2009 Hungarian Grand Prix

 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 17 races in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXIV ING Magyar Nagydij
Date:	July 26, 2009
Place:	Mogyoród
Course:	Hungaroring
Length:	306.663 km in 70 laps of 4.381 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 76,000
Pole position
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time:	1: 21.569 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 21.931 min (lap 66)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix took place on July 26th at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród and was the tenth race of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the German Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with 21 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and 22.5 points ahead of Mark Webber . Brawn- Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 19.5 points ahead of Red Bull- Renault and with 77.5 points ahead of Toyota .

At Toro Rosso , Sébastien Bourdais was replaced by Jaime Alguersuari . By starting at the age of 19 years and 125 days, Alguersuari became the youngest Formula 1 driver to date, breaking the almost 29-year- old record of Mike Thackwell , who was 19 years and 154 days old at his debut race .

Robert Kubica contested his 50th Grand Prix at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

With Rubens Barrichello , Fernando Alonso , Kimi Raikkonen , Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen (one each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen posted the best time ahead of Nico Rosberg and his teammate Lewis Hamilton. In the second free practice session, Hamilton confirmed his team's good performance and set the fastest time ahead of Kovalainen and Rosberg. In the third free practice session, Hamilton was again the fastest driver. Heidfeld and Rosberg followed in second and third place . Thus, in every section of the training, a McLaren driver was in first position.

Qualifying

In the first part of the qualification, Rosberg set the fastest time. Both BMW Sauber and Force India pilots and debutant Alguersuari were eliminated. Alguersuari retired with a hydraulic defect before the time ran out.

In the second section, Webber achieved the fastest time of the entire race weekend with 1: 20.358. After the time had elapsed, Felipe Massa had a serious accident when an 800 gram metal spring that had detached from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn , which was driving four seconds, out of sight in front of him , jumped on the road at 240 km / h on his helmet met. He was briefly passed out and drove head-on into the tire wall. Massa suffered a severe concussion. In addition, a cranial bone fragment had to be surgically removed from his left eye socket. The Toyota drivers, Buemi , Barrichello and Piquet were eliminated. Massa qualified for the third training session and would have started from tenth place on the grid since he could no longer participate. After it became clear that Massa would not be ready for the race, the race management decided to let the following drivers move up one place each.

In the third part of the qualifying, the timing of the manufacturer LG Electronics failed due to a damaged cable. So the drivers were initially at a loss as to who would start the race from pole position . Fernando Alonso finally achieved pole position with a time of 1: 21.569 minutes ahead of the two Red Bull-Renaults of Vettel and Webber. It was Renault's first pole position since the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix .

run

Fernando Alonso on three wheels

At the start, Alonso maintained the top position ahead of Webber, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Vettel. Raikkonen, who made up some positions with the help of KERS , collided slightly with Vettel in the first corner, who then lost a few positions. Adrian Sutil finished his race in the pit lane after just one lap . A little later, Hamilton overtook Webber after the first corner, in which the McLaren driver used KERS, and put pressure on the leading Alonso.

The Spaniard, who started with little fuel, had to make an early pit stop. A momentous mishap happened to his pit crew: His right front wheel was not properly attached and a little later came off Alonso's Renault. Fortunately, nobody was hit by the wheel flying through the air. After an emergency stop, Alonso gave up in the pit lane a little later. Renault was banned from the next race after the end of the race. As an appeal was made, the team was allowed to compete in the European Grand Prix .

A little later, Webber and Raikkonen came to the pits at the same time. After Webber's pit stop was not without problems, he left too early and almost collided with Raikkonen. After all drivers had completed their stops, Hamilton led the race ahead of Raikkonen and Webber. Webber's team-mate Vettel later fell out with suspension damage that occurred during the start-up collision with Raikkonen.

Without further incident, Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of Raikkonen and Webber. Hamilton achieved the first victory of a racing car with KERS , which was also the first victory of the world champion this season. Raikkonen, who also had KERS, also achieved his best placement with second place. With his third place, Webber was able to shorten his deficit on the championship leader Button, who was seventh, and also took second place in the drivers' standings.

