2009 Turkish Grand Prix

 2009 Turkish Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	V ING Turkish Grand Prix
Date:	June 7, 2009
Place:	Istanbul
Course:	Istanbul Park Circuit
Length:	309.396 km in 58 laps of 5.338 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 25,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 28.316 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 27.579 min (lap 40)
Podium
First:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault

The 2009 Turkish Grand Prix took place on June 7th at the Istanbul Park Circuit in Istanbul and was the seventh race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Monaco Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 16 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 28 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the drivers' standings with 43.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 59.5 points ahead of Toyota .

Nick Heidfeld ( BMW Sauber ) did without KERS .

With Felipe Massa (three times) and Kimi Räikkönen (once), both former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

The best time in the first practice session was secured for the tenth time this season by Williams driver Nico Rosberg . World champions Lewis Hamilton and Jarno Trulli followed in second and third place . In the second free practice session, McLaren- Mercedes showed another good performance: After Hamilton's second place in the first practice session, Heikki Kovalainen set the fastest time. Fernando Alonso took second place ahead of Robert Kubica, six thousandths of a second behind . In the third free practice session, last year's winner Felipe Massa was the fastest pilot. The Ferrari driver relegated the two Toyota drivers Trulli and Timo Glock to second and third place.

Qualifying

Sebastian Vettel secured the pole position

In the first segment of qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix, Vettel set the fastest time in front of the two Brawn drivers. Force India driver Adrian Sutil was faster than his friend Hamilton and thus ensured that qualifying for the Briton was over in the first part. Furthermore, Piquet , Buemi , Fisichella and Bourdais were eliminated. Vettel also set the fastest time in the second section of qualifying. Heidfeld, Nakajima , Glock, Kovalainen and Sutil were eliminated. In the third segment of qualifying there was a battle for pole position between Button and Vettel . After Button started from first place in the last two races, Vettel relegated him to second place in Istanbul. For Vettel it was the first pole position with dry track conditions. Third was the veteran Barrichello.

run

Jenson Button extended his lead in Turkey

Rosberg got off to a particularly good start, starting from ninth place up to fifth. Vettel, who started from first place, maintained his lead over Button at the start. However, the German did not stay at the head of the field for long: After making a driving mistake on the first lap, he was overtaken by Button, who quickly pulled away. The Briton had to do during the pit stop for a round of his leadership in the further course of the race Mark Webber give that needed for resting after the lead lap as well.

The Australian was like Button with a two-stop strategy, whereas Vettel had to stop three times. In retrospect, Vettel's strategy turned out to be unfortunate: While his teammate had free movement, Vettel was held up for a few laps by the leading button and could not go to the limit. In the end, Vettel took third place behind Webber. The race winner was Button, who achieved his sixth victory in the seventh Grand Prix. The other points went to Trulli, Rosberg, Massa, Kubica and Glock.

While the race went perfectly for Button, his team mate was followed by bad luck: After Barrichello did not get away well from third place at the start, he only finished twelfth after one lap. In front of him was Kovalainen, who, unlike Barrichello, had KERS and made it impossible for the faster Brazilian to overtake. On the seventh lap, the veteran turned after a daring maneuver against Kovalainen and fell back to seventeenth place. After passing Hamilton and Piquet relatively quickly, Barrichello ran into Sutil. The German did not give up 14th place without a fight and so there was finally a collision between the two pilots, in which Barrichello damaged his front wing. After a repair stop, Barrichello found himself in last place. With eleven laps to go, Barrichello had to end the race with gearbox problems in the pit lane.

