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.

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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.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=279 WARM UP - THOMPSON'S BIG IMPROVEMENT. Accessed 2009-07-19. Archived 2009-07-25.

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 TFSIY 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 320siY 1:34.380 13 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 1:34.559 14 10 Sergio Hernández BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:34.680 15 27 Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320siY 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 TFSIY 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 320siY 1:35.517 21 31 Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 1:35.710 22 25 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 1:35.831 23 36 James Thompson LADA Sport Lada Priora 1:35.950 24 38 Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 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 320siY 16 +9.225 15 10 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 16 +10.884 12 11 22 Tom Boardman SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 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 320siY 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 320siY 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 320siY 16 +41.831 27 21 31 Vito Postiglione Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320siY 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 320siY 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 TFSIY 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 TFSIY 16 +19.523 11 11 21 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSIY 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 320siY 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 320siY 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 320siY 16 +28.723 26 20 38 Philip Geipel Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320siY 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 320siY 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 TFSIY 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 320siY 3 Race incident 20 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 82 2 Gabriele Tarquini 77 3 Augusto Farfus 76 4 Rickard Rydell 55 5 Robert Huff 54

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 1 Félix Porteiro 145 2 Tom Coronel 129 3 Franz Engstler 104 4 Stefano D'Aste 89 5 Tom Boardman 54

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 SEAT 211 2 BMW 201 3 Chevrolet 147 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