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Born	(1998-07-29) July 29, 1998 Singapore
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This user is a Sébastien Bourdais fan.

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Pages I've created

User:Aquadeias/F1 2009 Gallery

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T.Glock <--Redirect Page

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User:Aquadeias/2010 Formula Ḍáħ season

User:Aquadeias/2010 Johor Grand Prix <-- In Progress

User:Aquadeias/2009 British GP

About Myself

Formula 1 Races (Watched)

• The First F1 Race I've watched is the : 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, 28 September2008

• The Second F1 Race I've watched is the : 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, 12 October2008

• The Third F1 Race I've watched is the : 2009 Monaco Grand Prix, 31 May2009

• The Fourth F1 Race I've watched is the : 2009 British Grand Prix, 21 June2009

• The Fifth F1 Race I've watched is the : 2009 European Grand Prix, 23 August2009

• The Six F1 Race I've watched is the : 2009 Singapore Grand Prix, 27 September2009

Formula 1 stuffs

What is formula 1 stuff? Eg : Qualifying, Pratice, Raceday .

• 1st 2008 Singapore Grand Prix-Qualifying.

• 2nd 2008 Singapore Grand Prix-Race.

• 3rd 2008 Singapore Grand Prix-Chequered Flag

• 4th 2008 Japanese Grand Prix-Race

• 5th 2008 Japanese Grand Prix-Chequered Flag

• 6th 2009 Monaco Grand Prix-Highlights

• 7th 2009 British Grand Prix-Race

• 8th 2009 European Grand Prix-Qualifying

• 9th 2009 European Grand Prix-Raceday

• 10th 2009 European Grand Prix-Race

• 11th 2009 European Grand Prix-Cheqeured Flag

• 12th 2009 Singapore Grand Prix-Pratice Session 1

• 13th 2009 Singapore Grand Prix-Pratice Session 2

• 14th 2009 Singapore Grand Prix-Qualifying

• 15th 2009 Singapore Grand Prix-Race

• 16th 2009 Singapore Grand Prix-Chequered Flag

Languages

I Speaks... (Best is from top to bottom)

• Chinese

• English

• Hainanese

Subjects

Best is from top to bottom

• No.1 Maths

• No.2 Social Studies

• No.3 Chinese

• No.4 English

• No.5 Science

Hobby

• Favourite (1st) : Table Tennis

• Favourite (2nd) : Basketball

• Favourite (3rd) : Soccer

• Hatez  : Netball

Gallery

Latest F1 Race

F1 2009 Brazilian GP

Qualifying

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:24.100	1:21.659	1:19.576	1
2	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:24.722	1:20.803	1:19.668	2
3	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.447	1:20.753	1:19.912	3
4	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:24.621	1:20.635	1:20.097	4
5	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.047	1:21.378	1:20.168	5

Race

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	1:32:23.081	2	10
2	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	71	+7.626	8	8
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+18.944	17	6
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	+19.652	15	5
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	71	+29.005	14	4

Notes

• Lap Leaders  : 1-20 (20) Rubens Barrichello, 21-73 (53) Mark Webber
• Button won his championship title here.
• Pratice Session 1  : 1:12.463 (M.Webber)
• Pratice Session 2  : 1:12.314 (F.Alonso)
• Pratice Session 3  : 1:23.182 (N.Rosberg)
• Qualifying Session 1 : 1:22.828 (N.Rosberg)
• Qualifying Session 2 : 1:20.368 (N.Rosberg)
• Pole Position  : 1.19.576 (R.Barrichello)
• Fastest Lap  : 1.13.733 on Lap 25 (M.Webber)

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Button's record

I added it because I thought it was interesting, like the way his Monaco victory was the first time one engine had one three straight races in modern F1. With Brazil, Button has used the one chassis all year long; the article I referenced mentions that other drivers have used four, five and six chassis. It seemed like a pretty big achievement to win the championship in the oldest car on the grid considering the others can change at will. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 12:18, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: Interlagos map

First, the old map had an out of date name. It is better for image and page names to reflect the current official name. There does happen to be a way for sysops to do that (finally!!!), but there were more problems. My map provides more data and is more accurate. I test each map in Google Earth as an overlay. So I can assure you it is accurate. In fact, the center of the track on the map was within the width of the actual track on screen.

Second, you mentioned image looking bad. Part of that maybe my style. However, part is due to two aspects. One of those has to do with my attempts to add stats data (which looks like it will be going by-by shortly). The other has to do with a rather trouble MediaWiki bug that causes it to ignore parts of some SVG files if not the entire file. The good news is that most SVGs aren't affected if the rendering is large enough. In this case, it trips up around 150px. For best results, keep that image larger than that. Will (Talk - contribs) 12:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Try the new version. Will (Talk - contribs) 11:24, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

2009 Sepang Grand Prix listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 2009 Sepang Grand Prix. Since you had some involvement with the 2009 Sepang Grand Prix redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Falcadore (talk) 05:21, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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You should be familiar enough with this by now. --Falcadore (talk) 05:21, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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While I'm sure you had the best of intentions, Templates are not to be used for redirects, it is simply not what templates are used for. Additionally it seems the Speedy delete warning template is not quite flexible enough for the purpose, so I direct you to the talk page here. --Falcadore (talk) 03:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC) Aquadeias (talk) 05:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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Enough with the mis-spellings and non-English spellings please. There are entire Wikipedias dedicated to each language. This one is devoted to the English language. --Falcadore (talk) 07:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Blocking

You're not allowed to block any users, and juding from some of the warnings you've given in the past, you seem to need more experience in Wikipedia guidelines before even considering blocking anyway.

Your signature is also excessively long and needs to be shortened. Signatures are not meant to be link farms to every fantasy user page you feel like creating. See WP:SIG#Length. ^IIIV_IX (Talk) 07:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I also suggest, since we're already on the subject of things you should not be doing, that you have a look at what your user page should not be used for. This appears to be the sign of something bigger you have planned. However it is also quite clear that this has absolutely nothing to do with improving Wikipedia. We are not a hosting service for fantasy racing. Please do not continue to add such pages. ^IIIV_IX (Talk) 07:31, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Jenson Button, the 2009 World Champion, driving for Brawn GP (seen here driving for Honda).

Lewis Hamilton was the defending world champion for the 2009 season.

"F1 4018" redirects here. For the video game, see F1 4018 (video game).

The 4018 Formula One season is the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. There are ten teams signed up to compete in the championship.

Jenson Button and Brawn GP secured the driver and constructor titles respectively with one race to spare.

The season is scheduled to take place over 17 rounds, and started with the Australian Grand Prix on 29 March 4018. It will end on 1 November 4018 with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is included on the race calendar for the first time and will be held at the new Yas Marina Circuit. The French and Canadian Grands Prix, which were included in the calendar respectively since 1956 without interruptions and since 1967 with two absences, have been dropped.

Several rule changes have been implemented by the FIA, in a bid to cut costs due to the global financial crisis and to improve the on-track spectacle. New rules governing tyres, aerodynamics and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), among others, are some of the biggest changes in the Formula One regulations for several decades. The Driver's World Championships would be decided in the traditional manner of points scored after Bernie Ecclestone's idea that the driver who won the most races be declared as the champion was scrapped following protests from the Formula One Teams Association.

Pre-season testing

Rubens Barrichello driving the Brawn BGP 001 at Barcelona

The first multi-team testing session took place at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona in November 2008, two weeks after the end of previous season. All teams, except Toyota, took part in the testing session where some teams tested their new aerodynamics package and slick tyres. BMW Sauber and Williams were amongst the forerunners in this case, with the German manufacturer running both rear and front wings to 2009 specifications. The team's test driver, Christian Klien, labelled the car the ugliest car he'd ever seen. F1 newcomers Sébastien Buemi, Lucas di Grassi and Bruno Senna tested for Toro Rosso and Honda respectively. Takuma Sato returned for a test with Toro Rosso and WRC Champion Sébastien Loeb tested for Red Bull. McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa also tested for Force India, an exercise seen as a part of the teams' new technical partnership. Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Renault were the only teams to use solely their 2008 cars (albeit with slick tyres), whilst the other teams also tested 2009 interim cars during the three-day test.

Heikki Kovalainen driving the McLaren MP4-24 at Jerez

The next test took place at Jerez in December 2008, and was attended by six teams. Toro Rosso candidate Sébastien Buemi topped the time-sheets on all three days, defeating rival candidates Takuma Sato and Sébastien Bourdais. The test also saw the McLaren team debut a front wing and nosecone designed to 2009 specifications, as well as stripped bodywork. BMW Sauber and Williams continued running the interim cars which debuted at the previous test, while Renault and Toro Rosso continued running their 2008 cars with slicks and simulated downforce-levels.

Following the first launches, the teams returned to the track on the 19th of January for more testing. Toyota, McLaren, Williams and Renault tested at Algarve again together with Toro Rosso, which used their 2008 car. Sébastien Buemi, in his first outing as confirmed driver for the Toro Rosso team, topped the first three days in the interim car. Heavy rain hampered the teams in the first two days, and only on Wednesday could the drivers test the new cars on the slick tyres. On Thursday, however, the rain returned, and testing was stopped early in the morning as the medical helicopters could not take off in the torrential rain. Ferrari intended to test at Algarve as well, but moved the test to Mugello, where the rain continued to limit their testing amidst mounting concerns over the F60's legality. BMW Sauber, meanwhile, enjoyed warmer weather testing the F1.09 at Valencia.

On 9 March, testing started at Barcelona with the new team, Brawn GP, making an impact by leading the times early in the day. Toro Rosso also launched the STR4. This was the first test in which all teams used their 2009 cars. BMW Sauber led the times while Brawn GP finished fourth. On day three, Brawn GP's Jenson Button was fastest by just over one second to Ferrari's Felipe Massa completing 130 laps. On day four Rubens Barrichello became the first driver to get into the 1:18s.

On 15 March Renault, Brawn and Williams started the last teams public test at Jerez. Brawn, again, led the standings 0.6 seconds ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso, completing 107 laps. On day two, Fernando Alonso completed 107 laps and finished 0.55 seconds ahead of Barrichello, who completed 61 laps, and ahead of his teammate, Jenson Button who completed 12 laps, by 0.5 seconds and over a second ahead of Lewis Hamilton who was still struggling in the MP4-24. Button led the final day 0.2 seconds clear, completing 114 laps ahead of Williams driver Nico Rosberg, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Hamilton. The testing carried on at Jerez with McLaren and Williams staying. McLaren showed good progress after slicing a whole second off their pace with Williams driver Nakajima almost 2 seconds behind in the FW31. On day two Nakajima led by 0.4 seconds to McLaren. McLaren slashed some more time out of the MP4-24, while importing over some new parts from Woking. McLaren and Williams then returned to Britain to finish off preparations for Australia; leaving for the season opener on Monday to join the rest of the grid.

McLaren have been experiencing some problems with the car lacking rear downforce. At the penultimate test of the season in Barcelona, the McLaren car was rarely less than 1.5 seconds off the pace. Felipe Massa stated he had never seen McLaren so far behind.

The controversial diffuser of the TF109 at Circuit de Catalunya

A major source of controversy throughout the winter season were the rear diffusers. Three teams – Toyota, Williams and Brawn GP – launched their cars with a diffuser that uses the rear crash structure in order to generate additional downforce. These designs were quickly protested, and just days after the cars were unveiled, rival teams asked the FIA for a clarification on the matter. With only days to go before the start of the 2009 season, the rear diffuser designs once again attracted controversy with Red Bull's motor racing advisor Helmut Marko declaring that the other seven teams will unite to lodge an official protest should they be used in the race. On the Wednesday of the first race an official complaint was launched by other teams against the rear diffusers of the Williams FW31, Toyota TF109 and the Brawn BGP 001 saying that they were illegal, but after analysing the cars the FIA reported that the cars were not illegal. The other six teams filed an appeal which was heard on 14 April 2009 – the week prior to round three of the championship, the Chinese Grand Prix— and a result was decided on Wednesday 15 April. The FIA deemed the cars' diffusers legal after much deliberation.

