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 Team Car No Drivers Regular series Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 1 Michel Nykjær Danish Touring Car Championship Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2 Tomas Engström Swedish Touring Car Championship Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 3 Urmas Kitsing German ADAC Procar Series 4 Franz Engstler World Touring Car Championship SEAT Sport SEAT León TDi 5 Norbert Michelisz SEAT León Eurocup Veloso Motorsport SEAT León 6 Francisco Carvalho Portuguese Touring Car Championship Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 7 Vincent Radermecker† German ADAC Procar Series 8 José Monroy Portuguese Touring Car Championship Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 9 Duarte Fèlix da Costa Portuguese Touring Car Championship 10 Harry Vaulkhard British Touring Car Championship Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 11 James Thompson Various 12 Per Poulsen Danish Touring Car Championship Sports & You BMW 320si 14 José Pedro Fontes‡ Portuguese Touring Car Championship Super Production class AV Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 21 Marcis Birkens Baltic Touring Car Championship Sport-Garage Volkswagen Golf IV 22 Nikolay Karamyshev Russian Touring Car Championship BMW 320i 23 Mikhail Zasadych Super 1600 class NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 31 Carsten Seifert German 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. Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid. Pre-event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively. Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti.
Classification
Race 1 Pos No Class Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Class Points15S2000 Norbert MicheliszSEAT SportSEAT León TDi 17 25:54.375 1 1024S2000 Franz EngstlerLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si 17 +0.442 2 8311S2000 James ThompsonHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R 17 +3.683 6 641S2000 Michel NykjærPerfection RacingChevrolet Lacetti 17 +10.283 8 5510S2000 Harry VaulkhardBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti 17 +20.927 4 468S2000 José MonroyMaurer MotorsportChevrolet Lacetti 17 +34.125 9 376S2000 Francisco CarvalhoVeloso MotorsportSEAT León TFSi 17 +53.270 7 289S2000 Duarte Félix da CostaBamboo EngineeringChevrolet Lacetti 17 +57.518 3 192S2000 Tomas EngströmEngström MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 17 +1:07.001 5103S2000 Urmas KitsingLiqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320si 17 +1:07.355 111121SP Marcis BirkensAV MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R 16 + 1 lap 13 101223SP Mikhail ZasadychSport-GarageBMW 320i 16 + 1 lap 12 81331S1600 Carsten SeifertNK Racing TeamFord Fiesta ST 16 + 1 lap 14 101422SP Nikolay KaramyshevSport-GarageVolkswagen Golf IV 14 + 3 laps 27 6Ret12S2000 Per PoulsenHartmann Honda RacingHonda Accord Euro R 3 Accident 10
Final standings Pos Driver Race1 Race2 Pts Super 2000 1 James Thompson 3 1 16 2 Franz Engstler 2 2 16 3 Norbert Michelisz 1 5 14 4 Francisco Carvalho 7 4 7 5 Harry Vaulkhard 5 6 7 6 Tomas Engström 9 3 6 7 Michel Nykjær 4 Ret 5 8 José Monroy 6 Ret 3 9 Duarte Félix da Costa 8 7 3 10 Per Poulsen Ret 8 1 11 Urmas Kitsing 10 Ret 0 Super Production 1 Marcis Birkens 11 9 20 2 Mikhail Zasadych 12 11 16 3 Nikolay Karamyshev 14 Ret 6 Super 1600 1 Carsten Seifert 13 10 20 Pos Driver Race1 Race2 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links Official website of the FIA European Touring Car Cup