2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours explained

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.

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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.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	GT1	No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi	2:00.919	6
2	GT1	No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team	Alex Müller	2:01.856	1
3	GT1	No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi	2:02.043	2
4	GT1	No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team	Andrea Bertolini	2:02.044	3
5	GT1	No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team	James Ruffier	2:02.300	4
6	GT1	No. 4 Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans	2:02.328	5
7	GT1	No. 19 Luc Alphand Aventures	Thomas Biagi	2:02.541	7
8	GT1	No. 21 Solution F	Olivier Panis	2:04.796	8
9	GT1	No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders	2:05.853	9
10	GT1	No. 44 Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch	2:07.108	10
11	GT2	No. 50 AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	2:08.314	11
12	GT2	No. 55 CRS Racing	Tim Mullen	2:08.480	12
13	GT2	No. 97 Brixia Racing	Martin Ragginger	2:08.924	13
14	GT2	No. 59 Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen	2:08.972	14
15	GT2	No. 51 AF Corse	Álvaro Barba	2:09.436	15
16	GT2	No. 61 Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young	2:09.483	16
17	GT2	No. 60 Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard	2:09.534	17
18	GT2	No. 95 PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo	2:09.551	18
19	GT2	No. 56 CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy	2:09.722	19
20	GT2	No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli	2:09.743	20
21	GT2	No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia	Diego Romanini	2:11.078	21

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		57
1	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		57
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12 GT1		57
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati 6.0 L V12		57
3	GT1	3	Sellesagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		57
3	GT1	3	Sellesagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		57
4	GT1	19	Luc Alphand Aventures	Xavier Maassen Thomas Biagi	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		57
4	GT1	19	Luc Alphand Aventures	Xavier Maassen Thomas Biagi	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		57
5	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1		57
5	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati 6.0 L V12		57
6	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati MC12 GT1		57
6	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati 6.0 L V12		57
7	GT1	21	Solution F	Ange Barde Olivier Panis	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		55
7	GT1	21	Solution F	Ange Barde Olivier Panis	Ferrari 5.9 L V12		55
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Henri Moser	Ford GT1		55
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Henri Moser	Ford 5.0 L V8		55
9	GT2	50	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT2		55
9	GT2	50	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		55
10	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		55
10	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		55
11	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2		55
11	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		55
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GT2		55
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		55
13	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2		55
13	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		55
14	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Ford GT1		55
14	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Ford 5.0 L V8		55
15	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		54
15	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		54
16	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430 GT2		54
16	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		54
17	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT2		54
17	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		54
18	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		54
18	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen David Ashburn	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		54
19 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ettore Bonaldi Diego Romanini	Ferrari F430 GT2		45
19 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ettore Bonaldi Diego Romanini	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		45
20 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		40
20 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8		40
DSQ	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		53
DSQ	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		53

Notes and References

Web site: Qualifying . . 2009-10-03 . 2009-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050102081710/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=7 . 2005-01-02 . dead .
Web site: Race Result . . 2009-10-04 . 2009-10-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100103223618/http://fiagt.com/results.php?event=7&season=2009&session=Race%20Result . 2010-01-03 .