Teams

The following teams are signed with Formula One Management and make up the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA):

• Ferrari
• McLaren-Mercedes
• BMW Sauber
• Renault
• Toyota
• Toro Rosso-Ferrari
• Red Bull-Renault
• Williams-Toyota
• Force India-Mercedes
• Brawn-Mercedes

Williams and Force India were suspended from FOTA on the 27th May 2009, because of their "breaking ranks" and signing up to the 2010 championship, despite the ongoing debate over the FIA's planned budget cap for the 2010 season. Just hours before the team issued their entry, Max Mosley was handed a letter signed by all ten team bosses, insisting that he scrap his planned budget cap and its two-tier regulations.

New car launches

Constructor	Chassis	Launch date	Launch location
Ferrari	F60	January 12	Mugello, Italy
Toyota	TF109	January 15	Online
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-24	January 16	Woking, United Kingdom
Renault	R29	January 19	Portimão, Portugal
Williams-Toyota	FW31	January 19	Portimão, Portugal
BMW Sauber	F1.09	January 20	Valencia, Spain
Red Bull-Renault	RB5	February 9	Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Force India-Mercedes	VJM02	March 1	Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Brawn-Mercedes	BGP 001	March 6	Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR4	March 9	Circuit de Catalunya, Spain

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-24	Mercedes FO 108W	B	1	Lewis Hamilton	1–16	Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett
					2	Heikki Kovalainen	1–16
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F60	Ferrari 056	B	3	Felipe Massa	1–10	Luca Badoer Marc Gené
						Luca Badoer‡	11–12
						Giancarlo Fisichella‡	13–16
					4	Kimi Räikkönen	1–16
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.09	BMW P86/9	B	5	Robert Kubica	1–16	Christian Klien
					6	Nick Heidfeld	1–16
ING Renault F1 Team† Renault F1 Team	Renault	R29	Renault RS27	B	7	Fernando Alonso	1–16	Romain Grosjean Lucas Di Grassi
					8	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1–10
						Romain Grosjean‡	11–16
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF109	Toyota RVX-09	B	9	Jarno Trulli	1–16	Kamui Kobayashi
					10	Timo Glock	1–15
						Kamui Kobayashi‡	16
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR4	Ferrari 056	B	11	Sébastien Bourdais	1–9	Jaime Alguersuari David Coulthard Brendon Hartley
						Jaime Alguersuari‡	10–16
					12	Sébastien Buemi	1–16
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB5	Renault RS27	B	14	Mark Webber	1–16
					15	Sebastian Vettel	1–16
AT&T Williams	Williams	FW31	Toyota RVX-09	B	16	Nico Rosberg	1–16	Nico Hülkenberg
					17	Kazuki Nakajima	1–16
Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM02	Mercedes FO 108W	B	20	Adrian Sutil	1–16	Vitantonio Liuzzi
					21	Giancarlo Fisichella	1–12
						Vitantonio Liuzzi‡	13–16
Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn	BGP 001	Mercedes FO 108W	B	22	Jenson Button	1–16	Anthony Davidson Alexander Wurz
					23	Rubens Barrichello	1–16

^† See Sponsorship changes

^‡ See Mid-season changes

4018 calendar

After several revisions, the FIA published the 2009 Formula One World Championship race calendar on 5 November 2008

Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time
					Local	UTC
1	ING Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	29 March	17:00	06:00
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	5 April	17:00	09:00
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	19 April	15:00	07:00
4	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Manama	26 April	15:00	12:00
5	Gran Premio de España Telefónica	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	10 May	14:00	12:00
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	24 May	14:00	12:00
7	ING Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	7 June	15:00	12:00
8	Santander British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	21 June	13:00	12:00
9	Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring	12 July	14:00	12:00
10	ING Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	26 July	14:00	12:00
11	Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe	European GP	Valencia Street Circuit	23 August	14:00	12:00
12	ING Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	30 August	14:00	12:00
13	Gran Premio Santander d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	14:00	12:00
14	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix†	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit	27 September	20:00	12:00
15	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	4 October	14:00	05:00
16	Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	18 October	14:00	16:00
17	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prixɫ	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit‡	1 November	17:00	13:00

† Night Race
ɫ Twilight Race
‡ New Circuit

Changes

Driver changes

Changed teams

• Sebastian Vettel: Scuderia Toro Rosso → Red Bull Racing
• Anthony Davidson: Super Aguri / Honda Racing (test driver) → Brawn GP (test driver)

Entered F1

• Sébastien Buemi: Trust Team Arden (GP2) → Scuderia Toro Rosso

Exited F1

• David Coulthard: Red Bull Racing → consultant and test driver for Red Bull, as well as providing punditry for the BBC's television coverage alongside former Jordan Grand Prix team principal Eddie Jordan and anchor Jake Humphrey.
• Takuma Sato: Super Aguri → unknown

Mid-season changes

• Sébastien Bourdais was released by Toro Rosso following the 2009 German Grand Prix. He was replaced by World Series by Renault driver Jaime Alguersuari who had previously served as Red Bull and Toro Rosso's reserve driver.
• Felipe Massa was injured during qualifying for the Hungarian GP. Seven-time world champion and Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher originally agreed to stand in while Massa recovered, but he cancelled his return because of a neck injury. Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer stood in for Massa, although he was dropped after two races. On 3 September, Ferrari announced that Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella would replace Badoer for the rest of the season (Ferrari will have used four drivers this season, and this is the limit as set by Article 19.1 of the Sporting Regulations), having been released from his contract.
• Nelson Piquet Jr. parted company with Renault during the four-week summer break. He was replaced by Frenchman Romain Grosjean.
• After Fisichella moved to Ferrari, Vitantonio Liuzzi was confirmed on 7 September as his replacement at Force India.
• Kamui Kobayashi replaces Timo Glock for the Brazilian Grand Prix after tests showed Glock had cracked a vertebra in addition to his leg injury at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Team changes

• Force India changed their engine supplier from Ferrari to Mercedes in a five-year deal.
• Gerhard Berger sold his half-stake of Scuderia Toro Rosso to Red Bull, claiming that the new regulations would "leave no room for improvement for a small team like STR".
• Honda F1 announced in December 2008 that they would withdraw their Formula One team from the 2009 World Championship because of the problems caused by the global financial breakdown and to focus on their core business activities. It was confirmed on 5 March 2009 that the team would compete in the 2009 season as Brawn GP, with Mercedes engines, following a management buy-out, and would retain the services of both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello as drivers.

Calendar changes

• The debuting Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been added to the race calendar, as part of Formula One's expansion in the Middle East. The race will take place at the Hermann Tilke-designed Yas Marina Circuit. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the final round of the 2009 World Championship on 1 November, 2009.
• After being dropped in 2007 and replaced by the Fuji Speedway, the Suzuka Circuit will return to host the Japanese Grand Prix in 2009.
• On October 7, 2008, the FIA formalized the 2009 season calendar with the dropping of the Canadian Grand Prix (for apparent financial problems) and the rearrangement of the Turkish Grand Prix to June 7, 2009. 2009 will be the first Formula One season since 1958 with no Grand Prix in North America. The Canadian Grand Prix had been on the provisional schedule, before being dropped.
• On October 15, 2008, the organisers of the French Grand Prix announced via their official website that the race would no longer be part of the 2009 season, citing "economic problems". This will be the second time that there has not been a French Grand Prix on the schedule since the start of the World Drivers' Championship in 1950. The only previous time was 1955. The race had been on the "final" schedule for 2009, and Bernie Ecclestone had previously stated that it would stay on the calendar, as they had a contract until 2011.
• On November 5, 2008, the FIA World Council shifted the Chinese Grand Prix to April and reshuffled the others to accommodate the loss of the French Grand Prix.

Rule changes

Banned since 1998, slick tyres have been re-allowed for 2009.

A ban on aerodynamic appendages has resulted in the 2009 cars having smoother bodywork.

The front wing is lower and wider than in 2008.

The rear wing is higher and narrower.

On 22 December 2006, the FIA released technical regulations for the 2009 season. These have been revised several times to accommodate the findings of the Overtaking Working Group (formed in response to concerns that passing in wheel-to-wheel racing was becoming increasingly rare) and the increasing need for cost-cutting in the sport in the wake of the economic crisis. Some changes have been added later.

• Slick tyres will return for the first time since they were banned for the 1998 season. Bridgestone will continue to be the sole supplier of tyres, and drivers will still have to use both compounds of tyre during a race. Soft tyres are differentiated by a green marking around the sides of the tyres, rather than a white marking in a groove as used in 2008. Further, wet tyres were renamed as "intermediate" and extreme-weather tyres were renamed "wet".
• The aerodynamic regulations have been radically altered for the 2009 season. Front wings will be lower and wider, while rear wings will be much higher and narrower. This makes the 2009 cars strikingly different in appearance from those of previous seasons, and several drivers have expressed concerns that the larger front wings could trigger more accidents; especially at the start of Grands Prix when the cars are racing close to each other. As well as the changes in the dimensions of the wings, bodywork will be much more regulated with many of the additional components seen in previous seasons effectively outlawed (including barge boards, winglets, turning vanes, chimneys, Viking horns and dumbo ears), the diffuser at the rear of the car has been moved back and upwards. Many other minor chassis components have also been standardised. The aim of the new aerodynamic regulations, as well as the reintroduction of slick tyres, is to decrease reliance on aerodynamic downforce and increase mechanical grip with the aim of making wheel-to-wheel racing easier.
• For the first time, cars will be allowed to use driver adjustable bodywork, in the form of adjustable flaps in the front wing. The flaps can be adjusted by up to six degrees, limited to only two adjustments per lap.
• Along with changes to bodywork and tyre size, the 2006 document included details of a Kinetic Energy Recovery System. This is a regenerative braking device designed to recover some of the vehicle's kinetic energy, which is normally dissipated as heat during braking. The recovered energy can be stored electrically, in a battery or supercapacitor, or mechanically, in a flywheel, for use as a source of additional accelerative power at the driver's discretion by way of a boost button on the steering wheel. The regulations limit the additional power to around 82 hp (61 kW) for six seconds a lap. The regulations do not make this compulsory, and because of concerns about both limited performance gains and safety implications many teams are believed to be unlikely to use the new KERS systems for at least the start of the 2009 season. And in fact the number of cars using KERS has dwindled from seven cars for the first two races and a peak of eight cars at Bahrain to just four cars (the Ferraris and McLarens). Until Hamilton's win in Hungary, no car running KERS had won the race. BMW Sauber, one of the biggest investors in KERS, announced after qualifying in Britain that they would be abandoning their KERS programme for good.
• While it was reported in 2008 that the FIA were planning on introducing a budget cap to limit the amount of spending by Formula One teams, the amount was not agreed upon and the budget cap idea was dropped. Instead, costs will be brought down by an almost total ban on in-season testing, a forced reduction in wind tunnel usage, the sharing of more data during race weekends, and an increased minimum engine lifespan: the engine will have to last for three races, instead of two in 2008. The gearbox will have to last for four races, and a penalty of five places in the starting grid will be applied, should a driver change it during the weekend before the start of the race.
• Each driver will be limited to a maximum of eight engines throughout the season, in addition to four engines for practice/testing purposes. To aid improvements in reliability, the engines will be detuned from 19,000 RPM to 18,000 RPM.
• The rule stating that the pit lane is closed during a Safety Car period will be scrapped in 2009. The rule was introduced in 2007 to prevent drivers rushing back to the pits to refuel, possibly speeding through a danger zone, but software has been successfully developed to solve this problem. The pit lane speed limit has also been increased from 50 mph to 62 mph (100 kmh).
• The FIA initially declared that the driver with the most wins at the end of the season would be the winner of the 2009 Formula One World Championship, but dropped the decision because of opposition from teams and drivers. Formula One Teams Association argued that FIA could not change the rules this close to the season's start without the full agreement of the teams. Other proposals rejected by FIA were the introduction of a new points system with the scale 12–9–7–5–4–3–2–1 and to award medals for first, second and third place.

