2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours

The 2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours was the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal on 20 September 2009. Selleslagh Racing Team won their first race of the season while their driver James Ruffier's won his first race in FIA GT. Pekaracing earned second place while the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing car completed the podium with a pass on the second to last lap of the race. The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari won in GT2 followed by the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche and No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

† – The No. 2 Vitaphone Maserati was penalized five grid spots after causing an avoidable accident at the 2009 Budapest City Challenge.

Race results

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	66
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2	GT1	4	Pekaracing	Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	66
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
3	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	66
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
4	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	66
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	66
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
6	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	66
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
7	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
8	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	64
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	64
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Diego Romanini Ettore Bonaldi	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	63
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Tim Sugden David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	63
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 DNF	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders	Ford GT1	M	59
					Ford 5.0 L V8
18 DNF	GT1	11	Full Speed Racing Team	Stéphane Lémeret Luke Hines	Saleen S7-R	P	52
					Ford 7.0 L V8
19 DNF	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	34
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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