2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours

The 2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 October 2009. The race was won by the Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi and Roberto Streit for Sangari Team Brazil, ahead of the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati and Selleslagh Racing Team Corvette. In the GT2 category, Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni won from pole position in the AF Corse Ferrari, leading the Prospeed Competition Porsche and the second AF Corse Ferrari.

Vitaphone Racing Team and AF Corse both secured the FIA GT Teams Championships for the GT1 and GT2 categories in this race.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying was led by the No. Sangari Corvette of Enrique Bernoldi, however the car had been given a five grid spot penalty prior to qualifying for causing an avoidable accident during pre-qualifying practice. This moved the Sangari car back to sixth, and moved Alex Müller to pole position and allowing Vitaphone Racing Team to lock out the front row. In the GT2 category Gianmaria Bruni of AF Corse secured an all Ferrari front row alongside CRS Racing.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 GT1 No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 2:00.919 6
2 GT1 No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 2:01.856 1
3 GT1 No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 2:02.043 2
4 GT1 No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 2:02.044 3
5 GT1 No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team James Ruffier 2:02.300 4
6 GT1 No. 4 Peka Racing Mike Hezemans 2:02.328 5
7 GT1 No. 19 Luc Alphand Aventures Thomas Biagi 2:02.541 7
8 GT1 No. 21 Solution F Olivier Panis 2:04.796 8
9 GT1 No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 2:05.853 9
10 GT1 No. 44 Matech GT Racing Thomas Mutsch 2:07.108 10
11 GT2 No. 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 2:08.314 11
12 GT2 No. 55 CRS Racing Tim Mullen 2:08.480 12
13 GT2 No. 97 Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 2:08.924 13
14 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Sascha Maassen 2:08.972 14
15 GT2 No. 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba 2:09.436 15
16 GT2 No. 61 Prospeed Competition Darryl O'Young 2:09.483 16
17 GT2 No. 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 2:09.534 17
18 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 2:09.551 18
19 GT2 No. 56 CRS Racing Andrew Kirkaldy 2:09.722 19
20 GT2 No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli 2:09.743 20
21 GT2 No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Diego Romanini 2:11.078 21

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Roberto Streit		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Miguel Ramos
Alex Müller		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
3 GT1 3 Sellesagh Racing Team Bert Longin
James Ruffier		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
4 GT1 19 Luc Alphand Aventures Xavier Maassen
Thomas Biagi		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Michael Bartels
Andrea Bertolini		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi
Matteo Bobbi		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
7 GT1 21 Solution F Ange Barde
Olivier Panis		 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 55
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
8 GT1 44 Matech GT Racing Thomas Mutsch
Henri Moser		 Ford GT1 M 55
Ford 5.0 L V8
9 GT2 50 AF Corse Toni Vilander
Gianmaria Bruni		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard
Richard Westbrook		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 55
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT2 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba
Niki Cadei		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 95 PeCom Racing Team Luis Pérez Companc
Matías Russo		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 55 CRS Racing Chris Niarchos
Tim Mullen		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT1 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders
Renaud Kuppens		 Ford GT1 M 55
Ford 5.0 L V8
15 GT2 97 Brixia Racing Luigi Lucchini
Martin Ragginger		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 54
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli
Paolo Ruberti		 Ferrari F430 GT2 P 54
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 56 CRS Racing Andrew Kirkaldy
Rob Bell		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 54
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 59 Trackspeed Racing Sascha Maassen
David Ashburn		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 54
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19
DNF		 GT2 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Ettore Bonaldi
Diego Romanini		 Ferrari F430 GT2 P 45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20
DNF		 GT1 4 Peka Racing Mike Hezemans
Anthony Kumpen		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 40
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
DSQ GT2 61 Prospeed Competition Darryl O'Young
Marco Holzer		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 53
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References
  1. "Qualifying". FIA GT Championship. 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2005-01-02. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. "Race Result". FIA GT Championship. 2009-10-04. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
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