2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany

The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany was the ninth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season, and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Germany. It was held on 6 September 2009 at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near Oschersleben, near Magdeburg in Germany. The races were won by BMW drivers Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus.

Germany 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
Race details
Date6 September, 2009
LocationOschersleben, Germany
CourseMotorsport Arena Oschersleben
3.696 kilometres (2.297 mi)
Race One
Laps 14
Pole position
Driver Italy Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Time 1:41.478
Podium
First United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Second Italy Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Third Sweden Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Time 1:36.754
Race Two
Laps 14
Podium
First Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany
Second United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Third Italy Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Time 1:37.350

Background

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SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller arrived at Oschersleben after a seven-week break with a five-point lead over teammate Gabriele Tarquini, with Augusto Farfus a further point behind.

A field of 27 cars made the trip to Oschersleben. Making their World Touring Car Championship debuts in Germany were reigning European Touring Car Cup champion Michel Nykjær for Perfection Racing in a Chevrolet Lacetti, and fellow Danish Touring Car Championship frontrunner Jason Watt in a privately run SEAT León.[1] Driving the SUNRED Engineering guest car for SEAT León Eurocup drivers was Jean-Marie Clairet.[2] Meanwhile, James Thompson missed the event as he prepared for the Phillip Island 500K V8 Supercar race. This meant that regular Lada Sport drivers Jaap van Lagen and Kirill Ladygin were driving the new Priora model for the first time along with team principal Viktor Shapovalov, who returned to driving duties.

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Free Practice

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The first free practice session took place on a damp track between 08:45 and 09:15 local time on Saturday 5, with BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus quickest with a time of 1:50.841. Chevrolet's Rob Huff was second ahead of SEAT Sport's Tiago Monteiro.[3]

The second free practice session took place between 11:00 and 11:30 local time on a drying track, with Farfus quickest again with a time of 1:36.760. His teammate Jörg Müller was second, with Yvan Muller third for SEAT.[4]

Qualifying

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Qualifying began at 15:15 local time, and with rain falling after less than five minutes into the opening session. This meant that the top 10 drivers for the second session were effectively decided in the first two flying laps. Gabriele Tarquini was fastest and amongst those who joined him were Lada Sport driver Jaap van Lagen and independents Tom Coronel and Marin Čolak. Andy Priaulx and Yvan Muller were only 15th and 17th fastest.

Qualifying 2 began at 15:40. Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller were initially quickest on wet tyres, but as the track dried those who gambled on slick tyres went much faster. Tarquini took the pole for SEAT with a time of 1:39.866. Čolak was second fastest, at his first event since the Czech Republic race. Rickard Rydell qualified third, ahead of the Lada of van Lagen, the first time he has driven the new Priora model.[5]

Rob Huff and Kristian Poulsen were both given 10 place grid penalties. Huff was demoted from 6th to 16th after an engine change in his Chevrolet Cruze after Sunday morning warm up. Poulsen started from the back after ignoring yellow flag rules in Saturday's practice sessions.[6]

Warm Up

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Andy Priaulx was fastest in Sunday morning warm up, ahead of BMW teammates Jörg Müller and Augusto Farfus. The top three were separated by just 0.088 seconds. They were followed by the five SEAT Sport drivers.[7]

Race One

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Race one began shortly before 13:00 local time. At the first chicane Jörg Müller was spun round and hit by BMW Team Germany teammate Augusto Farfus, with Rob Huff and Jordi Gené also involved. Andy Priaulx moved from 14th to 4th during the first lap. He then passed Tom Coronel and Rickard Rydell before passing polesitter Gabriele Tarquini for the lead. From there he controlled the race, setting the fastest lap on his way to the win.

Behind Tarquni, Rydell and Independent class winner Coronel who finished second, third and fourth respectively, the main battle was for fifth. Lada Sport driver Jaap van Lagen was due to score the team's first points in fifth, having held off pressure from a convoy of Nicola Larini, Farfus and Stefano D'Aste. However, at the last corner van Lagen was hit from behind by the Chevrolet of Larini, sending the Lada into the gravel. Larini took fifth, narrowly ahead of Farfus at the line, while van Lagen could only rejoin and finish 11th. D'Aste scored his first points of the season in seventh, while fellow independent BMW driver Franz Engstler was set to start race two on pole position after finishing in eighth.

Tarquini took the lead of the championship after SEAT Sport teammate Yvan Muller broke his right front wheel and suspension after clipping the tyre stack on the inside of the first chicane having been passed for tenth by Farfus.[8]

Larini was later given a 30-second penalty for the clash with van Lagen, which demoted him from fifth to fifteenth.[9]

Race Two

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Race two began at 15:08 local time. Front-row starting independents Engstler and D'Aste led Farfus for the first lap, but Farfus passed D'Aste for second at the start of the second lap before passing Engstler three laps later. Farfus remained in the lead until the finish. He was followed home by fellow BMW driver Priaulx, who had made up three places on the opening lap and passed Larini, D'Aste and Engstler to secure second place, scoring the fastest lap once again. A drive-through penalty for D'Aste and a mechanical failure for Engstler allowed Tarquini to score his second podium finish of the day, which means he left Germany leading the standings.

