# 2009 European Touring Car Cup

The 2009 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the fifth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 25 October 2009 at the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga in Portugal. James Thompson won the event after winning the second race. Norbert Michelisz won the first race.

## Entry list

Super 2000 class :
| Team | Car | No | Drivers | Regular series |
| Perfection Racing | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1 | Michel Nykjær | Danish Touring Car Championship |
| Engström Motorsport | Honda Accord Euro R | 2 | Tomas Engström | Swedish Touring Car Championship |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320si | 3 | Urmas Kitsing | German ADAC Procar Series |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320si | 4 | Franz Engstler | World Touring Car Championship |
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León TDi | 5 | Norbert Michelisz | SEAT León Eurocup |
| Veloso Motorsport | SEAT León | 6 | Francisco Carvalho | Portuguese Touring Car Championship |
| Maurer Motorsport | Chevrolet Lacetti | 7 | Vincent Radermecker$^†$ | German ADAC Procar Series |
| Maurer Motorsport | Chevrolet Lacetti | 8 | José Monroy | Portuguese Touring Car Championship |
| Bamboo Engineering | Chevrolet Lacetti | 9 | Duarte Fèlix da Costa | Portuguese Touring Car Championship |
| Bamboo Engineering | Chevrolet Lacetti | 10 | Harry Vaulkhard | British Touring Car Championship |
| Hartmann Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 11 | James Thompson | Various |
| Hartmann Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 12 | Per Poulsen | Danish Touring Car Championship |
| Sports & You | BMW 320si | 14 | José Pedro Fontes$^‡$ | Portuguese Touring Car Championship |
| Super Production class ||||||
| AV Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 21 | Marcis Birkens | Baltic Touring Car Championship |
| Sport-Garage | Volkswagen Golf IV | 22 | Nikolay Karamyshev | Russian Touring Car Championship |
| Sport-Garage | BMW 320i | 23 | Mikhail Zasadych | Russian Touring Car Championship |
| Super 1600 class ||||||
| NK Racing Team | Ford Fiesta ST | 31 | Carsten Seifert | German ADAC Procar Series |
† Although in attendance, Radermecker did not compete due to a technical problem with his car.
‡ Despite entering the event, Fontes did not attend.

## Report
### Qualifying

SEAT Leon Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz took pole position from Franz Engstler at the very end of the session. Bamboo Engineering pairing Duarte Félix Da Costa and Harry Vaulkhard locked out the second row of the grid. Pre-event favourites James Thompson and Michel Nykjær qualified down in sixth and eighth respectively. Vincent Radermecker was forced to sit out the session due to problems with his Chevrolet Lacetti.

## Classification
### Race 1

| Pos | No | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Class Points |
| 1 | 5 | S2000 | Norbert Michelisz | SEAT Sport | SEAT León TDi | 17 | 25:54.375 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | S2000 | Franz Engstler | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320si | 17 | +0.442 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | S2000 | James Thompson | Hartmann Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 17 | +3.683 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | S2000 | Michel Nykjær | Perfection Racing | Chevrolet Lacetti | 17 | +10.283 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | S2000 | Harry Vaulkhard | Bamboo Engineering | Chevrolet Lacetti | 17 | +20.927 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | S2000 | José Monroy | Maurer Motorsport | Chevrolet Lacetti | 17 | +34.125 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | S2000 | Francisco Carvalho | Veloso Motorsport | SEAT León TFSi | 17 | +53.270 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | S2000 | Duarte Félix da Costa | Bamboo Engineering | Chevrolet Lacetti | 17 | +57.518 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | S2000 | Tomas Engström | Engström Motorsport | Honda Accord Euro R | 17 | +1:07.001 | 5 | |
| 10 | 3 | S2000 | Urmas Kitsing | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320si | 17 | +1:07.355 | 11 | |
| 11 | 21 | SP | Marcis Birkens | AV Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | 16 | + 1 lap | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | 23 | SP | Mikhail Zasadych | Sport-Garage | BMW 320i | 16 | + 1 lap | 12 | 8 |
| 13 | 31 | S1600 | Carsten Seifert | NK Racing Team | Ford Fiesta ST | 16 | + 1 lap | 14 | 10 |
| 14 | 22 | SP | Nikolay Karamyshev | Sport-Garage | Volkswagen Golf IV | 14 | + 3 laps | 27 | 6 |
| Ret | 12 | S2000 | Per Poulsen | Hartmann Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 3 | Accident | 10 | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Driver | Race 1 | Race 2 | Pts |
| Super 2000 |||||
| 1 | James Thompson | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Franz Engstler | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Norbert Michelisz | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Francisco Carvalho | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Harry Vaulkhard | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Tomas Engström | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Michel Nykjær | 4 | Ret | 5 |
| 8 | José Monroy | 6 | Ret | 3 |
| 9 | Duarte Félix da Costa | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | Per Poulsen | Ret | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Urmas Kitsing | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| Super Production |||||
| 1 | Marcis Birkens | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Mikhail Zasadych | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Nikolay Karamyshev | 14 | Ret | 6 |
| Super 1600 |||||
| 1 | Carsten Seifert | 13 | 10 | 20 |
| Pos | Driver | Race 1 | Race 2 | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |