2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK
Introduction The '''2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK''' (formally the '''2009 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of UK''') was the eighth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth FIA WTCC Race of UK. It was held on 19 July 2009 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The first race was won by Alain Menu for Chevrolet and the second race was won by Augusto Farfus for BMW Team Germany. The round was overshadowed by the death of Henry Surtees in the second FIA Formula Two Championship support race.
Background Yvan Muller arrived at Brands Hatch with a 14 point lead over SEAT Sport teammate Gabriele Tarquini, with BMW's Augusto Farfus a further point behind.The race saw four new drivers for the 2009 season. ADAC Procar Series champion Philip Geipel joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a third BMW 320si. Meanwhile, Swedish team Polestar Racing entered two Volvo C30s for Robert Dahlgren and WTCC newcomer Tommy Rustad, however both Volvos were ineligible to score championship points. Norbert Michelisz drove the SUNRED Engineering-run SEAT Leon Eurocup prize car, as he did at Okayama in 2008.
Report ===Free Practice===Augusto Farfus went quickest in the first free practice session on the Saturday morning. The Brazilian BMW Team Germany driver then went quickest in the second session later in the morning.===Qualifying===Farfus went quickest in the first qualifying session. Amongst those who failed to make it through into the second session were Yvan Muller and Jordi Gene. Chevrolet's Alain Menu and Rob Huff locked out the front row of the grid after the second session, with the BMWs of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. Guest independent SEAT driver Norbert Michelisz qualified tenth, the leading independent. Jorg Muller, Robert Dahlgren, Jordi Gene and Kristian Poulsen all received grid penalties ahead of the first race. Muller received a five-place penalty for driving in the fast lane of the pits before the pit lane had been opened at the beginning of the session. Dahlgren had all his times disallowed because his team worked on the car during the parc ferme conditions between Q1 and Q2.The Swede dropped from 13th to the back of the grid. Gene also had his times disallowed because the engine speed sensor of his car's data logging system was disconnected, and he also dropped to the back row of the grid. Poulsen received a 10-place grid drop after having the engine in his BMW changed, although he had only qualified 22nd anyway.===Warm Up===Andy Priaulx went fastest in the Sunday morning warm-up session. The major story though was James Thompson setting the eighth quickest time in the Lada Priora.===Race One===The first race started with a multi-car accident at the Druids hairpin as Yvan Muller and Augusto Farfus tangled. Felix Porteiro and Norbert Michelisz were also heavily involved with many others taking to the grass on the inside and outside of the corner in avoidance. The incident brought the safety car out. Huff lead Menu from the restart, although Menu re-passed Huff for the lead on lap five. The two Chevrolet drivers remained out in front until the end of the race, although Priaulx pushed Huff for second in the final laps, having passed Gabriele Tarquini for third.The safety car made a second appearance later in the race as Sergio Hernández, Vito Postiglione and  Tommy Rustad tangled at Surtees. Farfus made his way through the field after his first lap incident to claim eighth place and pole position for Race 2.Stefano D'Aste won the Independents Trophy from Tom Coronel and Tom Boardman. Menu set the fastest lap.===Race Two===Race two was won by pole-sitter Augusto Farfus from BMW Team Germany teammate Jörg Müller. SEAT Sport drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Rickard Rydell finished third and fourth ahead of Andy Priaulx. Yvan Muller battled through from the back of the field to take seventh place in an otherwise uneventful race.Tom Boardman took his first ever Independent's Trophy win in tenth overall. Jörg Müller set the fastest lap of the race.
