2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVIII Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil
Date:	October 18, 2009
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 19.576 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 13.733 min (lap 25)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Robert Kubica	BMW clean
Third:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix took place on October 18 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the 16th race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 16 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 35.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 89 points ahead of Ferrari .

Timo Glock , who had an accident at the Japanese Grand Prix , was replaced by Kamui Kobayashi at Toyota . This made his Formula 1 debut at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

With Giancarlo Fisichella and Kimi Räikkönen (once each) two former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, Mark Webber set the fastest lap ahead of Barrichello and his team-mate Vettel. Fernando Alonso took the lead in the second free practice session . Sébastien Buemi and local hero Barrichello followed in second and third place . The third free practice on Saturday started after 42 minutes for 18 minutes due to rain. A few minutes before the end it was canceled by Romain Grosjean after an accident . The fastest time on the wet track was achieved by Williams driver Nico Rosberg ahead of his team-mate Kazuki Nakajima . Button followed in third place.

Qualifying

Qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix initially took place under heavy rain. The first section had to be interrupted after just four minutes because Giancarlo Fisichella had turned in the Senna-S and had to park the car. After the track was opened again, Rosberg set the fastest lap. In addition to Fisichella, Heidfeld , Hamilton , Kovalainen and Vettel were eliminated. The second section, which had to be paused before the beginning, was also interrupted a few minutes after Vitantonio Liuzzi had flown off on the start and finish straight. After the rain stopped, qualifying continued after a good hour and Rosberg set the fastest lap on a drying track on intermediate tires. In addition to Liuzzi, Button, Grosjean, Alguersuari and Kobayashi were eliminated. In the third qualifying segment, Barrichello posted the fastest lap and secured pole position in his home race. Webber and Sutil followed in second and third place . Qualifying in Brazil lasted a total of 161 minutes due to several interruptions, making it the longest qualifying in Formula 1 history.

run

The Brazilian Grand Prix began with a turbulent start. Barrichello held the lead over Webber. Kimi Raikkonen , who lost his front wing during a blocking maneuver by Webber, worked his way up to third place . Then there was a duel between Sutil and Trulli . Trulli came briefly off the track and then collided with Sutil, who then lost control of his car and shot Alonso. After the pilots got out of their cars, Trulli ran to Sutil and complained to the German. During the race, Trulli demanded a penalty for Sutil, but since the race stewards saw the collision as a normal racing accident, Trulli was fined $ 10,000 for improper behavior.

At the end of the first lap, Hamilton, Kovalainen and Raikkonen had to pit. A mishap happened to Kovalainen during his stop, he tore off the tank hose from the tank system and continued with the hose. The gasoline in the hose splashed on the Raikkonen driving behind it and created a brief flame. Raikkonen was able to drive on without any problems and Kovalainen was freed from his tank hose by Brawn mechanics.

Due to the collision on the first lap, the safety car had to go out on the track. On the sixth lap the race was released again and Barrichello kept his lead again. There have been some shifts behind him. The third-placed Rosberg was overtaken by Robert Kubica . Further down, Button took eighth place from Grosjean, who was overtaken by Vettel and Hamilton a little later. A little later, Button made it clear with an overtaking maneuver against Nakajima in the Senna-S that he wanted to win the world championship title at this race. A lap later Button tried to overtake the second Japanese in the field, debutant Kobayashi, in the Senna-S , but the newcomer kept the position in front of Button and was able to keep him behind despite several attacks.

At the top, the lighter Barrichello was no more than a few seconds away from Webber. In the 21st lap, Barrichello finally had to pit and passed the lead to Webber. First Barrichello came back on the track before Vettel, but the German took advantage of his warmer tires and passed the Brazilian. Shortly afterwards, Heidfeld rolled out because he ran out of fuel. While Webber pulled away from the front with fast laps, Button tried to pass Kobayashi again and, after another maneuver failed, passed the Toyota driver. Shortly afterwards, Nakajima also passed Kobayashi, but Kobayashi countered and stayed in front of his compatriot.

Webber also had to make his pit stop on lap 26, but his lead was sufficient and he kept the lead over Barrichello. On the 28th lap, Rosberg gave up with a gearbox failure in the pits. A little later, his teammate Nakajima also dropped out. After Kobayashi came out of the pit lane, there was a duel between the two Japanese in which Nakajima lost his front wing and then crashed into a pile of tires. Nakajima was unharmed. After Button had won an overtaking maneuver against Buemi, Vettel also made his first pit stop and came back on the track behind Button. Meanwhile, Barrichello's chances of a home win declined as he was clearly behind Webber and Kubica was between the two.

From the leading trio, Webber came into the pits last and maintained his lead with ease. Vettel was able to pass Button on his second stop, but the Briton still had the best chance of winning the world championship. When there were only a few laps left, Barrichello was first overtaken by Hamilton and then had to make a pit stop with a puncture. The Brazilian was once again unlucky in his home race. On the 68th lap, Kobayashi showed his skills again by overtaking Fisichella in the Senna-S .

