2009 FIA GT Championship
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.
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
[edit ]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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom RAC Tourist Trophy | Silverstone Circuit | 3 May |
| 2 | Italy Adria 2 Hours | Adria International Raceway | 16 May |
| 3 | Germany Oschersleben 2 Hours | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 21 June |
| 4 | Belgium 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 25 July 26 July |
| 5 | Hungary Budapest City Challenge | Hungaroring | 30 August |
| 6 | Portugal Algarve 2 Hours | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 20 September |
| 7 | France Paul Ricard 2 Hours | Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 October |
| 8 | Belgium Zolder 2 Hours | Circuit Zolder | 25 October |
| Source:[4] | |||
Entry list
[edit ]GT1
[edit ]- ^ As Nissan Motorsports were considered to be a factory team, they and their drivers were ineligible to score championship points.
GT2
[edit ]Season results
[edit ]Overall winners in bold.
Championships
[edit ]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.[8]
Driver championships
[edit ]GT1 standings
[edit ]GT2 standings
[edit ]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SIL United Kingdom |
ADR Italy |
OSC Germany |
SPA Belgium |
BUD Hungary |
ALG Portugal |
PAU France |
ZOL Belgium |
Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Richard Westbrook | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 1 | 1 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| 2 | Italy Gianmaria Bruni | Italy AF Corse | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54 |
| 2 | Finland Toni Vilander | Italy AF Corse | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54 |
| 3 | France Emmanuel Collard | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 1 | 1 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 49 | |
| Italy Brixia Racing | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Spain Álvaro Barba | Italy AF Corse | 5 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Italy Niki Cadei | Italy AF Corse | 5 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Rob Bell | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Argentina Luís Pérez Companc | Argentina Pecom Racing | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | ||
| Italy AF Corse | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Italy Paolo Ruberti | Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Italy Matteo Malucelli | Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Germany Marco Holzer | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 6 | 4 | DSQ | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 23 | |
| Italy Brixia Racing | DSQ | ||||||||||
| 9 | United Kingdom Tim Mullen | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 21 |
| 9 | Canada Chris Niarchos | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
| 10 | Argentina Matías Russo | Argentina Pecom Racing | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Italy AF Corse | Ret | ||||||||||
| 11 | Austria Martin Ragginger | Italy Brixia Racing | 8 | 5 | 4 | DSQ | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Italy Luigi Lucchini | Italy Brixia Racing | 8 | 5 | 4 | DSQ | 9 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | Ret | ||||||||||
| 13 | Hong Kong Darryl O'Young | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 6 | 4 | DSQ | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 8 | 14 | |
| 14 | Brazil Jaime Melo | Italy AF Corse | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 15 | France Frédéric Makowiecki | France Hexis Racing AMR | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 15 | Germany Stefan Mücke | France Hexis Racing AMR | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 16 | Spain Antonio García | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 2 | Ret | 8 | ||||||
| 16 | Netherlands Peter Kox | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 17 | Germany Jörg Bergmeister | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | 6 | DSQ | 5 | 7 | |||||
| 18 | United Kingdom Phil Quaife | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 18 | United Kingdom Chris Goodwin | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 19 | Switzerland Maurizio Basso | Monaco JMB Racing | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 19 | Netherlands Peter Kutemann | Monaco JMB Racing | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 19 | United Kingdom John Hartshone | Monaco JMB Racing | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 19 | France Stéphane Daoudi | Monaco JMB Racing | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 20 | Germany Christian Mamerow | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 21 | United Kingdom David Ashburn | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | Ret | 8 | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 22 | Italy Diego Romanini | Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | 10 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 1 | |
| 23 | Germany Kenneth Heyer | Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | 10 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 1 | |||
| 24 | United Kingdom Tim Sugden | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | Ret | 8 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 25 | Germany Marc Lieb | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SIL United Kingdom |
ADR Italy |
OSC Germany |
SPA Belgium |
BUD Hungary |
ALG Portugal |
PAU France |
ZOL Belgium |
Total points |
| Sources:[7] [9] | |||||||||||
Citation Cup
[edit ]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.[10]
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Chris Niarchos | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 52 | ||
| 2 | Argentina Luís Pérez Companc | Argentina PeCom Racing Team | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 48 | ||
| 3 | United Kingdom David Ashburn | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 44 | |
| 4 | France Jean-Claude Lagniez | France Red Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Source:[11] | |||||||||||
Team championships
[edit ]GT1 standings
[edit ]The Nissan Motorsports entry was not allowed to score championship points due to being run as a factory team.
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GT2 standings
[edit ]| Pos. | Team | SIL United Kingdom |
ADR Italy |
OSC Germany |
SPA Belgium |
BUD Hungary |
ALG Portugal |
PAU France |
ZOL Belgium |
Total points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy AF Corse | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 88 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Belgium Prospeed Competition | 1 | 1 | DSQ | DSQ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 70 | |
| 6 | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 8 | ||||
| 3 | United Kingdom CRS Racing | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 55 | |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | ||||
| 4 | Italy BMS Scuderia Italia | 4 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
| 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| 5 | Argentina Pecom Racing | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |
| 6 | Italy Brixia Racing | 8 | 5 | 4 | DSQ | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| 7 | France Hexis Racing AMR | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing | Ret | 8 | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | |
| 9 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Monaco JMB Racing | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| – | France IMSA Performance Matmut | DSQ | 0 | ||||||||
| Sources:[7] [9] | |||||||||||
Manufacturers Cups
[edit ]
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.[8]
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Ferrari | 23 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 150 |
| 2 | Germany Porsche | 14 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 105 |
| 3 | United Kingdom Aston Martin | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
| Source:[12] | ||||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "05/11/2008 2009 Calendar announced by FIA World Motor Sport Council". FIA. 2008年11月05日. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 2008年11月05日.
- ^ "World Motor Sport Council – Decisions". FIA. 2009年03月17日. Archived from the original on 2009年04月15日. Retrieved 2009年03月17日.
- ^ "Budapest to replace Bucharest for Round 5". FIA GT Championship. 2009年06月16日. Retrieved 2009年06月16日.
- ^ "FIA GT Championship Calendar 2009". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship Entry List 2009". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship - 2009: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "FIA GT Championship - Season 2009: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 March 2009. pp. 4–5, 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "FIA GT Championship Standings 2009". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "23/02/2009 New look for the Citation Cup in 2009". FIA GT Championship. 2009年02月23日. Retrieved 2009年02月24日.
- ^ "Points Chart: Citation Cup". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "2009 GT2 Manufacturers Championship". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
