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2009 World Touring Car Championship season
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The 2009 World Touring Car Championship season is the sixth FIA World Touring Car Championship season, the fifth since its 2005 return. It began on March 8, and will end on November 22, after twenty-four races. The championship, which is open to Super 2000 cars and Diesel 2000 cars, is comprised of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.
The championship will run on bio-fuel (a fuel produced mainly from organic matter) and a new weight compensation mechanism from the 2009 season.

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The 2009 World Touring Car Championship season is the sixth FIA World Touring Car Championship season, the fifth since its 2005 return. It began on March 8, and will end on November 22, after twenty-four races. The championship, which is open to Super 2000 cars and Diesel 2000 cars, is comprised of the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers.
The championship will run on bio-fuel (a fuel produced mainly from organic matter) and a new weight compensation mechanism from the 2009 season.
The FIA Formula Two Championship will support the series at five of the seven European rounds (not Pau or Porto) and the Trofeo 500 Abarth will support at all the European races except Pau. The Race of Japan in Okayama will share the place with the inaugural round of the Asian Le Mans Series.
2009 Calendar
The first provisional calendar was released in October, 2008.
Marrakech will host a round on a new temporary street circuit in the heart of the city on May 3rd. Porto will return to the championship.
On November 5, 2008, FIA released a new provisional calendar, and announced the date of the Race of Germany in Oschersleben moved from August 30 to September 6 (due to clash with the date of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix), and the date of the Race of Japan in Okayama moved from October 25 to November 1. The Race of Italy was originally scheduled to be run in Monza but it was changed to Imola, and the date of the event in Italy was also changed (from October 4 to September 20).
* - Marrakech and Porto: subject to the FIA homologation of the circuit.
Teams and Drivers
Standings
Drivers' championship
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Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap
Manufacturers' championship
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Independents' championship
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- The Independents' championship uses a similar system to the main championship, however awards bonus points for fastest laps and pole positions (unlike the main series). It also awards three bonus points per position, if an independent driver finishes within the overall top eight, e.g. if a driver was to finish sixth overall, he would receive nine bonus points. Double points are awarded at Macau.
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