2009 World Touring Car Championship

The 2009 World Touring Car Championship season was the sixth FIA World Touring Car Championship season, the fifth since its 2005 return. It began on 8 March, and ended on 22 November, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was reserved for Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, comprised two titles, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Manufacturers.2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship Sporting Regulations, page 2

Italian Gabriele Tarquini won the Drivers' Championship by four points from SEAT Sport team-mate Yvan Muller, with BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus finishing third ten points behind Muller. The Manufacturers Championship was retained by SEAT beating BMW by just three points. Tom Coronel took the Independents' Trophy for SUNRED Engineering, which won the Teams' Trophy.

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers contested the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship:

TeamCarNo.DriversEvents Manufacturer Teams SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1 Yvan Muller All 2 Gabriele Tarquini All 3 Rickard Rydell All 4 Jordi Gené All 5 Tiago Monteiro All BMW Team UK BMW 320si 6 Andy Priaulx All BMW Team Germany 7 Jörg Müller All 8 Augusto Farfus All BMW Team Italy-Spain 9 Alessandro Zanardi All 10 Sergio Hernández All Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 11 Robert Huff All 12 Alain Menu All 14 Nicola Larini All LADA SportLADA 110 2.0 18 Jaap van Lagen 1–8 LADA Priora 9–12LADA 110 2.019 Kirill Ladygin 1–8 LADA Priora 9–12LADA 110 2.020 Viktor Shapovalov 1–6 LADA Priora 9LADA Priora 36 James Thompson 7–8, 10–12 Yokohama Trophy SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 21 Tom Coronel All 22 Tom Boardman 1–2, 4–12 29 Éric Cayrolle 4 32 Tim Coronel 6 35 Diego Puyo 7 37 Norbert Michelisz 8 41 Jean-Marie Clairet 9 45 Andrea Larini 10 47 João Paulo Lima de Oliveira 11 66 André Couto 12 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 23 Félix Porteiro All 24 Georgi Tanev 1–3 31 Vito Postiglione 3, 5–6, 8 46 Fabio Fabiani 10 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 25 Franz Engstler All 26 Kristian Poulsen All 38 Philip Geipel 8–9 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 27 Stefano D'Aste All 33 Laurent Cazenave 4 Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 28 Marin Čolak 1–6, 9 Exagon Engineering SEAT León 30 Mehdi Bennani 3–5, 7, 10 Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 42 Michel Nykjær 9 Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing SEAT León 43 Jason Watt 9 Asian Wild Card Entries Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 48 Masaki Kano 11 51 Henry Ho 11–12 53 Alex Liu 12 55 Joseph Rosa Merszei 12 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 49 Nobuteru Taniguchi 11–12 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 50 Seiji Ara 11 52 Takayuki Aoki 12 China Dragon Racing BMW 320si 67 Lei Kit Meng 12 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 39 Robert Dahlgren 8 40 Tommy Rustad 8

Driver changes Changed Teams Stefano D'Aste: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → Wiechers-Sport Sergio Hernández: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → BMW Team Italy-Spain Félix Porteiro: BMW Team Italy-Spain → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport Kristian Poulsen: Wiechers-Sport → Liqui Moly Team Engstler James Thompson: N-Technology → LADA Sport

Entering WTCC Including those who entered one-off rounds in 2008 Mehdi Bennani: No full-time drive → Exagon Engineering Tom Boardman: SEAT León Eurocup → SUNRED Engineering Marin Čolak: SEAT León Eurocup → Čolak Racing Team Ingra Vito Postiglione: Italian GT Championship → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

Leaving WTCC Pierre-Yves Corthals: Exagon Engineering → Belgian Touring Car Series Ibrahim Okyay: Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport → Unknown Andrey Romanov: Liqui Moly Team Engstler → ADAC Procar Series

Calendar The first provisional calendar was released in October 2008.

Marrakech hosted a round on a new temporary street circuit in the heart of the city on 3 May. and Porto returned to the championship.

On 5 November 2008, FIA released a new provisional calendar, and announced the date of the Race of Germany in Oschersleben moved from 30 August to 6 September (due to clash with the date of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix), and the date of the Race of Japan in Okayama moved from 25 October to 1 November. The Race of Italy was originally scheduled to be run in Monza but it was changed to Imola, and the date of the event in Italy was also changed (from 4 October to 20 September).

