2009 FIA Formula 1 DHL Chinese Grand Prix

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2009 DHL Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit

Round 3


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SpeedTV Coverage:
Saturday Qualifing: 2:30 AM April 18
Sunday Race 2:00 AM April 19

Weekend Headlines

- BrawnGP, Williams, and Toyota diffusers are legal.
- Ron Dennis perminatly exits F1
- Ferrari and Renault are NOT running KERS leaving just 3 cars on the grid.
- McLaren and Renault have overnighted a Dual Diffuser element to China.

[Elbow]

Ahhh missed qualifying :(. I will be up for the race. This is by far the most exciting F1 season in years. "F1: We Know Drama"

[EJ25RUN]

Ahhh missed qualifying :(. I will be up for the race. This is by far the most exciting F1 season in years. "F1: We Know Drama"
Me too. I fell asleep.

Downloading now from you know where.

[EJ25RUN]

Just watched it. S3 was great!

Spoilers!!!

Vettel scores Red Bull's maiden pole in China Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position for the first time since Monza last year in a gripping qualifying session in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon, giving Red Bull Racing their maiden P1 grid slot.

The German's sole flying lap of Q3 - a 1m 36.184s - was enough to take the honours from team mate Mark Webber, whose 1m 36.466s had kept him ahead of championship leader Jenson Button who had taken his Brawn round in 1m 36.532s.

In the dying moments of Q3, however, Fernando Alonso pushed his Renault between the two Red Bulls with 1m 36.381s, as Rubens Barrichello pushed Brawn team mate Button down to fifth with 1m 36.493s.

Now we await the fuel weights to figure out who really was fast and who, if anyone, was just grandstanding.

Jarno Trulli, much fancied before qualifying, was sixth for Toyota on 1m 36.835s, ahead of fuel-heavy Nico Rosberg on 1m 37.397s in the Williams, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on 1m 38.089s, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who only got one run for his 1m 38.595, and Sebastien Buemi who put his Toro Rosso 10th with 1m 39.321s.

Q2 had surprisingly accounted for four fancied stars. Nick Heidfeld could not better 11th with 1m 35.975s for BMW Sauber, together with the McLarens the only car that will go into the race with KERS. Heikki Kovalainen was next up for the Woking team on 1m 36.032s ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari on 1m 36.033s and Timo Glock’s Toyota on 1m 36.066s. Glock is set to drop five grid places thanks to a gearbox change. Once again, the times were incredibly closed. Kazuki Nakajima was 15th with 1m 36.193s for Williams.

Sebastien Bourdais was the fastest faller in Q1, lapping his Toro Rosso in 1m 36.906s for 16th. Nelson Piquet had another unhappy ride for Renault for 17th on 1m 36.908s, which left him ahead of a disappointed Robert Kubica whose BMW Sauber was left on 1m 36.966s. At the back were the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella, evenly matched on 1m 37.669s and 1m 37.672s.

FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIXPos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps

1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.565 1:35.130 1:36.184 11
2 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.443 1:35.803 1:36.381 21
3 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35.751 1:35.173 1:36.466 19
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.701 1:35.503 1:36.493 21
5 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.533 1:35.556 1:36.532 19
6 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.308 1:35.645 1:36.835 21
7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:35.941 1:35.809 1:37.397 23
8 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.137 1:35.856 1:38.089 19
9 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.776 1:35.740 1:38.595 17
10 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:36.284 1:35.965 1:39.321 21
11 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:36.525 1:35.975 14
12 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.646 1:36.032 10
13 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.178 1:36.033 11
14 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.364 1:36.066 14
15 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.673 1:36.193 13
16 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:36.906 10
17 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:36.908 10
18 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.966 8
19 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.669 10
20 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:37.672 10

[Elbow]

Me too. I fell asleep.

Downloading now from you know where.

They announced who got pole at RA, but I am downloading now as well :goodjob: Didn't read the spoiler yet lol.

[EJ25RUN]

Loaded up on caffine so i'm ready for the night shift.

[SampaGuy]

Lightest car on the grid: Alonso, 637kg
Heaviest car on the grid: Piquet, 697,9kg
Heaviest car in top 5: Barrichello, 661kg
Button: 659kg
Vettel: 644kg

Its raining!

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Lightest car on the grid: Alonso, 637kg
Heaviest car on the grid: Piquet, 697,9kg
Heaviest car in top 5: Barrichello, 661kg
Button: 659kg
Vettel: 644kg

Its raining!

Barrichello will be loving this weather.

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**Spoilers**






Vettel leads Red Bull to maiden one-two victory in China


Sebastian Vettel started from pole position at Monza last year, and won. He started from pole position in China on Sunday afternoon, and this time he led team mate Mark Webber home in a superb one-two that gave team owner Dietrich Mateschitz his first success under the Red Bull Racing name.

€n wet and windy conditions, it was thus German driver Bernd Maylander in his Mercedes-Benz safety car who led the field for the first eight laps. He had already done more laps this season that Heikki Kovalainen!

When Maylander pulled in after those eight laps, the Red Bulls led until their first refuelling stops, Webber on Lap 14, Vettel on 15. That put series leader Jenson Button into the lead after he’d passed Brawn team mate Rubens Barrichello on the 11th lap. Behind them, there was some great racing as McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa were on the move.

