2009 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

Coming into the round, SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship by a three-point margin over BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus. Tom Coronel was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Tom's twin brother Tim Coronel joined SUNRED Engineering for the event to make his WTCC debut.{{cite news|last=Veltman|first=Rob|title=Twin brother Coronel to join at Brno|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3563|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|accessdate=26 December 2012|date=31 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071234/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3563|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}} Exagon Engineering and their driver Mehdi Bennani missed the round before returning at the Race of Portugal.

BMW cars dominated first practice taking the top five positions on Saturday morning. In wet conditions, Andy Priaulx was fastest just under 0.15s ahead of Zanardi. Rickard Rydell was the fastest SEAT drive in sixth place and the fastest Chevrolet was that of Nicola Larini in seventh.{{cite news|last=Veltman|first=Rob|title=BMW dominant in first test session|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=3621|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204164621/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=3621|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|accessdate=26 December 2012|date=20 June 2009}}

BMW filled the top four places in the second free practice session with Farfus setting the fastest time. SEAT cars filled the next five places, led by Gabriele Tarquini while the fastest Chevrolet was Robert Huff in tenth. The track was still damp after the morning but it was drying as the session progressed.{{cite news|last=English|first=Steven|title=Farfus fastest in second Brno practice|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76360|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=26 December 2012|date=20 June 2009}}

Farfus took his third pole position of the year with Priaulx alongside him on the front row. Behind them were Zanardi and the fastest Chevrolet of Larini. Only two SEATs made it through to Q2, Rydell lined up fifth and Tarquini sixth. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Félix Porteiro was the fastest independent lining up tenth. Priaulx had been fastest in Q1 but changing weather conditions favoured Farfus later on. Out in Q1 were SEAT Sport drivers Tiago Monteiro, Jordi Gené and points leader Yvan Muller.{{cite news|title=Farfus secures pole at Brno|url=http://www.crash.net/wtcc/news/148640/1/farfus_secures_pole_at_brno.html|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|accessdate=26 December 2012|date=20 June 2009}}

Farfus was quickest in Sunday mornings warm up session with BMW cars in the top five positions.{{cite news|title=Warm up results - WTCC: Czech Republic 2009|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/world-touring-car-championship-results/3104/warm-up-wtcc-czech-republic-2009/|work=GPupdate|publisher=JHED Media BV|accessdate=26 December 2012|date=21 June 2009}}

Farfus moved to the left at the start, collecting Priaulx, Huff, Larini and Gené before beaching himself in the gravel trap. Priaulx limped back to the pits minus his front bumper and with broken front suspension while Farfus, Huff and Larini were stuck at turn one. The incident allowed Tarquini and Zanardi to pass up the inside and continue. Tarquini led away from the restart before Zanardi quickly passed the SEAT and pulled away into the lead. Zanardi took victory at Brno for the second consecutive year while Jörg Müller had climbed up from eleventh to second ahead of Tarquini. Porteiro was the winning Yokohama Independent driver and Yvan Muller finished eighth to secure pole position for race two.{{cite web|title=ROUNDS 11 & 12 – BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC RACE REPORT |url=http://www.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/97/brno_race_report.pdf |work=fiawtcc.com |publisher=Eurosport |accessdate=26 December 2012 |date=21 June 2009 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Starting on the front row, Porteiro moved into the lead at the start while Hernández then took second from pole sitter Yvan Muller. The leading pair ran close together and on lap three Hernández made his move to take the lead. Porteiro dropped down to fourth on lap four when he was passed by Muller and Monteiro. Behind them, a battle for fifth place was developing between BMW pair Priaulx and Müller and SEAT pair Tarquini and Rydell. While the BMW duo were contesting fifth place, Tarquini and Rydell overtook the pair of them. At the line Hernández took his first ever WTCC win with Muller second and Monteiro third, fourth place for Porteiro secured him the independents' win.

• Bold denotes Fastest lap.

• Bold denotes Fastest lap.

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;Drivers' Championship standings

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;Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings

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;Manufacturers' Championship standings

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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714125648/http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90006wtc.pdf Results Booklet PDF at MST Systems]

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Name_of_race = FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic |

Year_of_race = 2009 |

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Next_race_in_season = 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal |

Previous_year's_race = 2008 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic |

Next_year's_race = 2010 FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic

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FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic