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2009 Singapore GP: Race Results

Jeff — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:46:12 +0000

Lewis Hamilton dominated the 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix to take the checkered flag ten seconds clear of Timo Glock on a day when his main race rivals eliminated themselves from contention after making mistakes. Hamilton’s second race win of the season, his 11th with McLaren Mercedes, was sealed when first Nico Rosberg and then Sebastian Vettel were handed penalties for errors exiting and entering the pit lane. From that point, he was able to back off, conserve the car and a drive on to a relatively easy victory.

“It has been an incredible weekend in terms of the whole show,” said Hamilton. “Obviously not a perfect Friday but Saturday was great… I have my girlfriend here and I have got a friend of mine here. I got to meet Beyoncé here, so it has been overall an incredible weekend. A great experience. I am very, very happy and I look forward to the celebration tonight.”

Sunday Race Results:

Position (Points)	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gain/Loss
1 (10)	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	61	1:56:06.337	-
2 (8)	Glock	Toyota	61	1:56:15.971	+5
3 (6)	Alonso	Renault	61	1:56:22.961	+3
4 (5)	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	61	1:56:26.598	-2
5 (4)	Button	Brawn GP	61	1:56:36.352	+7
6 (3)	Barrichello	Brawn GP	61	1:56:38.195	+3
7 (2)	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	61	1:56:42.494	+3
8 (1)	Kubica	BMW Sauber	61	1:57:01.391	+1
9	Nakajima	Williams	61	1:57:02.391	+2
10	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	61	1:57:05.229	+3
11	Rosberg	Williams	61	1:57:06.114	-8
12	Trulli	Toyota	61	1:57:19.346	+3
13	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	61	1:57:26.227	+5
14	Liuzzi	Force India	61	1:57:39.839	+6
15	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	47	1:32:25.568	+2
16	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	47	1:32:38.995	-2
17	Webber	Red Bull Racing	45	1:27:37.639	-13
18	Sutil	Force India	23	47:16.694	-2
19	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	19	36:20.909	-12
20	Grosjean	Renault	3	6:21.047	-1

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2009 Singapore GP: Qualifying Results

Jeff — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:52:45 +0000

The big news from the three rounds of night time qualifying was not Hamilton taking pole, but rather Button getting knocked-out in Q2. On the tight streets of Singapore, the outlook does not seem favorable for the championship leader in tomorrow’s Grand Prix. Rubens, on the other hand made his way into Q3, but crashed the BGP Chassis in the final seconds of the session, thoroughly spoiling a handful of hot laps on fresh rubber. Before he made contact with the wall however, he was sitting in 5th place, and with the 5 spot penalty for changing his gearbox outside of the 4-race minimum, Barrichello will start 10th.

Saturday Qualifying Results:

Position	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Weight (kg)
1	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1:46.977	1:46.657	1:47.891	660.5
2	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:47.541	1:46.362	1:48.204	651.0
3	Rosberg	Williams	1:47.390	1:46.197	1:48.348	657.5
4	Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:47.646	1:46.328	1:48.722	654.5
5	Barrichello*	Brawn GP	1:47.397	1:46.787	1:48.828	655.5
6	Alonso	Renault	1:47.757	1:46.767	1:49.054	658.0
7	Glock	Toyota	1:47.770	1:46.707	1:49.180	660.5
8	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:47.347	1:46.832	1:49.307	650.0
9	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:47.615	1:46.813	1:49.514	664.0
10	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	1:47.542	1:46.842	1:49.778	664.5
11	Nakajima	Williams	1:47.637	1:47.013		680.7
12	Button	Brawn GP	1:47.180	1:47.141		683.0
13	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:47.293	1:47.177		680.5
14	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:47.677	1:47.369		678.0
15	Trulli	Toyota	1:47.690	1:47.413		690.5
16	Sutil	Force India	1:48.231			693.0
17	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:48.340			683.5
18	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	1:48.350			678.5
19	Grosjean	Renault	1:48.544			683.0
20	Liuzzi	Force India	1:48.792			656.0

*Barrichello will start 10th after taking a 5 spot penalty for changing his gearbox.

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2009 Singapore GP: Friday Practice Results

Jeff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:27:33 +0000

Rubens Barrichello set the early pace is Friday Practice 1, taking P1 after 90 minutes of prep for tomorrows qualifying. In Practice 2, Webber had a violent shunt that red flagged the field for the remaining moments of the session, and Mark’s teammate, Sebastian Vettel went on to take the top honors, shaving off over two seconds from his FP1 time.

Below is a video preview of the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix:

Friday Practice 1 Results:

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:50.179	19
2	Button	Brawn GP	1:50.356	22
3	Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:50.416	21
4	Alonso	Renault	1:50.567	16
5	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:50.614	16
6	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	1:50.699	21
7	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1:50.715	17
8	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:50.815	15
9	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:50.865	19
10	Nakajima	Williams	1:51.089	25
11	Rosberg	Williams	1:51.427	23
12	Sutil	Force India	1:51.544	14
13	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:51.643	28
14	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:51.656	15
15	Glock	Toyota	1:52.083	20
16	Trulli	Toyota	1:52.135	20
17	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	1:52.390	24
18	Liuzzi	Force India	1:52.905	23
19	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:53.232	25
20	Grosjean	Renault	1:53.458	9

Friday Practice 2 Results:

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:48.650	31
2	Alonso	Renault	1:48.924	27
3	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	1:48.952	30
4	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:49.098	31
5	Button	Brawn GP	1:49.311	34
6	Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:49.317	14
7	Rosberg	Williams	1:49.333	33
8	Glock	Toyota	1:49.342	30
9	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1:49.358	28
10	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:49.609	24
11	Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:49.616	30
12	Sutil	Force India	1:49.710	31
13	Trulli	Toyota	1:49.795	29
14	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:49.941	29
15	Nakajima	Williams	1:50.023	34
16	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	1:50.253	31
17	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:50.527	29
18	Liuzzi	Force India	1:50.605	28
19	Grosjean	Renault	1:50.972	17
20	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:51.423	31