2009 FIA GT : K plus K and Prospeed win the Budapest City Challenge

2009 FIA GT Round 5 Winner : Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp - SALEEN S7 N°14 team K plus K Motorsport

BUDAPEST : August 30, 2009 - In bright sunshine and in front of a crowd of 15,000 people at the Hungaroring, Czech team K plus K Motorsport took its second win of the season, after an action-packed race for Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp.

2009 FIA GT Round 5 Winner : Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp - SALEEN S7 N°14 team K plus K Motorsport

They finished ahead of the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini, who, despite 80 kg success ballast, regained the lead of the GT1 Drivers classification, with the nr 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Maserati MC 12 of Alessandro Pier Guidi and Matteo Bobbi third. Hezemans and Kumpen, in the nr 4 Pekaracing Corvette, were sixth, losing their points lead but also significantly reducing the weight of their car for the next round in the Algarve.

In GT2, the nr 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 RSR recovered from the back of the grid to overtake the nr 50 AF Corse Ferrari and secure the victory on the very last lap, Richard Westbrook and Emmanuel Collard claiming their third win of 2009. Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni finished second, despite carrying a total of 100 kg penalty weight, to retain a two-point lead. Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli, in the nr 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 430 GT2, finished third; their best result of the season so far.

Luis Perez Companc, in the nr 95 Pecom Racing Team Ferrari 430 GT2, won the Citation Cup for gentlemen drivers.

2009 FIA GT : Round 5 - Hungaro Ring - Race Result

Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	Avg speed
1	14	GT1	Wendlinger/Sharp	Saleen S7	2:00:17.422	67		146.39
2	1	GT1	Bertolini/Bartels	Maserati MC 12	2:00:50.589	67	33.167	145.72
3	33	GT1	Pier Guidi/Bobbi	Maserati MC 12	2:00:50.928	67	33.506	145.71
4	8	GT1	Bernoldi/Streit	Corvette Z06	2:00:51.409	67	33.987	145.70
5	19	GT1	Maassen/Biagi	Corvette Z06	2:00:55.307	67	37.885	145.62
6	4	GT1	Hezemans/Kumpen	Corvette Z06	2:01:10.257	67	52.835	145.32
7	3	GT1	Longin/Ruffier	Corvette Z06	2:01:05.766	66	1 LAP	143.24
8	60	GT2	Westbrook/Collard	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:30.890	65	2 LAPS	140.58
9	50	GT2	Bruni/Vilander	Ferrari F430	2:01:32.051	65	2 LAPS	140.56
10	77	GT2	Ruberti/Malucelli	Ferrari F430	2:01:46.800	65	2 LAPS	140.28
11	40	GT1	Kuppens/Leinders	Ford GT (001 PT GT1)	2:01:57.020	65	2 LAPS	140.08
12	61	GT2	O'Young/Holzer	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:02:02.656	65	2 LAPS	139.97
13	51	GT2	Barba Lopez/Cadei	Ferrari F430	2:00:24.066	64	3 LAPS	139.70
14	56	GT2	Bell/Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430	2:00:27.711	64	3 LAPS	139.63
15	95	GT2	Russo/Perez Companc	Ferrari F430	2:00:39.528	64	3 LAPS	139.40
16	55	GT2	Mullen/Niarchos	Ferrari F430	2:00:57.658	64	3 LAPS	139.05
17	97	GT2	Ragginger/Lucchini	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:57.668	64	3 LAPS	137.91
18	78	GT2	Romanini/Heyer	Ferrari F430	2:02:07.609	64	3 LAPS	137.73
19	59	GT2	Sugden/Ashburn	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:19.906	63	4 LAPS	136.46
20	18	GT1	Lacko/Nilsson	Saleen S7	1:47:14.061	59	8 LAPS	144.60

2009 FIA GT1 Driver Championship after 5 rounds

Pos	Name	Nat.	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	Michael Bartels		8	10	8	5	8	39
	Andrea Bertolini		8	10	8	5	8	39
2	Anthony Kumpen		5	8	10	10	3	36
	Mike Hezemans		5	8	10	10	3	36
3	Karl Wendlinger		10				10	20
	Ryan Sharp		10				10	20
4	Xavier Maassen		6	5	4		4	19
5	Bert Longin		3	4	5	4	2	18
	James Ruffier		3	4	5	4	2	18
6	Miguel Ramos			6	6	3		15
	Alex Müller			6	6	3		15
7	Alessandro Pier Guidi					8	6	14
8	Jos Menten		2			10		12
9	Stephane Lemeret			3	1	8		12
10	Guillaume Moreau		6	5				11
11	Kurt Mollekens					10		10
12	Thomas Biagi		1		4		4	9
13	Vincent Vosse					8		8
	Carl Rosenblad					8		8
14	Matteo Bobbi						6	6
15	Bas Leinders			2	3		1	6
	Renaud Kuppens			2	3		1	6
16	Mario Dominguez		4	1				5
	Alexandre Sarnes Negrao					5		5
	Enrique Bernoldi						5	5
	Stéphane Sarrazin					5		5
	Roberto Streit						5	5
	Adam Lacko		4	1				5
17	Oliver Gavin					4		4
	Maxime Soulet					4		4
	Luke Hines			3	1			4
18	Eric Van de Poele					3		3
	Thomas Mutsch		1		2			3
	Pedro Lamy					3		3
19	Markus Palttala		2					2
	Marc Hennerici				2			2

Images : 2009 FIA GT- Round 5 : Budapest

[Source : Official FIA GT]