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March 29, 2009
Briton Jenson Button won the Australian Formula One Grand Prix as his fledgling team Brawn GP debuted in remarkable one-two style. Button survived an incident-filled race at Melbourne's Albert Park to convert pole position into just his second grand prix victory in 154 starts. The 29-year-old was never headed in the 58-lap race, beating teammate Rubens Barrichello and Toyota's Jarno Trulli. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished fourth in his McLaren. The race finished behind the safety car after Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel and BMW-Sauber's Robert Kubica first collided, then crashed separately, when running second and third respectively with three laps remaining. Australian Mark Webber had a nightmarish start to his home town race. He was caught up in a first corner skirmish with several other drivers, causing substantial damage to his Red Bull car and forcing him into an early pit stop which wrecked his hopes of earning championship points. Webber emerged from the pits a lap down. But he eventually finished 13th - the last of the cars to survive the race. F1GP - ING Australian Grand PrixPos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 20 Jenson Button Brawn 01:34:15.7840 2 21 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 01:34:16.5910 3 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:34:17.3880 4 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 01:34:18.6980 5 10 Timo Glock Toyota 01:34:20.2190 6 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:34:20.6630 7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams 01:34:21.5060 8 12 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 01:34:21.7880 9 11 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 01:34:22.0820 10 18 Adrian Sutil Force India 01:34:22.1190 11 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:34:22.8690 12 19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 01:34:23.1580 13 14 Mark Webber Red Bull +1 Lap 14 15 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +2 Laps 15 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +3 Laps 16 4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +3 Laps 17 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari DNF 18 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault DNF 19 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams DNF 20 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren DNF |
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brawn are getting all the luck,,i think vettel has had the car to win the last 2 races but has been either held up or unable to pass and botched his start in spain....reckon webber is a strong bet to win monaco if he gets through qualy unscathed.
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May 23, 2009
Formula One drivers championship leader Jenson Button grabbed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday with a perfectly timed hot lap in the final seconds of qualifying. The 29-year-old Englishman delivered a best time of 1min 14.902sec in his Brawn GP car on Saturday to secure his fourth pole in six races this year, and the seventh of his career. He outpaced nearest rival Kimi Raikkonen, of Ferrari, by 0.02sec in a dramatic conclusion to a keenly fought session. "I think Jenson is getting into the habit of saving the best for last," Brawn team chief Ross Brawn said. "He knew that was the lap where he had to produce it, and he's just driving exceptionally well at the moment." Button's Brawn teammate, Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, was third-fastest ahead of Sebastian Vettel, of Red Bull, and Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari. German Nico Rosberg was sixth-fastest for Williams, with Heikki Kovalainen seventh for McLaren-Mercedes ahead of Australia's Mark Webber in the second Red Bull, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, of Renault, and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima in the second Williams. McLaren No.1 Lewis Hamilton, who won in Monaco in 2008, crashed during the first session and will start 16th. Button has won four of the first five races to lead Barrichello by 14 points and Vettel trails Button by 18 points in third. Monaco Grand Prix: Final Qualifying Times 1. Jenson Button (GB) Brawn-Mercedes 1min 14.902sec 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1min 14.927sec 3. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Brawn-Mercedes 1min 15.077sec 4. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault 1min 15.271sec 5. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1min 15.437 6. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1min 15.455sec 7. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1min 15.516sec 8. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1min 15.653sec 9. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1min 16.009sec 10. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1min 17.344sec |
