2009 Formula 1 : Vettel takes Red Bull's first win

2009 Chinese Grand Prix Winner : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault

SHANGHAI, China : April 19, 2009 - German Sebastian Vettel gave Red Bull their first Formula One win with a pole to chequered flag victory ahead of team mate Mark Webber in the rain-soaked Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.


The 21-year-old claimed the second victory of his career, with Australian Webber taking his best result to date, in a Red Bull one-two on a track that resembled a skidpan for much of the race.

"Getting the top two for Red Bull is incredible, I'm extremely happy," said Vettel, who took nearly two hours to complete the 56 laps.

"It was extremely challenging, there was a lot of aquaplaning ... really hard to keep the car on the track, sometimes it was like there was a river running down the track."

Webber, who is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, said the race had been "right on the edge in terms of safety".

"Very tough race, very difficult conditions but a very rewarding result," said the 32-year-old, whose previous best result was third.

Briton Jenson Button, who won the first two races of the season, finished third to extend his championship lead to six points over Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello, who was fourth.

"It's a great result for me," said Button, who now has 21 points. "The problem is you can't see the car in front or the car behind, it's really quite dangerous."

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was fifth to get his season going at last after failing to finish a lap in the previous two races, while world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton finished sixth after a late spin robbed him of a better result.

German Timo Glock was seventh for Toyota, who slipped to third in the constructors' standings behind Red Bull, and Toro Rosso's Swiss rookie Sebastien Buemi won the final point in eighth.

There was heartache for Force India, still without a point since their debut last year, who had Adrian Sutil in sixth place until the German crashed out six laps from the finish.

Brawn have 36 points to Red Bull's 19.5 and Toyota's 18.5.

2009 F1 : CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:57:43.485	10
2	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	+10.9 secs	8
3	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	+44.9 secs	6
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	+63.7 secs	5
5	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	+65.1 secs	4
6	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+71.8 secs	3
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	+74.4 secs	2
8	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	+76.4 secs	1
9	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+84.3 secs	-
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+91.7 secs	-
11	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	+94.1 secs	-
12	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	+95.8 secs	-
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	+ 106.8 secs	-
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	+1 Lap	-
15	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	+1 Lap	-
16	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	+2 Laps	-
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	+6 Laps	-
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	+13 Laps	-
Ret	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+36 Laps	-
Ret	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+38 Laps	-

Driver Championship Standings :

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Jenson Button	British	Brawn-Mercedes	21
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Brawn-Mercedes	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	German	RBR-Renault	10
4	Timo Glock	German	Toyota	10
5	Mark Webber	Australian	RBR-Renault	9.5
6	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	8.5
7	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW Sauber	4
8	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	4
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	4
10	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	4
11	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	3.5
12	Sebastien Buemi	Swiss	STR-Ferrari	3
13	Sebastien Bourdais	French	STR-Ferrari	1
14	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	0
15	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	0
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	0
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Force India-Mercedes	0
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Japanese	Williams-Toyota	0
19	Robert Kubica	Polish	BMW Sauber	0
20	Nelsinho Piquet	Brazilian	Renault	0

Constructor Championship Standings :

Pos	Team	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	36
2	RBR-Renault	19.5
3	Toyota	18.5
4	McLaren-Mercedes	8
5	BMW Sauber	4
6	Renault	4
7	STR-Ferrari	4
8	Williams-Toyota	3.5
9	Ferrari	0
10	Force India-Mercedes	0

[Source : SuperWheels, Image : Official F1]