Sunday, October 4, 2009

2009 F1 : Vettel roars back with Japanese GP win

2009 Japanese Grand Prix winner : Sebastian Vettel - Redbull racing team
Photo : AP via DW-WORLD

SUZUKA Circuit, Japan : October 5, 2009 - Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix to roar back into the Formula One title reckoning on Sunday while Jenson Button had his overall advantage trimmed to 14 points with two races to go.

The Red Bull driver's third victory of the season left the 22-year-old German 16 points adrift of Brawn's Button, who crawled agonisingly closer to the crown with a hard-fought eighth place.

"Finally we made it, I was screaming on the radio ... it's good to be back on first position also on Sunday," said Vettel. "It's a shame that there's only two races to go, but that's life. We're here to fight. Two more races like this and its looking better. Our task now is pretty straightforward, we have to push ourself to the maximum and try to win."

Button's closest rival, Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello, crossed the line in seventh on a sunny afternoon at Suzuka.

"I was struggling big time so it was a difficult afternoon driving the car and the only way I made one more point on Jenson here was the fact I qualified in front of him and that's what I have to be happy with," said Barrichello. "I've got to win (the next race in Brazil), win big time."

Italian Jarno Trulli was second for Toyota in the team's home race, equalling its best result, while McLaren's reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton scored yet another podium ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

Germany's Nico Rosberg was fifth for Williams, subject to a stewards' investigation into a possible infringement while behind the safety car. If punished, the sanction could hand Brawn GP the constructors' championship.

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was sixth.

"He (Rosberg) gained four seconds on myself (behind the safety car). We'll see what happens, I got one point, maybe two," said Button.

Rosberg pleaded his innocence.

"I didn't gain an advantage," he told the BBC. "We already analysed it. It should be fine. As far as I'm concerned, I definitely did what I should do."

As things stood at the chequered flag, Brawn GP was left a tantalising half-point away from becoming the first team to secure the constructors' title in a debut season. The team was renamed after Honda left at the end of last season and sold out to the management team. Brawn now has 155 points to Red Bull's 120.5, with a maximum of 36 still to be won.

Button would have clinched the drivers' title had he scored five points more than Barrichello but that had looked highly unlikely since Saturday, when both were handed five-place grid penalties.

His chances receded even further when he ended the first lap in 11th place, but he passed BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and was then gifted two more places when McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Force India's Adrian Sutil collided just ahead of him.

Vettel had led comfortably from pole position but his advantage evaporated when the safety car was deployed late in the race, after Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari crashed, and stayed out until four laps from the finish.

The Spaniard was unhurt in the accident.

Race Result : Formula 1 - 2009 Japanese Grand Prix





































































































































































PosNoDriverTeamTimePts
115Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault
1:28:20.443
10
29Jarno TrulliToyota
+4.8 secs
8
31Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
+6.4 secs
6
44Kimi RäikkönenFerrari
+7.9 secs
5
516Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
+8.7 secs
4
66Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber
+9.5 secs
3
723Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes
+10.6 secs
2
822Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes
+11.4 secs
1
95Robert KubicaBMW Sauber
+11.7 secs
-
107Fernando AlonsoRenault
+13.0 secs
-
112Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
+13.7 secs
-
123Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari
+14.5 secs
-
1320Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
+14.9 secs
-
1421Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes
+15.7 secs
-
1517Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
+17.9 secs
-
168Romain GrosjeanRenault
+1 Lap
-
1714Mark WebberRBR-Renault
+2 Laps
-
Ret11Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari
Accident
-
Ret12Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari
Clutch
-


Driver Championship Standings :


















































































































































































Pos
Driver
Nationality
Team
Points
1 Jenson ButtonBritish Brawn-Mercedes
85
2 Rubens BarrichelloBrazilian Brawn-Mercedes
71
3 Sebastian VettelGerman RBR-Renault
69
4 Mark WebberAustralian RBR-Renault
51.5
5 Kimi RäikkönenFinnish Ferrari
45
6 Lewis HamiltonBritish McLaren-Mercedes
43
7 Nico RosbergGerman Williams-Toyota
34.5
8 Jarno TrulliItalian Toyota
30.5
9 Fernando AlonsoSpanish Renault
26
10 Timo GlockGerman Toyota
24
11 Felipe MassaBrazilian Ferrari
22
12 Heikki KovalainenFinnish McLaren-Mercedes
22
13 Nick HeidfeldGerman BMW Sauber
15
14 Robert KubicaPolish BMW Sauber
9
15 Giancarlo FisichellaItalian Ferrari
8
16 Adrian SutilGerman Force India-Mercedes
5
17 Sebastien BuemiSwiss STR-Ferrari
3
18 Sebastien BourdaisFrench STR-Ferrari
2
19 Kazuki NakajimaJapanese Williams-Toyota
0
20 Nelsinho PiquetBrazilian Renault
0
21 Vitantonio LiuzziItalian Force India-Mercedes
0
22 Luca BadoerItalian Ferrari
0
23 Romain GrosjeanFrench Renault
0
24 Jaime AlguersuariSpanish STR-Ferrari
0


Constructor Championship Standings :



























































Pos
Team
Points
1Brawn-Mercedes
156
2RBR-Renault
120.5
3Ferrari
67
4McLaren-Mercedes
65
5Toyota
54.5
6Williams-Toyota
34.5
7Renault
26
8BMW Sauber
24
9Force India-Mercedes
13
10STR-Ferrari
5


[Source : Supersport, F1 Official]

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