2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (2004-2009)

The 2009 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the first round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season and the 62nd running of the RAC Tourist Trophy. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 3 May 2009. It featured the race debut of the Ford GT and the Nissan GT-R in the GT1 category in preparation for their entry in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship.

Report[]

Qualifying[]

The #80 Hexis Racing Aston Martin was moved to the back of the starting grid after failing post-qualifying technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height and carrying components of an incorrect size.^[1]

Qualifying result[]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Race[]

Austrian Karl Wendlinger and Brit Ryan Sharp won their second successive RAC Tourist Trophy after having won the event the previous year for Jetalliance Racing. The GT2 category was led by the Porsche of Prospeed Competition.

Race result[]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	14	K plus K Motorsport	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Saleen S7-R	M	65
					Ford 7.0 L V8
2	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	65
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
3	GT1	19	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
4	GT1	4	PK Carsport	Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5	GT1	18	K plus K Motorsport	Adam Lacko Mario Domínguez	Saleen S7-R	M	65
					Ford 7.0 L V8
6	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
7	GT1	9	DKR Engineering	Markus Palttala Jos Menten	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	64
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
8	GT1	44	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Thomas Biagi	Ford GT1	M	64
					Ford 5.0 L V8
9	GT1	11	Full Speed Racing Team	Stéphane Lémeret Luke Hines	Saleen S7-R	P	64
					Ford 7.0 L V8
10	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders	Ford GT1	M	63
					Ford 5.0 L V8
11	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	62
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	62
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Darryl O'Young Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	62
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	GT2	80	Hexis Racing AMR	Frédéric Makowiecki Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	M	61
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	61
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	61
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Kenneth Heyer Diego Romanini	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	61
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21	G3	150	Red Racing	Jean-Claude Lagniez Iradj Alexander	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R	M	58
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
22 DNF	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	53
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23 DNF	GT1	13	Full Speed Racing Team	Ferdinando Monfardini Michel Orts	Saleen S7-R	P	39
					Ford 7.0 L V8
24 DNF	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	28
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
25 DNF	GT1	35	Nissan Motorsports Gigawave Motorsports	Darren Turner Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R GT1	M	28
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
26 DNF	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Tim Sugden David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	24
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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