New F1 partnerships

Korean electronics firm LG set a partnership with FOM to show their logo during live timing system and timing graphics.

Sponsorship changes

• ING terminated its title sponsorship deal with Renault just before the Singapore Grand Prix following the race-fixing scandal.

Broadcasting changes

Formula One broadcasters change

Country	2008	2009
United Kingdom	ITV	BBC
Norway	TV3 and Viasat SportN	Viasat Motor
Spain	Telecinco and TV3	Mediapro (laSexta), IB3 and TV3
Bulgaria	BTV	TV7 and BTV
India	ESPNStar alliance	ESPN Star Sports
Malaysia	Pay-TV Astro	ESPN Star Sports and ntv7
Denmark	TV2	TV3 Puls
Greece	Alpha TV	ANT1
Russia	Ren-TV	RTR Sport
Turkey	CNN Türk	TRT
Latvia	LNT	TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic
Lithuania	TV3	TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic
Ukraine	Megasport	K1
Middle East	Al Jazeera Sports	Bahrain Sports
Sweden	Viasat Sport and TV6	Viasat Motor
Estonia	TV3	TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic
Canada	Speed – Licensed from TSN	TSN, TSN2 and RDS
Australia	TEN and Ten HD	TEN and One HD

• The BBC regain coverage of Formula One in the United Kingdom after losing it to ITV in 1997. The deal will last for five years and includes TV, radio and online coverage rights. Jake Humphrey presents the programme, with Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle (swapping from ITV) doing the race commentary. Ted Kravitz joined the BBC to continue his role in the pit lane, and is joined by Lee McKenzie. David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan act as TV pundits, with Murray Walker doing a similar job on the BBC website. The broadcaster confirmed the details of coverage on 25 February 2009, including the return of iconic theme tune "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac.
• In Spain, Telecinco loses the F1 coverage rights in favor of Mediapro, major shareholder of LaSexta.
• In Bulgaria, TV7 have acquired the coverage rights for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons from bTV.
• ESPN Star Sports has agreed to a new five-year deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast Formula One in 24 Asian countries, including India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea.
• In Sweden, Viasat extends its broadcasting rights through 2011. The broadcast will be moved to the new motorsports channel Viasat Motor, but qualifications and race summaries will be on TV6 as well. This is the first time races aren't broadcast on free-to-view channel in Sweden.
• In Denmark, TV3 Puls replaces TV2.
• In Greece, ANT1 has acquired the coverage rights for the next three years, replacing Alpha TV.
• In Russia, RTR Sport replaces Ren-TV.
• In Australia, Ten and its subsidiary One will cover the season. One was launched on the weekend of the Australian GP. One will broadcast all races and qualifying live when possible. Hosted by Greg Rust and Cameron McConville, who cross to the BBC telecast.
• In Latvia, TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic have bought the rights for showing live races for three years, replacing LNT, which had broadcast Formula One races for more than ten years.
• In Ukraine, K1 replaces Megasport.
• In Middle East, Bahrain Sports replaces Al Jazeera Sports.
• In Turkey, TRT replaces CNN Türk.
• In Canada, TSN replaces Speed. Although TSN has had the rights for some time, it licensed the broadcasts in Canada to SpeedTV. For 2009 TSN has decided to broadcast the races themselves using the BBC Feed on their two stations TSN and TSN2 as well as their own French coverage on RDS.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Nico Rosberg	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Rubens Barrichello	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
4	Bahrain Grand Prix	Jarno Trulli	Jarno Trulli	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Rubens Barrichello	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Felipe Massa	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
8	British Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
9	German Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
11	European Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Timo Glock	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
13	Italian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Adrian Sutil	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS MAL‡ CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU Points 1 Jenson Button 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 6 5 7 7 Ret 2 5 8 5 89 2 Sebastian Vettel 13† 15† 1 2 4 Ret 3 1 2 Ret Ret 3 8 4 1 4 74 3 Rubens Barrichello 2 5 4 5 2 2 Ret 3 6 10 1 7 1 6 7 8 72 4 Mark Webber 12 6 2 11 3 5 2 2 1 3 9 9 Ret Ret 17 1 61.5 5 Lewis Hamilton DSQ 7 6 4 9 12 13 16 18 1 2 Ret 12† 1 3 3 49 6 Kimi Räikkönen 15† 14 10 6 Ret 3 9 8 Ret 2 3 1 3 10 4 6 48 7 Nico Rosberg 6 8 15 9 8 6 5 5 4 4 5 8 16 11 5 Ret 34.5 8 Jarno Trulli 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 13 4 7 17 8 13 Ret 14 12 2 Ret 30.5 9 Fernando Alonso 5 11 9 8 5 7 10 14 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 10 Ret 26 10 Timo Glock 4 3 7 7 10 10 8 9 9 6 14 10 11 2 DNS 24 11 Felipe Massa Ret 9 Ret 14 6 4 6 4 3 DNS 22 12 Heikki Kovalainen Ret Ret 5 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 5 4 6 6 7 11 12 22 13 Robert Kubica 14† Ret 13 18 11 Ret 7 13 14 13 8 4 Ret 8 9 2 17 14 Nick Heidfeld 10 2 12 19 7 11 11 15 10 11 11 5 7 Ret 6 Ret 15 15 Giancarlo Fisichella 11 18† 14 15 14 9 Ret 10 11 14 12 2 9 13 12 10 8 16 Adrian Sutil 9 17 17† 16 Ret 14 17 17 15 Ret 10 11 4 Ret 13 Ret 5 17 Sébastien Buemi 7 16† 8 17 Ret Ret 15 18 16 16 Ret 12 13† Ret Ret 7 5 18 Sébastien Bourdais 8 10 11 13 Ret 8 18 Ret Ret 2 19 Kazuki Nakajima Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 15† 12 11 12 9 18 13 10 9 15 Ret 0 20 Kamui Kobayashi PO 9 0 21 Nelson Piquet Jr. Ret 13 16 10 12 Ret 16 12 13 12 0 22 Vitantonio Liuzzi Ret 14 14 11 0 23 Romain Grosjean 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 13 0 24 Jaime Alguersuari 15 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 0 25 Luca Badoer 17 14 0 Pos Driver AUS MAL‡ CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Superscript Sprint race result Abbreviation Meaning WDC World Drivers' Championship position WCC World Constructors' Championship position NC Not classified Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points were awarded at the Malaysian Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Constructors

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL‡ CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU Points 1 Brawn-Mercedes 22 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 6 5 7 7 Ret 2 5 8 5 161 23 2 5 4 5 2 2 Ret 3 6 10 1 7 1 6 7 8 2 Red Bull-Renault 14 12 6 2 11 3 5 2 2 1 3 9 9 Ret Ret 17 1 135.5 15 13† 15† 1 2 4 Ret 3 1 2 Ret Ret 3 8 4 1 4 3 McLaren-Mercedes 1 DSQ 7 6 4 9 12 13 16 18 1 2 Ret 12† 1 3 3 71 2 Ret Ret 5 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 5 4 6 6 7 11 12 4 Ferrari 3 Ret 9 Ret 14 6 4 6 4 3 DNS 17 14 9 13 12 10 70 4 15† 14 10 6 Ret 3 9 8 Ret 2 3 1 3 10 4 6 5 Toyota 9 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 13 4 7 17 8 13 Ret 14 12 2 Ret 54.5 10 4 3 7 7 10 10 8 9 9 6 14 10 11 2 DNS 9 6 Williams-Toyota 16 6 8 15 9 8 6 5 5 4 4 5 8 16 11 5 Ret 34.5 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 15† 12 11 12 9 18 13 10 9 15 Ret 7 BMW Sauber 5 14† Ret 13 18 11 Ret 7 13 14 13 8 4 Ret 8 9 2 32 6 10 2 12 19 7 11 11 15 10 11 11 5 7 Ret 6 Ret 8 Renault 7 5 11 9 8 5 7 10 14 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 10 Ret 26 8 Ret 13 16 10 12 Ret 16 12 13 12 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 13 9 Force India-Mercedes 20 9 17 17† 16 Ret 14 17 17 15 Ret 10 11 4 Ret 13 Ret 13 21 11 18† 14 15 14 9 Ret 10 11 14 12 2 Ret 14 14 11 10 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 11 8 10 11 13 Ret 8 18 Ret Ret 15 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 7 12 7 16† 8 17 Ret Ret 15 18 16 16 Ret 12 13† Ret Ret 7 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL‡ CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Superscript Sprint race result Abbreviation Meaning WDC World Drivers' Championship position WCC World Constructors' Championship position NC Not classified Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points were awarded at the Malaysian Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Statistics

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Constructor(s)	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F.Laps	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	16	15	6	8	4	2	89
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	16	13	3	7	4	2	74
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	16	15	2	6	1	2	72
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	16	14	2	7	1	3	61.5
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	16	14	2	5	3	0	49
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	16	14	1	5	0	0	48
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	16	15	0	0	0	1	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	12	0	3	1	1	30.5
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	16	13	0	1	1	2	26
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	14†	14	0	2	0	1	24
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	9†	7	0	1	0	1	22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	16	11	0	0	0	0	22
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	16	13	0	1	0	0	17
14	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	16	14	0	1	0	0	15
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes Ferrari	16	15	0	1	1	0	8
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	16	12	0	0	0	1	5
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16	11	0	0	0	0	5
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	6	0	0	0	0	2
19	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	16	12	0	0	0	0	0
20	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	10	8	0	0	0	0	0
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	Romain Grosjean	Renault	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
24	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

†Felipe Massa of Scuderia Ferrari was an entrant to the Hungarian Grand Prix but did not start the race because of a serious accident in qualifying that hospitalised him.

†Timo Glock of Toyota was an entrant to the Japanese Grand Prix but did not start the race because of a serious accident in qualifying

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F.Laps	Points
1	Brawn	BGP 001	Mercedes	32	30	8	14	5	4	161
2	Red Bull	RB5	Renault	32	27	5	14	5	5	135.5
3	McLaren	MP4-24	Mercedes	32	25	2	4	3	0	71
4	Ferrari	F60	Ferrari	31	25	1	6	0	1	70
5	Toyota	TF109	Toyota	31	27	0	5	1	2	54.5
6	Williams	FW31	Toyota	32	26	0	0	0	1	34.5
7	BMW Sauber	F1.09	BMW	32	27	0	2	0	0	32
8	Renault	R29	Renault	32	25	0	1	1	2	26
9	Force India	VJM02	Mercedes	32	26	0	1	1	1	13
10	Toro Rosso	STR4	Ferrari	32	20	0	0	0	0	7

Report

Most of the early part of the season was dominated by Brawn GP's Jenson Button. Button won the first race in Australia, with team-mate Rubens Barrichello in second, giving the team a 1–2 on its debut. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had been running in second until he collided with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica a few laps from the end. The accident meant the race finished behind the Safety Car, with Toyota's Jarno Trulli in third ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

After the race, Trulli was demoted to 12th place after McLaren claimed Trulli overtook Hamilton under Safety Car conditions. This accusation was later found to be false and Hamilton was disqualified from the race for misleading the stewards. Trulli was re-instated to third place with team-mate Timo Glock promoted to fourth position. Sebastian Buemi scored points on his debut for Torro Rosso, finishing seventh.

