2009 World Touring Car Championship

The 2009 World Touring Car Championship season was the sixth FIA World Touring Car Championship season, the fifth since its 2005 return. It began on 8 March, and ended on 22 November, after twenty-four races. The championship, which was reserved for Super 2000 Cars and Diesel 2000 Cars, comprised two titles, the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Champion for Manufacturers.^[1]

2009 World Touring Car Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Gabriele Tarquini
World Manufacturers' Champion:
SEAT

Previous

2008

Next

2010

Gabriele Tarquini won the Drivers' Championship and SEAT won the Manufacturers' Championship.

Italian Gabriele Tarquini won the Drivers' Championship by four points from SEAT Sport team-mate Yvan Muller, with BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus finishing third ten points behind Muller. The Manufacturers Championship was retained by SEAT beating BMW by just three points. Tom Coronel took the Independents' Trophy for SUNRED Engineering, which won the Teams' Trophy.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship:

Former World Champion Andy Priaulx again drove for BMW Team UK in 2009.

Chevrolet introduced their new Cruze model for the 2009 season.

Lada debuted their new Priora during the 2009 season.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Events
Manufacturer Teams
SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	1	Yvan Muller	All
		2	Gabriele Tarquini	All
		3	Rickard Rydell	All
		4	Jordi Gené	All
		5	Tiago Monteiro	All
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	6	Andy Priaulx	All
BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	7	Jörg Müller	All
		8	Augusto Farfus	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	9	Alessandro Zanardi	All
		10	Sergio Hernández	All
Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Cruze LT	11	Robert Huff	All
		12	Alain Menu	All
		14	Nicola Larini	All
LADA Sport	LADA 110 2.0	18	Jaap van Lagen	1–8
	LADA Priora			9–12
	LADA 110 2.0	19	Kirill Ladygin	1–8
	LADA Priora			9–12
	LADA 110 2.0	20	Viktor Shapovalov	1–6
	LADA Priora			9
	LADA Priora	36	James Thompson	7–8, 10–12
Yokohama Trophy
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	21	Tom Coronel	All
		22	Tom Boardman	1–2, 4–12
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	23	Félix Porteiro	All
		24	Georgi Tanev	1–3
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	25	Franz Engstler	All
		26	Kristian Poulsen	All
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	27	Stefano D'Aste	All
Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León	28	Marin Čolak	1–6, 9
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	29	Éric Cayrolle	4
Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	30	Mehdi Bennani	3–5, 7, 10
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	31	Vito Postiglione	3, 5–6, 8
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	32	Tim Coronel	6
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	33	Laurent Cazenave	4
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	35	Diego Puyo	7
		37	Norbert Michelisz	8
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	38	Philip Geipel	8–9
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	41	Jean-Marie Clairet	9
Perfection Racing	Chevrolet Lacetti	42	Michel Nykjær	9
Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing	SEAT León	43	Jason Watt	9
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	45	Andrea Larini	10
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	46	Fabio Fabiani	10
SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León	47	João Paulo Lima de Oliveira	11
		66	André Couto	12
Asian Wild Card Entries
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	48	Masaki Kano	11
		51	Henry Ho	11–12
		53	Alex Liu	12
		55	Joseph Rosa Merszei	12
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	49	Nobuteru Taniguchi	11–12
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	50	Seiji Ara	11
		52	Takayuki Aoki	12
China Dragon Racing	BMW 320si	67	Lei Kit Meng	12
Guest Entries
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	39	Robert Dahlgren	8
		40	Tommy Rustad	8

Driver changes

Changed Teams

• Stefano D'Aste: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → Wiechers-Sport
• Sergio Hernández: Scuderia Proteam Motorsport → BMW Team Italy-Spain
• Félix Porteiro: BMW Team Italy-Spain → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport
• Kristian Poulsen: Wiechers-Sport → Liqui Moly Team Engstler
• James Thompson: N-Technology → LADA Sport

Entering WTCC Including those who entered one-off rounds in 2008

• Mehdi Bennani: No full-time drive → Exagon Engineering
• Tom Boardman: SEAT León Eurocup → SUNRED Engineering
• Marin Čolak: SEAT León Eurocup → Čolak Racing Team Ingra
• Vito Postiglione: Italian GT Championship → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport

Leaving WTCC

• Pierre-Yves Corthals: Exagon Engineering → Belgian Touring Car Series
• Ibrahim Okyay: Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport → Unknown
• Andrey Romanov: Liqui Moly Team Engstler → ADAC Procar Series

Calendar

The first provisional calendar was released in October 2008.^[2]

Marrakech hosted a round on a new temporary street circuit in the heart of the city on 3 May.^[3] and Porto returned to the championship.

On 5 November 2008, FIA released a new provisional calendar, and announced the date of the Race of Germany in Oschersleben moved from 30 August to 6 September (due to clash with the date of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix^[2]), and the date of the Race of Japan in Okayama moved from 25 October to 1 November. The Race of Italy was originally scheduled to be run in Monza but it was changed to Imola, and the date of the event in Italy was also changed (from 4 October to 20 September).^[4]

Round		Race Name	Track	Date
1	R1	HSBC Race of Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	8 March
	R2
2	R3	HSBC Race of Mexico	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	22 March
	R4
3	R5	Race of Morocco	Marrakech Street Circuit	3 May
	R6
4	R7	Ville de Pau Race of France	Circuit de Pau Ville	17 May
	R8
5	R9	Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	31 May
	R10
6	R11	Mariott Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	21 June
	R12
7	R13	Race of Portugal	Circuito da Boavista	5 July
	R14
8	R15	Mariott Race of UK	Brands Hatch	19 July
	R16
9	R17	Atari Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 September
	R18
10	R19	Stihl Race of Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 September
	R20
11	R21	Kenwood Race of Japan	Okayama International Circuit	1 November
	R22
12	R23	Mariott Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	22 November
	R24

Results and standings

Races

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Report
1	Race of Brazil	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Félix Porteiro	Report
2			Alain Menu	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Félix Porteiro
3	Race of Mexico	Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	Félix Porteiro	Report
4			Jörg Müller	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Félix Porteiro
5	Race of Morocco	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Mehdi Bennani	Report
6			Alain Menu	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Franz Engstler
7	Race of France	Augusto Farfus	Sergio Hernández	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Franz Engstler	Report
8			Jörg Müller	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Éric Cayrolle
9	Race of Spain	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Tom Coronel	Report
10			Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Stefano D'Aste
11	Race of the Czech Republic	Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	Félix Porteiro	Report
12			Sergio Hernández	Sergio Hernández	BMW Team Italy-Spain	Félix Porteiro
13	Race of Portugal	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Stefano D'Aste	Report
14			Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Stefano D'Aste
15	Race of UK	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Stefano D'Aste	Report
16			Jörg Müller	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Tom Boardman
17	Race of Germany	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
18			Andy Priaulx	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Tom Coronel
19	Race of Italy	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Tom Coronel	Report
20			Rickard Rydell	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Stefano D'Aste
21	Race of Japan	Gabriele Tarquini	Rickard Rydell	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Tom Coronel	Report
22			Robert Huff	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Stefano D'Aste
23	Guia Race of Macau	Robert Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Tom Coronel	Report
24			Jörg Müller	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Félix Porteiro

