2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours


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.

Report

Qualifying

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

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1GT1No. 8 Sangari Team BrazilEnrique Bernoldi2:00.9196
2GT1No. 2 Vitaphone Racing TeamAlex Müller2:01.8561
3GT1No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHLAlessandro Pier Guidi2:02.0432
4GT1No. 1 Vitaphone Racing TeamAndrea Bertolini2:02.0443
5GT1No. 3 Selleslagh Racing TeamJames Ruffier2:02.3004
6GT1No. 4 Peka RacingMike Hezemans2:02.3285
7GT1No. 19 Luc Alphand AventuresThomas Biagi2:02.5417
8GT1No. 21 Solution FOlivier Panis2:04.7968
9GT1No. 40 Marc VDS Racing TeamBas Leinders2:05.8539
10GT1No. 44 Matech GT RacingThomas Mutsch2:07.10810
11GT2No. 50 AF CorseGianmaria Bruni2:08.31411
12GT2No. 55 CRS RacingTim Mullen2:08.48012
13GT2No. 97 Brixia RacingMartin Ragginger2:08.92413
14GT2No. 59 Trackspeed RacingSascha Maassen2:08.97214
15GT2No. 51 AF CorseÁlvaro Barba2:09.43615
16GT2No. 61 Prospeed CompetitionDarryl O'Young2:09.48316
17GT2No. 60 Prospeed CompetitionEmmanuel Collard2:09.53417
18GT2No. 95 PeCom Racing TeamMatías Russo2:09.55118
19GT2No. 56 CRS RacingAndrew Kirkaldy2:09.72219
20GT2No. 77 BMS Scuderia ItaliaMatteo Malucelli2:09.74320
21GT2No. 78 BMS Scuderia ItaliaDiego Romanini2:11.07821

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTyreLaps
1GT18