Results ===Qualifying===   Name Team Car  Q1 Q2 1 12  Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  1:34.088 1:33.521 2 11  Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  1:34.184 1:33.618 3 6  Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si  1:34.216 1:33.670 4 8  Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  1:33.836 1:33.696 5 3  Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  1:34.093 1:33.871 6 2  Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  1:34.294 1:33.963 7 14  Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  1:34.110 1:33.968 8 7  Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  1:34.187 1:34.195 9 5  Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:34.182 1:34.204 10 37  Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 1:34.213 1:34.857 11 1  Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  1:34.366 12 23  Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:34.380  13 21  Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 1:34.559 14 10  Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si  1:34.680  15 27  Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:34.921  16 9  Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si  1:35.033  17 18  Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  1:35.118  18 22  Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 1:35.227  19 40  Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 1:35.363  20 26  Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:35.517  21 31  Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:35.710  22 25  Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:35.831  23 36  James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora  1:35.950  24 38  Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 1:36.245  25 19  Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  1:37.102 ===Race 1===   Name Team Car  Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12  '''Alain Menu''' Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 28:25.945 1 '''10''' 2 11  Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  16 +1.051 2 '''8''' 3 6  Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si  16 +1.240 3 '''6''' 4 2  Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +2.024 6 '''5''' 5 3  Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +2.420 5 '''4''' 6 7  Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  16 +5.815 13 '''3''' 7 5  Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +6.300 8 '''2''' 8 8  Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  16 +8.307 4 '''1''' 9 27  Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +9.225 15  10 21  Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 16 +10.884 12 11 22  Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 16 +11.737 18  12 9  Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si  16 +12.415 16  13 4  Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +13.331 26 14 23  Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +13.675 11  15 39  Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 16 +14.087 25 16 10  Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +17.753 14 17 38  Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +22.188 23  18 36  James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora  16 +25.447 22  19 19  Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  16 +37.466 24  20 26  Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +41.831 27  21 31  Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +42.677 20  22 14  Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  15 +1 Lap 7 Ret 25  Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 11 Race incident 21  Ret 40  Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 6 Race incident 19 Ret 18  Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  5 Engine 17  Ret 37  Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 0 Race incident 9  Ret 1  Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  0 Race incident 10*'''Bold''' denotes ''Fastest lap''.===Race 2===   Name Team Car  Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8  Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  16 28:09.979 1 '''10''' 2 7  '''Jörg Müller''' BMW Team Germany BMW 320si  16 +2.061 3 '''8''' 3 2  Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +7.030 5 '''6''' 4 3  Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +7.398 4 '''5''' 5 6  Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si  16 +7.749 6 '''4''' 6 11  Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  16 +8.427 7 '''3''' 7 1  Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +16.651 24 '''2''' 8 5  Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +17.444 2 '''1''' 9 10  Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16 +18.191 16 10 22  Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 16 +19.523 11  11 21  Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 16 +19.969 10 12 9  Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si  16 +20.183 12  13 27  Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +21.589 9  14 39  Robert Dahlgren Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 16 +22.255 25 15 23  Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +22.923 14  16 4  Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI  16 +23.053 13 17 14  Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT  16 +23.594 22 18 12  Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 16 +24.021 8  19 25  Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +28.723 26  20 38  Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +29.318 17  21 18  Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  16 +35.320 27  22 36  James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora  16 +36.187 18  23 31  Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si'''Y''' 16 +36.735 21  24 19  Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0  12 +4 Laps 19  NC 37  Norbert Michelisz SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI'''Y''' 6 +10 Laps 23  Ret 40  Tommy Rustad Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 4 Race incident 25 Ret 26  Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si'''Y''' 3 Race incident 20 *'''Bold''' denotes ''Fastest lap''.
Standings after the race ;Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1  Yvan Muller 82 10px 2  Gabriele Tarquini 77 10px 3  Augusto Farfus 76 10px 4  Rickard Rydell 55 10px 5  Robert Huff 54;Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1  Félix Porteiro 145 10px 2  Tom Coronel 129 10px 3  Franz Engstler 104 10px 4  Stefano D'Aste 89 10px 5  Tom Boardman 54;Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1  SEAT 211 10px 2  BMW 201 10px 3  Chevrolet 147 10px 4  Lada 59* '''Note:''' Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.
References
External links *  Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems