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2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours

Circuit Paul Ricard (1C-V2)

The 2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours was the penultimate 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.

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Qualifying

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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

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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

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Race results

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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 Brazil Sangari Team Brazil Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Brazil Roberto Streit
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Portugal Miguel Ramos
Germany Alex Müller
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
3 GT1 3 Belgium Sellesagh Racing Team Belgium Bert Longin
France James Ruffier
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
4 GT1 19 France Luc Alphand Aventures Netherlands Xavier Maassen
Italy Thomas Biagi
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 57
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 33 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Matteo Bobbi
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 57
Maserati 6.0 L V12
7 GT1 21 France Solution F France Ange Barde
France Olivier Panis
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 55
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
8 GT1 44 Switzerland Matech GT Racing Germany Thomas Mutsch
Switzerland Henri Moser
Ford GT1 M 55
Ford 5.0 L V8
9 GT2 50 Italy AF Corse Finland Toni Vilander
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 60 Belgium Prospeed Competition France Emmanuel Collard
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 55
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT2 51 Italy AF Corse Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Niki Cadei
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 95 Argentina PeCom Racing Team Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
Argentina Matías Russo
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 55 United Kingdom CRS Racing Canada Chris Niarchos
United Kingdom Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 55
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT1 40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Ford GT1 M 55
Ford 5.0 L V8
15 GT2 97 Italy Brixia Racing Italy Luigi Lucchini
Austria Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 54
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 77 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Matteo Malucelli
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 54
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 56 United Kingdom CRS Racing United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
United Kingdom Rob Bell
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 54
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 59 United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing Germany Sascha Maassen
United Kingdom David Ashburn
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 54
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19
DNF
GT2 78 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Ettore Bonaldi
Italy Diego Romanini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 45
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20
DNF
GT1 4 Belgium Peka Racing Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 40
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
DSQ GT2 61 Belgium Prospeed Competition Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Germany Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 53
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References

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  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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