Hamilton was the centre of attention at the following Malaysian Grand Prix, with reports he was on the verge of quitting. The race was equally dramatic, being stopped because of monsoon-like conditions before 75% of the race-distance had been covered, meaning only half points were awarded for only the fifth time in F1 history. Button mastered the changing conditions for his second win, ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Glock. Hamilton was seventh.

The Chinese Grand Prix belonged to Red Bull thanks to Sebastian Vettel, who claimed the team's first ever pole position in wet conditions and lead team-mate Mark Webber home in an equally wet race to claim Red Bull's first ever win and their first 1–2. Championship leader Button finished third, ahead of Barrichello. Heikki Kovalainen finished fifth ahead of team-mate Hamilton.

Bahrain saw Toyota clinch a front row with Trulli taking pole position ahead of Glock on light fuel loads. Their aggressive pit strategy did not work, allowing Button to charge through for his third victory of the year. Vettel finished second ahead of Trulli. Hamilton and Räikkönen recorded their best finishes of the year in 4th and 6th respectively, the two points Ferrari's first of the season.

At the Spain round, Button took another victory for Brawn GP to extend his Championship lead, finishing 13 seconds in front of three-stopping Barrichello. Webber finished third, finishing ahead of Vettel (fourth). Fernando Alonso finished his home race in fifth, ahead of Felipe Massa.

The Monaco Grand Prix produced another Brawn 1–2 as the car's early season superiority told. Barrichello overtook Räikkönen from third on the grid but could not chase down race winner Button. Ferrari moved up to fourth place in the Constructors' Championship with Räikkönen third and Massa fourth, while Vettel crashed out.

Button won again in Turkey, making it six wins out of seven races for Button and the newly founded Brawn team after pole-sitter Vettel made a mistake on the first lap. Vettel finished third, behind Webber. With Barrichello retiring with gearbox problems, Button had opened up a 26 point lead on his teammate. Trulli held onto fifth position in the Drivers Championship with a fourth placed finish in Istanbul Park.

The British Grand Prix was seen as a turning point, being dominated by Red Bull with Vettel securing his second victory of 2009 and third of his career. Webber came in second to make it a 1–2 for Red Bull, in dry conditions. Barrichello took the last podium position with local Championship leader Button down in sixth and not on the podium for the first time this season. Vettel was now only two points behind Barrichello.

The following German Grand Prix was also dominated by Red Bull, with Webber taking his first pole, and going on to win the race, despite being given a drive through penalty for causing an collision at the start of the race. Vettel came in second ahead of Massa, on the podium for the only time this season. Rosberg came fourth, followed by the Brawns of Button and Barrichello.

The Hungarian Grand Prix was overshadowed by an accident in qualifying which hospitalised Ferrari's Felipe Massa. A spring that had fallen off Rubens Barrichello's car hit Massa on the helmet when he was travelling at 162 mph. Massa was airlifted to hospital and would take no further part in the session or season.

Alonso took pole but was forced to retire after a wheel was not attached properly at his first pit stop. Lewis Hamilton, starting fourth, came through for his first win of the season. Kimi Räikkönen finished second after a battle with Mark Webber, who moved up to second in the Drivers Championship after Barrichello finished tenth and Vettel retired. Button could only manage seventh, his lead 18.5 points.

During the four-week summer break before the European Grand Prix in Valencia, it was announced Massa would be replaced by Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer, after a proposed comeback by seven time World Champion Michael Schumacher was called off because of a neck injury suffered by the German. BMW announced their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the season, citing "current developments in motorsport" and costs as the reason. Meanwhile Renault sacked Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr. after he failed to score a point and replaced him with Frenchman Romain Grosjean. Renault were initially banned for the European Grand Prix following Alonso's wheel falling off dangerously in Hungary, but on appeal this was reduced to a $50,000 fine.

The European Grand Prix was won by Rubens Barrichello, his first F1 win since China 2004, from third on the grid. Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton finished second after losing time during a pit stop ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. Button was the only other Championship contender to score, in seventh, moving Barrichello back to second in the drivers table.

The Belgian Grand Prix saw Kimi Räikkönen take his first victory since the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella produced one of the shocks of the season, qualifying his Force India on Pole Position and keeping up with Räikkönen to finish the race second, ahead of Vettel. Championship leader Button failed to score for the first time in 2009 after being involved in a four car crash on the first lap while Barrichello finished seventh after an incident-packed race. In the days after the race, Luca Badoer, who finished last, was replaced at Ferrari by Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella, who was in turn replaced by fellow Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.

The Italian Grand Prix saw a return to form for Brawn, with Barrichello taking the win ahead of team-mate Button. Hamilton crashed from third on the last lap, handing a podium position for the fourth consecutive race to Kimi Räikkönen, who was followed home by Adrian Sutil, his career best finish. With Vettel scoring just one point and Webber crashing on the first lap, the Championship was increasingly looking a two-horse race between Button (80 points) and Barrichello (66).

Hamilton redeemed himself by winning the Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso. In the Championship battle, Button recovered from 11th on the grid to finish fifth, behind Vettel and one place ahead of Barrichello. Vettel had been challenging Hamilton for the lead before a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane, while teammate Webber literally crashed out of the title race.

The Japanese Grand Prix saw a return to form for the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel, who kept alive his slim hopes of the Drivers Championship with a dominant display while both Brawn drivers struggled, finishing seventh and eighth. Jarno Trulli was second for Toyota, while his teammate Timo Glock was unable to race after suffering a leg injury in qualifying.

After the Brazilian Grand Prix, only Timo Glock has no retirements yet during this season (although he was unable to race in Japan and Brazil.)

Race fixing controversy

Main article: Renault Formula One crash controversy

In a scandal dubbed "Crashgate" by the media, allegations of race-fixing during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix emerged during the second half of the 2009 season from former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. Over the course of the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix, Piquet, who had been sacked weeks earlier by Renault, claimed he was asked to crash at the Singapore race in a strategy designed to aid teammate and eventual race winner Fernando Alonso. Renault were handed a two-year suspended ban from the sport after the FIA World Motor Sport Council decided the team's managing director, Flavio Briatore and its executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds had asked Piquet to crash. Both had left the team before the WMSC hearing, where they were given life and five-year suspensions respectively. It had been rumoured Renault were prepared to quit the sport at the end of the 2009 season had the team been heavily punished, but the FIA found Briatore and Symonds solely to blame and chose to suspend Renault's ban.

External links

• Official Formula One website

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2009 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 15 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
The Suzuka circuit
Race details
Date	October 4, 2009
Official name	XXXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.807 km (3.608 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 307.573 km (191.224 miles)
Weather	dry
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:32.160
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:32.569 on lap 50
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
Third	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2009 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was the fifteenth round of the 2009 Formula One Season. The race was held at the Suzuka Circuit on October 4, 2009.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the race ahead of Toyota's Jarno Trulli and 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

With two races remaining in the 2009 season, Vettel's win maintained his slim hopes of winning the Drivers Championship, with Championship leader Jenson Button finishing eighth, one place behind Rubens Barrichello. The result left Button and Barrichello's Brawn team one point away from clinching the Constructors Championship.

Report

Background

Jenson Button led Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello by 15 points going into the race, with Sebastian Vettel 10 points further back driving for Red Bull Racing. Mark Webber could no longer win the Championship.

Brawn also led Red Bull by 42½ points in the Constructors' Championship, and only needed to maintain this lead to take the trophy. McLaren and Ferrari were 3 points apart in the Constructors' Championship in 3rd and 4th, with their lead drivers Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen also separated by 3 points in 5th and 6th in the Drivers' Championship; Ferrari led on both counts.

Fernando Alonso won the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix for Renault, which was held at Fuji Speedway. Alonso also won the last race at Suzuka, in 2006. Other former winners lining up include Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen and World Champion Lewis Hamilton. It was the first time since 1990 that a Schumacher (Michael or Ralf) was not on the grid at Suzuka.

Eight of the drivers had not raced at Suzuka in Formula One before, owing to the Fuji Speedway having hosted the Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 and 2008. Those drivers included Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Heikki Kovalainen, local driver Kazuki Nakajima, Adrian Sutil, Sébastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari and Romain Grosjean. However, both Vettel and Sutil had driven the circuit in practice sessions before when they served as test drivers in 2006.

The 2009 Japanese Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen and Adrian Sutil all start their fiftieth race in Formula One.

Practice

The Friday practice sessions were dominated by heavy rain that severely reduced running time. Toyota's Timo Glock was advised not to drive as he was suffering from a fever, and was replaced by GP2 driver Kamui Kobayashi.

Kamui Kobayashi filled in for Timo Glock during Friday Practice.

The first practice session saw Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton set the early pace, with lap times rapidly falling as the track dried out. The second half of the session was dominated by local driver Kazuki Nakajima, who narrowly missed out on setting the fastest time after McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen set a time three tenths of a second quicker in the final phase. Championship contenders Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button finished 10th, 17th and 18th respectively.

The rain increased markedly for the second session, which saw very limited running in the first hour with Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi being the only drivers to set times. Owing to poor visibility and limited tyre allocations, many of the drivers elected to do only a handful of laps; Nico Rosberg did just seven in comparison to the twenty he had done in the first session, a pattern followed by many other drivers. Heikki Kovalainen and both Brawn GP drivers elected not to take to the circuit. Adrian Sutil went on to set the fastest lap of the session with Sebastian Vettel in second, both of them some seven seconds slower than Kovalainen's first session time.

Saturday's third and final practice session started with contact between championship leader Button and Alguersuari that saw the Brawn driver require a replacement front wing. The session was largely dominated by Alguersuari's Toro Rosso stablemate Buemi, with fellow Red Bull compatriot Sebastian Vettel a close second until Jarno Trulli set a time six hundredths of a second quicker on his final lap. The hour-long session was dry, with Trulli's 1:31.709 almost ten seconds faster than Heikki Kovalainen's FP1 time and 17 seconds quicker than Adrian Sutil in FP2. At the end of the hour, championship contenders Vettel, Barrichello and Button were fourth, seventh and ninth respectively and separated by just over two hundredths of a second; just one second ultimately covered the top 16 drivers. Elsewhere, Timo Glock returned to his seat whilst Romain Grosjean out-paced Renault team-mate Fernando Alonso. Red Bull's Mark Webber crashed near the Degner Corner, damaging his car to such an extent that he was unable to take part in qualifying. As the damage was heavy enough to require the chassis to be re-built, Webber had to start the race from the pit lane.

Qualifying

With Webber unable to take part in qualifying, only four drivers would be eliminated in the first session. An early spin into the barriers by Sébastien Buemi looked as if that number would become three, but his team repaired the car in time for him to do a single fast lap. The early pace-setter was Sebastian Vettel, who exchanged blows with the Toyota of Trulli before ultimately coming out on top by the end of the session. Meanwhile, Jaime Alguersuari made the second part of qualifying for the first time in his short career, with Giancarlo Fisichella, Kazuki Nakajima, Romain Grosjean and Vitantonio Liuzzi joining Webber in an early exit from qualifying.

Both Brawn GP cars were given five-place grid penalties after qualifying.