Finally, Webber was the first to be waved off by Felipe Massa , who was allowed to wave the checkered flag. Kubica was second ahead of Hamilton. Further points went to Vettel, Button, Raikkonen, Buemi and Barrichello. With fifth place in the race, Button won the 2009 drivers' championship.

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	Giancarlo Fisichella	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
Renault F1 Team	07th	Fernando Alonso	Renault R29	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Romain Grosjean
Panasonic Toyota Racing	09	Jarno Trulli	Toyota TF109	Toyota 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Kamui Kobayashi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	Jaime Alguersuari	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	Vitantonio Liuzzi
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	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 24,100	1: 21.659	1: 19.576	01	650.5
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 24.722	1: 20.803	1: 19.668	02	656.0
03	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.447	1: 20.753	1: 19.912	03	656.5
04th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 24.621	1: 20.635	1: 20.097	04th	658.5
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 23.047	1: 21.378	1: 20.168	05	651.5
06th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.591	1: 20.701	1: 20.250	06th	659.0
07th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 22.828	1: 20.368	1: 20.326	07th	657.0
08th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 23.072	1: 21.147	1: 20.631	08th	656.0
09	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 23.161	1: 20.427	1: 20.674	09	664.0
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 24.842	1: 21.657	1: 21.422	10	652.0
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1: 24.335	1: 21.960	-	11	671.6
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.773	1: 22.231	-	12	671.5
13	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1: 24.394	1: 22.477	-	13	677.2
14th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 24.297	1: 22.504	-	14th	672.0
15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi 1	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.645	no time	-	20th	680.0
16	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 25.009	-	-	15th	683.5
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 25.052	-	-	16	656.5
18th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 25.192	-	-	17th	661.0
19th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 25.515	-	-	18th	650.5
20th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari (K)	1: 40.703	-	-	19th	683.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Vitantonio Liuzzi was downgraded five places from 15 to 20 due to a gearbox change, but started from the pit lane .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	2	1: 32: 23.081	02	656.0	1: 13.733 (25.)
02	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	71	2	+ 7.626	08th	656.0	1: 14,155 (38th)
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	71	2	+ 18.944	17th	661.0	1: 14.345 (59th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	2	+ 19.652	15th	683.5	1: 13.890 (59.)
05	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	71	2	+ 29.005	14th	672.0	1: 14.353 (46.)
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	71	2	+ 33,340	05	651.5	1: 14.558 (47th)
07th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	2	+ 35.991	06th	659.0	1: 14,563 (58th)
08th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	71	3	+ 45.454	01	650.5	1: 13.950 (20.)
09	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	71	2	+1: 03.324	11	671.6	1: 14.676 (71.)
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari (K)	71	1	+1: 10.665	19th	683.5	1: 14.931 (55th)
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	71	3	+1: 11.388	box	680.0	1: 14.990 (43rd)
12	Heikki Kovalainen 1	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	71	3	+1: 13.499	16	656.5	1: 14.303 (68.)
13	Romain Grosjean	Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	13	677.2	1: 14.789 (54th)
14th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	12	671.5	1: 14.861 (59.)
-	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	30th	1	DNF	09	664.0	1: 15.073 (21.)
-	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	27	1	DNF	07th	657.0	1: 14.370 (16.)
-	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	21st	1	DNF	18th	650.5	1: 14.988 (19.)
-	Fernando Alonso	Renault	00	0	DNF	10	652.0	-
-	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	00	0	DNF	04th	658.5	-
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	00	0	DNF	03	656.5	-

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Heikki Kovalainen received a 25 second time penalty and fell three places, from nine to twelve.

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 89, 0 02  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 74, 0 03  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 72, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 61.5 05  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 49, 0 06th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 48, 0 07th  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 34.5 08th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 30.5 09  Fernando Alonso Renault 26th, 0 10  Timo Glock Toyota 24, 0 11  Felipe Massa Ferrari 22nd, 0 12  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 22nd, 0 13  Robert Kubica BMW clean 17th, 0

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 15th, 0 15th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes, Ferrari 8th, 0 16  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 5, 0 17th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0 18th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2, 0 19th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0 20th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 21st  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 21st  Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 0, 0 23  Romain Grosjean Renault 0, 0 24  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0, 0 25th  Luca Badoer Ferrari 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 161, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 135.5 03  McLaren-Mercedes 71, 0 04th  Ferrari 70, 0 05  Toyota 54.5

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Toyota 34.5 07th  BMW clean 32, 0 08th  Renault 26th, 0 09  Force India-Mercedes 13, 0 10  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th, 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Glock without luck: No start in Interlagos!" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 11, 2009)
2. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 16, 2009)
3. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 16, 2009)
4. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 17, 2009)
5. ↑ "That was a real record qualifying" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 17, 2009)
6. ↑ "Kubica lets BMW cheer - Heidfeld rolls out without fuel" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 18, 2009)
7. ↑ ^{a b} "Disappointing double failure for the Williams team" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 18, 2009)
8. ↑ "Gear change: penalty for Vitantonio Liuzzi" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 18, 2009)
9. ^ "Penalties for Kovalainen and Trulli" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 18, 2009)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com