2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy explained

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

Notes and References

Web site: Wendlinger and Bruni on pole . . 2009-05-02 . 2009-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090507155230/http://www.fiagt.com/reports.php?event=1&season=2009&reporttype=Qualifying%20Report . 7 May 2009 . live .
Web site: Qualifying 1 . . 2009-05-02 . 2009-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071125/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2009&event=1&session=Qualifying%201 . 9 May 2009 . live .
Web site: Race result . . 2009-05-03 . 2009-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071129/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2009&event=1&session=Race%20Result . 9 May 2009 . live .