2009 Belgian Grand Prix

August 2017 F1 Belgium Belgian 30 August 2009 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 12 17 2009 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium2009 Belgian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2009-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 44 191.415 308.052 Clear but Mild Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:46.308 Italy Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:47.263 38 Germany Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Finland Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes Italy Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Germany BEL 2009 European Grand Prix 2009 Italian Grand Prix 2009 Belgian GP https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2009&gp=Belgian%20GP ChicaneF1 30 May 2022 30 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220530181150/https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2009&gp=Belgian%20GP dead The 2009 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2009 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix)2009 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2009/races/854/belgium/race-result.html 21 December 2020 was a Formula One motor race held on 30 August 2009 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. It was the 12th race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race was contested over 44 laps, with an overall race distance of 308.052 km (191.415 mi). The race was won by Kimi Räikkönen of Ferrari after starting from sixth on the grid.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8229449.stm Raikkonen wins exciting Spa duel 30 August 2009 BBC Sport BBC 30 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831101242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8229449.stm 31 August 2009 live Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India came second after starting from the team's first and only pole position. Sebastian Vettel came third after starting from eighth on the grid. It was Räikkönen's first Grand Prix victory since the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix and Ferrari's only victory of the season. Fisichella's second position gave Force India their first ever championship points and their first podium. This race also marks Fisichella's final podium and last points in Formula One, before he became a Ferrari test driver in 2010, as well as Räikkönen's 18th and last Grand Prix victory until the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and his last for Ferrari until the 2018 United States Grand Prix. This was the last race for Luca Badoer. Report Background Jenson Button led the World Championship entering the Belgian race weekend despite not scoring a podium since early June. He had an 18-point lead over Brawn GP teammate Rubens Barrichello. Mark Webber was 2½ points behind Barrichello in third and was 4½ points ahead of Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastian Vettel. The respective recoveries of Ferrari and McLaren ensured that the last two World Champions, Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton, had scored podiums in the two races leading up to Belgium. Brawn GP led Red Bull Racing by 27½ points in the Constructors' Championship. The next team, Ferrari, were 52½ points behind Red Bull and 80 points behind Brawn. Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen, who had previously won the event three times, was the only former winner entered in the race. Practice and Qualifying Rain affected the first practice session of the weekend. Only 10 cars got dry lap times in while the rest of the field posting lap times in the wet. Jarno Trulli posted the fastest lap followed by Button. Fernando Alonso was third followed by the two Toro Rossos. Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella posted the fastest time off the wet runners followed by Nico Rosberg. Neither Vettel nor Hamilton posted lap times.Belgian GP Practice 1 http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6665 formula1.com Formula One Association 28 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090907061731/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6665/ 7 September 2009 live The second session stayed dry throughout with Hamilton topping the session. Timo Glock was second and Räikkönen third, the top three cars were separated by less than 0.7s. Fisichella kept his pace for Force India as he came sixth. This was one of the closest sessions in the history of Formula One with 18 of the 20 cars coming within less than a second from the leader. Only Rosberg and Luca Badoer were more than a second away from Hamilton's time. Both Brawns struggled coming only 17th and 18th.Belgian GP Practice 2 http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6666 formula1.com Formula One Association 28 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091006104408/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6666 6 October 2009 live This session may have seen another indication that BMW Sauber have greatly improved their car after Nick Heidfeld topped the session. Another Toyota came second with Trulli and Force India's Adrian Sutil came third. Hamilton took 9th place with Button rounding off the top ten. Red Bull's problems with the Renault engine continued as Webber's engine had a major problem. This gave Red Bull-Renault their third engine failure in a week.Belgian GP Practice 3 http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6667 formula1.com Formula One Association 29 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091005083221/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6667 5 October 2009 live The first session would see five cars drop out and decide the final five grid positions. Badoer qualified 20th for the second race in a row, after crashing at the end of the session and bringing out the yellow flag, causing many drivers to slow down.Belgian GP Qualifying as it happened https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8227401.stm BBC Sport BBC 29 August 2009 31 August 2009 Fisichella topped the session with Trulli finishing just behind him. The other four drivers to be knocked out at the end of the session were Renault's