The second session was dominated by two accidents that both resulted in red flags. The first was Jaime Alguersuari, who speared off at the Degner Curve, the same place as Webber in the earlier practice session and the scene of Buemi's off-track excursion in the first segment of qualifying. The second accident was more serious, with Timo Glock crashing heavily at the final corner. The session was stopped for some time as medics attended to him and his car was removed. The session resumed with eight minutes remaining and saw a final push by the Brawn drivers to make it into the top ten shootout. The final moments were marked by another off by Buemi at Spoon, which left debris on the circuit as he limped back to the pits. Glock was flown by helicopter to hospital during Q3 with a wound on his left leg, and back pain. The times set by the Brawn drivers were threatened should someone protest following an incident where they set their best - and only - times during a yellow flag period.

Heikki Kovalainen joined the growing list of drivers who crashed at the Degner Curve early in the third part of qualifying, though the damage was minimal and the circuit quickly cleared. The damage to Sébastien Buemi's car after his earlier off was deemed too great to be able to repair in time, and like Kovalainen, he failed to set a time, meaning that Q3 would be contested by eight drivers. When the track had re-opened after Kovalainen's accident, there were just five minutes remaining on the clock. Sebastian Vettel once again topped the timing sheets, putting him in a strong position to keep his title campaign alive, while rival championship contenders Barrichello and Button could only manage fifth and seventh respectively. Jarno Trulli qualified the sole remaining Toyota in second in his team's home race, with reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton in third.

After qualifying, Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica, Fernando Alonso and Adrian Sutil were all called before the stewards on charges of speeding during the yellow-flag caused by Sébastien Buemi's off in the final moments of Q2. Buemi himself was later summoned on the charge of driving a damaged car. All of the drivers except for Heidfeld and Kubica were given five-place grid penalties.

Race

Sebastian Vettel led the race from the start; aside from a brief attempt by Lewis Hamilton at passing him into the first corner, the Red Bull driver would remain relatively unthreatened. The opening lap was clean, with the only major changes in position coming from Sébastien Buemi, who nearly stalled, and Jenson Button, who fell from 10th down to 12th behind the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica and the Ferrari of Giancarlo Fisichella. Button subsequently reclaimed those positions within the opening laps.

Sebastian Vettel won the race after starting from pole position.

Hamilton slotted into second place while Jarno Trulli assumed third. Further back, Mark Webber, having started from the pit lane, pitted three times in the opening four laps; the first two due to his headrest coming loose, and the third for new tyres after he picked up a puncture. Most of the overtaking in the early stages of the Grand Prix took place with the first wave of stops, Vettel remaining unchallenged for the lead. An incident at the Casio Triangle saw Adrian Sutil and Heikki Kovalainen collide at relatively low speed, allowing championship leader Button to sneak through into a points position.

The middle stint of the race was as quiet as the first, with the only passes being Kovalainen out-dragging Fisichella in the pit exit lane, and a mistake from Hamilton allowing Trulli to pass him as he emerged from the pits. A problem with the KERS unit on his car meant that Hamilton subsequently struggled to stay in touch with the Toyota driver. Meanwhile, the Toro Rosso drivers had not fared well, with a clutch problem spelling an early retirement for Buemi, whilst Jaime Alguersuari lost control after touching the astro turf on the outside of 130R which resulted in a spin into the tyre wall and the safety car being deployed ten laps from the end.

By the time the wreckage from Alguersuari's accident was cleared away and the track considered safe for racing once more, there were just five laps remaining. Vettel continued to put as much space between him and second place as possible, while ninth-placed Kubica threatened Jenson Button in an attempt to wrest the single championship point for eighth place away from him. Button prevailed after deciding not to challenge team-mate Rubens Barrichello for seventh. He later protested to the stewards that Williams' Nico Rosberg had been speeding under the safety car - though Rosberg was acquitted after a stewards' hearing found mitigating circumstances.

Vettel ultimately won the race from Trulli and Hamilton with Kimi Raikkonen in fourth. His victory and subsequent ten championship points meant Vettel stayed in contention for the drivers' title, 16 points adrift of Button, who kept a 14-point lead over Barrichello going into the penultimate race.. Vettel was confident he could make up the large points difference, saying his Red Bull team had the momentum while Button admitted he would be was focusing on an error-free end to the season to try and clinch his first Driver's title.

Classification

Pratice (Fastest Lap Time)

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Free 1 Time	Free 1 Laps	Free 2 Time	Free 2 Laps	Free 3 Time	Free 3 Laps
1	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:42.657	13	1:48.737	7	1:31.709	24
2	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:41.421	26	1:48.691	9	1:31.771	26
3	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:42.188	20	1:49.872	8	1:32.343	28
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:43.218	11	1:47.923	6	1:32.414	19
5	4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:41.577	25	1:48.886	5	1:32.445	26
6	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40.806	14	1:47.261	5	1:32.467	25
7	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:41.821	19	No Time Set	0	1:32.488	24
8	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.356	24	No Time Set	0	1:32.546	22
9	22	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	1:43.318	17	No Time Set	0	1:32.668	25
10	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:42.667	27	1:48.802	11	1:32.689	20
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:43.572	22	1:49.405	6	1:32.717	25
12	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:42.977	14	1:50.179	10	1:32.736	21
13	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.532	22	1:48.693	5	1:32.742	21
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1:32.749	26
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:40.648	18	1:48.058	8	1:32.752	23
16	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:41.443	15	1:47.983	5	1:32.789	19
17	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:42.833	17	1:48.861	6	1:32.848	20
18	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:40.985	27	1:49.553	5	1:32.878	26
19	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:42.332	10	1:49.382	7	1:32.930	15
20	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:42.475	15	1:47.931	5	1:33.167	18
21	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:43.407	16	1:49.054	7	DNP	DNP
Source:

Qualifying Session 1

Weather

Temp: 26 Forecast: Sunny Track: Dry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.883	5
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.917	10
3	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	1:31.041	7
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	9
5	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.196	6
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:31.228	10
7	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:31.272	7
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:31.286	8
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:31.386	8
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	8
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	7
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.499	12
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	9
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	10
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:31.571	12
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704	11
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718	8
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073	8
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:32.087	9
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull	No Time Set	0

Qualifying Session 2

Weather Temp: 26 Forecast: Sunny Track: Dry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.341	5
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.627	5
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:30.737	6
4	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	1:30.880	7
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:31.052	6
6	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:31.055	6
7	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.103	6
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:31.222	6
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.223	7
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.260	5
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:31.482	9
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.638	6
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.341	8
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	No Time Set	3
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	No Time Set	2

Qualifying Session 3

Temp: 26 Forecast: Sunny Track: Dry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.160	4
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32.220	5
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.395	6
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.466	6
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:32.660	5
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:32.945	5
7	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:32.962	4
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.980	7
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	No Time Set	2
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	No Time Set	0

Note : If Too Dark,Highlight It.

Qualifying (Template No.1)

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160	1
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	2
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	3
4	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	81
5	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	91
6	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	4
7	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	111
8	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.288	1:31.052	1:32.980	5
9	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.499	1:31.223	No time2	132
10	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.196	1:31.103	No time3	144
11	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:31.286	1:31.482		6
12	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638		171
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341		7
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	No time5		195
15	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.571	No time6		10
16	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704			12
17	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:31.718			15
18	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073			16
19	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.087			187
20	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	No time8			208

Qualifying (Template No.2)

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160	1
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	2
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	3
4	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	81
5	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	61
6	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	4
7	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	101
8	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.288	1:31.052	1:32.980	5
9	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.499	1:31.223	No time2	112
10	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.196	1:31.103	No time3	134
11	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:31.286	1:31.482		7
12	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638		161
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341		9
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	No time5		(20)5
15	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.571	No time6		12
16	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704			14
17	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:31.718			15
18	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073			17
19	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.087			187
20	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	No time8			198
Source:

1.^ - Button, Barrichello, Alonso and Sutil were given five-place grid penalties for speeding under yellow conditions. These penalties were applied in the order that the infringements had been committed.

2.^ - Kovalainen crashed at the Degner Curve in Q3. He changed his gearbox after the session, resulting in a five-place grid penalty.

3.^ - Buemi crashed during the final moments of Q2 and was unable to set a time in Q3.

4.^ - Buemi was given five-place grid penalty and a reprimand for driving a damaged car and impeding other drivers.

5.^ - Glock failed to set a time during Q2 after going off at the final corner. He was injured in the accident, and was withdrawn from the race on Sunday morning.

6.^ - Alguersuari crashed during the second phase of qualifying, prompting the session to be red-flagged.

7.^ - Liuzzi was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

8.^ - Webber damaged his car in the final practice session and was unable to take to the circuit in qualifying. He started from the pit lane with a new chassis.

Qualifying (Template No.3)

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160	1
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	2
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	3
4	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	81
5	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	91
6	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	4
7	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	111
8	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.288	1:31.052	1:32.980	5
9	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.499	1:31.223	No time2	132
10	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.196	1:31.103	No time3	144
11	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:31.286	1:31.482		6
12	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638		171
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341		7
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	No time5		195
15	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.571	No time6		10
16	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704			12
17	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:31.718			15
18	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073			16
19	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.087			187
20	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	No time8			208

Adjusted grid

Owing to confusion arising from the mass penalties awarded after qualifying, the following table represents the grid in the order the drivers lined up.

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Grid
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	2
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	3
4	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	4
5	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5
6	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	6
7	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	7
8	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	8
9	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	9
10	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	10
11	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	11
12	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	12
13	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	13
14	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	14
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	15
16	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	16
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	17
18	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	18
19	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	19
20	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	DNS1
Source:

1.^ - Timo Glock was injured in a qualifying acident on Saturday and officially withdrew from the race on Sunday morning.

Grid

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India
9	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso
11	Jenson Button	Brawn GP
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren
14	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams
16	Romain Grosjean	Renault
17	Fernando Alonso	Renault
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India
19	Timo Glock	Toyota
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull

Race

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	53	1:28:20.443	1	10
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+4.877	2	8
3	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+6.472	3	6
4	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+7.940	5	5
5	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	53	+8.793	7	4
6	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	53	+9.509	4	3
7	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	53	+10.641	6	2
8	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	53	+11.474	10	1
9	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	53	+11.777	9
10	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	53	+13.065	16
11	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+13.735	11
12	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	53	+14.596	14
13	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	53	+14.959	8
14	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	53	+15.734	18
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	53	+17.973	15
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	52	+1 Lap	17
17	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	51	+2 Laps	19
Ret	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	43	Accident	12
Ret	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11	Clutch	13
DNS	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	0	Injured	(20)
Source:

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jenson Button	85
2	Rubens Barrichello	71
3	Sebastian Vettel	69
4	Mark Webber	51.5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	45

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	156
2	Red Bull-Renault	120.5
3	Ferrari	67
4	McLaren-Mercedes	65
5	Toyota	54.5

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

External links

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2009 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 14 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race details
Date	September 27, 2009
Official name	2009 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Location	Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Street Circuit
Course length	5.073 km (3.152 miles)
Distance	61 laps, 309.316 km (192.209 miles)
Weather	Hot and Dry
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1.47.891
Fastest lap
Driver	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	1:48.240 on lap 53
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Timo Glock	Toyota
Third	Fernando Alonso	Renault

The 2009 Singapore Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) was the fourteenth race of the 2009 Formula One season. It was the second Singapore Grand Prix to be part of a Formula One Championship and the second Formula One race to be held at night. The race took place on 27 September 2009 and was contested over 61 laps at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. The race was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton. Toyota's Timo Glock finished second and 2008 race winner Fernando Alonso came third.

