2009 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
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Round 3 of 12 in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship at Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco.
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| Date | 3 May, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Marrakech, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marrakech Street Circuit 4.540 kilometres (2.821 mi) |
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| Laps | 12 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:49.789 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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SEAT Sport | |
| Third |
 Jordi Gené
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SEAT Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:50.833 | ||
| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Nicola Larini
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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SEAT Sport | |
| Third |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:51.017 | ||
The 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco (formally the 2009 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Morocco) was the third round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held on 3 May 2009 at the Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco. It was the inaugural running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco.
The two races were won by Chevrolet's Robert Huff and Nicola Larini, the former taking the first win for the Chevrolet Cruze in the World Touring Car Championship.
After the previous round in Mexico, Yvan Muller was tied at the top of the drivers' standings with SEAT Sport teammate Rickard Rydell. Félix Porteiro had established a 23 point lead over Tom Coronel in the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
The WTCC saw its first North African driver participate in an event when Mehdi Bennani joined the grid in an Exagon Engineering run SEAT León 2.0 TFSI.Scuderia Proteam Motorsport expanded to three cars for Morocco to run a BMW 320si for Vito Postiglione.Tom Boardman requested a new car which wouldn't have been reading for the Moroccan event so he elected to skip the round and focus on returning for the Race of France.
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