2009 FIA WTCC Race of France
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| Date | 17 May, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pau, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circuit de Pau 2.769 kilometres (1.721 mi) |
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| Laps | 19 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Time | 1:22.473 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Third |
 Jörg Müller
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sergio Hernández
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BMW Team Italy-Spain | |
| Time | 1:24.005 | ||
| Laps | 18 | ||
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| First |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Third |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Jörg Müller
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Time | 1:23.448 | ||
The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 17 May 2009 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2009 Pau Grand Prix. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Robert Huff winning race one and Alain Menu winning race two. The second race was notable for a collision between race leader Franz Engstler and the safety car at the end of the first lap.
Yvan Muller had established an outright lead in the drivers' championship after the previous round in Morocco, twelve points clear of SEAT Sport team mate Gabriele Tarquini. Félix Porteiro was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
SUNRED Engineering expanded to three cars for the Pau event, Tom Coronel was joined by Tom Boardman who returned after missing the previous round and former European Touring Car Championship driver Éric Cayrolle. With both George Tanev and Vito Postiglione being forced to miss the round, Scuderia Proteam Motorsport ran just one car for independents' championship leader Porteiro. Local French GT Championship regular Laurent Cazenave joined Wiechers-Sport for the weekend alongside full-time driver Stefano D'Aste.
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