2009 Bahrain Grand Prix

 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	VI Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Date:	April 26, 2009
Place:	as-Sachir
Course:	Bahrain International Circuit
Length:	308.238 km in 57 laps of 5.412 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 30,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
Time:	1: 33.431 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
Time:	1: 34.556 min (lap 10)
Podium
First:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Jarno Trulli	Toyota

The 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix took place on April 26th at the Bahrain International Circuit in as-Sachir and was the fourth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Chinese Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 6 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 11 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 16.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 17.5 points ahead of Toyota .

Ferrari and Renault used KERS again and, for the first time, Robert Kubica ( BMW Sauber ).

With Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa (twice each), two former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

After three races, Ferrari had not yet scored. This was the team's worst start to the season since 1981 .

training

Lewis Hamilton took the lead in the first free practice . BMW Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica followed in second and third place . In the second Friday practice session, Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli . In the third free practice Timo Glock set the fastest time ahead of Massa and Rosberg.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Vettel drove the fastest lap. For his team-mate Mark Webber , things didn't go so well as he was disabled and was eliminated in 19th place. In addition, the Force India and Toro Rosso pilots were eliminated. In the second section, Vettel again achieved the fastest lap. Piquet , Heidfeld, Kubica, Nakajima and Kovalainen did not make it into the third part of the qualification. In the final section, Trulli secured pole position in front of his team-mate Glock and thus for the first time two Toyota cars were on the front row. Third was Vettel. For Trulli it was the first pole position since the US Grand Prix in 2005 .

run

Jenson Button won the race in Bahrain

The race started on the Bahrain International Circuit in front of around 30,000 spectators. There were a few shifts at the top: Glock prevailed against Trulli at the start and took the lead. Hamilton pulled past Button and Vettel and took third place. Vettel got off to a bad start and dropped to fifth place. Massa could not hold his position either and had to have his front wing changed after a collision with his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen . After Button overtook Hamilton back, the Toyota drivers were able to break away from the rest of the field. However, the Toyota had to pit early to refuel and so Button took over the lead of the race. Trulli was able to overtake Glock due to a later stop and was overtaken by his former team mate Alonso a little later.

Nelson Piquet Jr. achieved his best result of the season in tenth place in Bahrain

After Button and Hamilton were also in the pits, Vettel and Raikkonen took over the lead of the race for a short time. After the two of them stopped, Button led the race ahead of Trulli. Vettel took third place behind the two and didn't make it past Trulli. However, the Red Bull driver had more fuel on board and was able to drive longer than Trulli, who made his second stop at the same time as Button. This gave him a head start and finally overtook Trulli after his pit stop.

With eight laps to go, Nakajima, the only driver to retire in this race, in which he gave up when the oil pressure in the pits dropped. There were no further changes at the top and so Button won his third race of the season ahead of Vettel and Trulli. The other points went to Hamilton, Barrichello, Raikkonen, who scored the first points for Ferrari, Glock and Alonso.

For BMW Sauber, the race went worse than expected. After being in the top group in the first free practice session, Heidfeld and Kubica followed the field in the race and were mostly the last two drivers.

Button and Brawn GP were able to further extend their lead in the world championship. Barrichello kept second place in front of Vettel.

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	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 32.770	1: 32.671	1: 33.431	01	648.5
02	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 33.165	1: 32.613	1: 33.712	02	643.0
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 32.680	1: 32.474	1: 34.015	03	659.0
04th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 32.978	1: 32.842	1: 34.044	04th	652.5
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 32.851	1: 32.877	1: 34.196	05	652.5
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 33.116	1: 32.842	1: 34.239	06th	649.0
07th	Fernando Alonso	Renault (K)	1: 34.578	1: 32.860	1: 34.578	07th	650.5
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 33.297	1: 33.014	1: 34.818	08th	664.5
09	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 33.672	1: 33.166	1: 35.134	09	670.5
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 33.117	1: 32.827	1: 35.380	10	671.5
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 33.479	1: 33.242	-	11	678.5
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 33.221	1: 33.348	-	12	680.9
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Clean (K)	1: 33.495	1: 33.487	-	13	698.6
14th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	1: 33.377	1: 33.562	-	14th	696.3
15th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault (K)	1: 33.627	1: 33.941	-	15th	677.6
16	Adrian Sutil 1	Force India-Mercedes	1: 33.722	-	-	19th	679.0
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 33.753	-	-	16	678.5
18th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 33.910	-	-	17th	652.0
19th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 34.038	-	-	18th	656.0
20th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 34.159	-	-	20th	667.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Adrian Sutil hindered Mark Webber at the end of Q1 and was postponed by three places from 16 to 19.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	57	2	1: 31: 48.182	04th	652.5	1: 34.588 (11.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	57	2	+ 7.187	03	659.0	1: 34.756 (16.)
03	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	57	2	+ 9.170	01	648.5	1: 34.556 (10.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	57	2	+ 22.096	05	652.5	1: 34.915 (12.)
05	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	57	3	+ 37.779	06th	649.0	1: 34.901 (25.)
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	57	2	+ 42.057	10	671.5	1: 35.498 (42nd)
07th	Timo Glock	Toyota	57	2	+ 42.880	02	643.0	1: 34.574 ( 06.)
08th	Fernando Alonso	Renault (K)	57	2	+ 52.775	07th	650.5	1: 35.722 (29.)
09	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	57	2	+ 58.198	09	670.5	1: 35.816 (37.)
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault (K)	57	2	+1: 05.149	15th	677.6	1: 35,441 (37th)
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	57	2	+1: 07.641	18th	656.0	1: 35.165 (50.)
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	57	2	+1: 17.824	11	678.5	1: 35,520 (54.)
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	2	+1: 18.805	20th	667.5	1: 35.410 (30.)
14th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	56	3	+ 1 lap	08th	664.5	1: 35.065 (41st)
15th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	56	2	+ 1 lap	17th	652.0	1: 36.376 ( 09.)
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	2	+ 1 lap	19th	679.0	1: 36.219 (28.)
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+ 1 lap	16	678.5	1: 36.473 (38th)
18th	Robert Kubica	BMW Clean (K)	56	2	+ 1 lap	13	698.6	1: 35.706 (50th)
19th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	56	2	+ 1 lap	14th	696.3	1: 35.924 (52nd)
-	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	49	2	DNF	12	680.9	1: 36,153 (39.)

(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 31, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 19th, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 18th, 0 04th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 14.5 05  Timo Glock Toyota 12, 0 06th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9.5 07th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 08th  Fernando Alonso Renault 5, 0 09  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 4th, 0 10  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 3.5 12  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 3, 0 13  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3, 0 14th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1, 0 15th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 0, 0 16  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 17th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 18th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 19th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0 20th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 50, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 27.5 03  Toyota 26.5 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 13, 0 05  Renault 5, 0

Item constructor Points 06th  BMW clean 4th, 0 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th, 0 08th  Williams-Toyota 3.5 09  Ferrari 3, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Bahrain: Eight cars with KERS for the first time" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 25, 2009)
2. ↑ "Ferrari went completely swimming" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 19, 2009)
3. ↑ "Williams just failed the points hurdle" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 26, 2009)
4. ↑ "Sutil punished: It's going back" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 25, 2009)

Web links

Commons : Bahrain Grand Prix 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com