2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours

The 2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours is the eighth and final round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Zolder, Belgium on 25 October 2009. It was also the final race held under the FIA GT Championship banner before the introduction of the FIA GT1 World Championship and FIA GT2 European Championship in 2010.

The race was won by the No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Maserati of the Italians Alessandro Pier Guidi and Matteo Bobbi, leading the No. 4 Pekaracing Corvette and No. 1 Vitaphone Maserati. Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini secured the GT1 Drivers' Championship with their third place finish. Richard Westbrook and Marco Holzer won the GT2 category in the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche, with Westbrook securing the GT2 Drivers' Championship.

Report

Qualifying

Anthony Kumpen qualified the No. 4 Pekaracing Corvette on pole position ahead of the No. 1 Vitaphone Maserati. However the two cars on the front row were penalized for setting their fastest lap while a portion of the track was under yellow flag conditions. Both were moved back five grid spots, promoting the No. 33 Vitaphone Maserati to pole at the race start.

Qualifying results

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

Race

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	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Alessandro Pier Guidi Matteo Bobbi	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	79
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
2	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	79
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
3	GT1	19	Luc Alphand Aventures	Xavier Maassen Thomas Biagi	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	79
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
4	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	78
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	78
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
6	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	76
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	76
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
8	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	76
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
9	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	76
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Chris Mamerow	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	76
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Emmanuel Collard Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	76
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	75
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Marc Lieb Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	75
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	GT2	58	Trackspeed Racing	Sascha Maassen David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	74
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	73
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alex Müller	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	72
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
17	GT1	35	Nissan Motorsports Gigawave Motorsports	Darren Turner Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R GT1	M	61
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
18 DNF	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders	Ford GT1	M	35
					Ford 5.0 L V8
19 DNF	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Antonio García Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	34
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Luigi Lucchini Stéphane Lémeret	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	17
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DSQ	GT1	4	Pekaracing	Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	79
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8

Note the #4 car was excluded because the car was not in compliance with the technical regulations. Results are still provisional.^[2]

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