Romain Grosjean (P19), Williams's Kazuki Nakajima (P18) and the two Toro Rossos of Jaime Alguersuari (P17) and Sébastien Buemi (P16).Belgian GP Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6668 formula1.com Formula One Association 29 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905205038/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6668/ 5 September 2009 live The second session would again see another five cars drop out to decide grid positions 11–15. The session was topped by the Toyota of Jarno Trulli, while BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica was second with Red Bull's Vettel coming third. Also significant in the second part of qualifying was the elimination of Brawn's Jenson Button who could only manage P14. The two McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen (P15) and Hamilton (P12) were also knocked out along with the second Renault of Alonso (P13) and Force India's Adrian Sutil (P11). thumb|right|Giancarlo Fisichella claimed the maiden pole position for Force India. The final session would see the remaining 10 grid positions be decided. Williams's new aero package was not working as they would like as Rosberg qualified P10. The two Red Bulls of Webber (P9) and Vettel (P8) seemed to struggle in conditions favouring their cars. Glock took P7 with Räikkönen, driving the only KERS car in the top 10, coming in sixth. The two BMW Saubers' new updates seemed to be lifting the whole team as Kubica (P5) and Heidfeld (P3) achieved their best qualifying positions of the season. The only Brawn in the final session, that of Rubens Barrichello, took P4. One of the biggest surprises on an already unpredictable track, Force India took their very first pole position. It was Fisichella's first pole position since the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix. Trulli took second place. Race thumb|right|Jenson Button failed to complete the first lap, his only failure to score points in the 2009 campaign. As the race started everyone seemed to make a good start apart from Hamilton and Rubens Barrichello, the latter almost stalled his car, causing him to drop to the back of the field. At Les Combes, at the top of the hill, a crash caused the safety car to come out.Belgian GP as it happened https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8228583.stm BBC Sport BBC 30 August 2009 31 August 2009 Romain Grosjean ran into the back of Jenson Button who in turn spun 180° and collided with Grosjean for a second time, causing them to both retire. Lewis Hamilton backed off after seeing the incidents ahead of him, which caused Jaime Alguersuari to run into him; both crashed into the barrier and retired. The safety car came in on lap 5 with Fisichella still leading and Räikkönen right behind him. Räikkönen closed up to the Force India driver through the Eau Rouge corner and passed him on the way into Les Combes. The main bulk of the first round of stops came in around lap 14. Mark Webber was released in front of Nick Heidfeld and was handed a drive through penalty, severely affecting his race. thumb|left|Kimi Räikkönen achieved Ferrari's only win of 2009. After the first stop Fisichella closed to within one second of Räikkönen. Jarno Trulli retired from the race on lap 22; after starting on the front row he had dropped to the back of the field, having pitted after a first lap collision. Fernando Alonso retired on lap 27 with a suspected wheel problem after a first corner collision with Adrian Sutil. Räikkönen and Fisichella pitted for the second time on the same lap and it was the Finn who emerged in front and kept his lead. Vettel recorded the fastest lap of the race with a late push to try to catch the leaders but it was to no avail as Räikkönen took the chequered flag for the first time this season with Fisichella scoring Force India's first-ever points with a second-place finish. Vettel finished third, followed by the two BMW Saubers and Heikki Kovalainen finishing sixth. After dropping to the back of the field at the start, Rubens Barrichello came in seventh with Nico Rosberg picking up the final point in eighth, finishing his seven race points streak. Barrichello's car was smoking from the back for the last few laps and the car caught fire in parc fermé. Webber finished ninth for the second race in a row and scored no points. Post-race thumb|right|The post-race podium ceremony. From left to right: Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel and Stefano Domenicali. With Button failing to score, his championship lead became smaller for the second race in a row as his teammate Barrichello closed the gap by two points. Vettel's third place moved him ahead of his teammate Webber.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/standings Championship Standings 30 August 2009 BBC Sport 30 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090516011259/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/standings/default.stm 16 May 2009 live BBC Raikkonen's win further extended Ferrari's lead in the constructors' championship over McLaren, but his teammate Luca Badoer was again under scrutiny after finishing last for the second time: reports came out of the paddock that second place man Fisichella would replace him at Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix.Fisichella closes on Ferrari move https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8229556.stm BBC Sport BBC 31 August 2009 2 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831101512/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8229556.stm 31 August 2009 live On 31 August Force India team principal Vijay Mallya reported that Fisichella would not be driving for Ferrari at Monza.Fisichella to stay put for Monza https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8231165.stm BBC Sport BBC 31 August 2009 2 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090904102625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8231165.stm 4 September 2009 live However, on 3 September Fisichella was released from his contract at Force India and joined Ferrari until the end of the season.Fisichella joins Ferrari for 2009 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8231165.stm BBC Sport BBC 3 August 2009 3 