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May 25, 2009
World championship leader Jenson Button made it five wins out of six races this season when he drove his Brawn GP car to a consummate triumph in the Monaco Grand Prix. The 29-year-old Englishman delivered a flawless performance as he and 37-year-old Brazilian team-mate Rubens Barrichello came home one and two for the second race in succession and third time this year. Starting from his fourth pole position of this fairy-tale season and the seventh of his career, Button pulled clear at the start and, apart from brief interruptions due to pit-stops, led all the way with a supreme performance of mature and well-judged racing. “Yeah, Monaco baby!'' he screamed on his car-to-pits radio after becoming the first man since German great Michael Schumacher in 2006 to complete a hat-trick of consecutive Grand Prix wins. His win lifted him to 51 points in the drivers' standings after six of the 17 races in this year's championship, giving him a 16-point lead over Barrichello and increasing the Brawn team's advantage at the top of the constructors' standings to more than 40 points. It was Button's first win in Monaco and he becomes the sixth British winner of the classic event around the streets of Monte Carlo. The Ferrari duo of Finn Kimi Raikkonen and Brazilian Felipe Massa maintained the Italian team's improvement following their appalling start to the year by coming home third and fourth. Australian Mark Webber finished fifth for Red Bull after his team-mate German Sebastian Vettel, 21, for once betrayed his relative inexperience by crashing, and German-born Finn Nico Rosberg, son of former champion Keke, was sixth for Williams. Two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso also drove a measured race to finish seventh for Renault ahead of Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais, who gave his countrymen something to celebrate by bringing his Toro Rosso car home for a point in eighth place. Defending world champion Briton Lewis Hamilton, who started from last on the grid, endured another torrid afternoon and finished 13th while his McLaren Mercedes team-mate Finn Heikki Kovalainen completed a disappointing weekend for them by crashing while running seventh. On a sunlit Mediterranean afternoon, a light breeze and blue skies made for an air temperature of 25 degrees, with a track temperature of 42 as the race began. At the start, Barrichello made an excellent getaway and took advantage of Raikkonen's surge in pursuit of a pass on pole-sitter Button. The Brazilian, third on the grid, followed his Brawn team-mate through Ste Devote and they were running first and second at the front. After six laps behind Vettel's Red Bull, Massa attempted to pass him and overran at the chicane where he bounced across the run-off kerbs allowing not only Vettel but also Rosberg to overtake him when he rejoined and slowed. Vettel, his tyres shot to pieces, was passed by Rosberg, Massa and Kovalainen before he pitted after 11 laps when Swiss Sebastien Buemi in his Toro Rosso crashed into Nelson Piquet's Renault. On fresh tyres, Vettel tried too hard to rejoin the fray at the front and he showed his inexperience when, after 17 laps, he slid off and crashed into the barriers at Ste Devote, his race over. Vettel said afterwards: “It's one race. It doesn't help if you don't score points when the others do, but it's a long way (until the end of the season) and there are a lot of races (left).'' Piquet, under pressure to keep his seat with Renault, was livid and said: “It was a stupid accident. These young drivers need to calm down, Buemi just slammed right into the back of me.'' Kovalainen, running seventh, crashed out after 53 laps when he lost control at the Swimming Pool exit and wrecked the front end of his McLaren. “That was my mistake, I lost the car and I crashed. It was my mistake, nothing else. I took the kerb too much, lost the rear and came over,'' Kovalainen said. Button was chased hard for one lap by Massa, before the Brazilian pitted again, after which it was business as usual with the two Brawns cruising home ahead of the two Ferraris. F1GP - Monaco Grand Prix Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 20 Jenson Button Brawn 01:40:44.2820 2 21 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 01:40:51.9480 3 4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:40:57.7240 4 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:40:59.3920 5 14 Mark Webber Red Bull 01:41:00.0120 6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams 01:41:17.8680 7 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:41:22.1210 8 11 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 01:41:47.4240 9 19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 01:41:49.3220 10 10 Timo Glock Toyota +1 Lap 11 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1 Lap 12 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren +1 Lap 13 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 Lap 14 18 Adrian