Round Race Name Track Date 1 R1 HSBC Race of Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 8 March R2 2 R3 HSBC Race of Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed 22 March R4 3 R5 Race of Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 3 May R6 4 R7 Ville de Pau Race of France Circuit de Pau Ville 17 May R8 5 R9 Race of Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 31 May R10 6 R11 Mariott Race of the Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 21 June R12 7 R13 Race of Portugal Circuito da Boavista 5 July R14 8 R15 Mariott Race of UK Brands Hatch 19 July R16 9 R17 Atari Race of Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 6 September R18 10 R19 Stihl Race of Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 20 September R20 11 R21 Kenwood Race of Japan Okayama International Circuit 1 November R22 12 R23 Mariott Race of Macau Guia Circuit 22 November R24

Results and standings

Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report 1 Race of Brazil Yvan Muller Yvan Muller Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Félix Porteiro Report 2 Alain Menu Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport Félix Porteiro 3 Race of Mexico Augusto Farfus Andy Priaulx Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Félix Porteiro Report 4 Jörg Müller Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Félix Porteiro 5 Race of Morocco Robert Huff Robert Huff Robert Huff Chevrolet Mehdi Bennani Report 6 Alain Menu Nicola Larini Chevrolet Franz Engstler 7 Race of France Augusto Farfus Sergio Hernández Robert Huff Chevrolet Franz Engstler Report 8 Jörg Müller Alain Menu Chevrolet Éric Cayrolle 9 Race of Spain Gabriele Tarquini Yvan Muller Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Tom Coronel Report 10 Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Stefano D'Aste 11 Race of the Czech Republic Augusto Farfus Andy Priaulx Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain Félix Porteiro Report 12 Sergio Hernández Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain Félix Porteiro 13 Race of Portugal Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport Stefano D'Aste Report 14 Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Stefano D'Aste 15 Race of UK Alain Menu Alain Menu Alain Menu Chevrolet Stefano D'Aste Report 16 Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Tom Boardman 17 Race of Germany Gabriele Tarquini Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel Report 18 Andy Priaulx Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Tom Coronel 19 Race of Italy Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport Tom Coronel Report 20 Rickard Rydell Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Stefano D'Aste 21 Race of Japan Gabriele Tarquini Rickard Rydell Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel Report 22 Robert Huff Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Stefano D'Aste 23 Guia Race of Macau Robert Huff Tiago Monteiro Robert Huff Chevrolet Tom Coronel Report 24 Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Félix Porteiro

Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts  1 Gabriele Tarquini 4 1 6 8 2 5 12 6 3 3 3 5 1 Ret 4 3 2 3 1 2 5 7 2 5 127 2 Yvan Muller 1 4 4 1 4 2 11 7 1 7 8 2 3 2 Ret 7 NC 7 2 1 4 3 5 3 123 3 Augusto Farfus 5 6 2 4 12 6 2 2 4 1 Ret Ret 8 1 8 1 5 1 NC 8 8 1 8 1 113 4 Andy Priaulx 7 9 3 2 10 15† 4 4 5 4 NC 8 9 7 3 5 1 2 15 9 1 2 NC 13 84 5 Robert Huff Ret 13 NC 14 1 3 1 3 22 22 Ret 12 2 6 2 6 Ret 9 3 17 3 6 1 8 80 6 Jörg Müller NC 5 5 13 8 4 3 18 6 2 2 7 11 8 6 2 Ret 4 NC 15 2 16 7 2 76 7 Rickard Rydell 3 2 1 3 Ret DNS 13 Ret 13 14 4 6 7 3 5 4 3 11 NC 7 25 8 11 10 64 8 Jordi Gené 2 3 7 7 3 Ret 16 12 Ret 11 Ret 11 6 4 13 16 NC Ret NC 5 6 9 3 6 48 9 Tiago Monteiro 16 12 11 Ret 5 DSQ 14 11 2 8 6 3 4 5 7 8 19 12 Ret 23† 7 Ret 6 4 44 10 Alain Menu Ret 11 Ret 12 7 16 7 1 15 12 Ret 22 NC 18† 1 18 18 10 8 3 9 4 4 21 41 11 Sergio Hernández 6 10 9 5 14 Ret 5 Ret 8 6 5 1 Ret DNS 16 9 8 5 7 11 Ret 12 10 11 36 12 Alessandro Zanardi 10 14 13 6 Ret DNS NC 5 12 5 1 Ret 12 10 12 12 17 Ret 4 4 15 17 9 9 31 13 Nicola Larini 15 15 8 10 6 1 NC 9 11 13 Ret 13 5 Ret 22† 17 15 6 Ret 16 12 5 12 7 27 14 Tom Coronel 9 8 15 15 21 8 8 19† 7 10 9 9 13 12 10 11 4 8 5 14 10 13 13 Ret 15 15 Félix Porteiro 8 7 10 9 13 10 DSQ 17† 10 15 7 4 14 13 14 15 Ret 15 9 12 14 11 14 12 10 16 Franz Engstler 12 16 14 11 11 7 6 Ret 16 16 11 14 20 11 NC 19 7 Ret 11 13 Ret 15 16 14 7 17 James Thompson 18 15 18 22 6 6 11 Ret DNS DNS 6 18 Stefano D'Aste Ret 20 12 16 16 13† Ret DNS 9 9 17 15 10 9 9 13 6 16 12 10 24† 10 DNS DNS 3 19 Éric Cayrolle 10 8 1 – Tom Boardman 11 19 16 21 9 Ret 17 19 13 19 15 Ret 11 10 9 13 10 18 18 14 15 Ret 0 – Mehdi Bennani 9 9 18 Ret 14 23 DSQ Ret 13 Ret 0 – Vito Postiglione 18 Ret 19 17 10 10 21 23 0 – Kristian Poulsen 20† 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 10 Ret 20 Ret 21 17 16 20 Ret 12 22 16 19 19 Ret 17 Ret 0 – Jaap van Lagen 17 17 17 17 20 14 Ret 13 21† Ret 14 18 Ret DNS Ret 21 10 20 Ret DNS 13 Ret 23† DNS 0 – Marin Čolak 19† DNS Ret 22† 15 12 19 16 18 18 Ret DNS 11 21 0 – Kirill Ladygin 14 22 18 20 17 11 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 17 19 17† 19 24 16 23† 14 20 16 DNS DNS DNS 0 – Tim Coronel 12 16 0 – Philip Geipel 17 20 13 14 0 – 13 23 19† 19 22† 17† 17 15 20 21 16 20 Ret 24 0 – Diego Puyo 16 14 0 – Jean-Marie Clairet 14 17 0 – Laurent Cazenave Ret 14 0 – 20 Ret 18 15 0 – Takayuki Aoki 19 16 0 – Seiji Ara 17 18 0 – Henry Ho 22 Ret 20 17 0 – Fabio Fabiani 17 22 0 – Georgi Tanev 18 21 Ret 18 19 Ret 0 – André Couto 25 18 0 – Michel Nykjær NC 18 0 – Lei Kit Meng 21 19 0 – João Paulo de Oliveira 23 19 0 – Jason Watt Ret 19 0 – Masaki Kano 21 20 0 – 22 20 0 – Andrea Larini DSQ 21 0 – Alex Liu 24† DNS 0 – Norbert Michelisz Ret NC 0 guest drivers ineligible for points – Robert Dahlgren 15 14 * – Tommy Rustad Ret Ret * Pos Driver BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races.FIA World Touring Car Championship (2009 Sporting Regulations), argent.fia.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 12 December 2009 All results obtained were taken into account.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos Manufacturer BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts  1 SEAT 1 1 1 1 2 2 11 6 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 1 1 4 3 2 3 314 2 2 4 3 3 5 12 7 2 7 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 7 2 2 5 7 3 4 2 BMW 5 5 2 2 8 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 7 1 311 6 6 3 4 10 6 3 4 5 2 2 7 9 7 6 2 5 2 7 8 2 2 8 2 3 Chevrolet 15 11 8 10 1 1 1 1 11 12 Ret 12 2 6 1 6 15 5 3 3 3 4 1 7 215 Ret 13 NC 12 6 3 7 3 15 13 Ret 13 5 18† 2 17 18 9 8 16 9 5 4 8 4 Lada 13 17 17 17 17 11 16 13 20 21 14 17 18 15 18 21 10 20 6 6 11 Ret 23† DNS 83 14 22 18 19 20 14 Ret 15 21† 24 15 18 19 17† 19 22 16 23† 14 20 13 Ret DNS DNS Pos Manufacturer BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts 

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races. All results obtained by the best two classified cars per manufacturer were taken into account. All other cars from the same manufacturer were considered to be invisible in terms of points scoring.

Yokohama Independents' Trophy