The world champion climbed to fifth but then spun down to 10th on the Lap 11 and had to work his way back up to eighth by the time the safety car was deployed for the second time on Lap 18 when Robert Kubica slammed his BMW Sauber into the back of Jarno Trulli’s Toyota. While Maylander was heading the field again, Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso ran into the back of Vettel, unsighted in the spray, but would get away with it.

The advantage now went back to Vettel, but a slick refuelling stop by Brawn got Button back out in second place ahead of Massa, whose Ferrari rolled to a silent halt on the 21st lap. The race resumed on Lap 23, and with a lighter fuel load Vettel sprinted away from Button and Webber.

“Vettel is only quicker by fuel effect,” the Brawn team told Button, “and Webber is also shorter.” But the Australian moved ahead as Button missed his braking for Turn 14 on the 29th lap. Now it was a Red Bull one-two, but Button snatched second back two laps later when Webber ran wide in the final corner on a track slippier than a skating rink. Not to be outdone, however, Webber snatched the place back within a lap with a terrific counter-attack.

When Button found himself only 1.2s ahead of Vettel on the 40th lap, the German having made his final fuel stop but the Briton still with one to come, the writing was on the wall. A lap later Vettel drew alongside the Brawn going into Turn 14, and took back the lead with a calm reassurance reminiscent of fellow countryman Michael Schumacher in his heyday.

Button’s second stop on Lap 42 dropped him to third, and for the first time Brawn did not look like the pacesetter this season. That was Adrian Newey’s RB5 design, and Vettel and Webber had no trouble reeling off the final laps to a great triumph as Button rolled it off and settled for third ahead of Barrichello.

Both McLarens finished, Heikki Kovalainen heading Hamilton. The Finn made no mistakes, but Lewis had another spin and some off-course moments on his way to sixth. Behind him, Toyota’s Timo Glock fought his way back up to seventh for Toyota ahead of the again impressive Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi, who withstood a lot of pressure in difficult conditions to take the final point.

Fernando Alonso was another spinner, bringing his Renault home only ninth ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who fell back from fourth after his fuel stop on Lap 27 and was never thereafter in the hunt. He and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais grabbed places from Nick Heidfeld in the closing stages, the German leading BMW Sauber team mate Robert Kubica home after the latter needed a second new nose late in the race.

Adrian Sutil had been on target for two points but crashed shortly after pushing Hamilton into a mistake, so it was Force €ndia team mate Giancarlo Fisichella who took 14th place ahead of Nico Rosberg, who had a terrible afternoon that included an unsuccessful gamble on intermediate tyres. Renault’s Nelson Piquet also had a gruesome time with spins requiring two new noses.

Besides Sutil, Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima failed to finish, probably giddy after several spins, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa dropped out of third place with an electronic problem on Lap 21, and Toyota’s Jarno Trulli was forced out after being attacked early on by Kubica.

Button thus extends his championship lead to 21 points, ahead of Barrichello on 15, Vettel on 10 and Webber on 9.5.

2009 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIXPos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts

1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 1:57:43.485 1 10
2 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 56 +10.9 secs 3 8
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 56 +44.9 secs 5 6
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 56 +63.7 secs 4 5
5 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +65.1 secs 12 4
6 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +71.8 secs 9 3
7 10 Timo Glock Toyota 56 +74.4 secs 19 2
8 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 56 +76.4 secs 10 1
9 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 56 +84.3 secs 2
10 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +91.7 secs 8
11 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 56 +94.1 secs 15
12 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 56 +95.8 secs 11
13 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 56 + 106.8 secs 17
14 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 20
15 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 55 +1 Lap 7
16 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 +2 Laps 16
17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 50 Accident 18
Ret 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 43 Transmission 14
Ret 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 20 Electrical 13
Ret 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 18 Accident damage 6

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It took me 4 attempts but i finally finished watching the race a couple mins ago.

I'm really happy for Vettel. Him and Kubica are the two best talents in F1 that have yet to win an F1 title.

Ferrari is now at a level they haven't been since 1981. No points after 3 races. They have really become an "alsoran"

McLaren's cars made some headway. Good to see Heikki get ahead of Lewis for once.

I hope Mark Webber gets to the top step this season atleast once. I remember him from his Minardi days and he has always been a driver that can get the results from not much car. His Williams days don't speak fully of his ability. His dice with Jenson shows that.

[Elbow]

Just finished it this morning, crazy wet race. I am excited Vettel won, I really like him, especially his attitude, he is a really good driver and is happy to be where he is. I really liked him saying "it was so much fun," I don't remember the last time I heard an F1 driver sound like he had a fun time lol.

[dazn]

well, it was inevitable. between vettels superhuman driving skills and adrian newey's brilliant aero and chassis work, this was sure to happen. Vettel won the pole in the dry, and then his true skills really shined in the wet.
Newey has some really really interesting chassis designs on the RB5, really cool car. a-arm pickups are nearly touching each other and a pull rod in the rear.

people keep saying how good hamilton is in the rain, but he is constantly making mistakes. vettel is definitely king of the wet.