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	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	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	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 21.313	1: 20.826	1: 21.569	01	637.5
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 21.178	1: 20.604	1: 21.607	02	655.0
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 20.964	1: 20.358	1: 21.741	03	652.0
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 20.842	1: 20.465	1: 21.839	04th	650.5
05	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 20.793	1: 20.862	1: 21.890	05	654.0
06th	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	1: 21.659	1: 20.807	1: 22.095	06th	655.5
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	1: 21,500	1: 20.647	1: 22.468	07th	651.5
08th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	1: 21.471	1: 20.707	1: 22.511	08th	664.5
09	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1: 21.407	1: 20.570	1: 22.835	09	658.0
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari (K)	1: 21.420	1: 20.823	no time	-	-
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 21.571	1: 21.002	-	10	671.5
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 21.416	1: 21.082	-	11	671.3
13	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	1: 21.558	1: 21.222	-	12	689.0
14th	Timo Glock	Toyota	1: 21.584	1: 21.242	-	13	679.2
15th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1: 21.278	1: 21.389	-	14th	667.7
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	1: 21.738	-	-	15th	658.0
17th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.807	-	-	16	680.5
18th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.868	-	-	17th	683.5
19th	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	1: 21.901	-	-	18th	666.0
20th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.359	-	-	19th	675.5

(K) = racing car with KERS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Weight in kg	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	70	2	1: 38: 23.876	04th	650.5	1: 22.479 (16.)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari (K)	70	2	+ 11,529	07th	651.5	1: 22.434 (70th)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 16.886	03	652.0	1: 21.931 (65th)
04th	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	70	2	+ 26.967	05	654.0	1: 22.468 (65.)
05	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes (K)	70	2	+ 34.392	06th	655.5	1: 22,958 (63.)
06th	Timo Glock	Toyota	70	2	+ 35.237	13	679.2	1: 22.506 (63.)
07th	Jenson Button	Brawn Mercedes	70	2	+ 55.088	08th	664.5	1: 22,706 (57.)
08th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	70	2	+1: 08.172	11	671.3	1: 23.261 (65.)
09	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	70	2	+1: 08.774	09	658.0	1: 23,180 (55th)
10	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn Mercedes	70	2	+1: 09.256	12	689.0	1: 23.024 (55th)
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW clean	70	2	+1: 10.612	15th	658.0	1: 23.282 (65.)
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	70	2	+1: 11.512	14th	667.7	1: 23,418 (65th)
13	Robert Kubica	BMW clean	70	2	+1: 14.046	18th	666.0	1: 23.224 (65.)
14th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	69	2	+ 1 lap	16	680.5	1: 23,174 (40.)
15th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	2	+ 1 lap	19th	675.5	1: 23,444 (69.)
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	2	+ 1 lap	10	671.5	1: 22.955 (69.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	29	3	DNF	02	655.0	1: 23.457 (18.)
-	Fernando Alonso	Renault	15th	3	DNF	01	637.5	1: 23.529 ( 04th)
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	01	0	DNF	17th	683.5	-
	Felipe Massa 1	Ferrari (K)	-	-	DNS	10	-	-

(K) = racing car with KERS

¹ Since Felipe Massa was unable to take part in the race, the drivers placed behind him (from Sébastien Buemi) moved up one starting position each.

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 70, 0 02  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 51.5 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 47, 0 04th  Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 44, 0 05  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 25.5 06th  Jarno Trulli Toyota 22.5 07th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 22nd, 0 08th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19th, 0 09  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 18th, 0 10  Timo Glock Toyota 16, 0 11  Fernando Alonso Renault 13, 0

Item driver constructor Points 12  Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 9, 0 13  Nick Heidfeld BMW clean 6th, 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  Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0, 0 19th  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 0, 0 20th  Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 0, 0 21st  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0, 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brawn Mercedes 114, 0 02  Red Bull-Renault 98.5 03  Ferrari 40, 0 04th  Toyota 38.5 05  McLaren-Mercedes 28, 0

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Toyota 25.5 07th  Renault 13, 0 08th  BMW clean 8th, 0 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5, 0 10  Force India-Mercedes 0, 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Alguersuari youngest driver of all time" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 20, 2009)
2. ↑ "FOM explains mishap during qualifying" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 26, 2009)
3. ↑ "Black eye for Renault: racing ban lifted!" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 17, 2009)
4. ↑ "McLaren-Mercedes celebrates historic KERS victory" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 26, 2009)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com