Grand Prix of Germany 2009

 Grand Prix of Germany 2009

Racing data
9th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXX Grand Prix Santander of Germany
Date:	July 12, 2009
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	308.863 km in 60 laps of 5.148 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 32.230 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time:	1: 33.365 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari

The 2009 German Grand Prix took place on July 12th at the Nürburgring in Nürburg and was the ninth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the British Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 23 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 25 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 30.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 70.5 points ahead of Toyota .

It was the first Formula 1 race at the Nürburgring to be held as the German Grand Prix since 1985 .

McLaren- Mercedes used KERS again .

With Barrichello, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton (once each), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

Mark Webber took the lead in the first free practice . Button and Felipe Massa followed in second and third place . In the second Friday practice, world champion Lewis Hamilton achieved the fastest lap ahead of Vettel and Button. Hamilton also set the fastest time in the third free practice session. This time Fernando Alonso and Massa were in second and third place.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Webber set the fastest lap. The Toro Rosso pilots, Glock , Fisichella and Kubica were eliminated. In the short break between the first and second segment there was a rain shower that turned the second segment into a kind of "game of chance". On the drying track, Barrichello drove the fastest lap with dry tires. The Williams pilots, Trulli , Alonso and Heidfeld were eliminated. Because of the different track conditions, Barrichello was more than eight seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg , who was in last place. In addition, some pilots took advantage of the chance the weather offered them: Nelson Piquet junior , in contrast to his teammate Alonso, made it into the top ten in second and Adrian Sutil reached the last qualifying stage for the first time with his Force India . Eventually Webber took pole position ahead of Barrichello and Button. It was the first pole position for the Australian.

run

Although the weather forecast announced rain, the race started in dry conditions. Barrichello won the start and took over the lead from Webber. The KERS cars started very well: Hamilton tried to take the lead from fifth, but apparently there was contact between Hamilton and Webber and the Briton cut his rear tire. Massa, who owned KERS like Hamilton, worked his way up to fourth place behind Barrichello, Webber and Heikki Kovalainen , but was overtaken back by Button on the second lap. Button then tried to overtake Kovalainen, but since the McLaren-Mercedes had KERS, the championship leader had no chance against Kovalainen. Meanwhile, Barrichello and Webber gradually separated themselves from the rest of the field. Since Webber had more fuel in the tank and was able to follow the Brazilian, things initially went optimally for the Australian.

Sébastien Bourdais completed his last race of the season at the Nürburgring

On lap tenth it was announced that race officials were investigating an incident between Barrichello and Webber. Webber had touched Barrichello at the start and was therefore sentenced to a drive-through penalty by the race management. On lap 14, Barrichello and Webber finally came into the pit lane at the same time. Barrichello had to make a stop and Webber had to complete his drive-through penalty. With the two having a big lead over the rest of the field, Webber took the lead. Barrichello came back on track behind Kovalainen and Massa. On the 19th lap, Webber had to make his first regular pit stop and give up his lead. Since Kovalainen had pitted in the meantime, Massa took over the lead of the race. Behind Massa was Barrichello, who lost time in the long-distance duel against Webber because the Australian had free passage.

On the 24th lap, Bourdais had to end his race with hydraulic damage. It was the last race of the season for Bourdais, who was replaced by Jaime Alguersuari after this race . One lap later, Massa made his pit stop and Barrichello took over the lead of the race again.

Mark Webber won the race despite a drive-through penalty

After Sutil pitted, he came back on track behind Massa but ahead of Kimi Raikkonen . But the joy of winning the position did not last long, because he touched Raikkonen and damaged the front wing. A little later he had to stop repairs and his chances of getting points dropped significantly. At the front, Webber caught up with Barrichello and reduced his gap to a few seconds. Barrichello had to pit in front of Webber this time too and his chances of victory were further reduced by a fuel problem. At the top there was a one-two lead by Red Bull-Renault.

Felipe Massa came third in the Eifel

The race for Raikkonen was over on the 35th lap. The Ferrari driver gave up in the pits with engine problems. There were several changes in leadership during the final pit stops. The first to stop was Webber, who handed over the lead to Vettel. The German had to pit next and Massa took the lead. After the Brazilian was in the pits, Webber took over the lead of the race again. While the Red Bull-Renault drivers drove towards a one-two victory, the Brawn Mercedes drivers had to warm up their tires during the race and therefore drove serpentine lines.