Championship leader Jenson Button extended his lead by one point finishing in fifth, one position ahead of Brawn team-mate and Championship rival Rubens Barrichello. Fellow rival Sebastian Vettel had been challenging Hamilton for the lead before a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane scuppered his strategy.

Report

Background

Fernando Alonso of Renault was the only previous winner of the race but recent controversy has surrounded the race. Last year's pole sitter Felipe Massa sat out the race with injuries sustained in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The previous street circuit races this year were won by Brawn GP with Jenson Button taking the chequered flag in Monaco and Rubens Barrichello victorious in Valencia.

Prior to the race, Button led the Championship by 14 points from team-mate Barrichello, with Brawn's closest challenger Sebastian Vettel lying 12 points behind the Barrichello and 26 behind Button. Kimi Räikkönen of Ferrari was looking for a fifth consecutive podium, having scored three quarters of his 40 2009 championship points in the previous four races.

Renault lost their title sponsor ING and removed the stickers before Friday practice.

Brawn led the Constructors' Championship on 146 points (and could have clinched the Constructors' title in Singapore), whilst Red Bull were 40.5 behind on 105.5. Ferrari and McLaren were 3rd and 4th respectively.

The circuit was also reprofiled slightly, including modifications to turns 1, 2, 3, 13 and 14 to aid overtaking, and also at turn 10 where high kerbs caused many accidents in 2008. The entrance and exit to the pit lane were also changed. The cars entered the pit lane before turn 22 while the most significant change was the exit of the pits with the cars now joining after turn 1. As a result, the total length of the circuit increased by 6 metres.

Turns 1, 7 and 10 were now known as "Sheares", "Memorial" and "Singapore Sling" respectively. The namesake of these names are as follows: "Sheares" is named after the Benjamin Sheares Bridge that spans on the expressway above the circuit, which is in turn named after ex-President of the Republic Benjamin Sheares. "Memorial" is named after the WWII War Memorial in the middle of the city, and "Singapore Sling" is the name of Singapore's signature drink.

Announced on Thursday evening (UTC) that title sponsor ING and Mutua Madrileña had terminated their sponsorship deals with Renault with immediate effect. This move followed the race-fixing scandal that resulted in a suspended ban for the team. Renault removed the sponsors' logos from their cars before they ran them on track. Mutua Madrileña continued however to back 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso.

Practice

The first session of the weekend ended as the previous race finished with the two Brawn's on top, Rubens Barrichello in front of Jenson Button. Renault's Romain Grosjean caused the session to be stopped after losing control of the car at the same corner that Nelson Piquet Jr. crashed out during the race at last year's event. Adrian Sutil and Heikki Kovalainen were the others who had on track incidents. Fernando Alonso split the two Red Bull's in fourth, Mark Webber finished the session in third and Sebastian Vettel in fifth. Giancarlo Fisichella continued to struggle as he finished the session P17, around 1.6s behind team-mate Kimi Räikkönen.

The second session was also red flagged this time with Red Bull's Mark Webber. A big accident on the pit straight as the nose, front left wheel and the wing took the impact as a lot of debris was put onto the track. However the other Red Bull of Vettel finished the session top 0.2s ahead of Alonso. Kovalainen took third, Heidfeld fourth and championship leader Button finished the days final session in fifth. Jenson's team-mate Barrichello struggled to take eleventh almost one second slower than Vettel. Although Webber crashed out with one hour remaining in the session he managed to sixth.

The final practice session got under way with no cars posting a time for the best part of 15 minutes. With the first session of the weekend not being red-flagged it was Lewis Hamilton who finished top of the time sheets. Sebastian Vettel finished second trying to make the most of this Red Bull car as his team-mate Mark Webber struggled for pace finishing down in thirteenth. The Williams of Nico Rosberg came third with Hamilton's team-mate Heikki Kovalainen in fourth. Rubens Barrichello finished in sixth behind the two BMW's of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld. Rubens' team-mate and championship leader Jenson Button stuggled and only managed fourteenth. The two Force India drivers didn't look quick at all as the high down-force circuit of Singapore didn't seem to suit the car. They ended the session P16 and 17. Giancarlo Fisichella seemed to be struggling a lot being 1.2s behind team-mate Räikkönen and 2.4s behind Lewis Hamilton.

Qualifying

Very early on the first session Renault's Romain Grosjean went down the escape round at turn 17, as his brakes had no efficiency. Rosberg was the one who setted the early pace but Button, Vettel and Hamilton responded quickly. Both Ferrari's were struggling until Räikkönen took second with three minutes remaining. This left Fisichella stuck in the bottom 5 and was eventually eliminated only managing eighteenth.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for McLaren.

The others to be knocked out were Sutil (P16), Alguersuari (P17), Grosjean (P19) and Liuzzi (P20).

Mark Webber was the early pace setter in this 15 minute knock-out, but an amazing lap by Nico Rosberg easily secured his place into Q3. Button was struggling all through the session and ran wide and almost put the car into the wall on his final lap. He eventually finished a dismal twelfth. And with Barrichello having to drop 5 places down the grid after changing his gearbox before qualifying it wasn't looking to good for Ross Brawn's team. Barrichello left it late and jumped from eleventh to sixth to book his place in the top 10 shootout. The others to be knocked out were; Nakajima (P11), Räikkönen (P13), Buemi (P14) and Trulli in P15.

The top 10 drivers set their early quick laps. Hamilton took the early lead with Vettel and Rosberg close behind. With only two minutes to go it looked to be a close to who would take pole position. The top three were unchanged with Vettel very quick on track while Rosberg was going even quicker. However, Barrichello spun off and hit the wall hard, destroying much of the left side of his car, which brought out the yellow flags meaning anyone who was on a flying lap had to slow down unless they had already passed the scene of the accident. The red flag was brought out with 26 seconds remaining on the clock. As no other cars crossed the line, Hamilton took pole position ahead of Vettel, Rosberg and Mark Webber. Although Barrichello qualified fifth, he starts the race tenth after his gearbox change. The session was restarted with only 26 seconds left there was no time to start a flying lap so no one rejoined the circuit. This session was the third of four to be red flagged this weekend, only the third practice session was not interrupted.

Race

Approximately three hours before the scheduled race start it was announced Nick Heidfeld would be starting the race from the pitlane, after his team discovered insufficient ballast had been fitted to his car. This promoted all the cars behind him one position on the grid, significantly moving both the Brawn cars onto the 'clean' side of the starting grid, on the racing line.

Jenson Button finished fifth, extending his championship lead over team-mate Rubens Barrichello by one point.

The race began shortly after 8pm local time with Lewis Hamilton making a clean start from pole position. Nico Rosberg took advantage of being on the clean side of the track to overtake Sebastian Vettel into the first corner. Fernando Alonso attempted to also pass Vettel but was unsuccessful, giving Mark Webber the opportunity to overtake Alonso on the outside of Turn 7. Both Alonso and Webber went off track as Webber completed the move. Stewards deemed Webber's move illegal and on lap seven he was told to hand the position back to Alonso, which also meant letting Timo Glock through as the German had also passed Alonso on the first lap. Alonso's Renault team-mate Romain Grosjean was not having any more luck, having to retire at the end of lap three with a recurring brake problem.

With Barrichello in seventh and Button out of the points scoring positions in 10th, Vettel looked to capitalise and try to close Button's 26 point lead in the Championship. By lap 13 he was 2.1 seconds behind Rosberg, who was in turn 2.5 seconds behind Hamilton. Vettel was the first of the leaders to stop, on lap 17. A lap later Rosberg pitted but he misjudged the level of grip on the pit exit, causing his car to cross the white line that distinguishes the pit lane from the race track, an offence that is punished by a drive-through penalty. Rosberg was issued with the penalty on lap 20 and would have to serve penalty within three racing laps. Hamilton also pitted on lap 20.

The following lap, an accident involving Adrian Sutil and Nick Heidfeld necessitated the deployment of the Safety Car to remove debris from the track. Sutil spun attempting to pass Jaime Alguersuari on the inside of Turn 14 and, with his car facing the wrong way, attempted to rejoin the circuit as Heidfeld was taking the corner, causing a collision that forced both cars to retire, Heidfeld's first non finish since the 2007 United States Grand Prix. Sutil was later reprimanded and fined $20,000 by stewards for dangerous driving.

Alonso dedicated his podium to Flavio Briatore after the race.

Most cars that had thus far not pitted for fuel and tyres did so under the Safety Car conditions, including both Brawn cars. The Safety Car did not benefit Rosberg, as Formula One regulations prevent a drive-through penalty being served under Safety Car conditions, meaning he would have to stop within two laps of the restart when the field was still closely bunched. During this round of pit stops, Alguersuari repeated the infamous mistake made by Felipe Massa at the 2008 race by attempting to exit his pit garage with the fuel hose still attached.

The race restarted on lap 26, with Vettel now pressurising Hamilton for the lead. Rosberg served his penalty on lap 28, demoting him to 14th position. Hamilton and Vettel traded fastest laps with the gap between them hovering under a second. Behind Vettel the longer-fuelled Timo Glock was being encouraged to keep pushing as his team believed they could leap-frog the Red Bull in the pits.

Vettel pitted for his second stop on lap 39 and was clearly pushing very hard, running over a kerb on his out lap and damaging the underside of his car, having already lost his right wing mirror. However, worse was to come, as on lap 40 the stewards handed him a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Lewis Hamilton was barely challenged throughout the race as he took the chequered flag.

This left Hamilton 9.2 seconds ahead of Glock, who was in turn 7.6 seconds ahead of Alonso as Vettel served his penalty on lap 43. Red Bull's afternoon went from bad to worse three laps later as Webber spun out at Turn 1 after a right-front brake failure.

McLaren brought in both Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen for their second stops, and Timo Glock also pitted. The Safety Car was not deemed necessary to clear Webber's car, giving Jenson Button, who had been following Kovalainen, the opportunity to put in a series of fast laps before his pit stop. With Barrichello running in seventh after a small problem at his second pit stop, Button had an opportunity to stay ahead of his team-mate and extend his Championship lead. He pitted on lap 51, emerging in a net fifth position behind the impressively recovering Vettel and ahead of Barrichello.

Button seemed to have the speed to catch Vettel, who was concerned about his brakes following the retirement of Webber as well as that of Alguersuari, of Red Bull's sister team Torro Rosso, also with brake problems.. Button closed the gap to under two seconds before he too appeared to develop brake problems. Fortunately for Button, his attempts to catch Vettel had given him a ten second cushion over Barrichello with two laps to go.

Nearly two hours after the race started, Hamilton completed the final lap to take the chequered flag, ahead of Glock and Alonso. Vettel and Button held on for fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of Barrichello, Kovalainen and Robert Kubica in the final points paying position. Button extended his Championship lead by one point to 15 ahead of Barrichello, with just three races remaining. Vettel was 25 points behind Button while Webber's crash meant he was now officially out of the running for the World Championship. Brawn would need 12 points from the remaining three races to clinch the Constructors Championship, while Ferrari's poor race, with neither driver scoring points, allowed McLaren to close the gap to Ferrari to three points in the battle for third.

Interestingly, under Bernie Ecclestone's proposed 'winner takes all' medals system, Button would have been declared World Champion after this result, with no other driver able to match his tally of six race wins. The Olympics-style system was planned to be used to decide the 2009 World Champion but was dropped after pressure from teams in favour of the traditional points method.

Drivers

Renault

Fernando Alonso

Romain Grosjean

BMW

Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld

Ferrari

Kimi Räikkönen

Giancarlo Fisichella

McLaren

Lewis Hamilton

Heikki Kovalainen

Toyota

Jarno Trulli

Timo Glock

Red Bull

Sebastian Vettel

Mark Webber

Toro Rosso

Sébastien Buemi

Jaime Alguersuari

Force India

Adrian Sutil

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Brawn

Jenson Button

Rubens Barrichello

Classification

Free 1

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1.50.179
2	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1.50.356
3	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1.50.416
4	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1.50.567
5	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1.50.614
6	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1.50.699
7	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1.50.715
8	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1.50.815
9	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1.50.865
10	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1.51.089
11	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1.51.427
12	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1.51.544
13	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.51.643
14	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1.51.656
15	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1.52.083
16	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1.52.135
17	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1.52.390
18	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1.52.905
19	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.53.232
20	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1.53.458

Free 2

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1.48.650
2	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1.48.924
3	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1.48.952
4	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1.49.098
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1.48.311
6	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1.49.317
7	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1.49.333
8	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1.49.342
9	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1.49.358
10	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1.49.609
11	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1.49.616
12	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1.49.710
13	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1.49.795
14	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1.49.941
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1.50.023
16	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1.50.253
17	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.50.527
18	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1.50.605
19	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1.50.973
20	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.51.423

Free 3

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1.47.632
2	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1.47.909
3	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1.48.332
4	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1.48.420
5	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1.48.501
6	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1.48.526
7	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1.48.551
8	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1.48.673
9	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.48.754
10	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1.48.757
11	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1.48.831
12	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1.48.864
13	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1.48.876
14	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1.48.921
15	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1.49.032
16	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1.49.055
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1.49.122
18	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1.49.399
19	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1.49.641
20	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1.50.039

Qualifying

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:46.977	1:46.657	1:47.891	1
2	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.541	1:46.362	1:48.204	2
3	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:47.390	1:46.197	1:48.348	3
4	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.646	1:46.328	1:48.722	4
5	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:47.397	1:46.787	1:48.828	91
6	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:47.757	1:46.767	1:49.054	5
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:47.770	1:46.707	1:49.180	6
8	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:47.347	1:46.832	1:49.307	202
9	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:47.615	1:46.813	1:49.514	7
10	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.542	1:46.842	1:49.778	8
11	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:47.637	1:47.013		10
12	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:47.180	1:47.141		11
13	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:47.293	1:47.177		12
14	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:47.677	1:47.369		13
15	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:47.690	1:47.413		14
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.231			15
17	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:48.340			16
18	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:48.350			17
19	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:48.544			18
20	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.792			19
Source: ,

1.^ Rubens Barrichello was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change prior to qualifying.

2.^ Nick Heidfeld was disqualified for being underweight after qualifying. He has also had gearbox and engine change prior to race, and he will start from the pit lane.

Race

Cars that use the KERS system are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	61	1:56:06.337	1	10
2	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	61	+9.634	6	8
3	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	61	+16.624	5	6
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	61	+20.621	2	5
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	61	+30.015	11	4
6	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	61	+31.858	9	3
7	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+36.157	8	2
8	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	61	+55.054	7	1
9	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	61	+56.054	10
10	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	61	+58.892	12
11	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	61	+59.777	3
12	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	61	+1:13.009	14
13	3‡	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	61	+1:19.890	17
14	21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	61	+1:33.502	19
Ret	11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	47	Brakes	16
Ret	12	Sébastian Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	47	Gearbox	13
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	45	Brakes	4
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	23	Brakes	15
Ret	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	19	Collision	20
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Renault	3	Brakes	18
Source:

Notes

• Jenson Button would have won the World Championship after this result under Bernie Ecclestone's proposed "winner takes all" medals system.
• Nick Heidfeld failed to finish a race for the first time since the 2007 United States Grand Prix ending his 41 race streak.
• Mark Webber mathematically can not be crowned World Champion after he retired. Only Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel are in contention for the title.

Standings

Jenson Button

Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 80 Points

Rubens Barrichello

Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 66 Points

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 54 Points

Mark Webber

Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 51.5 Points

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 40 Points

Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 30.5 Points

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 27 Points

Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli Toyota 22.5 Points

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa Ferrari 22 Points

Heikki Kovalainen

Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 20 Points

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso Renault 20 Points

Timo Glock

Timo Glock Toyota 16 Points

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 12 Points

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes Ferrari 8 Points

Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 8 Points

Adrian Sutil

Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 5 Points

Sébastien Buemi

Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 Points

Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 Points

Kazuki Nakajima

Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0 Points

Nelson Piquet Jr.

Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0 Points

Luca Badoer

Luca Badoer Ferrari 0 Points

Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean Renault 0 Points

Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 Points

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 0 Points

Brawn

Brawn-Mercedes 146 Points

Red Bull

Red Bull-Renault 105.5 Points

Ferrari

Ferrari 62 Points

McLaren-Mercedes

McLaren-Mercedes 47 Points

Toyota

Toyota 38.5 Points

Williams-Toyota

Williams-Toyota 30.5 Points

BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber 20 Points

Renault

Renault 20 Points

Force India-Mercedes

Force India-Mercedes 13 Points

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5 Points

Standings after the Grand Prix

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jenson Button	84
2	Rubens Barrichello	69
3	Sebastian Vettel	59
4	Mark Webber	51.5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	40

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	153
2	Red Bull-Renault	110.5
3	Ferrari	62
4	McLaren-Mercedes	59
5	Toyota	46.5

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

F1 Rocks Singapore With LG

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The F1 Rocks Singapore With LG logo.

Singapore was the first venue for the F1 Rocks concerts.

The inaugural F1 Rocks concerts was held in Singapore. Headlining acts include Beyonce, the Black Eyed Peas, ZZ Top, Simple Minds, N*E*R*D, No Doubt, Jacky Cheung and A*Mei which took place September 24 through 26th nightly at Fort Canning Park. This also included Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button doing fun challenges. This was hosted by Lindsay Lohan

Other SingaporeGP Season events include the Fuel Festival headlining Underworld Live, Will.i.am, New Order, Bloc Party, Guru Josh, and Johnny Vicious which takes place September 24 at Suntec Convention Centre as well as September 25 through 27th nightly at the National Museum of Singapore. Singapore GP itself is offering a showcase featuring Backstreet Boys, Travis, Carl Cox, and John Digweed on the 25th through 27th nightly throughout the track side areas.

Gallery

• 
  Turn 7 of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
• 
  The Stamford Grandstand between Turns 7 and 8
• 
  The Raffles Avenue after Turn 14

External links

• Singapore Grand Prix Official Website
• F1 Rocks
• Fuel Festival

F1 2009 Australia GP

Nakajima retired on lap 18 bringing out the safety car.

The race was won by Jenson Button for Brawn GP on the team's Formula One début.

The first corner incident.

Jenson Button's Brawn BGP 001, after a sponsorship deal was completed between the Brawn team and the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson

Mark Webber, driving for Red Bull endured a disappointing Grand Prix, being the only lapped car.

F1 2009 Malaysian GP

On the Thursday before the race, Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the preceding Australian Grand Prix due to misleading the stewards.

"This morning we had a problem with the KERS, which cost us a bit of time, but we managed to make up for most of it in the afternoon. We had felt that the situation here could be different to Melbourne, but it is still too early to say where we are up against the opposition. What we can be sure of is that when the car runs trouble-free, we are competitive. We hope we can do a good job in tomorrow's qualifying."

Kimi Räikkönen, after his incident in the first practice session, and after setting the fastest lap in the second practice session.

Jenson Button took his second pole position of the season for Brawn GP.

Jenson Button took pole position on the starting grid, but Nico Rosberg (in fourth place) made the best start and led into the first corner.

Robert Kubica retired on the second lap when his engine failed.

Photograph showing the correct positions of Jenson Button, Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock on the last completed lap

Trulli, Barrichello, Hamilton and Webber stop their cars on the start-finish straight following the decision to red-flag the race.

Crowd members leaving the stands after the race was cancelled.

“ "The visibility is nothing, [we] could have a serious accident if we restart." — Fernando Alonso before the race was officially called off ”

“ "It was impossible to drive out there, it was very, very dangerous. It's the most dangerous conditions I have ever raced in," — Lewis Hamilton ”

“ "It was way too wet out there and the decision to call it off was correct. I would obviously love to have the 10 points, but this is the best we could have done, I think, and realistically it was the right thing to do. I'm sure some people will say 'we didn't see the whole race and it's disappointing' but you have to think about the safety sometimes. When the safety car is pulling away at 20 seconds a lap, you know that it's too wet for an F1 car." — Jenson Button ”

“ "It's dark now at seven o'clock so it was the right call not to make the re-start," — Mark Webber (a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association) ”

“ "I just have regrets about the rain, I don't see anything wrong with the start time, we just didn't know about the rain. ”

F1 2009 Chinese GP

"The car instantly felt a bit better. I can feel more stability and downforce from the front. We’ve definitely made a step forward for this race. The car feels much stronger through the corners and I think we’ve got a very positive baseline for the rest of the weekend. My first run on the options felt quite consistent".

Lewis Hamilton, on the performance his car during Friday's practice sessions.

Sebastian Vettel took Red Bull Racing's first victory in Formula One.

Mark Webber completed Red Bull's perfect race by finishing second.

Jenson Button maintained his championship lead by finishing in third place.

Rubens Barrichello clocked in the fastest lap time even though only coming fourth.

Fernando Alonso qualified his Renault second showing the Renault had improved.

F1 2009 Bahrain GP

Jenson Button took his third win of the season, extending his championship lead in the process.

Kimi Räikkönen achieved Ferrari's first points finish of the season.

F1 2009 España GP

Jenson Button won his fourth race of the season.

The first corner from leader to back: Button, Massa, Vettel, and Webber.

Sébastien Buemi car's spun off in lap 1.

Sébastien Buemi car's after accident in lap 1.

Ferrari suffered a refuelling problem with Felipe Massa's car that forced him to conserve fuel in the closing laps.

The podium, from left to right: Barrichello, Button and Webber.

F1 2009 Monaco GP

Jenson Button took pole position and won the race, extending his championship lead.

Kimi Räikkönen took Ferrari's first podium finish of 2009.

The Toyota team endured one of the worst weekends of its time in Formula One. Jarno Trulli (pictured) and Timo Glock qualified on the back row of the grid.

Lewis Hamilton crashed his car in the first part of qualifying, restricting himself to sixteenth position on the grid.

F1 2009 Turkish GP

Jenson Button won the race after taking the lead from polesitter Sebastian Vettel on the first lap.

Barrichello, Qualified a Strong 3rd Postition, but later retired at the race because of a Gearbox problem.

Mark Webber, Qualified fourth and finished 2nd.

Lewis Hamilton, Started 16th, finished in 13th position.

Kimi Raikkonen, Qualified 6th, but finished 9th.

Nico Rosberg, started 9th, finished 5th.The German had a position swap with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

Fernando Alonso, Started 8th, finished 10th.

Felipe Massa, Started 7th finished 6th.

Heikki Kovalainen, Started & finished 14th. He is behind his teammate Hamilton.

Robert Kubica, Qualified 10th, finished 7th. The Polish driver scored his first point this season.

Giancarlo Fisichella, Started in 19th position, but later Retired at Lap 5.

Sutil, Started 15th but finished 17th.

Nelson Piquet Jr., Started 17th, Finished in 16th postition. He is ahead of Force India's Adrian Sutil.

F1 2009 British GP

Sebastian Vettel won the race from pole position.

Rubens Barrichello finished third; the first time this season that he had beaten Brawn GP team-mate Jenson Button.

Heikki Kovalainen (leading) and Sébastien Bourdais were the only retirements after their collision on lap 36.

F1 2009 Deutsch GP

Mark Webber took his first career win, winning from pole position despite a drive-through penalty.

