Germany 2009: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Webber	Red Bull	1:31.257	1:38.038	1:32.230
2	Barrichello	Brawn	1:31.482	1:34.455	1:32.357	+0.127
3	Button	Brawn	1:31.568	1:39.032	1:32.473	+0.243
4	Vettel	Red Bull	1:31.430	1:39.504	1:32.480	+0.250
5	Hamilton	McLaren	1:31.473	1:39.149	1:32.616	+0.386
6	Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.881	1:40.826	1:33.859	+1.629
7	Sutil	Force India	1:32.015	1:36.740	1:34.316	+2.086
8	Massa	Ferrari	1:31.600	1:41.708	1:34.574	+2.344
9	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.869	1:41.730	1:34.710	+2.480
10	Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:32.128	1:35.737	1:34.803	+2.573
11	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.771	1:42.310		+7.855
12	Alonso	Renault	1:31.302	1:42.318		+7.863
13	Nakajima	Williams	1:31.884	1:42.500		+8.045
14	Trulli	Toyota	1:31.760	1:42.771		+8.316
15	Rosberg	Williams	1:31.598	1:42.859		+8.404
16	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.190			+0.933
17	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:32.251			+0.994
18	Fisichella	Force India	1:32.402			+1.145
19	Glock	Toyota	1:32.423			+1.166
20	Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:33.559			+2.302

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	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1	60	1:36:43.310	3	Renault
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	4	60	+9.252	2	Renault
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	8	60	+15.906	2	Ferrari
4	Nico Rosberg	Williams	15	60	+21.099	2	Toyota
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	3	60	+23.609	3	Mercedes
6	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	2	60	+24.468	3	Mercedes
7	Fernando AlonsoFastest lap	Renault	12	60	+24.888	2	Renault
8	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	6	60	+58.692	2	Mercedes
9	Timo Glock	Toyota	20	60	+1:01.457	1	Toyota
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11	60	+1:01.925	2	BMW
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	18	60	+1:02.327	2	Mercedes
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	13	60	+1:02.876	2	Toyota
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	10	60	+1:08.328	2	Renault
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	16	60	+1:09.555	2	BMW
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	7	60	+1:11.941	3	Mercedes
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	17	60	+1:30.225	2	Ferrari
17	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	14	60	+1:30.970	3	Toyota
18	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	5	59	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	9	34	Radiator	1	Ferrari
DNF	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	19	18	Hydraulics	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Glock Qualified 19, started 20 · 3-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Rosberg15→4+11
Glock20→9+11
Fisichella18→11+7
Massa8→3+5
Alonso12→7+5
Vettel4→2+2
Kubica16→14+2
Heidfeld11→10+1
Nakajima13→12+1
Buemi17→16+1
Webber1→10
Button3→5-2
Kovalainen6→8-2
Piquet Jr.10→13-3
Trulli14→17-3
Barrichello2→6-4
Sutil7→15-8
Hamilton5→18-13

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

Fastest pit stops

1Webber14.009R14
2Trulli22.140R49
3Trulli22.400R21
4Alonso22.511R46
5Piquet Jr.22.540R47
6Barrichello22.570R50
7Button22.753R51
8Nakajima22.798R50
9Massa22.884R45
10Button23.210R13

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

Stints of the top 10

Webber14524173 stops
Vettel2123162 stops
Massa2520152 stops
Rosberg2918132 stops
Button13182093 stops
Barrichello141818103 stops
Alonso1729142 stops
Kovalainen1525202 stops
Glock37231 stop
Heidfeld2621132 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.

This race in history

37 races here since 1951Won from pole: 14 of 37

Win from furthest back (P14): Johnny Herbert 1999

Most wins 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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