Jörg Müller and Sergio Hernández made their way up from further back on the grid to finish fourth and fifth ahead of Larini in sixth. Yvan Muller made his way up to seventh from a grid position of 21st. Coronel benefitted from the misfortunes of D'Aste and Engstler to take the independent class victory in eighth, with the Chevrolets of Rob Huff and Alain Menu rounding out the top 10.[10]

Results

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Q1 Q2
1 2   Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:41.478 1:39.866
2 28   Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 1:42.321 1:41.692
3 3   Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:42.073 1:42.192
4 18   Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:42.294 1:42.307
5 14   Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:41.804 1:43.626
6 11   Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:41.891 1:45.526
7 21   Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 1:41.490 1:46.104
8 7   Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:41.626 1:46.249
9 8   Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:41.629 1:46.481
10 9   Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:42.916 1:47.667
11 10   Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:43.034
12 27   Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 1:43.108
13 23   Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1:43.140
14 25   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1:43.183
15 6   Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:43.533
16 22   Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 1:43.987
17 1   Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:44.198
18 42   Michel Nykjær Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti Y 1:44.204
19 12   Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1:44.259
20 43   Jason Watt Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 1:44.273
21 41   Jean-Marie Clairet SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 1:44.407
22 4   Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:44.705
23 26   Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1:44.759
24 38   Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1:45.476
25 20   Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:45.521
26 5   Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1:46.127
107% time: 1:48.581
19   Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 1:48.959

Race 1

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6   Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 14 22:52.547 14 10
2 2   Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +3.939 1 8
3 3   Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +6.350 3 6
4 21   Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +15.398 6 5
5 8   Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 +22.553 8 4
6 27   Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 14 +22.749 11 3
7 25   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 +23.044 13 2
8 10   Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14 +23.392 10 1
9 22   Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +31.979 15
10 18   Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 14 +32.059 4
11 28   Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +33.376 2
12 26   Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 +33.596 27
13 38   Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 +36.101 23
14 41   Jean-Marie Clairet SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +36.557 21
15 14   Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +52.502† 5
16 19   Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 14 +1:19.407 26
17 9   Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 13 +1 Lap 9
18 12   Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 12 +2 Laps 19
19 5   Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 11 +3 Laps 25
Ret 42   Michel Nykjær Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti Y 7 Drive shaft 18
Ret 1   Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 4 Race incident 17
Ret 20   Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport Lada Priora 2 Gearbox 24
Ret 4   Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2 Race incident 22
Ret 43   Jason Watt Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 0 Race incident 20
Ret 23   Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 0 Race incident 12
Ret 7   Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 0 Race incident 7
Ret 11   Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 0 Race incident 16
  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.
  • † Larini had originally finished 5th but was given a 30-second penalty for causing a collision with van Lagen and dropped to 15th.

Race 2

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Pos. No. Name Team Car C Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8   Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 22:58.530 3 10
2 6   Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 14 +0.644 8 8
3 2   Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +5.177 7 6
4 7   Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 +7.976 23 5
5 10   Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14 +8.661 9 4
6 14   Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +13.596 4 3
7 1   Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +18.835 20 2
8 21   Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +19.170 5 1
9 11   Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +25.377 22
10 12   Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 14 +26.383 17
11 3   Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +26.787 6
12 5   Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 14 +29.148 18
13 22   Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +29.413 10
14 38   Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 +29.957 14
15 23   Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 14 +33.380 24
16 27   Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y 14 +33.518 2
17 41   Jean-Marie Clairet SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +33.609 15
18 42   Michel Nykjær Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti Y 14 +35.008 19
19 43   Jason Watt Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +35.321 25
20 18   Jaap van Lagen Lada Sport Lada Priora 14 +36.193 11
21 28   Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSI Y 14 +40.624 12
22 26   Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 +55.944 13
23 19   Kirill Ladygin Lada Sport Lada Priora 12 +2 Laps 27
24 20   Viktor Shapovalov Lada Sport Lada Priora 10 +4 Laps 26
Ret 25   Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 8 Drive shaft 1
Ret 4   Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 3 Water leak 21
Ret 9   Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 3 Race incident 16
  • Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Danish drivers join WTCC in Germany". World Touring Car Championship. 2009-08-30. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ^ "Clairet joins Sunred in Oschersleben". World Touring Car Championship official website. 2009-07-29. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  3. ^ "Practice 1 - Farfus is quickest". World Touring Car Championship. 2009-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  4. ^ "Practice 2 - Yvan chases BMW duo". World Touring Car Championship. 2009-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  5. ^ English, Steven (2009-09-05). "Tarquni grabs pole at Oschersleben". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  6. ^ "Huff and Poulsen get grid penalty". World Touring Car Championship. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  7. ^ Meissner, Johann (2009-09-06). "Andy Priaulx fastest in warm up". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  8. ^ English, Steven (2009-09-06). "Priaulx storms to first win of 2009". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  9. ^ "Larini punished for pushing the Lada". World Touring Car Championship. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  10. ^ English, Steven (2009-09-06). "Farfus leads BMW 1-2 in Germany". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
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