Formula One 2009 Ends

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by Turbo in Sports

If we take a glance of the entire season of Formula One 2009, there are some surprises and some predicted wins. Here is the list of the 2009 Grand Prix races and the respective podium finishers:

Australian Grand Prix (March 29, 2009)
Jenson Button
Rubens Barichello
Jarno Trulli

Malaysian Grand Prix (April 05, 2009)
Jenson Button
Nick Heidfeld
Tim Glock

Chinese Grand Prix (April 19, 2009)
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Jenson Button

Bahrain Grand Prix (April 26, 2009)
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Jarno Trulli

Spanish Grand Prix (May 10, 2009)
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Mark Webber

Monaco Grand Prix (May 24, 2009)
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Kimi Raikonnen

Turkish Grand Prix (June 07, 2009)
Jenson Button
Nick Heidfeld
Tim Glock

British Grand Prix (June 21, 2009)
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Rubens Barrichello

German Grand Prix (July 12, 2009)
Mark Webber
Sebastian Vettel
Felipe Massa

Hungarian Grand Prix (July 26, 2009)
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Raikonnen
Mark Webber

European Grand Prix (Ausgust 23, 2009)
Rubens Barrichello
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Raikonnen

Belgian Grand Prix (August 30, 2009)
Kimi Raikonnen
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sebastian Vettel

Italian Grand Prix (September 13, 2009)
Rubens Barrichello
Jenson Button
Kimi Raikonnen

Singapore Grand Prix (September 27, 2009)
Lewis Hamilton
Tim Glock
Fernando Alonso

Japanese Grand Prix (October 04, 2009)
Sebastian Vettel
Jarno Trulli
Lewis Hamilton

Brazilian Grand Prix (October 18, 2009)
Mark Webber
Kubica
Lewis Hamilton

Abu Dhabu Grand Prix (November 01, 2009)
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Jenson Button

And the champion driver of F1 2009 is Jenson Button with 95 points and the team that won is Brawn-Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Winner 2009

Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by Turbo in Sports

Sebastian Vettel finishes first at the Yas Marina circuit, in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The race at the desert track is indeed the last race for this season of Formula One but the first day-night race of the season.

The German indeed started off impressively and continued his tempo until the last lap. The Red Bull driver finished ahead of his team mate Australian driver Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton although had taken on pole and did start great had to retire with utter disappointment in between the race due to unforeseen technical snags that his car developed at the Yas Marina circuit.

The Yas Marina circuit although had been newly constructed track had all challenges for the drivers and no it’s an easy one if one assumed. The track with the weather here had all challenges for the drivers of the ranks of Hamiltons or Vettels.

The race at the Yas Marina circuit at Abu Dhabi concludes the season of Formula One 2009.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso didn’t finish in the top eight but he had for the last time drove his Renault car. He will be heading to Ferrari the next season. He will fondly remember the team from which he rose and excelled even though he bids adieu to his Alma Mater.

This had also been the 70th and the last race for team BMW Sauber who announced to withdraw from the Formula One. It might have left them in some memories for the team and the respective drivers.

Vettel finished first, Mark Webber finished second and Jenson Button who had been this years Formula One champion driver did come third in the race. Rest of the five who finished include:
Rubens Barrichello
Nick Heidfeld
Kobayashi
Jarno Trulli
Buemi

Brawn GP driver Rubens Barrichello wins the Italian Grand Prix 2009

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Turbo in Sports

Monza is indeed the oldest racing track and Rubens Barrichello wins here today in the Italian Grand Prix 2009.

Rubens Barrichello finishes ahead of his team mate Jenson Button and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen finishes third. However, in the first lap there had been a mishap wherein Mark Webber of the Red Bull had to drop after his car collided with Kubica’s.

This is the result of the Italian GP at the Monza Circuit:
Rubens Barrichello
Jenson Button
Kimi Raikkonen
Adrian Sutil
Fernando Alonso
Haiki Kovalainen
Nick Heidfeld
Sebastian Vettel
Giancarlo Fisichella
Kazuki Nakajima
Timo Glock

All good for Force India team and the team is riding high for sure. After previous race podium finish given by Fisichella this time too their second driver Adrian Sutil, finished fourth giving them 5 points. What impressed me is that Sutil has been proving to be an asset to Force India be being consistent as well as competent. However, their reserve driver Vitantonio Liuzzi had to retire on his first drive for Force India after mechanical failure during lap 23.

Giancarlo Fisichella who drove for Ferrari for the first time at Ferrari’s home done fairly well; he finished ninth.

Here is the result of standings for Driver’s Championship after the Monza:
Jenson Button at 80 Pts
Rubens Barrichello at 66 Pts
Sebastian Vettel at 54 Pts
Mark Webber at 51.5 Pts
Kimi Raikkonen at 40 Pts

Mark Webber- German Grand Prix Formula 1 2009

Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by Turbo in Sports

32-Year-old Australian Mark Webber finally broken the jinx and won for himself podium place in the German Grand Prix Formula 1 2009. The Australian driver wins his maiden Grand Prix race victory at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany in what had been an action filled race. He finished first the race 9.3 seconds for Red Bull ahead of his fellow Red Bull driver German Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa finished 3rd.

Mark Webber in fact even survived one collision with Briton Lewis Hamilton and that’s at the start when he took the pole position but after that there had been no stopping to the 30 plus Australian Red Bull racer.

Both of the Brawn GP drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jensen Button finished sixth and fifth, respectively. And this now means the championship is still not anyone’s and we have it open for three of the drivers with Jenson Button still in the lead behind Vettel and Mark Webber.

While many people might say that it is technical glitches (Barrichello had almost a 11 second pit stop) that gifted Webber a winner title, the Red Bull still believes that he has what it takes to be a Grand Prix winner and to prove it he won the pole position yesterday ahead of Brawn drivers.

It was Alan Jones in 1981 that won the Grand Prix race for Australia and now Mark Webber happens to be another Australian to stand on the podium. Webber wins after almost 8 years of his F1 track life. Following are detailed results for top 10 positions:

1. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 1:36:43.310
2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 9.252
3. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 15.906
4. Nico Rosberg (Williams) 21.099
5. Jenson Button (Brawn GP) 23.609
6. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP) 24.468
7. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 24.888
8. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) 58.692
9. Timo Glock (Toyota) 1:01.457
10. Nick Heidfeld (BMW) 1:01.925