Button's win was his last in the 2009 season.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren MP4-24	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Heikki Kovalainen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari F60	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Kimi Raikkonen
BMW Sauber F1 Team	05	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber F1.09	BMW 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Nick Heidfeld
ING Renault F1 Team	07th	Fernando Alonso	Renault R29	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Panasonic Toyota Racing	09	Jarno Trulli	Toyota TF109	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso STR4	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Sébastien Buemi
Red Bull Racing	14th	Mark Webber	Red Bull RB5	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Sebastian Vettel
AT&T Williams	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams FW31	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Kazuki Nakajima
Force India F1 Team	20th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM02	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Giancarlo Fisichella
Brawn GP Formula 1 team	22nd	Jenson Button	Brawn BGP 001	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Rubens Barrichello

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin	Weight in kg
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 27.330	1: 27.016	1: 28.316	01	649.5
02	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 27.355	1: 27.230	1: 28.421	02	655.5
03	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 27.371	1: 27.418	1: 28.579	03	652.5
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 27.466	1: 27.416	1: 28.613	04th	656.0
05	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 27.529	1: 27.195	1: 28.666	05	652.0
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 27.556	1: 27.387	1: 28.815	06th	658.0
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 27.508	1: 27.349	1: 28.858	07th	654.0
08th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 27.988	1: 27.473	1: 29.075	08th	644.5
09	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 27.517	1: 27.418	1: 29.191	09	660.0
10	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 27.788	1: 27.455	1: 29.357	10	664.0
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 27.795	1: 27.521	-	11	681.5
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 27.691	1: 27.629	-	12	680.4
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 28.160	1: 27.795	-	13	689.0
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 28.199	1: 28.207	-	14th	665.0
15th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.278	1: 28.391	-	15th	668.5
16	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 28.318	-	-	16	696.5
17th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 28.582	-	-	17th	689.6
18th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 28.708	-	-	18th	686.5
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.717	-	-	19th	688.5
20th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 28.918	-	-	20th	701.0

(K) = racing car with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	58	2	1: 26: 24.848	02	655.5	1: 27,579 (40th)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	2	+ 6.714	04th	656.0	1: 27.809 (42nd)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	58	3	+ 7.461	01	649.5	1: 27.622 (51st)
04th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	58	2	+ 27.843	05	652.0	1: 27.868 (40.)
05	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	58	2	+ 31,539	09	660.0	1: 28.222 (36.)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	58	2	+ 39.996	07th	654.0	1: 28,176 (41.)
07th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	58	2	+ 46.247	10	664.0	1: 28.008 (58th)
08th	Timo Glock	Toyota	58	2	+ 46.959	13	689.0	1: 27.883 (56.)
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	58	2	+ 50.246	06th	658.0	1: 28.061 (58th)
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	2	+1: 02.420	08th	644.5	1: 28.389 (57.)
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	58	2	+1: 04.327	11	681.5	1: 28,214 (43.)
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	58	2	+1: 06.376	12	680.4	1: 27.988 (58th)
13	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	58	1	+1: 20.454	16	696.5	1: 28,562 (53.)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	57	2	+ 1 lap	14th	665.0	1: 29,174 (41.)
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	2	+ 1 lap	18th	686.5	1: 28.624 (57.)
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	57	2	+ 1 lap	17th	689.6	1: 28,340 (45th)
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	57	2	+ 1 lap	15th	668.5	1: 29,192 (55th)
18th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	1	+ 1 lap	20th	701.0	1: 29.022 (53.)
-	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	47	2	DNF	03	652.5	1: 28,526 (37th)
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	04th	0	DNF	19th	688.5	1: 34.070 ( 03rd)

(K) = racing car with KERS

World Cup stands after the race

The first eight of the race got 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jenson Button Brawn Mercedes 61, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 35, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 29, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 27.5 05  Jarno Trulli Toyota 19.5 06th  Timo Glock Toyota 13, 0 07th  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 11.5 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 11, 0 09  Fernando Alonso Renault 11, 0 10  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 9, 0

Item driver constructor Points 11  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 12  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 6th, 0 13  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3, 0 15th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 2, 0 16  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2, 0 17th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 18th  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 19th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 20th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 96, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 56.5 03  Toyota 32.5 04th  Ferrari 20th, 0 05  McLaren-Mercedes 13, 0

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Toyota 11.5 07th  Renault 11, 0 08th  BMW clean 8th, 0 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Web links

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