2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
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Round 11 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Okayama International Circuit in Mimasaka, Japan.
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| Date | 1 November, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mimasaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Okayama International Circuit 3.703 kilometres (2.301 mi) |
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| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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SEAT Sport | |
| Time | 1:37.666 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Andy Priaulx
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BMW Team UK | |
| Second |
 Jörg Müller
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Third |
Rob Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Rickard Rydell
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SEAT Sport | |
| Time | 1:51.428 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Second |
Andy Priaulx
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BMW Team UK | |
| Third |
 Yvan Muller
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SEAT Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Rob Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:52.538 | ||
The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the eleventh round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 1 November 2009 at the Okayama International Circuit near Mimasaka, Japan. The two races were won by BMW drivers Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus. The race was supported by the 2009 1000 km of Okayama, the inaugural event of the Asian Le Mans Series.
Gabriele Tarquini arrived in Japan with a seven-point lead over SEAT Sport teammate Yvan Muller. BMW Team Germany driver Augusto Farfus was the only other driver that could still win the title. He was eighteen points behind Tarquini.
SUNRED Engineering placed Japanese-based Brazilian João Paulo de Oliveira in their third car for the race, taking it over from Andrea Larini. Japanese drivers Seiji Ara and Nobuteru Taniguchi also made their championship debuts, for Wiechers-Sport and Proteam Motorsport respectively, while Masaki Kano returned to Liqui Moly Team Engstler, the team with which he made his series debut in 2008. Macau's Henry Ho also drove for Engstler, making his series debut. Independent SEAT drivers Marin Čolak and Mehdi Bennani did not travel to Japan, while Fabio Fabiani did not follow-up his one-off drive for Proteam at the previous race in Italy.
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