Sutil Force India +1 Lap 15 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams DNF 16 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren DNF 17 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber DNF 18 15 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull DNF 19 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault DNF 20 12 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso DNF Pos Driver Team Pts 1 Jenson Button (GBR) Brawn 51 2 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Brawn 35 3 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 23 4 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 19.5 5 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Toyota 14.5 6 Timo Glock (GER) Toyota 12 7 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Renault 11 8 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 9 9 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 9 10 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 8 11 Nico Rosberg (GER) Williams 7.5 12 Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber 6 13 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren 4 14 Sebastien Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso 3 15 Sebastien Bourdais (FRA) Toro Rosso 2 16 Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Force India 0 17 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 0 18 Nelson Piquet Jr. (BRA) Renault 0 19 Robert Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 0 20 Kazuki Nakajima (JAP) Williams 0 Pos Team Pts 1 Brawn 86 2 Red Bull 42.5 3 Toyota 26.5 4 Ferrari 17 5 McLaren 13 6 Renault 11 7 Williams 7.5 8 BMW Sauber 6 9 Toro Rosso 5 10 Force India 0 |
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June 21, 2009
Rising German star Sebastian Vettel maintained his challenge in this year's drivers' world championship when he cruised to a comfortable victory in the British Grand Prix. The 21-year-old tyro finished 15.188 secs ahead of Red Bull teammate Mark Webber to prove that the much-improved Milton Keynes-based team have the potential to challenge in the second half of the season. It was a repeat of their result in China in April. Vettel started from the fourth pole of his career and was never challenged as he pulled clear from the start and delivered a perfectly-judged drive to secure the third win of his brief career - and his first in dry weather. His two previous wins came in torrential rain in Italy last year and China earlier this season. This time he was able to reel off a series of fastest laps as he dominated proceedings under a partly-sunny sky. Webber came home second ahead of Brazilians veteran Rubens Barrichello in a Brawn and his compatriot, Brazilian Felipe Massa of Ferrari. German Nico Rosberg finished fifth for Williams ahead of world championship leader Jenson Button in his Brawn, Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and German Timo Glock for Toyota. "Thank you guys," said Vettel to his team on the slowing down lap. "It is a dream coming true! We have won the British Grand Prix." Vettel's win cut Button's lead in the drivers championship - the Briton now has 64 points with Barrichello second on 41, Vettel 39 and Webber 35.5. In the constructors' championship, Brawn lead with 105 ahead of Red Bull on 74.5. After all the political chicanery for the previous three days, the race was a rather dull and predictable affair with a huge crowd, and a paddock packed with celebrities, treated to a demonstration drive by Vettel. In what is widely expected to be Silverstone's final British Grand Prix, 60 years after hosting the first world championship race in 1950, there was precious little for the home fans to cheer. Button started from sixth and struggled with his tyres as he battled to finish sixth while defending champion Lewis Hamilton gave everything in a spectacular and incident-filled outing, starting 18th and finishing 16th. Pos Driver Team Pts 1 Jenson Button (GBR) Brawn 64 2 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Brawn 41 3 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 39 4 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 35.5 5 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Toyota 21.5 6 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 16 7 Nico Rosberg (GER) Williams 15.5 8 Timo Glock (GER) Toyota 13 9 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Renault 11 10 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 10 11 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 9 12 Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber 6 13 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren 4 14 Sebastien Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso 3 15 Robert Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 2 16 Sebastien Bourdais (FRA) Toro Rosso 2 17 Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Force India 0 18 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 0 19 Nelson Piquet Jr. (BRA) Renault 0 20 Kazuki Nakajima (JAP) Williams 0 Team Pts 1 Brawn 105 2 Red Bull 74.5 3 Toyota 34.5 4 Ferrari 26 5 Williams 15.5 6 McLaren 13 7 Renault 11 8 BMW Sauber 8 9 Toro Rosso 5 10 Force India 0 |
