2009 World Touring Car Championship
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Motorsport season
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The 2009 World Touring Car Championship season was the sixth FIA World Touring Car Championship season, the fifth since its 2005 return. It began on 8 March, and ended on 22 November, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was reserved for Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, comprised two titles, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Manufacturers.[1]
Italian Gabriele Tarquini won the Drivers' Championship by four points from SEAT Sport team-mate Yvan Muller, with BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus finishing third ten points behind Muller. The Manufacturers Championship was retained by SEAT beating BMW by just three points. Tom Coronel took the Independents' Trophy for SUNRED Engineering, which won the Teams' Trophy.
Teams and drivers
[edit ]The following teams and drivers contested the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship:
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Driver changes
[edit ]Changed Teams
- Stefano D'Aste: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → Wiechers-Sport
- Sergio Hernández: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → BMW Team Italy-Spain
- Félix Porteiro: BMW Team Italy-Spain → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport
- Kristian Poulsen: Wiechers-Sport → Liqui Moly Team Engstler
- James Thompson: N-Technology → LADA Sport
Entering WTCC Including those who entered one-off rounds in 2008
- Mehdi Bennani: No full-time drive → Exagon Engineering
- Tom Boardman: SEAT León Eurocup → SUNRED Engineering
- Marin Čolak: SEAT León Eurocup → Čolak Racing Team Ingra
- Vito Postiglione: Italian GT Championship → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport
Leaving WTCC
- Pierre-Yves Corthals: Exagon Engineering → Belgian Touring Car Series
- Ibrahim Okyay: Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport → Unknown
- Andrey Romanov: Liqui Moly Team Engstler → ADAC Procar Series
Calendar
[edit ]The first provisional calendar was released in October 2008.[2]
Marrakech hosted a round on a new temporary street circuit in the heart of the city on 3 May.[3] and Porto returned to the championship.
On 5 November 2008, FIA released a new provisional calendar, and announced the date of the Race of Germany in Oschersleben moved from 30 August to 6 September (due to clash with the date of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix [2] ), and the date of the Race of Japan in Okayama moved from 25 October to 1 November. The Race of Italy was originally scheduled to be run in Monza but it was changed to Imola, and the date of the event in Italy was also changed (from 4 October to 20 September).[4]
| Round | Race Name | Track | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | HSBC Race of Brazil | Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 8 March |
| R2 | ||||
| 2 | R3 | HSBC Race of Mexico | Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed | 22 March |
| R4 | ||||
| 3 | R5 | Race of Morocco | Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit | 3 May |
| R6 | ||||
| 4 | R7 | Ville de Pau Race of France | France Circuit de Pau Ville | 17 May |
| R8 | ||||
| 5 | R9 | Race of Spain | Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 31 May |
| R10 | ||||
| 6 | R11 | Mariott Race of the Czech Republic | Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit | 21 June |
| R12 | ||||
| 7 | R13 | Race of Portugal | Portugal Circuito da Boavista | 5 July |
| R14 | ||||
| 8 | R15 | Mariott Race of UK | United Kingdom Brands Hatch | 19 July |
| R16 | ||||
| 9 | R17 | Atari Race of Germany | Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 6 September |
| R18 | ||||
| 10 | R19 | Stihl Race of Italy | Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 20 September |
| R20 | ||||
| 11 | R21 | Kenwood Race of Japan | Japan Okayama International Circuit | 1 November |
| R22 | ||||
| 12 | R23 | Mariott Race of Macau | Macau Guia Circuit | 22 November |
| R24 | ||||
Results and standings
[edit ]Races
[edit ]Championship standings
[edit ]| Points system | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Drivers' Championship
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races.[5] All results obtained were taken into account.[5]
Manufacturers' Championship
[edit ]| Pos | Manufacturer | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain SEAT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 314 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Germany BMW | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 311 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 3 | United States Chevrolet | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 215 |
| Ret | 13 | NC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 18† | 2 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Russia Lada | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 23† | DNS | 83 |
| 14 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 21† | 24 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17† | 19 | 22 | 16 | 23† | 14 | 20 | 13 | Ret | DNS | DNS | |||
| Pos | Manufacturer | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races.[5] All results obtained by the best two classified cars per manufacturer were taken into account.[5] All other cars from the same manufacturer were considered to be invisible in terms of points scoring.[5]
Yokohama Independents' Trophy
[edit ]| Pos | Driver | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands Tom Coronel | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 19† | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 233 |
| 2 | Spain Félix Porteiro | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 17† | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 220 |
| 3 | Germany Franz Engstler | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 11 | NC | 19 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 14 | 156 |
| 4 | Italy Stefano D'Aste | Ret | 20 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13† | Ret | DNS | 9 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 24† | 10 | DNS | DNS | 137 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Tom Boardman | 11 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 99 | ||
