2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours
Introduction Layout of the Algarve International CircuitThe '''2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours''' was the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal on 20 September 2009.Selleslagh Racing Team won their first race of the season while their driver James Ruffier's won his first race in FIA GT. Pekaracing earned second place while the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing car completed the podium with a pass on the second to last lap of the race. The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari won in GT2 followed by the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche and No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari.
Report ===Qualifying=======Qualifying results====Pole position winners in each class are marked in '''bold'''. Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 GT1 No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 1:40.664 1 2 GT1 No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team James Ruffier 1:40.754 2 3 GT1 No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 1:40.820 8† 4 GT1 No. 4 Peka Racing Anthony Kumpen 1:41.164 3 5 GT1 No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:41.168 4 6 GT1 No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 1:41.410 5 7 GT1 No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 1:43.854 6 8 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 1:45.998 7 9 GT2 No. 97 Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 1:46.095 9 10 GT2 No. 61 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer 1:46.146 10 11 GT2 No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli 1:46.243 11 12 GT2 No. 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:46.301 12 13 GT2 No. 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba 1:46.369 13 14 GT2 No. 56 CRS Racing Rob Bell 1:46.461 14 15 GT2 No. 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 1:46.528 15 16 GT2 No. 55 CRS Racing Tim Mullen 1:46.696 16 17 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Tim Sugden 1:47.360 17 18 GT2 No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Diego Romanini 1:48.233 18 19 GT1 No. 11 Full Speed Racing Team ''Did Not Participate'' 19† – The No. 2 Vitaphone Maserati was penalized five grid spots after causing an avoidable accident at the 2009 Budapest City Challenge.
Race results Class winners in '''bold'''. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 3  Selleslagh Racing Team  Bert Longin James Ruffier Chevrolet Corvette C6.R  66 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 2 GT1 4  Peka Racing  Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans Chevrolet Corvette C6.R  66 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 3 GT1 2  Vitaphone Racing Team  Miguel Ramos Alex Müller Maserati MC12 GT1  66 Maserati 6.0 L V12 4 GT1 8  Sangari Team Brazil  Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Xavier Maassen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R  66 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 5 GT1 1  Vitaphone Racing Team  Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1  66 Maserati 6.0 L V12 6 GT1 33  Vitaphone Racing Team DHL  Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi Maserati MC12 GT1  66 Maserati 6.0 L V12 7 GT2 51  AF Corse  Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 8 GT2 60  Prospeed Competition  Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  64 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GT2 77  BMS Scuderia Italia  Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 10 GT2 95  PeCom Racing Team  Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 11 GT2 56  CRS Racing  Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 50  AF Corse  Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 13 GT2 97  Brixia Racing  Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  64 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GT2 55  CRS Racing  Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2  64 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 78  BMS Scuderia Italia  Diego Romanini Ettore Bonaldi Ferrari F430 GT2  63 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 16 GT2 59  Trackspeed Racing  Tim Sugden David Ashburn Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  63 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17DNF GT1 40  Marc VDS Racing Team  Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders Ford GT1  59 Ford 5.0 L V8 18DNF GT1 11  Full Speed Racing Team  Stéphane Lémeret Luke Hines Saleen S7-R  52 Ford 7.0 L V8 19DNF GT2 61  Prospeed Competition  Marco Holzer Darryl O'Young Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  34 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
See also * 2009 Algarve GP2 Series round
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