2009 Spanish Grand Prix

 2009 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 17 races in the Formula 1 World Championship 2009
Surname:	L Gran Premio de España Telefónica
Date:	May 10, 2009
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 92,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 20.527 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes
Time:	1: 22.762 min (lap 28)
Podium
First:	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes
Second:	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2009 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 10th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Bahrain Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 12 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 13 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 22.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 23.5 points ahead of Toyota .

After Renault and BMW Sauber decided against using KERS , Ferrari and McLaren- Mercedes were the only teams to use the system. McLaren-Mercedes was the only team to use KERS in every race.

For the European kick-off, some teams traveled to the event with retreaded racing cars.

With Kimi Räikkönen (twice), Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa (once each), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, World Cup leader Button set the fastest time ahead of Jarno Trulli and Robert Kubica . In the second free practice session, Nico Rosberg secured the lead ahead of his Williams team- mate Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso . In the third free practice session, Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen achieved a one- two lead for Ferrari, and Button was third.

Qualifying

As in the third free practice session, Massa achieved the fastest lap in the first segment of qualifying. His team-mate did not make the jump to the second section because he assumed that the time he had driven would be sufficient and was surprised in the pits when other pilots overtook him. In addition, Kovalainen , Bourdais and the Force India pilots were eliminated. Also in the second qualifying stage, a Brazilian, Barrichello, took the lead. Buemi , Hamilton , Heidfeld , Piquet and Nakajima. In the crucial third part of qualifying, Button secured pole position in front of Vettel and Barrichello.

run

Rubens Barrichello took over the lead of the race after the start

After the start of the race there was a change of position at the front. Barrichello prevailed against the others and took the lead ahead of Button. Massa overtook Vettel and came third. In the first combination of corners he had a few collisions: Trulli came next to the track after a duel with Rosberg and came back spinning on the track. Sutil drove into Trulli's Toyota and the two Toro Rosso pilots Bourdais and Buemi collided. As a result of the accident, the safety car came onto the race track.

One lap after the race was reopened, Kovalainen retired with a gearbox failure. Barrichello led the race and was able to pull away from the rest of the field together with Button. Button even asked his teammate driving in front of him to drive even faster. In third place was Ferrari driver Massa, who drove ahead of Vettel. Although Vettel achieved sector best times, he could not overtake the Ferrari. After 17 laps, another pilot, Raikkonen, retired. The Finn's Ferrari had hydraulic damage.

Button completed his pit stop as the first in the leading group. One lap later, the lead pilot Barrichello pitted together with Mark Webber . Massa took the lead, but had to give it back to Barrichello one lap later after his pit stop. At the same time as Massa, Vettel pitted, but the German could not pass Massa. While Button had switched to a two-stop strategy when he stopped, Barrichello stayed on a three-stop strategy and thus had to develop a lead over Button. The Brit led the race after Barrichello's stop and pulled away from the rest of the field.

At the end of the race, Massa had to save fuel and stopped with an empty tank on the run-out lap

In the 43rd lap, Massa and Vettel came back to the pits at the same time and again Massa stayed ahead of Vettel. Button was able to stay on the track and extend his lead over Barrichello. Two laps after Button's last stop, Barrichello also made his last pit stop and came back on the track behind Button. Webber pits at the same time as Barrichello and was able to overtake Massa and Vettel with his subsequent stop.

Jenson Button won the Spanish Grand Prix

A few laps before the end of the race, Massa had to save fuel and reduce his speed. After he was able to keep Vettel a few laps behind him, he finally had to let the German go. He was also overtaken by Alonso and made it to the finish line in sixth.

Button won the race and took his fourth win of the season. His team-mate Barrichello finished second ahead of Webber. The other points went to Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Heidfeld and Rosberg. With his victory, Button again extended the lead in the drivers' standings and Brawn GP was also able to extend its lead over the other teams with the double victory.

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: 20.707	1: 20.192	1: 20.527	01	646.0
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 20.715	1: 20.220	1: 20.660	02	651.5
03	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 20.808	1: 19,954	1: 20.762	03	649.5
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 20.484	1: 20.149	1: 20.934	04th	655.0
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 20.689	1: 20.007	1: 21.049	05	651.5
06th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 20.877	1: 20.107	1: 21.247	06th	646.5
07th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 21.189	1: 20.420	1: 21.254	07th	655.5
08th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 21.186	1: 20.509	1: 21.392	08th	645.0
09	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 20.745	1: 20.256	1: 22.558	09	668.0
10	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 20.931	1: 20.408	1: 22.685	10	660.0
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 20.818	1: 20.531	-	11	676.6
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 21.128	1: 20.604	-	12	677.4
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 21.095	1: 20.676	-	13	676.3
14th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 20.991	1: 20.805	-	14th	683.0
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 21.033	1: 21.067	-	15th	678.0
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 21.291	-	-	16	673.0
17th	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 21,300	-	-	17th	669.0
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 21.675	-	-	18th	657.0
19th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.742	-	-	19th	675.0
20th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22.204	-	-	20th	656.0

(K) = racing car with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	66	2	1: 37: 19.202	01	646.0	1: 22.899 (17.)
02	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	66	3	+ 13.056	03	649.5	1: 22.762 (28th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	66	2	+ 13.924	05	651.5	1: 23.112 (18.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	66	2	+ 18.941	02	651.5	1: 23.090 (41st)
05	Fernando Alonso	Renault	66	2	+ 43.166	08th	645.0	1: 23.420 (14th)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	66	2	+ 50.827	04th	655.0	1: 23.089 (14th)
07th	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	66	2	+ 52.312	13	676.3	1: 23.878 (29.)
08th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	66	2	+1: 05.211	09	668.0	1: 23.621 (24.)
09	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	65	2	+ 1 lap	14th	683.0	1: 23.839 (29.)
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	65	2	+ 1 lap	06th	646.5	1: 24,134 (44.)
11	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	65	2	+ 1 lap	10	660.0	1: 24.078 (26.)
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	65	2	+ 1 lap	12	677.4	1: 24.286 (41.)
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	65	3	+ 1 lap	11	676.6	1: 24.155 (38.)
14th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	65	4th	+ 1 lap	20th	656.0	1: 23.796 (63rd)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	17th	0	DNF	16	673.0	1: 24.490 (16.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	07th	0	DNF	18th	657.0	1: 28.719 ( 06.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	00	0	DNF	07th	655.5	-
-	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	00	0	DNF	17th	669.0	-
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	00	0	DNF	15th	678.0	-
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	00	0	DNF	19th	675.0	-

(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 41, 0 02  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 27, 0 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 23, 0 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 15.5 05  Jarno Trulli Toyota 14.5 06th  Timo Glock Toyota 12, 0 07th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 08th  Fernando Alonso Renault 9, 0 09  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 6th, 0 10  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 4.5

Item driver constructor Points 11  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 4th, 0 12  Felipe Massa Ferrari 3, 0 13  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 3, 0 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3, 0 15th  Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1, 0 16  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 17th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 18th  Robert Kubica BMW clean 0, 0 19th  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 20th  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 68, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 38.5 03  Toyota 26.5 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 13, 0 05  Renault 9, 0

Item constructor Points 06th  BMW clean 6th, 0 07th  Ferrari 6th, 0 08th  Williams-Toyota 4.5 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Ferrari with new strength and old fault" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2009)
2. ↑ "McLaren-Mercedes:" Low point race "checked" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 10, 2009)
3. ↑ "Ferrari only wants to take the positive with it" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 10, 2009)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com