2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours

The2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hoursis the eighth and final round of the2009 FIA GT Championship season.It took place atZolder,Belgiumon 25 October 2009. It was also the final round held under theFIA GT Championshipbanner before the introduction of theFIA GT1 World ChampionshipandFIA GT2 European Championshipin 2010.

Layout of theCircuit Zolder

The race was won by the No. 33Vitaphone Racing TeamDHLMaseratiof the ItaliansAlessandro Pier GuidiandMatteo Bobbi,leading the No. 4Peka RacingCorvetteand No. 1 Vitaphone Maserati.Michael BartelsandAndrea Bertolinisecured the GT1 Drivers' Championship with their third-place finish.Richard Westbrookand Marco Holzer won the GT2 category in the No. 60 Prospeed CompetitionPorsche,with Westbrook securing the GT2 Drivers' Championship.

Report

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Qualifying

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Anthony Kumpen qualified the No. 4Peka RacingCorvette onpole positionahead of the No. 1VitaphoneMaserati. However the two cars on the front row were penalized for setting their fastest lap while a portion of the track was under yellow flag conditions. Both were moved back five grid spots, promoting the No. 33 Vitaphone Maserati to pole at the race start.

Qualifying results

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Pole positionwinners in each class are marked inbold.[1]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 GT1 No. 4Peka Racing Anthony Kumpen 1:27.399 6
2 GT1 No. 2Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 1:27.464 7
3 GT1 No. 33Vitaphone Racing TeamDHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:27.589 1
4 GT1 No. 8Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 1:28.026 2
5 GT1 No. 19Luc AlphandAventures Xavier Maassen 1:28.148 3
6 GT1 No. 1Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 1:28.183 4
7 GT1 No. 3Selleslagh Racing Team Bert Longin 1:28.848 5
8 GT1 No. 35Nissan Motorsports Michael Krumm 1:30.754 8
9 GT1 No. 40Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 1:31.274 9
10 GT2 No. 50AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:31.622 10
11 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Jörg Bergmeister 1:31.381 11
12 GT2 No. 60Prospeed Competition Richard Westbrook 1:31.879 12
13 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 1:31.911 13
14 GT2 No. 61Prospeed Competition Marc Lieb 1:32.264 14
15 GT2 No. 55CRS Racing Tim Mullen 1:32.295 15
16 GT2 No. 56CRS Racing Rob Bell 1:32.396 16
17 GT2 No. 77BMS Scuderia Italia Paolo Ruberti 1:32.565 17
18 GT2 No. 97Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 1:32.693 18
19 GT2 No. 51AF Corse Álvaro Barba 1:32.759 19
20 GT2 No. 58 Trackspeed Racing Sascha Maassen 1:33.345 20
21 GT2 No. 78BMS Scuderia Italia Stéphane Lémeret 1:33.530 21

Race

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Race results

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Class winners inbold.Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 33 Vitaphone Racing TeamDHL Alessandro Pier Guidi
Matteo Bobbi
Maserati MC12GT1 M 79
Maserati6.0 L V12
2 GT1 4 Peka Racing Anthony Kumpen
Mike Hezemans
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79
ChevroletLS7.R 7.0 L V8
3 GT1 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Michael Bartels
Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12GT1 M 79
Maserati6.0 L V12
4 GT1 19 Luc AlphandAventures Xavier Maassen
Thomas Biagi
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 79
ChevroletLS7.R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Roberto Streit
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 78
ChevroletLS7.R 7.0 L V8
6 GT1 3 Selleslagh Racing Team Bert Longin
James Ruffier
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 78
ChevroletLS7.R 7.0 L V8
7 GT2 60 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 76
Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
8 GT2 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Paolo Ruberti
Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari F430GT2 P 76
Ferrari4.0 L V8
9 GT2 56 CRS Racing Rob Bell
Andrew Kirkaldy
Ferrari F430GT2 M 76
Ferrari4.0 L V8
10 GT2 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
Toni Vilander
Ferrari F430GT2 M 76
Ferrari4.0 L V8
11 GT2 59 Trackspeed Racing Jörg Bergmeister
Christian Mamerow
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 76
Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
12 GT2 97 Brixia Racing Emmanuel Collard
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 76
Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
13 GT2 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba
Niki Cadei
Ferrari F430GT2 M 75
Ferrari4.0 L V8
14 GT2 61 Prospeed Competition Marc Lieb
Darryl O'Young
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 75
Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
15 GT2 58 Trackspeed Racing Sascha Maassen
David Ashburn
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 74
Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
16 GT2 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo
Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari F430GT2 M 73
Ferrari4.0 L V8
17 GT1 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Miguel Ramos
Alex Müller
Maserati MC12GT1 M 72
Maserati6.0 L V12
18 GT1 35 Nissan Motorsports
Gigawave Motorsports
Darren Turner
Michael Krumm
Nissan GT-RGT1 M 61
Nissan5.6 L V8
19
DNF
GT1 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Renaud Kuppens
Bas Leinders
Ford GT1 M 35
Ford5.0 L V8
20
DNF
GT2 55 CRS Racing Antonio García
Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430GT2 M 34
Ferrari4.0 L V8
21
DNF
GT2 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Luigi Lucchini
Stéphane Lémeret
Ferrari F430GT2 P 17
Ferrari4.0 L V8

References

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  1. ^"Qualifying".FIA GT Championship.2009-10-24. Archived fromthe originalon 2005-08-30.Retrieved2009-10-24.


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