In the end, Webber won the German Grand Prix ahead of his team-mate Vettel. It was the Australian's first victory in its 130th Grand Prix. Together with the Red Bull drivers, Massa was on the podium for the first time this season. The other points went to Rosberg, Button, Barrichello, Alonso and Kovalainen. In the drivers' standings, Vettel took second position, 21 points behind Button.

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	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 31.257	1: 38.038	1: 32.230	01	661.0
02	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 31.482	1: 34.455	1: 32.357	02	647.0
03	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 31.568	1: 39.032	1: 32.473	03	644.0
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 31.430	1: 39.504	1: 32.480	04th	661.0
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 31.473	1: 39.149	1: 32.616	05	654.5
06th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 31.881	1: 40.826	1: 33.859	06th	664.0
07th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 32.015	1: 36.740	1: 34.316	07th	678.5
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 31,600	1: 41.708	1: 34.574	08th	673.5
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 31.869	1: 41.730	1: 34.710	09	674.0
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 32.128	1: 35.737	1: 34.803	10	676.0
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 31.771	1: 42.310	-	11	681.0
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 31.302	1: 42.318	-	12	668.2
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 31.884	1: 42,500	-	13	683.6
14th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 31.760	1: 42.771	-	14th	683.7
15th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 31.598	1: 42.859	-	15th	689.6
16	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 32.190	-	-	16	673.5
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 32.251	-	-	17th	674.5
18th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 32.402	-	-	18th	662.5
19th	Timo Glock 1	Toyota	1: 32.423	-	-	20th	662.3
20th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 33.559	-	-	19th	689.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Timo Glock was postponed by three starting positions from 19 to 20 due to a handicap by Fernando Alonso in Q1, 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	60	3	1: 36: 43.310	01	661.0	1: 34.003 (37th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	2	+ 9.252	04th	661.0	1: 34.089 (42nd)
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	60	2	+ 15.906	08th	673.5	1: 34.458 (53rd)
04th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	60	2	+ 21.099	15th	689.6	1: 34,403 (50.)
05	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	60	3	+ 23.609	03	644.0	1: 34.252 (53.)
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	60	3	+ 24.468	02	647.0	1: 34.676 (54th)
07th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	60	2	+ 24.888	12	668.2	1: 33.365 (49.)
08th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	60	2	+ 58.692	06th	664.0	1: 35,524 (59.)
09	Timo Glock	Toyota	60	1	+1: 01.457	box	662.3	1: 35,369 (40.)
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	60	2	+1: 01.925	11	681.0	1: 34,559 (42nd)
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	60	2	+1: 02.327	18th	662.5	1: 35,301 (54.)
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	60	2	+1: 02.876	13	683.6	1: 34.238 (49.)
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	60	2	+1: 08.328	10	676.0	1: 34.876 (46.)
14th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	60	2	+1: 09.555	16	673.5	1: 34.537 (47th)
15th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	60	3	+1: 11.941	07th	678.5	1: 35,366 (43.)
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	2	+1: 30.225	17th	674.5	1: 36.279 (24.)
17th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	60	3	+1: 30.970	14th	683.7	1: 33.654 (52nd)
18th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	59	2	+ 1 lap	05	654.5	1: 35.367 (46.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	34	1	DNF	09	674.0	1: 36.080 ( 04.)
-	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18th	0	DNF	19th	689.5	1: 37.498 (10.)

(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 68, 0 02  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 47, 0 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 45.5 04th  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 44, 0 05  Felipe Massa Ferrari 22nd, 0 06th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 21.5 07th  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 20.5 08th  Timo Glock Toyota 13, 0 09  Fernando Alonso Renault 13, 0 10  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 10, 0

Item driver constructor Points 11  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 12  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 6th, 0 13  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 5, 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 112, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 92.5 03  Toyota 34.5 04th  Ferrari 32, 0 05  Williams-Toyota 20.5

Item constructor Points 06th  McLaren-Mercedes 14th, 0 07th  Renault 13, 0 08th  BMW clean 8th, 0 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Weather thriller at the Nürburgring: Pole for Webber!" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2009)
2. ↑ "Bourdais with failure - Buemi without a chance" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 12, 2009)
3. ↑ "Massa's podium motivational boost for Ferrari" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 12, 2009)
4. ^ "Three starting places deduction for Glock" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2009)

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 2009  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com