2009 FIA GT : Thrilling season finale in Zolder

Michael BARTELS (GER) - Andrea BERTOLINI (ITA) / MASERATI MC12 GT1 N°1 team VITAPHONE RACING - 2009 FIA GT1 Champion

ZOLDER, Belgium : October 25, 2009 - The 2009 season of the FIA GT Championship came to an exciting close at the Belgian circuit of Zolder, with an action-packed race in front of over 16,000 spectators crowded around the 4.006 km circuit.

Vitaphone Racing Team - 2009 FIA GT1 Team Champion

All eyes may have been on the title contenders, but it was the nr 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Maserati MC 12 which took a lights-to-flag victory, giving Alessandro Pier Guidi and Matteo Bobbi victory. They finished ahead of the Pekaracing Corvette Z06 of Hezemans and Kumpen, and the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels, who thereby secured the GT1 Drivers Championship for the third time.

Marco HOLZER (GER) - Richard WESTBROOK (GBR) / PORSCHE 997 GT3 RSR GT2 N°60 team - 2009 FIA GT2 Champion

In GT2, it was the Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 RSR which claimed the victory, giving Richard Westbrook the GT2 Championship title ahead of Bruni and Vilander, who finished fourth today in the AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2. Westbrook was sharing the car with Marco Holzer; his former team-mate Emmanuel Collard In second place were Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli, in the nr 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 430 GT2, with third place going to CRS Racing’s nr 56 pairing of Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell.

AF Corse - 2009 FIA GT2 Team Champion

In the teams Championships, Vitaphone finished ahead of Pekaracing in the GT1 category, with SRT taking third. In GT2, AF Corse claimed the title ahead of Prospeed Competition, with CRS Racing third.

2009 FIA GT : Round 8 Final - Zolder, Belgium- Race Result

Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Avg speed
1	33	GT1	Pier Guidi/Bobbi	Maserati MC 12	2:01:07.362		156.76
2	4	GT1	Hezemans/Kumpen	Corvette Z06	2:01:27.716	20.354	156.32
3	1	GT1	Bertolini/Bartels	Maserati MC 12	2:02:12.919	1:05.557	155.36
4	19	GT1	Maassen/Biagi	Corvette Z06	2:02:17.165	1:09.803	155.27
5	8	GT1	Bernoldi/Streit	Corvette Z06	2:01:11.860	1 LAP	154.68
6	3	GT1	Longin/Ruffier	Corvette Z06	2:01:47.026	1 LAP	153.94
7	60	GT2	Westbrook/Holzer	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:31.059	3 LAPS	150.32
8	77	GT2	Ruberti/Malucelli	Ferrari F430	2:01:35.216	3 LAPS	150.23
9	56	GT2	Bell/Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430	2:01:36.100	3 LAPS	150.21
10	50	GT2	Bruni/Vilander	Ferrari F430	2:01:42.339	3 LAPS	150.09
11	59	GT2	Bergmeister/Mamerow	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:54.006	3 LAPS	149.85
12	97	GT2	Collard/Ragginger	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:02:30.296	3 LAPS	149.11
13	51	GT2	Cadei/Barba Lopez	Ferrari F430	2:01:09.178	4 LAPS	148.79
14	61	GT2	Lieb/O'Young	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:12.940	4 LAPS	148.71
15	58	GT2	Maassen/Ashburn	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:39.031	5 LAPS	146.20
16	95	GT2	Russo/Perez Companc	Ferrari F430	2:02:38.482	6 LAPS	143.06
17	2	GT1	Muller/Ramos	Maserati MC 12	2:01:25.585	7 LAPS	142.51
18	35	GT1	Krumm/Turner	Nissan GT-R	2:01:51.641	18 LAPS	120.31
19	40	GT1	Leinders/Kuppens	Ford GT (001 PT GT1)	1:01:21.997	40 LAPS	152.74
20	55	GT2	Garcia/Mullen	Ferrari F430	59:53.510	42 LAPS	148.48
21	78	GT2	Lemeret/Lucchini	Ferrari F430	27:18.466	62 LAPS	149.61

