Italia	10	9	8	Ret	10				1
24	Tim Sugden	Trackspeed Racing	Ret	8		DSQ	11	10			1
25	Marc Lieb	Prospeed Competition								8	1
Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	ADR	OSC	SPA	BUD	ALG	PAU	ZOL	Total points
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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
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Team championships

GT1 standings

The Nissan Motorsports entry was not allowed to score championship points due to being run as a factory team.

Pos. Team SIL ADR OSC SPA BUD ALG PAU ZOL Total points 1 Vitaphone Racing Team 2 1 2 4 1 3 2 3 86 Ret 3 3 6 Ret 5 5 7 2 PekaRacing nv 4 2 1 1 5 2 Ret 2 53 3 Selleslagh Racing Team 6 5 4 5 6 1 3 6 38 4 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2 2 6 6 1 32 5 Luc Alphand Aventures 3 4 5 4 4 4 30 6 Sangari Team Brazil Ret 3 4 1 5 25 7 K plus K Motorsport 1 8 10 8 16 5 Ret Ret DSQ 8 Marc VDS Racing Team 10 7 6 NC 7 7 9 Ret 9 9 Full Speed Racing 9 6 8 Ret Ret 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 Matech GT Racing 8 9 7 9 8 4 11 DKR Engineering 7 2 11 Solution F 7 2 Sources:

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

GT2 standings

Pos.	Team	SIL	ADR	OSC	SPA	BUD	ALG	PAU	ZOL	Total points
1	AF Corse	5	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	88
		11	3	7	Ret	5	6	3	7
2	Prospeed Competition	1	1	DSQ	DSQ	1	2	2	1	70
		6	4	Ret	DSQ	4	Ret	DSQ	8
3	CRS Racing	3	6	3	2	6	5	5	3	55
		9	7	5	3	8	8	8	Ret
4	BMS Scuderia Italia	4	9	8	Ret	3	3	7	2	28
		10	10	Ret	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret
5	Pecom Racing	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	10	20
6	Brixia Racing	8	5	4	DSQ	9	7	6	6	18
7	Hexis Racing AMR	7		2						10
8	Trackspeed Racing	Ret	8	6	DSQ	11	10	9	5	8
									9
9	JMB Racing				4					5
–	IMSA Performance Matmut				DSQ					0
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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
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External links

• FIA GT Championship