2009 British Grand Prix

 2009 British Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix
Date:	June 21, 2009
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	308.355 km in 60 laps of 5.141 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 105,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 19.509 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 20.735 min (lap 16)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes

The 2009 British Grand Prix took place on June 21 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone and was the eighth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Turkish Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 26 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 32 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 39.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 63.5 points ahead of Toyota .

After McLaren- Mercedes had also expanded KERS , only Scuderia Ferrari drove with the system at Silverstone .

The Grand Prix of Great Britain was to be held for the last time on the traditional race track in Silverstone in 2009 and from 2010 onwards in Donington . However, after the end of the season it was decided that the British Grand Prix would continue to take place at Silverstone. The sporting events on the race weekend were overshadowed by an announcement by the eight FOTA teams who announced their exit from Formula 1 on Friday night.

With Barrichello, Fernando Alonso , Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton (once each), four former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, Red Bull-Renault dominated the action. Vettel drove the fastest lap in front of his teammate Mark Webber . With eight tenths of a second behind, the World Cup leader Button finished third. In the second practice session, the result at the top remained unchanged: Vettel again set the fastest time ahead of Webber. Force India driver Adrian Sutil caused a small surprise with third place. In the third free practice session, Williams driver Nico Rosberg again secured a training best time. The German was followed by Kazuki Nakajima and Jarno Trulli .

Qualifying

In the first part of qualifying, Nakajima set the fastest lap. Lewis Hamilton , the Toro Rosso and Force India pilots were eliminated. In the second section, Vettel sat at the head of the field. The BMW Sauber drivers, Piquet , Kovalainen and Massa did not make the leap into the final part of qualifying, in which Vettel secured pole position ahead of Barrichello and Webber .

run

Vettel won the start of the race against a good starting Barrichello. In contrast to his team-mate, Button did not start so well and fell back to ninth place. However, he was able to improve to eighth place after an overtaking maneuver against Massa on the second lap. Nick Heidfeld was also in the focus of the initial phase . After first damaging his front wing on the McLaren by Kovalainen, he was overtaken by Giancarlo Fisichella after an attack by Alonso . However, despite several attacks, he was able to keep the Spaniard behind. He only had his front wing changed during his regular pit stop on lap 22.

There were some battles for positions in the field

Meanwhile, Vettel continued to move away from the rest of the field and was around nine seconds ahead of Barrichello in the tenth lap. The first pit stop was made by Nakajima, who was overtaken by the Finn one lap later, after Kimi Räikkönen , who was initially behind the Japanese. The Red Bull-Renault drivers were able to stay on the track the longest and so Webber overtook Barrichello with the help of a later pit stop. The leading Vettel stayed the longest of the leading group on the track and was therefore able to keep his lead even after the pit stop.

Red Bull celebrated a double victory at Silverstone

On lap 31 there was a duel between former teammates Hamilton and Alonso. First, Hamilton overtook the Spaniard, who started a counterattack a lap later and overtook Hamilton before Stowe . The duel was about 16th place. On lap 35 there was a collision between Kovalainen and Bourdais . This collision was triggered by a mix-up: Kovalainen mistook Bourdais for Webber and made room for him to lap, but the Finn recognized his mistake shortly before the maneuver was over and closed. Then the two collided. Both pilots had to give up a few laps later in the pits.

At the top, the Red Bull-Renault were able to pull away from the field and maintain their one-two lead even after the pit stops. In fourth place, Massa prevailed against Rosberg with a later stop. Behind the two was Button, who was still trying to drive past Rosberg in the last few laps. Eventually Vettel won the Grand Prix in front of his teammates Webber and Barrichello. The other points went to Massa, Rosberg, Button, Trulli and Räikkönen.

Button, who was able to confidently maintain the lead in the drivers' standings, did not take part in the award ceremony of the 2009 Grand Prix for the first time. For Vettel it was the second win of the season and the first in dry conditions. With a win, pole position and the fastest lap, the German also scored a hat trick .

With Sebastian Vettel, another driver won for the seventh 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: 18.685	1: 18.119	1: 19.509	01	666.5
02	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 19.325	1: 18.335	1: 19.856	02	657.5
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 18.674	1: 18.209	1: 19.868	03	659.5
04th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 18.886	1: 18.240	1: 20.091	04th	658.0
05	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 18.530	1: 18.575	1: 20.216	05	652.5
06th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 18,957	1: 18.663	1: 20.289	06th	657.5
07th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 19.228	1: 18.591	1: 20.361	07th	661.5
08th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 19.198	1: 18.791	1: 20.490	08th	660.0
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 19.010	1: 18.566	1: 20.715	09	654.0
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 19.167	1: 18.761	1: 20.741	10	654.0
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 19.148	1: 18.927	-	11	675.0
12	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 19.730	1: 19.308	-	12	689.5
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.732	1: 19.353	-	13	695.5
14th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 19.555	1: 19.392	-	14th	682.5
15th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 19.559	1: 19.448	-	15th	665.5
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 19.802	-	-	16	668.0
17th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 19.898	-	-	17th	687.5
18th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 19.909	-	-	18th	692.0
19th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.917	-	-	19th	666.0
20th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 20.236	-	-	20th	672.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	2	1: 22: 49.328	01	666.5	1: 20.735 (16.)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	60	2	+ 15.188	03	659.5	1: 20.915 (57.)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	60	2	+ 41.175	02	657.5	1: 21.429 (18.)
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	60	2	+ 45.043	11	675.0	1: 21.509 (22.)
05	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	60	2	+ 45.915	07th	661.5	1: 21.054 (17.)
06th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	60	2	+ 46.285	06th	657.5	1: 21,189 (54.)
07th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	60	2	+1: 08.307	04th	658.0	1: 21.806 (17.)
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	60	2	+1: 09.622	09	654.0	1: 21.656 (14th)
09	Timo Glock	Toyota	60	2	+1: 09.823	08th	660.0	1: 21.671 (51st)
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	60	2	+1: 11.522	16	668.0	1: 21.810 (20.)
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	60	2	+1: 14.023	05	652.5	1: 21.845 (14th)
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	59	1	+ 1 lap	14th	682.5	1: 22.505 (25.)
13	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	59	2	+ 1 lap	12	689.5	1: 22,182 (41.)
14th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	59	2	+ 1 lap	10	654.0	1: 21.852 (36th)
15th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	59	2	+ 1 lap	15th	665.5	1: 21,956 (59.)
16	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	59	2	+ 1 lap	19th	666.0	1: 22.576 (24.)
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	59	1	+ 1 lap	18th	692.0	1: 23.475 (50th)
18th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	59	2	+ 1 lap	20th	672.5	1: 22.711 (24.)
-	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	37	2	DNF	17th	687.5	1: 22.466 (26.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	36	2	DNF	13	695.5	1: 22,418 (32nd)

(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 64, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 41, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 39, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 35.5 05  Jarno Trulli Toyota 21.5 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 16, 0 07th  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 15.5 08th  Timo Glock Toyota 13, 0 09  Fernando Alonso Renault 11, 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 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 105, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 74.5 03  Toyota 34.5 04th  Ferrari 26th, 0 05  Williams-Toyota 15.5

Item constructor Points 06th  McLaren-Mercedes 13, 0 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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