The 2009 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of the Czech Republic was the sixth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic. It was held on 21 June 2009 at the Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic. BMW Team Italy-Spain won both races with Alex Zanardi winning the first race and Sergio Hernández winning the second race.

Background Coming into the round, SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship by a three-point margin over BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus. Tom Coronel was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Tom's twin brother Tim Coronel joined SUNRED Engineering for the event to make his WTCC debut. Exagon Engineering and their driver Mehdi Bennani missed the round before returning at the Race of Portugal.

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Free practice BMW cars dominated first practice taking the top five positions on Saturday morning. In wet conditions, Andy Priaulx was fastest just under 0.15s ahead of Zanardi. Rickard Rydell was the fastest SEAT drive in sixth place and the fastest Chevrolet was that of Nicola Larini in seventh.

BMW filled the top four places in the second free practice session with Farfus setting the fastest time. SEAT cars filled the next five places, led by Gabriele Tarquini while the fastest Chevrolet was Robert Huff in tenth. The track was still damp after the morning but it was drying as the session progressed.

Qualifying Farfus took his third pole position of the year with Priaulx alongside him on the front row. Behind them were Zanardi and the fastest Chevrolet of Larini. Only two SEATs made it through to Q2, Rydell lined up fifth and Tarquini sixth. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Félix Porteiro was the fastest independent lining up tenth. Priaulx had been fastest in Q1 but changing weather conditions favoured Farfus later on. Out in Q1 were SEAT Sport drivers Tiago Monteiro, Jordi Gené and points leader Yvan Muller.

Warm-Up Farfus was quickest in Sunday mornings warm up session with BMW cars in the top five positions.

Race One Farfus moved to the left at the start, collecting Priaulx, Huff, Larini and Gené before beaching himself in the gravel trap. Priaulx limped back to the pits minus his front bumper and with broken front suspension while Farfus, Huff and Larini were stuck at turn one. The incident allowed Tarquini and Zanardi to pass up the inside and continue. Tarquini led away from the restart before Zanardi quickly passed the SEAT and pulled away into the lead. Zanardi took victory at Brno for the second consecutive year while Jörg Müller had climbed up from eleventh to second ahead of Tarquini. Porteiro was the winning Yokohama Independent driver and Yvan Muller finished eighth to secure pole position for race two.

Race Two Starting on the front row, Porteiro moved into the lead at the start while Hernández then took second from pole sitter Yvan Muller. The leading pair ran close together and on lap three Hernández made his move to take the lead. Porteiro dropped down to fourth on lap four when he was passed by Muller and Monteiro. Behind them, a battle for fifth place was developing between BMW pair Priaulx and Müller and SEAT pair Tarquini and Rydell. While the BMW duo were contesting fifth place, Tarquini and Rydell overtook the pair of them. At the line Hernández took his first ever WTCC win with Muller second and Monteiro third, fourth place for Porteiro secured him the independents' win.

Results

Qualifying Name Team Car Q1 Q2 1 8 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2:10.663 2:09.590 2 6 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 2:09.644 2:09.630 3 9 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 2:10.826 2:09.862 4 14 Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.822 2:10.327 5 3 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.604 2:10.371 6 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:10.601 2:10.617 7 7 Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 2:10.424 2:10.661 8 12 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:10.730 2:10.714 9 10 Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 2:10.628 2:10.996 10 23 Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:10.981 2:11.011 11 5 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.020 12 4 Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.317 13 1 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 2:11.320 14 11 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 2:11.391 15 27 Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 2:11.504 16 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 2:11.851 17 25 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:11.895 18 31 Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 2:12.141 19 28 Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 2:12.469 20 32 Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 2:12.490 21 22 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 2:13.048 22 18 Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:13.371 23 26 Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2:13.808 24 19 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:14.033 25 20 Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 2:14.257

Race 1 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 12 2:26.496 3 10 2 7 Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 12 +1.848 7 8 3 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +4.831 6 6 4 3 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +5.105 5 5 5 10 Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 12 +5.303 9 4 6 5 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +7.250 11 3 7 23 Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +7.847 10 2 8 1 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 12 +9.915 13 1 9 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 12 +10.814 16 10 31 Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 12 +11.022 18 11 25 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 12 +12.916 17 12 32 Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 12 +14.150 20 13 22 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 12 +17.692 21 14 18 Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12 +20.200 22 15 19 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12 +22.342 24 16 20 Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 12 +24.607 25 17 27 Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 12 +36.106 15 Ret 28 Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 7 Pierced radiator 19 NC 6 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 6 Race incident 2 Ret 4 Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 4 Race incident 12 Ret 26 Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 2 Engine 23 Ret 12 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 1 Race incident 8 Ret 8 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 0 Race incident 1 Ret 14 Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 0 Race incident 4 Ret 11 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 0 Race incident 14 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 10 22:13.734 4 10 2 1 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +2.316 1 8 3 5 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +4.114 3 6 4 23 Félix Porteiro Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +4.280 2 5 5 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +7.232 6 4 6 3 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +7.857 5 3 7 7 Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 10 +8.092 7 2 8 6 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 10 +8.852 17 1 9 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 10 +10.369 9 10 31 Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 10 +10.551 10 11 4 Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 10 +12.501 18 12 11 Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +16.026 19 13 14 Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 10 +17.624 21 14 25 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 10 +18.456 11 15 27 Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 10 +19.352 23 16 32 Tim Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 10 +19.916 12 17 19 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10 +29.476 15 18 18 Jaap van Lagen LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10 +30.483 14 19 22 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 10 +30.837 13 20 20 Viktor Shapovalov LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 10 +31.362 16 21 26 Kristian Poulsen Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 10 +42.121 25 22 12 Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT 9 +1 Lap 22 Ret 9 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 4 Race incident 8 Ret 8 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1 Race incident 20 DNS 28 Marin Čolak Čolak Racing Team Ingra SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 0 Pierced radiator 24 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 66 1 2 Gabriele Tarquini 56 1 3 Augusto Farfus 54 2 4 Jörg Müller 41 2 5 Rickard Rydell 38

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Félix Porteiro 124 1 2 Tom Coronel 98 1 3 Franz Engstler 90 4 Stefano D'Aste 50 5 Tom Boardman 32

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 SEAT 161 2 BMW 153 3 Chevrolet 103 4 Lada 45

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

References

External links Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems