2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours

The2009 FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hourswas the penultimate round of the2009 FIA GT Championship season.It took place atCircuit Paul Ricardon 4 October 2009. The race was won by theCorvetteofEnrique BernoldiandRoberto StreitforSangari Team Brazil,ahead of the No. 2Vitaphone Racing Team MaseratiandSelleslagh Racing TeamCorvette. In the GT2 category,Toni VilanderandGianmaria Bruniwon frompole positionin theAF Corse Ferrari,leading the Prospeed CompetitionPorscheand 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 ofEnrique 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 allowingVitaphone Racing Teamto lock out the front row. In the GT2 categoryGianmaria BruniofAF Corsesecured an allFerrarifront row alongsideCRS Racing.

Qualifying results

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

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	GT1	No. 8Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi	2:00.919	6
2	GT1	No. 2Vitaphone Racing Team	Alex Müller	2:01.856	1
3	GT1	No. 33Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi	2:02.043	2
4	GT1	No. 1Vitaphone Racing Team	Andrea Bertolini	2:02.044	3
5	GT1	No. 3Selleslagh Racing Team	James Ruffier	2:02.300	4
6	GT1	No. 4Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans	2:02.328	5
7	GT1	No. 19Luc AlphandAventures	Thomas Biagi	2:02.541	7
8	GT1	No. 21 Solution F	Olivier Panis	2:04.796	8
9	GT1	No. 40Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders	2:05.853	9
10	GT1	No. 44Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch	2:07.108	10
11	GT2	No. 50AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	2:08.314	11
12	GT2	No. 55CRS Racing	Tim Mullen	2:08.480	12
13	GT2	No. 97Brixia Racing	Martin Ragginger	2:08.924	13
14	GT2	No. 59 Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen	2:08.972	14
15	GT2	No. 51AF 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. 56CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy	2:09.722	19
20	GT2	No. 77BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli	2:09.743	20
21	GT2	No. 78BMS Scuderia Italia	Diego Romanini	2:11.078	21

Race

Race results

Class winners inbold.Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	57
1	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Chevrolet LS7.R7.0 L V8	M	57
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12GT1	M	57
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati6.0 L V12	M	57
3	GT1	3	Sellesagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	57
3	GT1	3	Sellesagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet LS7.R7.0 L V8	M	57
4	GT1	19	Luc AlphandAventures	Xavier Maassen Thomas Biagi	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	57
4	GT1	19	Luc AlphandAventures	Xavier Maassen Thomas Biagi	Chevrolet LS7.R7.0 L V8	M	57
5	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12GT1	M	57
5	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati6.0 L V12	M	57
6	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati MC12GT1	M	57
6	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati6.0 L V12	M	57
7	GT1	21	Solution F	Ange Barde Olivier Panis	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	55
7	GT1	21	Solution F	Ange Barde Olivier Panis	Ferrari5.9 L V12	M	55
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Henri Moser	Ford GT1	M	55
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Henri Moser	Ford5.0 L V8	M	55
9	GT2	50	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT2	M	55
9	GT2	50	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari4.0 L V8	M	55
10	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	55
10	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche4.0 L Flat-6	M	55
11	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430GT2	M	55
11	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari4.0 L V8	M	55
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430GT2	M	55
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari4.0 L V8	M	55
13	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430GT2	M	55
13	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari4.0 L V8	M	55
14	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Ford GT1	M	55
14	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Ford5.0 L V8	M	55
15	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	54
15	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche4.0 L Flat-6	M	54
16	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430GT2	P	54
16	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari4.0 L V8	P	54
17	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell	Ferrari F430GT2	M	54
17	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell	Ferrari4.0 L V8	M	54
18	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	54
18	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen David Ashburn	Porsche4.0 L Flat-6	M	54
19 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ettore Bonaldi Diego Romanini	Ferrari F430GT2	P	45
19 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ettore Bonaldi Diego Romanini	Ferrari4.0 L V8	P	45
20 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	40
20 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet LS7.R7.0 L V8	M	40
DSQ	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	53
DSQ	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche4.0 L Flat-6	M	53