2009 Singapore Grand Prix

 2009 Singapore Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2009 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Date:	September 27, 2009
Place:	Singapore
Course:	Marina Bay Street Circuit
Length:	309.224 km in 61 laps of 5.067 km
Weather:	dry
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 47.891 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time:	1: 48.240 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Timo Glock	Toyota
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Renault

The 2009 Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 27th at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore and was the 14th race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Italian Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 26 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 40.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 84 points ahead of Ferrari .

Renault did without KERS again after one race .

Before the race weekend, Renault was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence for the crash gate . For this reason, the main sponsor, the ING Groep , and another sponsor, Mutua Madrileña , gave up their commitment with immediate effect before the race .

With Fernando Alonso (again) the only former winners entered in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice Barrichello achieved the fastest lap ahead of Button and Mark Webber . Romain Grosjean , who drove into the wall at turn 13 , caused an interruption . The curious thing about the incident was that it resembled the deliberate accident involving Nelson Piquet Jr. the year before. In the second free practice, which began in Singapore at 9:30 p.m. local time, Red Bull-Renault driver Vettel drove the fastest lap. Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen followed in second and third place . In the third free practice session on Saturday, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg .

Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton started from pole position in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap in the first section of qualifying. The Force India pilots, Grosjean, Fisichella and Alguersuari were eliminated. In the second part, Nico Rosberg sat at the head of the field. Trulli , Buemi , Räikkönen , Button and Nakajima did not make the leap into the final section. Half a minute before the end of the last qualifying section, Barrichello had an accident in turn 5 and triggered the termination of qualifying. Since nobody could improve anymore, pole position went to Hamilton, who had set the fastest time ahead of Vettel and Rosberg.

run

Hamilton, starting from pole position, started well and kept his lead confidently. Vettel, who started from second place, did not get into the race so well and was overtaken by Rosberg before the first corner. In the first round there were also further shifts: Barrichello improved to seventh place, his team-mate Button to tenth place. In addition, there was a debatable overtaking maneuver: Webber, who was behind Alonso, passed the Renault driver using the run-off zone. A short time later, Timo Glock also overtook Alonso. Webber only stayed in fourth place for a few laps, however, as his team had instructed him to let the two pass in order to avoid a possible punishment for the overtaking maneuver against Alonso.

After three laps, the race for Grosjean was over due to braking problems. At the top, Hamilton was able to continuously break away from his pursuers. Only Rosberg and Vettel stayed with Hamilton within ten seconds. However, all the trump cards were with Hamilton, who had the most gasoline on board of the leading trio. In the back of the field, a close group formed as newcomer Alguersuari held the riders behind him. However, Adrian Sutil , who was directly behind the Spaniard, did not manage to drive past him for the time being. In the meantime, there was a yellow flag for a few laps in a section of the track because Glock had lost part of his racing car. However, the German was able to continue without any problems. The part was removed from a marshals after a few laps.

From the leading trio, Vettel pitted first and came back onto the track behind Barrichello. One lap later, Rosberg also completed his pit stop. He came back on track ahead of Barrichello, but the Brazilian quickly passed him. After Glock and Barrichello had been in the pits of the pilots in the lead, the leader Hamilton came into the pits and was able to defend his lead in front of Alonso, who had not stopped yet. In the meantime, the race stewards had become aware of the Rosberg pit exit: the German unintentionally drove over the white line and was therefore given a drive-through penalty.

Nick Heidfeld did not finish in Singapore for the first time in 41 races

In the back of the field, Sutil dared to overtake Alguersuari on Esplanade Drive . The maneuver was unsuccessful and Sutil then turned. When trying to drive back onto the track, he collided with Nick Heidfeld , who had started out of the pit lane and for whom the race was over on the spot. For the first time since the 2007 US Grand Prix, Heidfeld was not included in the ranking. Sutil was able to continue a few more laps, but had to retire at the pits a little later. After the race, Sutil was fined $ 20,000 for dangerous driving.

Because of the accident and the wreckage on the track, the safety car was sent out on the track. The pit lane was very busy as all the drivers who had not yet entered the pit completed their stops. Alguersuari left too early at his stop - like Felipe Massa a year earlier - and took the fuel hose with him. After the mechanics removed the hose, he resumed racing. Behind the safety car, Hamilton led the field in front of Rosberg, Vettel, Glock, Alonso, Barrichello, Kovalainen, Button and Webber. The safety car phase was particularly tragic for Rosberg, who had not yet completed his drive-through penalty. Two laps after the restart, the German took his penalty and came back on track in 14th. At the front, Vettel was able to put Hamilton under pressure, but failed to overtake him.

Vettel made his last pit stop on lap 39 and came back on track in seventh place. However, Vettel was too fast in the pit lane and was then given a drive-through penalty, which ultimately ruined the possibility of a race win. Hamilton and the Glock, now in second place, could stay out longer than Vettel, but Glock also had to go into the pits before Hamilton.

World Championship leader Jenson Button finished fifth in Singapore

On lap 46, Webber flew off the Sheares curve with braking problems. Although the safety car was not needed, Hamilton immediately made his last pit stop and came back on track in second behind Alonso. Barrichello also had to go into the pits. However, his stop did not go perfectly because the engine ran out when he started. So he lost important seconds on his teammate Button. After 47 laps, both Toro Rosso drivers gave up in the pits at the same time.

