F1 2009 Belgian GP

[Bartek S.]

About the Belgian GP


Length 7.004 km
Laps 44 (308.176 Km)
Last Year
1. F. Massa
2. N. Heidfeld
3. L. Hamilton
Record Lap K. Raikkonen - 1'45''108 (2004, McLaren)
Record Pole M. Schumacher - 1'43''726 (2002, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole L. Hamilton - 1'47''338 (McLaren)

Previous winners


Year Driver
2008 F. Massa (Ferrari)
2007 K. Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2006 Pas de course
2005 K. Raikkonen (McLaren)
2004 K. Raikkonen (McLaren)
2003 Pas de course
2002 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1999 D. Coulthard (McLaren)
1998 D. Hill (Jordan-Honda)
1997 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1996 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1995 M. Schumacher (Benetton-Renault)
1994 D. Hill (Williams-Renault)
1993 D. Hill (Williams-Renault)
1992 M. Schumacher (Benetton-Renault)
1991 A. Senna (McLaren-Honda)
1990 A. Senna (McLaren-Honda)
1989 A. Senna (McLaren-Honda)1988

 

[Bartek S.]

FP1
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:49.675 13
2. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:50.283 + 0.608 18
3. Alonso Renault (B) 1:50.368 + 0.693 13
4. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:51.045 + 1.370 20
5. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:51.529 + 1.854 24
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:52.321 + 2.646 18
7. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:52.930 + 3.255 16
8. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:53.383 + 3.708 11
9. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:53.650 + 3.975 12
10. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:55.068 + 5.393 20
11. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 2:03.972 + 14.297 11
12. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 2:04.505 + 14.830 13
13. Grosjean Renault (B) 2:05.513 + 15.838 13
14. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 2:05.614 + 15.939 14
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 2:05.705 + 16.030 15
16. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 2:05.839 + 16.164 10
17. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 2:06.181 + 16.506 6
18. Glock Toyota (B) 2:06.331 + 16.656 15
19. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1
20. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 4

FP2
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:47.201 29
2. Glock Toyota (B) 1:47.217 + 0.016 29
3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:47.285 + 0.084 26
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:47.329 + 0.128 31
5. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:47.333 + 0.132 34
6. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:47.506 + 0.305 27
7. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:47.559 + 0.358 33
8. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:47.578 + 0.377 33
9. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:47.579 + 0.378 36
10. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:47.602 + 0.401 25
11. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:47.702 + 0.501 38
12. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:47.743 + 0.542 33
13. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:47.790 + 0.589 29
14. Alonso Renault (B) 1:47.862 + 0.661 30
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:47.961 + 0.760 32
16. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:48.017 + 0.816 30
17. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:48.125 + 0.924 34
18. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:48.130 + 0.929 37
19. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:48.360 + 1.159 29
20. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:49.211 + 2.010 30

FP3
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:45.388 17
2. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:45.462 + 0.074 18
3. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:45.677 + 0.289 20
4. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:45.878 + 0.490 18
5. Glock Toyota (B) 1:45.908 + 0.520 18
6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:45.987 + 0.599 18
7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:46.040 + 0.652 19
8. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:46.114 + 0.726 21
9. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:46.301 + 0.913 17
10. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:46.406 + 1.018 20
11. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:46.409 + 1.021 19
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:46.417 + 1.029 19
13. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:46.462 + 1.074 17
14. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:46.747 + 1.359 14
15. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:46.814 + 1.426 22
16. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:46.815 + 1.427 19
17. Alonso Renault (B) 1:46.926 + 1.538 14
18. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:47.055 + 1.667 20
19. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:47.078 + 1.690 19
20. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) No time 3

 

[Bartek S.]

Qual.
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:45.102 1:44.667 1:46.308
2. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:45.140 1:44.503 1:46.395
3. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:45.566 1:44.709 1:46.500
4. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:45.237 1:44.834 1:46.513
5. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:45.655 1:44.557 1:46.586
6. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:45.579 1:44.953 1:46.633
7. Glock Toyota (B) 1:45.450 1:44.877 1:46.677
8. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:45.372 1:44.592 1:46.761
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:45.350 1:44.924 1:46.788
10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:45.486 1:45.047 1:47.362
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:45.486 1:45.119
12. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.239 1:45.122
13. Alonso Renault (B) 1:45.767 1:45.136
14. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:45.707 1:45.251
15. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.761 1:45.259
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:45.705
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:45.951
18. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:46.032
19. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:46.307
20. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:46.359

 

[Bartek S.]

 

[Deleted member 25]

Amazing QUali, one of the craziest i have seen in years, amazing job by FI, fisico and Ex BMW.

 

[Gullwing]

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:45.102 1:44.667 1:46.308

 

[Bartek S.]

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium;
44 laps; 308.052km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1h23:50.995
2. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) + 0.939
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) + 3.875
4. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 9.966
5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 11.276
6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 32.763
7. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 35.461
8. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 36.208
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 36.959
10. Glock Toyota (B) + 41.490
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) + 42.636
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 46.106
13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 54.241
14. Badoer Ferrari (B) + 1:38.177

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:47.263

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Alonso Renault (B) 27
Trulli Toyota (B) 22
Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1
Grosjean Renault (B) 1
Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1
Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1

 

[Bartek S.]

