2009 Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix 2009 took place on 29 March at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne instead and was the first race of the Formula 1 2009 season. Winner was Jenson Button ( Brawn -Mercedes) before Rubens Barrichello ( Brawn -Mercedes) and Jarno Trulli (Toyota).
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
The start of the season was the latest since the 1988 Formula 1 season.
The start time has been moved from 15:30 to 17 clock AEDT. This was done in order to offer the European audience a better airtime (6 clock UTC).
Jarno Trulli denied the Grand Prix of Australia its 200th Grand Prix.
With Giancarlo Fisichella, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton ( once each ) were four former winners of this Grand Prix.
At the Australian Grand Prix gave Sébastien Buemi and Brawn GP, the successor team of Honda, their debut.
Training
The first fastest time of the year, Williams driver Nico Rosberg secured ahead of his teammate Kazuki Nakajima and Kimi Raikkonen. In the second session Rosberg was again the fastest rider in the field. In second and third place followed by Rubens Barrichello and Trulli. In the third free practice session Rosberg drove the fastest lap and thus generated in each training section, the best time. This time occupied Trulli and Jenson Button, the places behind him.
Qualification
In the first qualifying segment dominated the race cars of the new Brawn team. Barrichello set the fastest time ahead of Jenson Button. The Force India and Toro Rosso drivers and Nelson Piquet junior from left. In the second qualifying section were the two Brawn, led by Barrichello, again at the top of the field. The McLaren drivers, Nakajima, Alonso and Heidfeld did not make the jump into the third section. This was again dominated by two Brawn drivers, of which button the pole position in 1:26,202 min before Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel secured.
Race
Also in the race put the Brawn drivers continue this performance and celebrated a double victory - the second place of Barrichello was, however, by the failure of Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull ) and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) favored. Place three reached Jarno Trulli (Toyota ); one end of the race -imposed 25 - second penalty for overtaking during a safety car period just before the race, which was not repealed, was later withdrawn. The started from 18th World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who had initially inherited third place, was disqualified for an intentional deception. Sébastien Buemi, the first Swiss Grand Prix starter in Formula 1 since 1995, finished second in his debut race in seventh place and overtook two championship points. The fastest lap of the race Nico Rosberg drove in 1:27,706 min.
With Jenson Button for the seventh time in a row won another driver.
Sebastian Vettel collided three laps from the end to the second position lying with Robert Kubica, which both dropped out of the race. The race stewards came to believe that Vettel was cause of the accident, and killed him a transfer back to ten starting positions for the next Grand Prix. Red Bull was covered with an additional fine of $ 50,000, because it had its driver does not rely after the accident with Kubica to turn off his heavily damaged car, and thus a danger to other took into account.
Only the second time in Formula 1 history (apart from the first time to host a Formula 1 GP in 1950 ) a new team was able to win at the premiere race. The first time this was the Grand Prix of Argentina in 1977 have been the case when Jody Scheckter won as a pilot of the then new team Walter Wolf Racing. In both cases, however, it should be noted that the teams were previously represented in each other constellation in Formula 1. In the case of Wolf, a collaboration with Frank Williams Racing Cars was preceded in the 1976 season. Brawn GP went out of the Honda factory team.
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
(K ) = race car with KERS
1 Since the rear-wing of Toyota drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were classified as illegal, they were demoted to the back of the grid. At Toyota, however, they decided on a start from the pit lane.
2 Lewis Hamilton was transported back to 20 due to a gearbox change to five places of 15. However, he moved through the disciplinary transfer of Toyotas to No. 18.
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).