Abu Dhabi 2009: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.873	1:39.695	1:40.948
2	Vettel	Red Bull	1:40.666	1:39.984	1:41.615	+0.667
3	Webber	Red Bull	1:40.667	1:40.272	1:41.726	+0.778
4	Barrichello	Brawn	1:40.574	1:40.421	1:41.786	+0.838
5	Button	Brawn	1:40.378	1:40.148	1:41.892	+0.944
6	Trulli	Toyota	1:40.517	1:40.373	1:41.897	+0.949
7	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:40.520	1:40.545	1:41.992	+1.044
8	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:40.558	1:40.635	1:42.343	+1.395
9	Rosberg	Williams	1:40.842	1:40.661	1:42.583	+1.635
10	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:40.908	1:40.430	1:42.713	+1.765
11	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:41.100	1:40.726		+1.031
12	Kobayashi	Toyota	1:41.035	1:40.777		+1.082
13	Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.808	1:40.983		+1.288
14	Nakajima	Williams	1:41.096	1:41.148		+1.453
15	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:41.503	1:41.689		+1.994
16	Alonso	Renault	1:41.667			+1.794
17	Liuzzi	Force India	1:41.701			+1.828
18	Sutil	Force India	1:41.863			+1.990
19	Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950			+2.077
20	Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184			+2.311

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Red Bull	2	55	1:34:03.414	2	Renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	3	55	+17.857	2	Renault
3	Jenson Button	Brawn	5	55	+18.467	2	Mercedes
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	4	55	+22.735	2	Mercedes
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	8	55	+26.253	2	BMW
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	12	55	+28.343	1	Toyota
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	6	55	+34.366	2	Toyota
8	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	10	55	+41.294	2	Ferrari
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	9	55	+45.941	2	Toyota
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	7	55	+48.180	2	BMW
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	18	55	+52.798	1	Mercedes
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	11	55	+54.317	1	Ferrari
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	13	55	+59.839	1	Toyota
14	Fernando Alonso	Renault	15	55	+1:09.687	1	Renault
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	16	55	+1:34.450	1	Mercedes
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	20	54	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	17	54	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	19	54	+1 lap	1	Renault
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	20	Brakes	1	Mercedes
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	14	18	Gearbox	1	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Kovalainen Qualified 13, started 18 · 5-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Kovalainen18→11+7
Kobayashi12→6+6
Fisichella20→16+4
Heidfeld8→5+3
Button5→3+2
Buemi10→8+2
Vettel2→1+1
Webber3→2+1
Alonso15→14+1
Liuzzi16→15+1
Grosjean19→18+1
Barrichello4→40
Rosberg9→90
Nakajima13→130
Sutil17→170
Trulli6→7-1
Räikkönen11→12-1
Kubica7→10-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Fisichella12.904R31
2Alguersuari17.153R18
3Button22.369R42
4Trulli22.388R42
5Heidfeld22.603R41
6Sutil23.275R41
7Barrichello23.445R41
8Buemi23.485R41
9Kubica23.919R39
10Rosberg24.028R18

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1923132 stops
Webber1822152 stops
Button1725132 stops
Barrichello1625142 stops
Heidfeld1922142 stops
Kobayashi30251 stop
Trulli1824132 stops
Buemi1823142 stops
Rosberg1820172 stops
Kubica1623162 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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