2009 Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix 2009 took place on 13 September at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the 13th race of the Formula 1 2009 season.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
After the Belgian Grand Prix Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship with 16 points, ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 19 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Brawn -Mercedes resulted in the Constructors' Championship with 23.5 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and 72 points ahead of Ferrari.
At Ferrari Luca Badoer was replaced after two unsuccessful race by Giancarlo Fisichella. This was at Force India by the former reserve driver Vitantonio Liuzzi, who most recently in 2007 drove a Formula 1 race, replaced.
For the first time since the Bahrain Grand Prix put Renault back on KERS. Along with McLaren and Ferrari were six cars with this system to the start.
With Barrichello (twice), Fernando Alonso and Vettel ( once each ) were three former winners of this Grand Prix.
Training
The fastest lap in the first practice session scored McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton ahead of his teammate Heikki Kovalainen and Adrian Sutil. In the second free practice Force India driver Sutil took the lead of the field. The second and third occupied the Renault driver Romain Grosjean and Fernando Alonso. On Saturday Sutil drove in the third free practice again the fastest time. In the squares behind him Button and Nick Heidfeld were.
Qualifying
In the first phase of qualifying Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen posted the fastest lap ahead of Hamilton and Button. The Toro Rosso and Williams drivers Timo Glock and dropped out. In the second qualifying section Button led the field in front of Hamilton and Barrichello. Fisichella, Grosjean, Trulli and BMW Sauber drivers, both of which had an engine failure, dropped out. In the third section, in which it came to the allocation of the pole position, world champion Hamilton sat in front of Sutil and Raikkonen at the top of the field. Following the announcement of takeoff weights, it became clear that the three leaders were the lightest drivers in the field.
Race
At the Grand Prix of Italy had Kimi Raikkonen, whose Ferrari had KERS, a good start. As he briefly off the track, he could not overtake the starting from pole position, Hamilton. At Sutil he passed, however. Less well started Kovalainen, who was overtaken early on by the two Brawn. In the variant della Roggia Robert Kubica touched with his front wing Mark Webber's Red Bull: While Kubica was able to continue for the time being, Webber has had to quit the race in the first round. In the first round there were some duels on the track. While Hamilton was able to drive off the front, his team-mate Kovalainen was also overtaken by Liuzzi and Alonso, who had previously driven past Vettel.
Vettel was beyond even overtaken by Kubica, but did not stay long behind him, as the poles due to a broken front wing, the black and orange flag that arranges a repair stop, and had looked into the box. Räikkönen could not keep Hamilton's pace, but stopped before the Force India of Sutil, who could keep up with the Ferrari. Also Sutil's team-mate Liuzzi, who sat in contrast to Sutil on a one -stop strategy was sixth on the way forward and kept Alonso behind.
As expected, Hamilton came first to his regular pit stop and lost the lead to Raikkonen exits. A short time later Kubica had to abandon the race due to an oil leak. After also Raikkonen in the pits was that Brawn were led by Barrichello in the lead. Raikkonen, who stopped later than Sutil, remained after the pit stop before the German and came back between Liuzzi and Alonso on the track.
After the drivers had completed a two -stop strategy their first pit stop, fell Toro Rosso Jaime Alguersuari pilot with gearbox problems. The Brawn drivers dictated the pace at the top and extended their lead on Hamilton and the other pursuers from. In the 23 also local hero Liuzzi had to retire with gearbox problems. Nevertheless, convinced Liuzzi on his return after almost two years as a test driver.
After Button and Barrichello had completed their only stop, Hamilton was again the lead from Raikkonen and Sutil. The McLaren driver tried with fast laps his lead over the Brawn, who were traveling with another strategy to expand. However, his lead was not enough for his second stop and he came behind Barrichello and Button back on track. Raikkonen, who in the meantime again took the lead, came on the same lap as Sutil, who was in striking distance of the Finns to the box. While Räikkönen had trouble starting out, Sutil stopped too late. Both lost about the same amount of time and remained so before Raikkonen Sutil. The guide once again took over Barrichello.
At the end of the race attended the Toyota pilots who were outside the top ten for internal duels, which eventually Glock was able to prevail. Also, Hamilton continued to make pressure on ahead of him Brawn drivers and the residue was gaining on Button on. On the last lap, Hamilton flew from between the Lesmo curves and triggered a safety car phase. Thus Barrichello had his car only drive to the finish and won the race ahead of his team-mate Button. Third place was inherited Raikkonen, who was able to hold until the end Sutil behind. The German scored fourth his best result in Formula 1 The other points went to Alonso, Kovalainen, Heidfeld and Vettel. The Red Bull drivers were the big losers of the weekend, as Button and Barrichello were able to extend their lead on them.
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Classifications
Qualifying
(K ) = race car with KERS
1 Jaime Alguersuari should have been set back by five places due to a gearbox change, however, qualified as the 20th and last, so that the sentence was obsolete. He started from the pit lane.
Race
(K ) = race car with KERS
WM stands after the race
The first eight of the race were 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).