| 6 | Denmark Kristian Poulsen | 20† | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 21 | 17 | 16 | 20 | Ret | 12 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 19 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 50 |
| 7 | Croatia Marin Čolak | 19† | DNS | Ret | 22† | 15 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 21 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Morocco Mehdi Bennani | 9 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 23 | NC | Ret | 13 | Ret | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Italy Vito Postiglione | 18 | Ret | 19 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi | 20 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | France Éric Cayrolle | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Germany Philip Geipel | 17 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Japan Takayuki Aoki | 19 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Bulgaria Georgi Tanev | 18 | 21 | Ret | 18 | 19 | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Macau Henry Ho | 22 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Japan Seiji Ara | 17 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Spain Diego Puyo | 16 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Netherlands Tim Coronel | 12 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | France Laurent Cazenave | Ret | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Macau André Couto | 25 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | France Jean-Marie Clairet | 14 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira | 23 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Macau Lei Kit Meng | 21 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Japan Masaki Kano | 21 | 20 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Denmark Michel Nykjær | NC | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Macau Joseph Rosa Merszei | 22 | 20 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Italy Andrea Larini | Ret | 21 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Italy Fabio Fabiani | 17 | 22 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Hungary Norbert Michelisz | Ret | NC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Denmark Jason Watt | Ret | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Macau Alex Liu | 24† | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
- The Yokohama Independents' Trophy used a similar points system to that used for the Drivers’ Championship, however bonus points were also awarded at each event for race one pole position and for the fastest race lap, unlike the Drivers' championship. Three bonus points per position were awarded if an independent driver finished in the overall top eight, e.g. if a driver finished sixth overall, he or she received nine bonus points. Double points were awarded at the final event at Macau.
Yokohama Teams' Trophy
[edit ]| Pos | Team | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain SUNRED Engineering | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 304 |
| 11 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 19† | 17 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 15 | Ret | |||||
| 2 | Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 17† | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 239 |
| 18 | 21 | Ret | 18 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 20 | Ret | 18 | 15 | |||||||||
| 3 | Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 212 |
| 20† | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Germany Wiechers-Sport | Ret | 20 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13† | Ret | 14 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 150 |
| Ret | DNS | 24† | 18 | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Croatia Čolak Racing Team Ingra | 19† | DNS | Ret | 22† | 15 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 21 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 6 | France Exagon Engineering | 9 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 23 | NC | Ret | 13 | Ret | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | China China Dragon Racing | 21 | 18 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Denmark Perfection Racing | NC | 18 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Denmark Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing | Ret | 19 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | BRA Brazil |
MEX Mexico |
MAR Morocco |
FRA France |
ESP Spain |
CZE Czech Republic |
POR Portugal |
UK United Kingdom |
GER Germany |
ITA Italy |
JPN Japan |
MAC Macau |
Pts | ||||||||||||
All the teams taking part in any of the rounds of the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship were eligible to score points for the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. Points were awarded to the two best classified cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers. All other cars of that same team were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.
Notes
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship Sporting Regulations, page 2
- ^ a b "WTCC calendar approved". World Touring Car Championship official website. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "MARRAKECH GP JOINS 2009 WTCC CALENDAR". World Touring Car Championship official website. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ "Press Release: World Motor Sport Council – Decisions 05/11/2008". FIA official website. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e FIA World Touring Car Championship (2009 Sporting Regulations), argent.fia.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 12 December 2009
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2009 in World Touring Car Championship .
- FIA World Touring Car Championship official website: Archives
- 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Sporting Regulations
- 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Yokohama Independents’ Trophies Regulations
- Regulations for Super 2000 Cars
- Regulations for Diesel 2000 Cars
- 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Points Tables
- 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Yokohama Independents’ Trophies Points Tables
- 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship – images