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2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours

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Layout of the Algarve International Circuit

The 2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours was the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal on 20 September 2009. Selleslagh Racing Team won their first race of the season while their driver James Ruffier's won his first race in FIA GT. Pekaracing earned second place while the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing car completed the podium with a pass on the second to last lap of the race. The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari won in GT2 followed by the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche and No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari.

Report

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Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 GT1 No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 1:40.664 1
2 GT1 No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team James Ruffier 1:40.754 2
3 GT1 No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 1:40.820 8
4 GT1 No. 4 Peka Racing Anthony Kumpen 1:41.164 3
5 GT1 No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:41.168 4
6 GT1 No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 1:41.410 5
7 GT1 No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 1:43.854 6
8 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 1:45.998 7
9 GT2 No. 97 Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 1:46.095 9
10 GT2 No. 61 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer 1:46.146 10
11 GT2 No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli 1:46.243 11
12 GT2 No. 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:46.301 12
13 GT2 No. 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba 1:46.369 13
14 GT2 No. 56 CRS Racing Rob Bell 1:46.461 14
15 GT2 No. 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 1:46.528 15
16 GT2 No. 55 CRS Racing Tim Mullen 1:46.696 16
17 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Tim Sugden 1:47.360 17
18 GT2 No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Diego Romanini 1:48.233 18
19 GT1 No. 11 Full Speed Racing Team Did Not Participate 19

† – The No. 2 Vitaphone Maserati was penalized five grid spots after causing an avoidable accident at the 2009 Budapest City Challenge.

Race results

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 3 Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team Belgium Bert Longin
France James Ruffier
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 4 Belgium Peka Racing Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
3 GT1 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Portugal Miguel Ramos
Germany Alex Müller
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
4 GT1 8 Brazil Sangari Team Brazil Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Brazil Roberto Streit
Netherlands Xavier Maassen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 33 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Matteo Bobbi
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
7 GT2 51 Italy AF Corse Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Niki Cadei
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
8 GT2 60 Belgium Prospeed Competition France Emmanuel Collard
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GT2 77 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Paolo Ruberti
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 95 Argentina PeCom Racing Team Argentina Matías Russo
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11 GT2 56 United Kingdom CRS Racing United Kingdom Rob Bell
United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 50 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 97 Italy Brixia Racing Italy Luigi Lucchini
Austria Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GT2 55 United Kingdom CRS Racing Canada Chris Niarchos
United Kingdom Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 78 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Diego Romanini
Italy Ettore Bonaldi
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 59 United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing United Kingdom Tim Sugden
United Kingdom David Ashburn
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 63
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17
DNF
GT1 40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Belgium Bas Leinders
Ford GT1 M 59
Ford 5.0 L V8
18
DNF
GT1 11 Austria Full Speed Racing Team Belgium Stéphane Lémeret
United Kingdom Luke Hines
Saleen S7-R P 52
Ford 7.0 L V8
19
DNF
GT2 61 Belgium Prospeed Competition Germany Marco Holzer
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 34
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qualifying". FIA GT Championship. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-19.


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