After all drivers had made their pit stops, Hamilton led the field in front of Glock, Alonso, Vettel, Button, Barrichello and Kovalainen. Button tried to reduce his deficit on Vettel, but gave up a few laps before the end to save his brakes and score important points for the world title. Robert Kubica , who was eighth, was put under pressure by Nakajima, but was able to defend his position until the end of the race against the Japanese who did not attack him.

Lewis Hamilton won his second race of the 2009 season in Singapore without any further changes. Alonso set the fastest race lap.

In the World Cup, Button was able to extend his lead over Barrichello to 15 points, his lead over Vettel decreased to 25 points. Webber has no chance of the world title since that race. With the medal system proposed by Bernie Ecclestone before the season, Button would have won the world title in Singapore.

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	Timo Glock
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	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 46.977	1: 46.657	1: 47.891	01	660.5
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 47.541	1: 46.362	1: 48.204	02	651.0
03	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 47.390	1: 46.197	1: 48.348	03	657.5
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 47.646	1: 46.328	1: 48.722	04th	654.5
05	Rubens Barrichello 1	Brawn Mercedes	1: 47.397	1: 46.787	1: 48.828	010	655.5
06th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 47.757	1: 46.767	1: 49.054	05	658.0
07th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 47.770	1: 46.707	1: 49.180	06th	660.5
08th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 47.347	1: 46.832	1: 49.307	07th	650.0
09	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 47.615	1: 46.813	1: 49.514	08th	664.0
10	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 47.542	1: 46.842	1: 49.778	09	664.5
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 47.637	1: 47.013	-	11	680.7
12	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 47.180	1: 47.141	-	12	683.0
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 47.293	1: 47.177	-	13	680.5
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 47.677	1: 47.369	-	14th	678.0
15th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 47.690	1: 47.413	-	15th	690.9
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 48.231	-	-	16	693.0
17th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 48.340	-	-	17th	683.5
18th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari (K)	1: 48.350	-	-	18th	678.5
19th	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1: 48.544	-	-	19th	683.0
20th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 48.792	-	-	20th	656.0

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Rubens Barrichello has been moved back five grid positions from 5 to 10 because of a gearbox change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	61	2	1: 56: 06,337	01	660.5	1: 48.345 (36th)
02	Timo Glock	Toyota	61	2	+ 9.634	06th	660.5	1: 48.396 (34.)
03	Fernando Alonso	Renault	61	2	+ 16.624	05	658.0	1: 48.240 (53.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	61	3	+ 20.261	02	651.0	1: 48.398 (10.)
05	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	61	2	+ 30.015	11	683.0	1: 48.369 (54.)
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	61	2	+ 31.858	09	655.5	1: 48,598 (50th)
07th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	61	2	+ 36.157	08th	664.5	1: 49.283 (36.)
08th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	61	2	+ 55.054	07th	664.0	1: 48.847 (44.)
09	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	61	2	+ 56.054	10	680.7	1: 49.371 (45th)
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	61	2	+ 58.892	12	680.5	1: 48.391 (54.)
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	61	3	+ 59.777	03	657.5	1: 48.352 ( 09.)
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	61	2	+1: 13.009	14th	690.9	1: 48.816 (54.)
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari (K)	61	2	+1: 19.890	17th	678.5	1: 49,417 (49.)
14th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	61	2	+1: 33.502	19th	656.0	1: 49.852 (48th)
-	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	47	2	DNF	16	683.5	1: 52.483 (32nd)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	47	3	DNF	13	678.0	1: 50.636 (17.)
-	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	45	2	DNF	04th	654.5	1: 49.319 (35.)
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	23	1	DNF	15th	693.0	1: 52.623 (15.)
-	Nick Heidfeld 1	BMW clean	19th	0	DNF	box	650.0	1: 51.346 (18th)
-	Romain Grosjean	Renault	03	0	DNF	18th	683.0	1: 57.192 ( 02.)

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Nick Heidfeld was transferred to the pit lane because of a gearbox and engine change .

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 84, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 69, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 59, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 51.5 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 40, 0 06th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 37, 0 07th  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 30.5 08th  Fernando Alonso Renault 26th, 0 09  Timo Glock Toyota 24, 0 10  Jarno Trulli Toyota 22.5 11  Felipe Massa Ferrari 22nd, 0 12  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 22nd, 0

Item driver constructor Points 13  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 12, 0 14th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 9, 0 15th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes, Ferrari 8th, 0 16  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 5, 0 17th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3, 0 18th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2, 0 19th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0 20th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 21st  Luca Badoer Ferrari 0, 0 22nd  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 23  Romain Grosjean Renault 0, 0 24  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 153, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 110.5 03  Ferrari 62, 0 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 59, 0 05  Toyota 46.5

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Toyota 30.5 07th  Renault 26th, 0 08th  BMW clean 21st, 0 09  Force India-Mercedes 13, 0 10  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "No KERS for Renault in Singapore and Japan" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 13, 2009)
2. ^ "After" Crashgate ": Renault loses the title sponsor" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2009)
3. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 25, 2009)
4. ^ "Formula 1 strange: Grosjean 'copied' Piquet-Crash" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 25, 2009)
5. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-total.com on September 25, 2009)
6. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-total.com on September 26, 2009)
7. ↑ "20,000 US dollar fine for Sutil" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 27, 2009)
8. ↑ "Changing the gearbox: Will the Barrichello subway cost the title?" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2009)
9. ↑ "Heidfeld starts out of the pit lane" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 27, 2009)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com