2009 Guia Race of Macau
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| Date | 22 November, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Macau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guia Circuit 6.117 kilometres (3.801 mi) |
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| Laps | 9 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 2:32.141 | ||
| 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 |
 Tiago Monteiro
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SEAT Sport | |
| Time | 2:32.076 | ||
| Laps | 7 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
 Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Second |
 Jörg Müller
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Third |
 Yvan Muller
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SEAT Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Jörg Müller
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BMW Team Germany | |
| Time | 2:32.671 | ||
The 2009 Guia Race of Macau (formally the 2009 Marriott Guia Race of Macau) was the twelfth and final round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season. It was the fifth running of the Guia Race of Macau as a World Touring Car Championship round. It was held on 22 November 2009 on the temporary Guia Circuit around the streets of Macau. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the Formula Three event.
Race One was won by Chevrolet's Robert Huff, while BMW Team Germany driver Augusto Farfus won Race Two. SEAT Sport driver Gabriele Tarquini won the 2009 championship after finishing fifth in Race Two. SEAT beat BMW to the Manufacturer's title, and Tom Coronel won the Independent's Trophy.
Gabriele Tarquini went to Macau with a two-point lead over SEAT Sport teammate and reigning champion Yvan Muller. Thirteen points behind Tarquini was BMW Team Germany driver Augusto Farfus. In the Manufacturers' Championship, SEAT had a three-point lead over BMW. In the Independents' Trophy, Tom Coronel had a thirty-point advantage over Félix Porteiro, although double points were available for Independents in Macau in addition to the bonus points for a top-eight overall finish.
Five local drivers raced in Macau. Guia regular André Couto replaced João Paulo de Oliveira in the third SUNRED Engineering car.Liqui Moly Team Engstler ran five cars in Macau, with regulars Franz Engstler and Kristian Poulsen joined by Henry Ho, who raced for the team at the previous round in Japan, and series debutants Alex Liu and Joseph Rosa Merszei.Masaki Kano, who drove for the team in Japan, did not race in Macau. Lei Kit Meng made his debut in a BMW 320si run jointly by China Dragon Racing and RPM Racing Team. Also, Takayuki Aoki replaced fellow Japanese driver Seiji Ara in the second Wiechers-Sport car.
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