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts  1 Gabriele Tarquini 4 1 6 8 2 5 12 6 3 3 3 5 1 Ret 4 3 2 3 1 2 5 7 2 5 127 2 Yvan Muller 1 4 4 1 4 2 11 7 1 7 8 2 3 2 Ret 7 NC 7 2 1 4 3 5 3 123 3 Augusto Farfus 5 6 2 4 12 6 2 2 4 1 Ret Ret 8 1 8 1 5 1 NC 8 8 1 8 1 113 4 Andy Priaulx 7 9 3 2 10 15† 4 4 5 4 NC 8 9 7 3 5 1 2 15 9 1 2 NC 13 84 5 Robert Huff Ret 13 NC 14 1 3 1 3 22 22 Ret 12 2 6 2 6 Ret 9 3 17 3 6 1 8 80 6 Jörg Müller NC 5 5 13 8 4 3 18 6 2 2 7 11 8 6 2 Ret 4 NC 15 2 16 7 2 76 7 Rickard Rydell 3 2 1 3 Ret DNS 13 Ret 13 14 4 6 7 3 5 4 3 11 NC 7 25 8 11 10 64 8 Jordi Gené 2 3 7 7 3 Ret 16 12 Ret 11 Ret 11 6 4 13 16 NC Ret NC 5 6 9 3 6 48 9 Tiago Monteiro 16 12 11 Ret 5 DSQ 14 11 2 8 6 3 4 5 7 8 19 12 Ret 23† 7 Ret 6 4 44 10 Alain Menu Ret 11 Ret 12 7 16 7 1 15 12 Ret 22 NC 18† 1 18 18 10 8 3 9 4 4 21 41 11 Sergio Hernández 6 10 9 5 14 Ret 5 Ret 8 6 5 1 Ret DNS 16 9 8 5 7 11 Ret 12 10 11 36 12 Alessandro Zanardi 10 14 13 6 Ret DNS NC 5 12 5 1 Ret 12 10 12 12 17 Ret 4 4 15 17 9 9 31 13 Nicola Larini 15 15 8 10 6 1 NC 9 11 13 Ret 13 5 Ret 22† 17 15 6 Ret 16 12 5 12 7 27 14 Tom Coronel 9 8 15 15 21 8 8 19† 7 10 9 9 13 12 10 11 4 8 5 14 10 13 13 Ret 15 15 Félix Porteiro 8 7 10 9 13 10 DSQ 17† 10 15 7 4 14 13 14 15 Ret 15 9 12 14 11 14 12 10 16 Franz Engstler 12 16 14 11 11 7 6 Ret 16 16 11 14 20 11 NC 19 7 Ret 11 13 Ret 15 16 14 7 17 James Thompson 18 15 18 22 6 6 11 Ret DNS DNS 6 18 Stefano D'Aste Ret 20 12 16 16 13† Ret DNS 9 9 17 15 10 9 9 13 6 16 12 10 24† 10 DNS DNS 3 19 Éric Cayrolle 10 8 1 – Tom Boardman 11 19 16 21 9 Ret 17 19 13 19 15 Ret 11 10 9 13 10 18 18 14 15 Ret 0 – Mehdi Bennani 9 9 18 Ret 14 23 DSQ Ret 13 Ret 0 – Vito Postiglione 18 Ret 19 17 10 10 21 23 0 – Kristian Poulsen 20† 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 10 Ret 20 Ret 21 17 16 20 Ret 12 22 16 19 19 Ret 17 Ret 0 – Jaap van Lagen 17 17 17 17 20 14 Ret 13 21† Ret 14 18 Ret DNS Ret 21 10 20 Ret DNS 13 Ret 23† DNS 0 – Marin Čolak 19† DNS Ret 22† 15 12 19 16 18 18 Ret DNS 11 21 0 – Kirill Ladygin 14 22 18 20 17 11 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 17 19 17† 19 24 16 23† 14 20 16 DNS DNS DNS 0 – Tim Coronel 12 16 0 – Philip Geipel 17 20 13 14 0 – Viktor Shapovalov 13 23 19† 19 22† 17† 17 15 20 21 16 20 Ret 24 0 – Diego Puyo 16 14 0 – Jean-Marie Clairet 14 17 0 – Laurent Cazenave Ret 14 0 – Nobuteru Taniguchi 20 Ret 18 15 0 – Takayuki Aoki 19 16 0 – Seiji Ara 17 18 0 – Henry Ho 22 Ret 20 17 0 – Fabio Fabiani 17 22 0 – Georgi Tanev 18 21 Ret 18 19 Ret 0 – André Couto 25 18 0 – Michel Nykjær NC 18 0 – Lei Kit Meng 21 19 0 – João Paulo de Oliveira 23 19 0 – Jason Watt Ret 19 0 – Masaki Kano 21 20 0 – Joseph Rosa Merszei 22 20 0 – Andrea Larini DSQ 21 0 – Alex Liu 24† DNS 0 – Norbert Michelisz Ret NC 0 guest drivers ineligible for points – Robert Dahlgren 15 14 * – Tommy Rustad Ret Ret * Pos Driver BRA MEX MAR FRA ESP CZE POR UK GER ITA JPN MAC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races.^[5] All results obtained were taken into account.^[5]

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	SEAT	1	1	1	1	2	2	11	6	1	3	3	2	1	2	4	3	2	3	1	1	4	3	2	3	314
		2	2	4	3	3	5	12	7	2	7	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	7	2	2	5	7	3	4
2	BMW	5	5	2	2	8	4	2	2	4	1	1	1	8	1	3	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	7	1	311
		6	6	3	4	10	6	3	4	5	2	2	7	9	7	6	2	5	2	7	8	2	2	8	2
3	Chevrolet	15	11	8	10	1	1	1	1	11	12	Ret	12	2	6	1	6	15	5	3	3	3	4	1	7	215
		Ret	13	NC	12	6	3	7	3	15	13	Ret	13	5	18†	2	17	18	9	8	16	9	5	4	8
4	Lada	13	17	17	17	17	11	16	13	20	21	14	17	18	15	18	21	10	20	6	6	11	Ret	23†	DNS	83
		14	22	18	19	20	14	Ret	15	21†	24	15	18	19	17†	19	22	16	23†	14	20	13	Ret	DNS	DNS
Pos	Manufacturer	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts

Manufacturers' Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in each of the twenty four races.^[5] All results obtained by the best two classified cars per manufacturer were taken into account.^[5] All other cars from the same manufacturer were considered to be invisible in terms of points scoring.^[5]

Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Pos	Driver	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	Tom Coronel	9	8	15	15	21	8	8	19†	7	10	9	9	13	12	10	11	4	8	5	14	10	13	13	Ret	233
2	Félix Porteiro	8	7	10	9	13	10	DSQ	17†	10	15	7	4	14	13	14	15	Ret	15	9	12	14	11	14	12	220
3	Franz Engstler	12	16	14	11	11	7	6	Ret	16	16	11	14	20	11	NC	19	7	Ret	11	13	Ret	15	16	14	156
4	Stefano D'Aste	Ret	20	12	16	16	13†	Ret	DNS	9	9	17	15	10	9	9	13	6	16	12	9	24†	10	DNS	DNS	137
5	Tom Boardman	11	19	16	21			9	Ret	17	19	13	19	15	Ret	11	10	9	13	10	18	18	14	15	Ret	99
6	Kristian Poulsen	20†	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	10	Ret	20	Ret	21	17	16	20	Ret	12	22	16	19	19	Ret	17	Ret	50
7	Marin Čolak	19†	DNS	Ret	22†	15	12	19	16	18	18	Ret	DNS					11	21							31
8	Mehdi Bennani					9	9	18	Ret	14	23			NC	Ret					13	Ret					30
9	Vito Postiglione					18	Ret			19	17	10	10			21	23									24
10	Nobuteru Taniguchi																					20	Ret	18	15	21
11	Éric Cayrolle							10	8																	18
12	Philip Geipel															17	20	13	14							15
13	Takayuki Aoki																							19	16	14
14	Georgi Tanev	18	21	Ret	18	19	Ret																			12
15	Henry Ho																					22	Ret	20	19	11
16	Seiji Ara																					17	18			9
17	Diego Puyo													16	14											8
18	Tim Coronel											12	16													7
19	Laurent Cazenave							Ret	14																	6
20	André Couto																							25	17	6
21	Jean-Marie Clairet																	14	17							4
22	João Paulo de Oliveira																					23	19			4
23	Lei Kit Meng																							21	18	4
24	Masaki Kano																					21	20			3
25	Michel Nykjær																	NC	18							2
26	Joseph Rosa Merszei																							22	20	2
27	Andrea Larini																			Ret	21					2
28	Fabio Fabiani																			17	22					2
29	Norbert Michelisz															Ret	NC									2
30	Jason Watt																	Ret	19							1
–	Alex Liu																							24†	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts

• The Yokohama Independents' Trophy used a similar points system to that used for the Drivers’ Championship, however bonus points were also awarded at each event for race one pole position and for the fastest race lap, unlike the Drivers' championship. Three bonus points per position were awarded if an independent driver finished in the overall top eight, e.g. if a driver finished sixth overall, he or she received nine bonus points. Double points were awarded at the final event at Macau.

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	SUNRED Engineering	9	8	15	15	21	8	8	8	7	10	9	9	13	12	10	10	4	8	5	14	10	13	13	17	304
		11	19	16	21			9	19†	17	19	12	16	15	14	11	11	9	13	10	18	18	14	15	Ret
2	Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	8	7	10	9	13	10	DSQ	17†	10	15	7	4	14	13	14	15	Ret	15	9	12	14	11	14	12	239
		18	21	Ret	18	18	Ret			19	17	10	10			21	23			17	22	20	Ret	18	15
3	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	12	16	14	11	11	7	6	10	16	16	11	14	17	11	17	19	7	14	11	13	19	15	16	14	212
		20†	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	21	20	16	20	20	12	22	16	19	21	20	17	19
4	Wiechers-Sport	Ret	20	12	16	16	13†	Ret	14	9	9	17	15	10	9	9	13	6	16	12	9	17	10	19	16	150
								Ret	DNS													24†	18	DNS	DNS
5	Čolak Racing Team Ingra	19†	DNS	Ret	22†	15	12	19	16	18	18	Ret	DNS					11	21							32
6	Exagon Engineering					9	9	18	Ret	14	23			NC	Ret					13	Ret					28
7	China Dragon Racing																							21	18	6
8	Perfection Racing																	NC	18							3
9	Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing																	Ret	19							2
Pos	Team	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		Pts

All the teams taking part in any of the rounds of the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship were eligible to score points for the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. Points were awarded to the two best classified cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers. All other cars of that same team were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.

Notes