China 2009: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.565	1:35.130	1:36.184
2	Alonso	Renault	1:36.443	1:35.803	1:36.381	+0.197
3	Webber	Red Bull	1:35.751	1:35.173	1:36.466	+0.282
4	Barrichello	Brawn	1:35.701	1:35.503	1:36.493	+0.309
5	Button	Brawn	1:35.533	1:35.556	1:36.532	+0.348
6	Trulli	Toyota	1:36.308	1:35.645	1:36.835	+0.651
7	Rosberg	Williams	1:35.941	1:35.809	1:37.397	+1.213
8	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.137	1:35.856	1:38.089	+1.905
9	Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.776	1:35.740	1:38.595	+2.411
10	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.284	1:35.965	1:39.321	+3.137
11	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.525	1:35.975		+0.845
12	Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.646	1:36.032		+0.902
13	Massa	Ferrari	1:36.178	1:36.033		+0.903
14	Glock	Toyota	1:36.364	1:36.066		+0.936
15	Nakajima	Williams	1:36.673	1:36.193		+1.063
16	Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.906			+1.373
17	Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.908			+1.375
18	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966			+1.433
19	Sutil	Force India	1:37.669			+2.136
20	Fisichella	Force India	1:37.672			+2.139

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 Vettel	Red Bull	1	56	1:57:43.485	2	Renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	3	56	+10.970	2	Renault
3	Jenson Button	Brawn	5	56	+44.975	2	Mercedes
4	Rubens BarrichelloFastest lap	Brawn	4	56	+1:03.704	2	Mercedes
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	12	56	+1:05.102	1	Mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	56	+1:11.866	1	Mercedes
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	19	56	+1:14.476	1	Toyota
8	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	10	56	+1:16.439	2	Ferrari
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	2	56	+1:24.309	2	Renault
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8	56	+1:31.750	1	Ferrari
11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	15	56	+1:34.156	1	Ferrari
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11	56	+1:35.834	1	BMW
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	56	+1:46.853	2	BMW
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	20	55	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	7	55	+1 lap	3	Toyota
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	16	54	+2 laps	3	Renault
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	18	50	Accident	2	Mercedes
DNF	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	14	43	Transmission	2	Toyota
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	13	20	Electrical	0	Ferrari
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	6	18	Collision damage	0	Toyota

Starting grid vs qualifying

Glock Qualified 14, started 19 · 5-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Glock19→7+12
Kovalainen12→5+7
Fisichella20→14+6
Bourdais15→11+4
Kubica17→13+4
Hamilton9→6+3
Button5→3+2
Buemi10→8+2
Webber3→2+1
Sutil18→17+1
Vettel1→10
Barrichello4→40
Piquet Jr.16→160
Heidfeld11→12-1
Räikkönen8→10-2
Alonso2→9-7
Rosberg7→15-8

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

Fastest pit stops

1Rosberg25.038R48
2Barrichello25.105R43
3Buemi25.109R45
4Kovalainen25.139R34
5Webber26.060R39
6Button26.177R42
7Alonso26.291R35
8Rosberg26.434R40
9Hamilton26.650R33
10Nakajima27.493R32

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1522192 stops
Webber1425172 stops
Button1923142 stops
Barrichello1924132 stops
Kovalainen34221 stop
Hamilton33231 stop
Glock24321 stop
Buemi1926112 stops
Alonso728212 stops
Räikkönen27291 stop

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.

Retirements

SutilAccident, classified P17Force India
NakajimaTransmissionWilliams
MassaElectricalFerrari
TrulliCollision damageToyota

This race in history

5 races here since 2004Won from pole: 3 of 5

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

Previous winners here

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

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