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.

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).

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

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