2009 FIA GT1 Driver Championship - Final round.

Pos	Name	Nat.	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total
1	Michael Bartels		8	10	8	5	10	4	4	6	55
	Andrea Bertolini		8	10	8	5	10	4	4	6	55
2	Anthony Kumpen		5	8	10	10	4	8		8	53
	Mike Hezemans		5	8	10	10	4	8		8	53
3	Bert Longin		3	4	5	4	3	10	6	3	38
	James Ruffier		3	4	5	4	3	10	6	3	38
4	Xavier Maassen		6	5	4		5	5	5	5	35
5	Alessandro Pier Guidi					8	8	3	3	10	32
6	Miguel Ramos			6	6	3		6	8	2	31
	Alex Müller			6	6	3		6	8	2	31
7	Roberto Streit						6	5	10	4	25
	Enrique Bernoldi						6	5	10	4	25
8	Matteo Bobbi						8	3	3	10	24
9	Thomas Biagi		1		4		5		5	5	20
10	Stephane Lemeret			3	1	8		1			13
11	Jos Menten		2			10					12
12	Guillaume Moreau		6	5							11
13	Karl Wendlinger		10								10
	Ryan Sharp		10								10
	Kurt Mollekens					10					10
14	Bas Leinders			2	3		2	2			9
	Renaud Kuppens			2	3		2	2			9
15	Vincent Vosse					8					8
	Carl Rosenblad					8					8
16	Adam Lacko		4	1			1				6
17	Mario Dominguez		4	1							5
	Alexandre Sarnes Negrao					5					5
	Stéphane Sarrazin					5					5
	Luke Hines			3	1			1			5
18	Oliver Gavin					4					4
	Maxime Soulet					4					4
	Thomas Mutsch		1		2				1		4
19	Eric Van de Poele					3					3
	Pedro Lamy					3					3
20	Markus Palttala		2								2
	Ange Barde								2		2
	Olivier Panis								2		2
	Marc Hennerici				2						2
21	Henri Moser								1		1
	Max Nilsson						1				1

2009 FIA GT2 Driver Championship

Pos	Name	Nat.	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total
1	Richard Westbrook		10	10			10	8	8	10	56
2	Gianmaria Bruni			8	10	10	8	3	10	5	54
	Toni Vilander			8	10	10	8	3	10	5	54
3	Emmanuel Collard		10	10			10	8	8	3	49
4	Niki Cadei		4	6	2		4	10	6	2	34
	Alvaro Barba Lopez		4	6	2		4	10	6	2	34
5	Rob Bell		6	2	4	8	3	4	1	6	34
	Andrew Kirkaldy		6	2	4	8	3	4	1	6	34
6	Luis Perez Companc		8			10	2	5	5		30
7	Matteo Malucelli		5				6	6	2	8	27
	Paolo Ruberti		5				6	6	2	8	27
8	Marco Holzer		3	5			5			10	23
9	Chris Niarchos			3	6	6	1	1	4		21
	Tim Mullen			3	6	6	1	1	4		21
10	Matias Russo		8				2	5	5		20
11	Martin Ragginger		1	4	5			2	3	3	18
12	Luigi Lucchini		1	4	5			2	3		15
13	Darryl O´Young		3	5			5				13
14	Jaime Melo					10					10
15	Stefan Mücke		2		8						10
	Frédéric Makowiecki		2		8						10
16	Peter Kox					8					8
	Antonio Garcia					8					8
17	Jörg Bergmeister				3					4	7
18	Chris Goodwin					6					6
	Phil Quaife					6					6
19	Maurizio Paolo Basso					5					5
	Stéphane Daoudi					5					5
	John Hartshorne					5					5
	Peter Kuteman					5					5
20	David Ashburn			1	3						4
	Christian Mamerow									4	4
21	Tim Sugden			1							1
	Darryl O Young									1	1
	Diego Romanini				1						1
	Kenneth Heyer				1						1
	Marc Lieb									1	1

2009 FIA GT2 Teams Championship

Pos	Name	Nat.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	AF Corse		4	14	12	10	12	13	16	7	88
2	Prospeed Competition		13	15			15	8	8	11	70
3	CRS Racing		6	5	10	14	4	5	5	6	55
4	BMS Scuderia Italia		5		1		6	6	2	8	28
5	Pecom Racing		8				2	5	5		20
6	Brixia Racing		1	4	5			2	3	3	18
7	Hexis Racing AMR		2		8						10
8	Trackspeed			1	3					4	8
9	JMB Racing					5					5

Images : 2009 FIA GT - Final Round - Zolder, Belgium

[Source : FIA GT Official]