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July 11, 2009
After more than 100 attempts, Australian driver Mark Webber has finally grabbed the first pole position of his Formula One career. Webber outpaced all of his rivals in qualifying for Sunday's German Grand Prix. The 32-year-old Red Bull driver made the most of changeable weather conditions to emerge in front with a best lap of 1min 32.230 secs. This lifted him clear of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP, who was second fastest, as dry weather followed a rain-hit session. Championship leading Briton Jenson Button, in the second Brawn, was third fastest ahead of German Sebastian Vettel in the second Red Bull. "Great, thank you guys – awesome!" said Webber on his slowing down lap after being told that after 128 races he had topped the times to take the prime starting position for a grand prix. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton was fifth for McLaren-Mercedes, proving that his team's efforts to improve their car were working at last after a series of desperately-disappointing performances. His teammate Heikki Kovalainen was sixth ahead of German Adrian Sutil of Force India, in their first top 10 position, Brazilian Felipe Massa and his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen with Brazilian Nelson Piquet 10th for Renault. After an early foray by Button, who was first out on track without clocking a time, the top 10 cars delayed until the final three minutes before attacking the clock to deliver their best laps. Barrichello was first to take top spot, but was soon overtaken by Hamilton in the final dramas. On another cool, overcast and sometimes wet day, Vettel was the first man out of the pit lane at the start of the session run in front of a big crowd of German fans congregated in the Eifel mountains. The young German's appearance heralded a rush of lap times from everyone, the weather clearly persuading all the teams that it was necessary to clock a fast early time before any heavy rain fell. The Red Bulls made the most of the brief respite from wet conditions when Vettel went top and he was soon followed by teammate Webber before the skies opened and the session was, effectively, curtailed. Webber ended Q1, the first mini-session, on top ahead of Alonso with Vettel third and Hamilton fourth in the resurgent McLaren, but it was "goodbye" for the bottom five. That meant the exit of Pole Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber, Swiss Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso, Italian Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India, German Timo Glock of Toyota and Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais in the second Toro Rosso. It was particularly bad news for the French driver who, according to the paddock rumour machine, was preparing for his last race with the team before being replaced. But it was disappointing also for the crowd to see Glock departing – one of five Germans in the 20-car field – and the BMW-powered car of Kubica failing to deliver a competitive performance. When Q2 began, the steady drizzle and the wet track conditions caught several drivers out as they slithered around on their slick tyres. Japanese Kazuki Nakajima in his Williams slid off the track, Hamilton brushed a kerb and Massa ran wide and off the track across grass. The field dived into the pits for intermediate tyres. With six minutes remaining, Barrichello chose to switch back to dry tyres and went out and clocked the fastest lap by almost four seconds – making the most of a brief dry window before rain returned. These capricious conditions caught several drivers and teams out when the rain returned and in the panic in the pit-lane Vettel managed to collide with Nakajima, both cars emerging without serious damage. Button, with a late lap, just squeezed through into the top ten with Hamilton as both Alonso and Raikkonen slipped off the slippery surface. In the end, the rain claimed the hopes of German Nick Heidfeld in his BMW, Alonso, fuming as he stepped out of his Renault, Nakajima, Italian Jarno Trulli of Toyota and German Nico rosberg of Williams. Starting grid 1. Mark Webber (AUS/RBR) 2. Rubens Barrichello (BRA/BRA) 3. Jenson Button (ENG/BRA) 4. Sebastian Vettel (GER/RBR) 5. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MLA) 6. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/MLA) 7. Adrian Sutil (GER/FOR) 8. Felipe Massa (BRA/FER) 9. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 10. Nelson Piquet (BRA/REN) 11. Nick Heidfeld (GER/BMW) 12. Fernando Alonso (ESP/REN) 13. Kazuki Nakajima (JPN/WIL) 14. Jarno Trulli (ITA/TOY) 15. Nico Rosberg (GER/WIL) 16. Robert Kubica (POL/BMW) 17. Sebastien Buemi (SUI/TOR) 18. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA/FOR) 19. Timo Glock (GER/TOY) 20. Sebastien Bourdais (FRA/TOR) |
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