2009 European Touring Car Cup Explained

The 2009 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fifth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 25 October 2009 at the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga in Portugal. James Thompson won the event after winning the second race. Norbert Michelisz won the first race.

Entry list

Super 2000 class[1]
TeamCarNoDriversRegular series
Perfection RacingChevrolet Lacetti1 Michel NykjærDanish Touring Car Championship
Engström MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R2 Tomas EngströmSwedish Touring Car Championship
Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si3 Urmas KitsingGerman ADAC Procar Series
4 Franz EngstlerWorld Touring Car Championship
SEAT SportSEAT León TDi5 Norbert MicheliszSEAT León Eurocup
Veloso MotorsportSEAT León TFSi6 Francisco CarvalhoPortuguese Touring Car Championship
Maurer MotorsportChevrolet Lacetti7 Vincent RadermeckerGerman ADAC Procar Series
8 José MonroyPortuguese Touring Car Championship
Bamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti9 Duarte Fèlix da CostaPortuguese Touring Car Championship
10 Harry VaulkhardBritish Touring Car Championship
Hartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R11 James ThompsonVarious
12 Per PoulsenDanish Touring Car Championship
Sports & YouBMW 320si14 José Pedro FontesPortuguese Touring Car Championship
Super Production class
AV MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R21 Marcis BirkensBaltic Touring Car Championship
Sport-GarageVolkswagen Golf IV22 Nikolay KaramyshevRussian Touring Car Championship
BMW 320i23 Mikhail Zasadych
Super 1600 class
NK Racing TeamFord Fiesta ST31 Carsten SeifertGerman ADAC Procar Series

† Although in attendance, Radermecker did not compete due to a technical problem with his car.

‡ Despite entering the event, Fontes did not attend.

Report

Qualifying

SEAT Leon Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz took pole position from Franz Engstler at the very end of the session.[2] Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid.[2] Pre-event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively.[2] Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti.[2]

Classification

Race 1

Pos No Class Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Class Points
15S2000 Norbert MicheliszSEAT SportSEAT León TDi1725:54.375 110
24S2000 Franz EngstlerLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si17+0.44228
311S2000 James ThompsonHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R17+3.68366
41S2000 Michel NykjærPerfection RacingChevrolet Lacetti17+10.28385
510S2000 Harry VaulkhardBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti17+20.92744
68S2000 José MonroyMaurer MotorsportChevrolet Lacetti17+34.12593
76S2000 Francisco CarvalhoVeloso MotorsportSEAT León TFSi17+53.27072
89S2000 Duarte Félix da CostaBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti17+57.51831
92S2000 Tomas EngströmEngström MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R17+1:07.001 5
103S2000 Urmas KitsingLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si17+1:07.355 11
1121SP Marcis BirkensAV MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R16+ 1 lap1310
1223SP Mikhail ZasadychSport-GarageBMW 320i16+ 1 lap128
1331S1600 Carsten SeifertNK Racing TeamFord Fiesta ST16+ 1 lap1410
1422SP Nikolay KaramyshevSport-GarageVolkswagen Golf IV14+ 3 laps276
Ret12S2000 Per PoulsenHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R3Accident10

Final standings

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Super 2000
1 James Thompson3116
2 Franz Engstler2216
3 Norbert Michelisz1514
4 Francisco Carvalho747
5 Harry Vaulkhard567
6 Tomas Engström936
7 Michel Nykjær4Ret5
8 José Monroy6Ret3
9 Duarte Félix da Costa873
10 Per PoulsenRet81
11 Urmas Kitsing10Ret0
Super Production
1 Marcis Birkens11920
2 Mikhail Zasadych121116
3 Nikolay Karamyshev14Ret6
Super 1600
1 Carsten Seifert131020
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Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 Entry List . fiawetcc.com . 2009-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000041/http://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/entryList.asp . 2011-07-11 .
  2. News: Michelisz takes last second pole . Neil . Hudson . TouringCarTimes . 2009-10-24 . 2009-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001172348/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4150 . 2011-10-01 . dead .