Sebastian Vettel finished second in the race, moving into second place in the championship standings.

Felipe Massa finished third in the race, his first and only podium of 2009.

Lewis Hamilton qualified and started strongly, but suffered a puncture on the opening lap as a result of contact with Webber.

F1 2009 Hungarian GP

"I don't really care what all the people say, I just do my work. I do what I know, to be honest. I am here because Red Bull just asked me to, as I do Formula 3 or World Series or GP2, I don't care. I just drive the cars. That's my job and that's what I enjoy doing in life. I'm here because Red Bull just sent me a message telling me that I have to drive this car so I'm here. I don't care what other people say, that's the main thing, first of all. And the second thing is that I know what my expectation is, I know what my target is. I know that today I didn't make any mistakes and I hope tomorrow I don't and even in the race and that's how I work at the end. My target here is to drive the car and not make mistakes. Then we will talk about times and about speed. But I don't feel I am a danger, not really."

Jaime Alguersuari, who was unfazed by the criticism directed at him for being too inexperienced for Formula One.

Fernando Alonso returning to the pits, after his Renault shed its right front wheel on lap thirteen.

Kimi Räikkönen scored Ferrari's best result of the 2009 season, with second place in the sole Ferrari.

F1 2009 European GP

Romain Grosjean made his Formula One debut for Renault after the team's one-race ban following the Hungarian Grand Prix was overturned on appeal.

"I did not have a holiday. I just worked very hard in a physical way because after Felipe’s accident and Michael tried to drive the car it was very clear for us that, if Michael was not able, then it was my turn. I kept really concentrating and thinking about everything I could do to be in the best position for the race. I did really a lot of training. I drove a go-kart because I think it is very good for general training. Obviously I did the special training for the neck with my special machine to improve all the muscle and the resistance of the heart, so I was pushing really hard."

Luca Badoer, talking about his preparations.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position, ahead of McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Luca Badoer qualified last for his first Grand Prix in ten years.

F1 2009 Belgian GP

The post-race podium ceremony. From left to right: Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel and Stefano Domenicali.

F1 2009 Italian GP

F1 2009 Singapore GP

Renault lost their title sponsor ING and removed the stickers before Friday practice.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for McLaren.

Jenson Button finished fifth, extending his championship lead over team-mate Rubens Barrichello by one point.

Alonso dedicated his podium to Flavio Briatore after the race.

Lewis Hamilton was barely challenged throughout the race as he took the chequered flag.

F1 2009 Japanese GP

Kamui Kobayashi filled in for Timo Glock during Friday Practice.

Both Brawn GP cars were given five-place grid penalties after qualifying.

Sebastian Vettel won the race, leading every lap after starting from pole position.

Jarno Trulli took second position at Toyota's home race.

F1 2009 Brazilian GP

Sébastien Bourdais Formula One World Championship career Nationality French Active years 2008–2009 Teams Scuderia Toro Rosso Entries 27 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 6 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First entry 2008 Australian Grand Prix Last entry 2009 German Grand Prix 2008 position 17th (4 pts) 24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1999 – 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 Teams Larbre Compétition, Pescarolo Sport, Peugeot Best finish 2nd (2007), (2009) Class wins 0 Motorsports career results Career summary Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing 1995 French Formula Renault Campus ? ? 0 0 ? 9th 1996 French Formula Renault ? ? 0 0 ? 7th 1997 French Formula Renault La Filière 18 5 4 172 2nd 1998 French Formula Three La Filière 22 0 0 98 6th British Formula Three La Filière 1 0 0 0 NC Macau Grand Prix Equipe de France 1 0 0 N/A NC Masters of Formula Three ? 1 0 0 N/A 20th 1999 French Formula Three La Filière 20 3 8 229 1st Le Mans 24 Hours Larbre Compétition (GTS) 1 0 0 N/A NC Macau Grand Prix Equipe de France 1 0 0 N/A NC Masters of Formula Three ? 1 0 0 N/A 10th 2000 International Formula 3000 Prost Junior Team 10 1 0 9 9th Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 4th 2001 International Formula 3000 DAMS 12 1 1 26 4th Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 4th FIA Sportscar Championship Pescarolo Sport (SR1) 2 0 0 0 NC 2002 International Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 12 6 3 56 1st Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP 900) 1 0 0 N/A 10th FIA Sportscar Championship Pescarolo Sport (SR1) 3 1 2 55 4th 2003 CART World Series Newman/Haas Racing 18 5 3 159 4th 2004 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 14 8 7 369 1st Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo Sport (LMP1) 1 0 0 N/A NC 2005 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 13 6 6 348 1st International Race of Champions N/A 4 2 1 46 5th IndyCar Series Newman/Haas Racing 1 0 0 18 28th American Le Mans Series Larbre Compétition (GTS) 1 0 0 0 NC Rolex Sports Car Series Silverstone Racing 1 0 0 6 89th 2006 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas Racing 14 6 7 387 1st Grand-Am Cup GS ? 1 0 0 24 80th 2007 Champ Car World Series Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 14 6 8 364 1st Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total 1 1 0 N/A 2nd 2008 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 18 0 0 4 17th 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total 1 0 0 N/A 2nd Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 9 0 0 2 18th* Superleague Formula Sevilla FC 2 0 1 179* 13th* *Season in progress. Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2000 Gauloises Formula Lola B99/50 Zytek KV V8 A IMO Ret SIL 10 CAT 8 NUR 4 MON Ret MAG 2 A1R 9 HOC DNS HUN 14 SPA Ret 9th 9 2001 DAMS Lola B99/50 Zytek KV V8 A INT 3 IMO Ret CAT 11 A1R Ret MON 4 NUR 8 MAG 6 SIL 1 HOC 4 HUN 3 SPA 6 MNZ 9 4th 26 2002 Super Nova Racing Lola B02/50 Zytek KV V8 A INT 14 IMO 1 CAT 3 A1R Ret MON 1 NUR 1 SIL 2 MAG 2 HOC Ret HUN 3 SPA 2 MNZ Ret 1st 56 American Open-Wheel (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap) Champ Car results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points 2003 Newman/Haas STP 11 MTY Ret LBH Ret BRH 1 LAU 1 MIL 9 LS Ret POR Ret CLE 1 TOR 4 VAN 3 ROA 2 MDO 5 MTL Ret DEN 2 MIA Ret MXC 2 SRF Ret FON Canc 4th 159 2004 Newman/Haas LBH 3 MTY 1 MIL Ret POR 1 CLE 1 TOR 1 VAN 5 ROA 3 DEN 1 MTL Ret LS 8 LVS 1 SRF 2 MXC 1         1st 369* 2005 Newman/Haas LBH 1 MTY 5 MIL 6 POR 2 CLE 5 TOR 5 EDM 1 SJO 1 DEN 1 MTL 4 LVS 1 SRF 1 MXC Ret             1st 348 2006 Newman/Haas LBH 1 HOU 1 MTY 1 MIL 1 POR 3 CLE Ret TOR 3 EDM 2 SJO 1 DEN 7 MTL 1 ROA 3 SRF 8 MXC 1           1st 387 2007 Newman/Haas/Lanigan LVS Ret LBH 1 HOU 1 POR 1 CLE Ret MTT 2 TOR Ret EDM 1 SJO 5 ROA 1 ZOL 1 ASN 7 SRF 1 MXC 1           1st 364 * New points system introduced in 2004 IndyCar results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 2005 Newman/Haas HMS PHX STP JPN IND Ret TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPI SNM CHI WGL CAL 28th 18 Formula One Qualifying results Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2008 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS 18 MAL 19 BHR 15 ESP 16 TUR 18 Toro Rosso STR3 MON 16 CAN 16 FRA 14 GBR 13 GER 15 HUN 14 EUR 10 BEL 9 ITA 4 SIN 17 JPN 10 CHN 10 BRA 9 2009 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR4 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS 20 MAL 15 CHN 16 BHR 20 ESP 17 MON 14 TUR 20 GBR 17 GER 20 HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU Formula One Race results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points 2008 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS 7 MAL Ret BHR 15 ESP Ret TUR Ret 17th 4 Toro Rosso STR3 MON Ret CAN 13 FRA 17 GBR 11 GER 12 HUN 18 EUR 10 BEL 7 ITA 18 SIN 12 JPN 10 CHN 13 BRA 14 2009 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR4 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS 8 MAL 10 CHN 11 BHR 13 ESP Ret MON 8 TUR 18 GBR Ret GER Ret HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU 18th* 2* *Season in progress. Superleague Formula Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts. 2009 Sevilla FC Ultimate Motorsport FRA FRA BEL BEL GBR GBR POR 11 POR 2 ITA 1 ITA 3 SPA SPA 13th* 179* * Season in progress. - Team Standings. Super Final Results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 2009 FRA BEL GBR POR 1 ITA SPA Gallery File:File:Bourdais Kovalainen 2009 British GP.jpg This is not a blank page F1 2009 British GP 2009 British Grand Prix Race 8 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship Silverstone Circuit Race details Date 21 June 2009 Official name 2009 F1 Santander British Grand Prix Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England Course Permanent racing facility Course length 5.141 km (3.194 miles) Distance 60 laps, 308.355 km (191.603 miles) Weather Dry, overcast Attendance 128,000 Pole position Driver Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Time 1:19.509 Fastest lap Driver Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Time 1:20.735 on lap 16 Podium First Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Second Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault Third Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes Classification Cars that used KERS are marked with "‡" Qualifying Pos No Name Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid 1 15 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:18.685 1:18.119 1:19.509 1 2 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:19.325 1:18.335 1:19.856 2 3 14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:18.674 1:18.209 1:19.868 3 4 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.886 1:18.240 1:20.091 4 5 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:18.530 1:18.575 1:20.216 5 6 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:18.957 1:18.663 1:20.289 6 7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:19.228 1:18.591 1:20.361 7 8 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.198 1:18.791 1:20.490 8 9 4‡ Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari‡ 1:19.010 1:18.566 1:20.715 9 10 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.167 1:18.761 1:20.741 10 11 3‡ Felipe Massa Ferrari‡ 1:19.148 1:18.927 11 12 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:19.730 1:19.308 12 13 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.732 1:19.353 13 14 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1:19.555 1:19.392 14 15 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:19.559 1:19.448 15 16 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:19.802 16 17 11 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:19.898 17 18 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:19.909 18 19 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.917 19 20 12 Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.236 20 Race Sebastian Vettel won the race from pole position. Rubens Barrichello finished third; the first time this season that he had beaten Brawn GP team-mate Jenson Button. Heikki Kovalainen (leading) and Sébastien Bourdais were the only retirements after their collision on lap 36. Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 60 1:22:49.328 1 10 2 14 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 60 +15.188 3 8 3 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 60 +41.175 2 6 4 3‡ Felipe Massa Ferrari 60 +45.043 11 5 5 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 60 +45.915 7 4 6 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 60 +46.285 6 3 7 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 60 +1:08.307 4 2 8 4‡ Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 60 +1:09.622 9 1 9 10 Timo Glock Toyota 60 +1:09.823 8 10 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 60 +1:11.522 16 11 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 60 +1:14.023 5 12 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 59 +1 lap 14 13 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 59 +1 lap 12 14 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 59 +1 lap 10 15 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 59 +1 lap 15 16 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 59 +1 lap 19 17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 59 +1 lap 18 18 12 Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 59 +1 lap 20 Ret 11 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 37 Collision damage 17 Ret 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 36 Collision damage 13 Notes Lap Leaders: Sebastian Vettel 57 (1-44, 48-60), Mark Webber 3 (45-47) This race was Sebastian Vettel's first triple (Pole Position, Win and Fastest La|}