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090904102625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8231165.stm 4 September 2009 live Force India announced on 7 September that Vitantonio Liuzzi, the team's test driver, would replace Fisichella for the remaining five races of the season.Force India give Liuzzi race seat https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8241502.stm BBC Sport BBC 7 September 2009 7 September 2009 On 4 September, Renault were summoned to a meeting by Formula One's governing body, the FIA with the allegations of race fixing during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.Renault called to race fix charge https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8239001.stm BBC Sport BBC 4 September 2009 4 September 2009 Renault faced the possibility of expulsion from the championship as McLaren were in the 2007 Formula One season. During the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting later that month, Renault admitted that Nelson Piquet Jr. had deliberately crashed under the instructions of Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds, in the hope of helping Alonso win. The Renault team were handed a disqualification from F1, which was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements. Briatore was banned from all FIA-sanctioned events for life, while Symonds was banned for five years.http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_210909.aspx FIA Press Release https://web.archive.org/web/20091004081125/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_210909.aspx 4 October 2009 dead 21 September 2009 Classification Qualifying Cars that used KERS are marked with "‡" PosNoDriverConstructorPart 1Part 2Part 3Grid121Italy Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:45.1021:44.6671:46.308129Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:45.1401:44.5031:46.395236Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:45.5661:44.7091:46.5003423Brazil Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes1:45.2371:44.8341:46.513455Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:45.6551:44.5571:46.586564‡Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:45.5791:44.9531:46.6336710Germany Timo GlockToyota1:45.4501:44.8771:46.6777815Germany Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:45.3721:44.5921:46.7618914Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:45.3501:44.9241:46.78891016Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:45.4861:45.0471:47.362101120Germany Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:45.2391:45.11911121‡GBR Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:45.7671:45.12212137ESP Fernando AlonsoRenault1:45.7071:45.136131422GBR Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1:45.7611:45.25114152‡Finland Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:45.7051:45.259151612Switzerland Sébastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:45.951161711ESP Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:46.302171817Japan Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:46.30718198France Romain GrosjeanRenault1:46.35919203‡Italy Luca BadoerFerrari1:46.95720Source:Belgian GP Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6668 formula1.com Formula One Association 29 August 2009 30 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905205038/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6668/ 5 September 2009 live Race Cars that used KERS are marked with "‡" Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4‡ FIN Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 44 1:23:50.995 6 10 2 21 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 44 +0.939 1 8 3 15 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 44 +3.875 8 6 4 5 POL Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 44 +9.966 5 5 5 6 GER Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 44 +11.276 3 4 6 2‡ FIN Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 44 +32.763 15 3 7 23 BRA Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 44 +35.461 4 2 8 16 GER Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 44 +36.208 10 1 9 14 AUS Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 44 +36.959 9 10 10 GER Timo Glock Toyota 44 +41.490 7 11 20 GER Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 44 +42.636 11 12 12 SUI Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 44 +46.106 16 13 17 Japan Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 44 +54.241 18 14 3‡ ITA Luca Badoer Ferrari 44 +1:42.177 20 Ret Retired 7 ESP Fernando Alonso Renault 26 Wheel 13 Ret Retired 9 ITA Jarno Trulli Toyota 21 Brakes 2 Ret Retired 1‡ GBR Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0 Collision 12 Ret Retired 22 GBR Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 0 Collision 14 Ret Retired 11 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 Collision 17 Ret Retired 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Renault 0 Collision 19 Source:2009 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/ formula1.com 28 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141124221826/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/ 24 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Jenson Button* 72 10px 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello* 56 10px 1 3 GER Sebastian Vettel* 53 10px 1 4 AUS Mark Webber* 51.5 10px 2 5 FIN Kimi Räikkönen* 34Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2009/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 2009 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Brawn-Mercedes* 128 10px 2 AUT Red Bull-Renault* 104.5 10px 3 ITA Ferrari* 56 10px 4 GBR McLaren-Mercedes* 44 10px 5 JPN Toyota* 38.5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a mathematical chance of becoming World Champion. See also 2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round Footnotes N References Kimi Räikkönen wins 2009 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix 2009 2009 European Grand Prix 2009 Italian Grand Prix 2008 Belgian Grand Prix 2010 Belgian Grand Prix 50 26 14 N 5 58 17 E source:kolossus-nowiki title Belgian Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:August 2009 sports events in Europe