2009 Chinese Grand Prix

 2009 Chinese Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	VI Chinese Grand Prix
Date:	April 19, 2009
Place:	Shanghai
Course:	Shanghai International Circuit
Length:	305.066 km in 56 laps of 5.451 km
Weather:	rain
Spectator:	~ 65,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 36.184 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 52.592 min (lap 42)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes

The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix took place on April 19 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai and was the third race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Malaysian Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 5 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 6.5 points ahead of Jarno Trulli . Brawn -Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 8.5 points ahead of Toyota and with 21 points ahead of Renault .

Ferrari and Renault did without KERS .

With Barrichello (2004), Fernando Alonso (2005), Kimi Räikkönen (2007) and Lewis Hamilton (2008), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, world champion Lewis Hamilton achieved his first practice best time of the season. The Brawn drivers Button and Barrichello followed in second and third place. In the second Friday practice, Button secured the fastest time ahead of Nico Rosberg and Barrichello. In the third free practice, Rosberg set the fastest lap ahead of Jarno Trulli and Hamilton.

Qualifying

In the first qualifying stage, Button achieved the fastest lap ahead of his teammate Barrichello. The Force India pilots, Kubica , Piquet and Bourdais were eliminated. In the second segment, the Red Bull drivers were dominant and Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap ahead of Mark Webber . Nakajima , Glock , Massa , Kovalainen and Heidfeld were eliminated. In the final qualifying stage, Vettel secured the second pole position of his career ahead of Fernando Alonso and Webber.

run

The lead field behind the safety car shortly after the start

The race started at 3 p.m. CNST due to heavy rain and a correspondingly wet track behind the safety car . During the safety car phase, some drivers went to their pits because they did not have enough fuel on board. At the end of the safety car phase, after the end of the eighth lap, the Red Bull cars had a one-two lead that differed from the starting grid, as Alonso had lost second place due to his pit stop.

Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock collided on the wet track

After the flying start, Hamilton pulled past Kimi Raikkonen , who was temporarily off the track, and overtook Trulli two laps later. The Red Bull drivers confidently led the race and were followed by the Brawn drivers. After Barrichello had initially occupied third place, he had to give up this position to his teammate after an excursion off the track. Like Hamilton before, Sébastien Buemi also overtook Raikkonen and Trulli. A little later, Massa also passed the two of them. In the back of the field there was a collision between Heidfeld and Glock, but both were able to continue. After Hamilton made a driving mistake, he fell behind Raikkonen and there were several position changes between the two.

After Vettel and Webber made their first pit stop, there was a brawn double lead with Button at the top. However, the two Brawn drivers could not take advantage of their heavy car, as the safety car came out again after a collision between Trulli and Kubica. During the safety car phase, some drivers, including Button and Barrichello, took the opportunity and made a pit stop. For Massa, who had worked his way up to third place, the race was over after 21 laps due to a technical defect.

In the middle of the race, Vettel was able to extend his lead in front of Button. Button was overtaken twice by Webber within four laps, giving Red Bull a one-two lead. The two Red Bull drivers were able to defend this one-two lead against Brawn drivers Button and Barrichello after the second pit stops.

Jenson Button kept the championship lead with a third place

Force India driver Adrian Sutil had worked his way up to seventh place in the course of the race and thus had a good chance of scoring points. However, he lost control of his car without outside interference and retired. Sutil was unharmed. Although parts were on the track, the safety car did not come out this time. In the end, Vettel won the race ahead of his teammate Webber and thus ensured the first Red Bull victory, which was also a one-two. Third place went to Button, who was able to stay ahead of his teammate Barrichello until the end of the race. The other points went to Kovalainen, Hamilton, Glock and Buemi.

At the award ceremony that followed, there was a faux pas on the part of those responsible when the British national anthem was played instead of the Austrian national anthem for Red Bull Racing.

Button extended his lead in the drivers' standings ahead of team-mate Barrichello. Vettel improved to third place.

With Sebastian Vettel, another driver won for the sixth time in a row.

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: 36.565	1: 35.130	1: 36.184	01	644.0
02	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 36.443	1: 35.803	1: 36.381	02	637.0
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 35.751	1: 35.173	1: 36.466	03	646.5
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 35.701	1: 35.503	1: 36.493	04th	661.0
05	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 35.533	1: 35.556	1: 36.532	05	659.0
06th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 36.308	1: 35.645	1: 36.835	06th	664.5
07th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 35.941	1: 35.809	1: 37.397	07th	650.5
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 36.137	1: 35.856	1: 38.089	08th	673.5
09	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 35.776	1: 35.740	1: 38.595	09	679.0
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 36.284	1: 35.965	1: 39.321	10	673.0
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	1: 36.525	1: 35.975	-	11	679.0
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 36.646	1: 36.032	-	12	697.0
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 36.178	1: 36.033	-	13	690.0
14th	Timo Glock 1	Toyota	1: 36.364	1: 36.066	-	19th	652.0
15th	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 36.673	1: 36.193	-	14th	682.7
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 36.906	-	-	15th	690.0
17th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 36.908	-	-	16	697.9
18th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 36.966	-	-	17th	659.0
19th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 37.669	-	-	18th	648.0
20th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 37.672	-	-	20th	679.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Timo Glock was moved back five starting positions from 14 to 19 due to a gearbox change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	2	1: 57: 43.485	01	644.0	1: 52.627 (42nd)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	2	+ 10.970	03	646.5	1: 52.980 (42nd)
03	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	56	2	+ 44.975	05	659.0	1: 53,546 (44th)
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	56	2	+1: 03.704	04th	661.0	1: 52.592 (42nd)
05	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	56	1	+1: 05.102	12	697.0	1: 54,516 (41st)
06th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	56	1	+1: 11.866	09	679.0	1: 54.665 (39th)
07th	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	1	+1: 14.476	19th	652.0	1: 52.703 (42nd)
08th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+1: 16.439	10	673.0	1: 54,590 (42nd)
09	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	2	+1: 24.309	02	637.0	1: 54.481 (38th)
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	1	+1: 31.750	08th	673.5	1: 55.396 (38th)
11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	1	+1: 34.156	15th	690.0	1: 53.474 (43rd)
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	56	1	+1: 35.834	11	679.0	1: 54.158 (40.)
13	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	56	2	+1: 46.853	17th	659.0	1: 55,350 (44th)
14th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+ 1 lap	20th	679.5	1: 56.239 (37.)
15th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	3	+ 1 lap	07th	650.5	1: 54.243 (55.)
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	54	3	+ 2 rounds	16	697.9	1: 55,535 (42nd)
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	50	2	DNF	18th	648.0	1: 54.777 (41st)
-	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	43	2	DNF	14th	682.7	1: 56.167 (38th)
-	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	13	690.0	1: 56.484 (16.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	18th	0	DNF	06th	664.5	2: 00.330 (14.)

(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 21st, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 15th, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 10, 0 04th  Timo Glock Toyota 10, 0 05  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9.5 06th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 8.5 07th  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 4th, 0 08th  Fernando Alonso Renault 4th, 0 09  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0 10  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 36, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 19.5 03  Toyota 18.5 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 8th, 0 05  BMW clean 4th, 0

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "More diffusers, less KERS in Shanghai" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 18, 2009)
2. ^ "Next loss of starting place" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 18, 2009)

Web links

Commons : 2009 Chinese Grand Prix  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com