World Championship standings, round 12:

Drivers:
1. Button 72
2. Barrichello 56
3. Vettel 53
4. Webber 51.5
5. Raikkonen 34
6. Rosberg 30.5
7. Hamilton 27
8. Trulli 22.5
9. Massa 22
10. Kovalainen 17
11. Glock 16
12. Alonso 16
13. Heidfeld 10
14. Kubica 8
15. Fisichella 8
16. Buemi 3
17. Bourdais 2

Constructors:
1. Brawn-Mercedes 128
2. Red Bull-Renault 104.5
3. Ferrari 56
4. McLaren-Mercedes 44
5. Toyota 38.5
6. Williams-Toyota 30.5
7. BMW Sauber 18
8. Renault 16
9. Force India-Mercedes 8
10. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5

 

[Zonda]

Spa is the bomb!

 

[NarutoRamen]

I can't believe Force India actually didn't just score their first points ever, but were actually on the podium. Even though it could be a fluke, I'm proud of my little Indian team.

 

[Gullwing]

Too bad for Hami, but other than that great race.
Force India did great, only a little stumble on the frist pit stip, but nothing like Alonso
Interesting last few laps for Barrichello

 

[NarutoRamen]

^^This is like the 10th fudged up pitstop for renault this year. LOL

Also, I was praying the whole time that nothing happens to Force India cars, they have been close in the past but something happened to screw their chances.

 

[Centurion]

Kimi's strategy for the first corner is clearly questionable as the gained a significant advantage from using the run off area for what it isn't intended for. One can clearly see that he has no interest in trailing the rest of the pact through the corner but instead went off track and slingshoted to then press the KERS button which evidently took him smoothly past two cars.

A very clear and aggressive strategy, though very much outside the rule book and given last year's row over Hamilton cutting the chicane, I'm stunned that the Stewards didn't even raise their eye brow over Kimi's first corner tactics.

 

[NarutoRamen]

^^I don't know. If you watch that video carefully, when he enters the white line of the track he is clearly still 4th. So, you can't say that he entered ahead of the pack or something. Also, the other thing is, as a racer, with the cars next to you locking up during braking, would you still stay on track if you have a runoff area? No, no you wouldn't. If that particular runoff area was all grass then Kimi definitely would've tried his best to stay on track but since there was a paved runoff, its was a good idea to go off track. And still entering behind the 3rd car was brilliant, even if it was only a foot behind.

 

[bum-man]

^He should have yielded that position until 2 turns later like the rules stipulated for Hamilton last year. He clearly gained an advantage by running wide OFF THE TRACK which gave a better run on everyone else. I'm also surprised (or perhaps not) nothing was brought up by the marshals.

 

[NarutoRamen]

^He should have yielded that position until 2 turns later like the rules stipulated for Hamilton last year. He clearly gained an advantage by running wide OFF THE TRACK which gave a better run on everyone else. I'm also surprised (or perhaps not) nothing was brought up by the marshals.

Like I said, sure he wasn't forced off the track, but the thing is he wasn't the only one to get off track either. Also, with cars locking up right next to him, I think he was trying to distance himself by going off track because he didn't know if the cars were gonna come right into him. We can look at it now and say "they weren't that close" but for the guy in the seat, that's as close as he'd like to be.

 

[Centurion]

^^I don't know. If you watch that video carefully, when he enters the white line of the track he is clearly still 4th.

4th but with monstrous momentum that allowed him to breeze past the bimmer with ease. He knew that there would be a slow down and a possible scuffle in the first corner and had already planned on driving around it all and gain an unfair advantage. It's an unfair way of exploiting a a piece of surface that is intended for giving the drivers a bit of room and forgiveness if something was to go wrong, which is safer than having barriers right next to the edge of the track.

Drivers and teams who have seen highlights of the race are bound to have picked up on what Kimi did and might use it on other tracks with a similar layout for the first corner, though it will be interesting to see how the stewards will act upon it. But it's very unfair that Kimi wasn't given a drive-through or even get investigate. Then again, FIA has always stood for Ferrari's International Assistance so this is nothing compared with what we saw last year.

Either way I pray that Jean Todt doesn't get FIA presidency as F1 will favour Ferrari even more, especially when Todt's son is managing two drivers.

 

[NarutoRamen]

^^Fair? That's debatable. What's clear to me isn't to you and what's clear to you isn't to me.

But the problem is people are acting like this single incident is the reason why Kimi won. C'mon, one lap doesn't win the race unless in that one lap no one else shows up.

 

[Monster]

The way I see it, the initial turn in point for Kimi was blocked by Trulli, even if Kimi did manage to keep the car within the track when he turns, he would have been squeezed off to the run off area at the exit. If Kimi slows and let Trulli through he would have been hit from the back. IMO Kimi has pretty limited options but he did gain some speed by running so wide off the track.

 

[NarutoRamen]

The way I see it, the initial turn in point for Kimi was blocked by Trulli, even if Kimi did manage to keep the car within the track when he turns, he would have been squeezed off to the run off area at the exit. If Kimi slows and let Trulli through he would have been hit from the back. IMO Kimi has pretty limited options but he did gain some speed by running so wide off the track.

In other words, racing incident and nothing spectacular and conspiracy ridden.