World Touring Car Championship 2009

The 2009 World Touring Car Championship began in Curitiba ( Brazil ) on March 8 and ended in Macau on November 22 . The defending champion was the Frenchman Yvan Muller for the first time , in the brand classification it was Seat . At the finale in Macau, the Italian Gabriele Tarquini secured the driver's title, while Seat successfully defended the brand's title. The driver's title among the privateers was won by Tom Coronel from the Netherlands , his Sunred team won the team championship.

Teams and drivers

team	vehicle	No.	driver	class	Weekends
SEAT Sport	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	1	Yvan Muller	M.	1-12
		2	Gabriele Tarquini	M.	1-12
		3	Rickard Rydell	M.	1-12
		4th	Jordi Gené	M.	1-12
		5	Tiago Monteiro	M.	1-12
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	6th	Andy Priaulx	M.	1-12
BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	7th	Jörg Müller	M.	1-12
		8th	Augusto Farfus	M.	1-12
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	9	Alessandro Zanardi	M.	1-12
		10	Sergio Hernández	M.	1-12
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Cruze	11	Robert Huff	M.	1-12
		12	Alain Menu	M.	1-12
		14th	Nicola Larini	M.	1-12
Lada Sport	Lada 110 2.0	18th	Jaap van Lagen	M.	1-8
		19th	Kirill Ladygin	M.	1-8
		20th	Viktor Shapovalov	M.	1-6
	Lada Priora	18th	Jaap van Lagen	M.	9-12
		19th	Kirill Ladygin	M.	9-12
		20th	Viktor Shapovalov	M.	9
		36	James Thompson	M.	7-8, 10-12
SUNRED engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	21st	Tom Coronel	I.	1-12
		22nd	Tom Boardman	I.	1-2, 4-12
		29	Eric Cayrolle	I.	4th
		32	Tim Coronel	I.	6th
		35	Diego Puyo	I.	7th
		37	Norbert Michelisz	I.	8th
		41	Jean-Marie Clairet	I.	9
		45	Andrea Larini	I.	10
		47	João Paulo Lima de Oliveira	I.	11
		66	André Couto	I.	12
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	23	Félix Porteiro	I.	1-12
		24	George Tanev	I.	1-3
		31	Vito Postiglione	I.	3, 5-6, 8
		46	Fabio Fabiani	I.	10
		49	Nobuteru Taniguchi	I.	11-12
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	25th	Franz Engstler	I.	1-12
		26th	Kristian Poulsen	I.	1-12
		38	Philip Geipel	I.	8-9
		48	Masaki Kano	I.	11
		51	Henry Ho	I.	11-12
		53	Liu Lic Ka	I.	12
		55	Joseph Merszei	I.	12
Wiechers Sport	BMW 320si	27	Stefano d'Aste	I.	1-12
		33	Laurent Cazenave	I.	4th
		50	Seiji Ara	I.	11
		52	Takayuki Aoki	I.	12
Čolak Racing Team Ingra	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	28	Marin Čolak	I.	1-6, 9
Exagon engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	30th	Mehdi Bennani	I.	3-5, 7, 10
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	Volvo C30	39	Robert Dahlgren	*	8th
		40	Tommy Rustad	*	8th
Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark	Chevrolet Lacetti	42	Michel Nykjær	I.	9
Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	43	Jason Watt	I.	9
China Dragon Racing	BMW 320si	67	Lei Kit Meng	I.	12

Racing calendar

No.	date	country	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3
1, 2	8th of March	Brazil	Curitiba	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Jordi Gené	Rickard Rydell
					Gabriele Tarquini	Rickard Rydell	Jordi Gené
3, 4	March 22	Mexico	Puebla	Augusto Farfus	Rickard Rydell	Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx
					Yvan Muller	Andy Priaulx	Rickard Rydell
5, 6	May 3rd	Morocco	Marrakech	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Jordi Gené
					Nicola Larini	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff
7, 8	17th of May	France	Pau	Augusto Farfus	Robert Huff	Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller
					Alain Menu	Augusto Farfus	Robert Huff
9, 10	31. May	Spain	Valencia	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Tiago Monteiro	Gabriele Tarquini
					Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	Gabriele Tarquini
11, 12	June 21st	Czech Republic	Brno	Augusto Farfus	Alessandro Zanardi	Jörg Müller	Gabriele Tarquini
					Sergio Hernández	Yvan Muller	Tiago Monteiro
13, 14	5th July	Portugal	postage	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller
					Augusto Farfus	Yvan Muller	Rickard Rydell
15, 16	July 19	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Andy Priaulx
					Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	Gabriele Tarquini
17, 18	September 6th	Germany	Oschersleben	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	Gabriele Tarquini	Rickard Rydell
					Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx	Gabriele Tarquini
19, 20	September 20th	Italy	Imola	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff
					Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Alain Menu
21, 22	November 1st	Japan	Okayama	Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	Jörg Müller	Robert Huff
					Augusto Farfus	Andy Priaulx	Yvan Muller
23, 24	22nd of November	Macau	Macau	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Jordi Gené
					Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	Yvan Muller

Driver ranking

Pl. team Points 1. Gabriele Tarquini 127 2. Yvan Muller 123 3. Augusto Farfus 113 4th Andy Priaulx 84 5. Robert Huff 80 6th Jörg Müller 76 7th Rickard Rydell 64 8th. Jordi Gené 48 9. Tiago Monteiro 44 10. Alain Menu 41

Pl. team Points 11. Sergio Hernández 36 12. Alessandro Zanardi 31 13. Nicola Larini 27 14th Tom Coronel 15th 15th Félix Porteiro 10 16. Franz Engstler 7th 17th James Thompson 6th 18th Stefano d'Aste 3 19th Eric Cayrolle 1

Constructors' championship

Pl.	team	Points
1.	Seat	314
2.	BMW	311
3.	Chevrolet	215
4th	Lada	83

Independents' Trophy

Pl. driver Points 1. Tom Coronel 233 2. Félix Porteiro 220 3. Franz Engstler 158 4th Stefano d'Aste 137 5. Tom Boardman 99 6th Kristian Poulsen 50 7th Marin Čolak 31 8th. Mehdi Bennani 30th 9. Vito Postiglione 24 10. Nobuteru Taniguchi 21st

Pl. driver Points 11. Eric Cayrolle 18th 12. Philip Geipel 15th 13. Takayuki Aoki 14th 14th George Tanev 12 15th Seiji Ara 9 16. Diego Puyo 8th 17th André Couto 8th 18th Tim Coronel 7th 19th Henry Ho 7th 20th Laurent Cazenave 6th

Pl. driver Points 21st Lei Kit Meng 6th 22nd Jean-Marie Clairet 4th 23. João Paulo Lima de Oliveira 4th 24. Masaki Kano 3 25th Michel Nykjær 2 26th Andrea Larini 2 27. Norbert Michelisz 2 28. Fabio Fabiani 2 29 Joseph Merszei 2 30th Jason Watt 1

Independents' Trophy - team competition

Pl. team Points 1. Sunred Engineering 306 2. Proteam Motorsport 239 3. Engstler Motorsport 208 4th Wiechers Sport 150 5. Čolak Racing Team Ingra 32 6th Exagon engineering 28 7th China Dragon Racing 6th 8th. Perfection Racing 3 9. Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing 2