2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy

The 2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the first round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season and the 62nd running of the RAC Tourist Trophy. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 3 May 2009. It featured the race debut of the Ford GT and the Nissan GT-R in the GT1 category in preparation for their entry in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship.

Report

Qualifying

The #80 Hexis Racing Aston Martin was moved to the back of the starting grid after failing post-qualifying technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height and carrying components of an incorrect size.^[1]

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Qualifying Driver	Lap Time
1	GT1	#14 K Plus K Motorsport	Karl Wendlinger	1:42.216
2	GT1	#1 Vitaphone Racing	Andrea Bertolini	1:43.150
3	GT1	#2 Vitaphone Racing	Alex Müller	1:43.576
4	GT1	#4 PK Carsport	Mike Hezemans	1:43.792
5	GT1	#19 Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau	1:44.039
6	GT1	#18 K Plus K Motorsport	Mario Dominguez	1:44.361
7	GT1	#3 Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin	1:44.892
8	GT1	#9 DKR Engineering	Jos Menten	1:44.894
9	GT1	#11 Full Speed Racing Team	Luke Hines	1:46.146
10	GT1	#40 Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders	1:46.567
11	GT1	#35 Nissan Motorsports	Michael Krumm	1:47.217
12	GT1	#44 Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch	1:47.270
13	GT2	#50 AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	1:50.230
14	GT2	#97 Brixia Racing	Martin Ragginger	1:50.477
15	GT2	#55 CRS Racing	Tim Mullen	1:50.485
16	GT2	#51 AF Corse	Álvaro Barba	1:50.524
17	GT2	#56 CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy	1:50.538
18	GT2	#60 Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook	1:50.659
19	GT2	#95 PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo	1:50.907
20	GT2	#77 BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli	1:50.932
21	GT2	#59 Trackspeed Racing	Tim Sugden	1:51.118
22	GT2	#61 Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer	1:51.320
23	GT2	#78 BMS Scuderia Italia	Kenneth Heyer	1:53.207
24	G3	#150 Red Racing	Iradj Alexander	1:54.043
25	GT2	#80 Hexis Racing AMR	Frédéric Makowiecki	1:50.305

Race

Austrian Karl Wendlinger and Brit Ryan Sharp won their second successive RAC Tourist Trophy after having won the event the previous year for Jetalliance Racing. The GT2 category was led by the Porsche of Prospeed Competition.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	14	K plus K Motorsport	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Saleen S7-R	M	65
					Ford 7.0 L V8
2	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	65
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
3	GT1	19	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
4	GT1	4	PK Carsport	Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5	GT1	18	K plus K Motorsport	Adam Lacko Mario Domínguez	Saleen S7-R	M	65
					Ford 7.0 L V8
6	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
7	GT1	9	DKR Engineering	Markus Palttala Jos Menten	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	64
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Thomas Biagi	Ford GT1	M	64
					Ford 5.0 L V8
9	GT1	11	Full Speed Racing Team	Stéphane Lémeret Luke Hines	Saleen S7-R	P	64
					Ford 7.0 L V8
10	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders	Ford GT1	M	63
					Ford 5.0 L V8
11	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	62
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	62
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	GT2	80	Hexis Racing AMR	Frédéric Makowiecki Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	M	61
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	61
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	61
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Kenneth Heyer Diego Romanini	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	61
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21	G3	150	Red Racing	Jean-Claude Lagniez Iradj Alexander	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R	M	58
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
22 DNF	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	53
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23 DNF	GT1	13	Full Speed Racing Team	Ferdinando Monfardini Michel Orts	Saleen S7-R	P	39
					Ford 7.0 L V8
24 DNF	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	28
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
25 DNF	GT1	35	Nissan Motorsports Gigawave Motorsports	Darren Turner Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R GT1	M	28
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
26 DNF	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Tim Sugden David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	24
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References

1. "Wendlinger and Bruni on pole". FIA GT Championship. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
2. "Qualifying 1". FIA GT Championship. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
3. "Race result". FIA GT Championship. 2009-05-03. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-03.