2009 Monaco Grand Prix

 2009 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVII Grand Prix de Monaco
Date:	May 24, 2009
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.52 km in 78 laps of 3.34 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 14.902 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Time:	1: 15.154 min (lap 50)
Podium
First:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Second:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The 2009 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 24th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 18 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 29.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 41.5 points ahead of Toyota .

Nick Heidfeld used KERS again . Together with the two racing cars from Ferrari and McLaren- Mercedes, five cars were on the road with the system. Red Bull-Renault started with a double diffuser for the first time .

With Fernando Alonso (twice), Jarno Trulli , Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

The first day of training in Monaco traditionally took place on Thursday. In the first free practice Barrichello set the fastest time in front of his compatriot Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton . In the second free practice session, Nico Rosberg secured his ninth training best time of the current season. World champions Hamilton and Barrichello followed in the places behind him. In the third free practice session on Saturday, Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap ahead of World Championship leader Button and Heikki Kovalainen .

Qualifying

In the first part of qualifying, world champion Hamilton interrupted qualifying with an accident in the Mirabeau . As his gearbox was damaged and replaced in the accident, the Briton had to start from the end of the field. Rosberg set the fastest time in this segment. The five drivers who were eliminated in the first part were Hamilton and both BMW Sauber and Toyota drivers. In the second part of qualifying, both Force India Mercedes drivers who had made it into the top 15 for the first time, both Toro Rosso Ferrari drivers and Nelson Piquet junior, were eliminated. The best time was set by Kimi Räikkönen , who together with second-placed Kovalainen formed a Finnish one-two lead. In the last part of qualifying, Button secured pole position ahead of Räikkönen and Barrichello and created a good starting position for the race. Button managed the curiosity in the third part, in which the Formula 1 cars are refueled, to drive faster than in the first two qualifying segments.

run

At the start Button defended his lead after his team-mate Barrichello had overtaken Raikkonen before the first corner. While both Brawn racing cars and Vettel started the race on the super soft tires, the Ferraris and Williams started with the soft tires. After the soft tires were inferior to the super soft tires at the start, the super soft tires clearly lost traction after a few laps. This difference was most evident with Vettel, who, in fourth place, held up the rest of the field and thus enabled the creation of a gap between the three leading drivers and the rest of the field. Eventually Vettel was overtaken by Rosberg.

Rubens Barrichello finished second in Monaco

On the tenth lap there was an accident between Buemi and Piquet in the Sainte Devote . For Buemi, the race was over on the spot, Piquet was able to drive his damaged racing car into the pit lane, but had to give up there due to excessive damage. A little later, Vettel also finished his race in the Sainte Devote . Most of the time Button led by a 15-second lead over his teammate Barrichello, who had a smaller lead over the Ferrari of Raikkonen and Massa . Massa moved into the spotlight of the stewards after he accidentally cut the Piscine chicane twice .

As the race continued, Kovalainen collided with the track barrier in the Piscine . On the last lap, Nakajima had an accident in the Mirabeau . Furthermore, Kubica retired because he had problems with his brakes. Towards the end of the race, both Ferrari drivers who, due to the regulations, contested the last section with super soft tires, developed grain on the tires and were therefore unable to catch up with the Brawn drivers. In the end Button won the race ahead of Barrichello and Raikkonen. Other points went to Massa, Webber , Rosberg, Alonso and Bourdais .

After the end of the race, Button made the headlines again: As usual, he parked his racing car in the Parc-Fermé at the beginning of the pit lane. In Monaco, however, it is customary for the first three drivers to park their vehicle on the start-finish straight in front of the Fürsten-Box. In contrast to Barrichello and Räikkönen, Button did not know anything about this specialty and had to run to the award ceremony.

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	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 15.210	1: 15.016	1: 14.902	01	647.5
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 15.746	1: 14.514	1: 14.927	02	644.0
03	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 15.425	1: 14.829	1: 15.077	03	648.0
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.915	1: 14.879	1: 15.271	04th	631.5
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 15.340	1: 15.001	1: 15.437	05	643.5
06th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 15.094	1: 14.846	1: 15.455	06th	642.0
07th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 15.495	1: 14.809	1: 15.516	07th	644.0
08th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.260	1: 14.825	1: 15.653	08th	646.5
09	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 15.898	1: 15,200	1: 16.009	09	654.0
10	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 15.930	1: 15.579	1: 17.344	10	668.0
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 15.834	1: 15.833	-	11	670.0
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 16.013	1: 15.837	-	12	673.1
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.063	1: 16,146	-	13	693.0
14th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.120	1: 16.281	-	14th	699.5
15th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.248	1: 16.545	-	15th	670.0
16	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 16.264	-	-	19th	645.5
17th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	1: 16.264	-	-	16	680.0
18th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 16.405	-	-	17th	696.0
19th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 16.548	-	-	18th	688.3
20th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 16.788	-	-	20th	700.8

(K) = racing car with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	78	2	1: 40: 44.282	01	647.5	1: 15.190 (49.)
02	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	78	2	+ 7.666	03	648.0	1: 15.685 (46.)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	78	2	+ 13,442	02	644.0	1: 15.382 (47th)
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	78	2	+ 15.110	05	643.5	1: 15,154 (50th)
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	78	2	+ 15.730	08th	646.5	1: 15.321 (45th)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	78	2	+ 33,586	06th	642.0	1: 15.772 (48th)
07th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	2	+ 37.839	09	654.0	1: 15.371 (64th)
08th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	78	1	+1: 03.142	14th	699.5	1: 16,178 (47th)
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	78	1	+1: 05.040	20th	693.0	1: 16,419 (74.)
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	77	1	+ 1 lap	19th	700.8	1: 16.066 (72nd)
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Clean (K)	77	1	+ 1 lap	16	680.0	1: 16.268 (49.)
12	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	77	2	+ 1 lap	20th	645.5	1: 15.706 (65th)
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	77	2	+ 1 lap	18th	688.3	1: 16.011 (57.)
14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	77	2	+ 1 lap	15th	670.0	1: 16.245 (66.)
15th	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	76	2	+ 2 round	10	668.0	1: 15.792 (73.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	51	1	DNF	07th	644.0	1: 15.672 (48th)
-	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	28	1	DNF	17th	696.0	1: 17.558 (25.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	15th	1	DNF	04th	631.5	1: 17.634 (15.)
-	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	10	0	DNF	12	673.1	1: 18.514 ( 07.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	10	0	DNF	11	670.0	1: 18.582 ( 07.)

(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 51, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 35, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 23, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 19.5 05  Jarno Trulli Toyota 14.5 06th  Timo Glock Toyota 12, 0 07th  Fernando Alonso Renault 11, 0 08th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 9, 0 09  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 10  Felipe Massa Ferrari 8th, 0

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 7.5 12  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 6th, 0 13  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3, 0 15th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2, 0 16  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 17th  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 18th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 19th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 0, 0 20th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 86, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 42.5 03  Toyota 26.5 04th  Ferrari 17th, 0 05  McLaren-Mercedes 13, 0

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 11, 0 07th  Williams-Toyota 7.5 08th  BMW clean 6th, 0 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Web links

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