Shanghai 2009: The Grid

With qualifying completed, we can now look at the completed grid for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix. At the front we have a new face for this year; Sebastian Vettel taking the first non-Button pole of 2009 and the German’s career second. Confirming the pace of the Red Bull RB5 is team mate Mark Webber in third. Splitting the Milton Keynes team is surprisingly Fernando Alonso. The Brawns could do no better than fourth and fifth, with Rubens Barrichello out-qualifying Jenson button for the first time this year.

• The qualifying results can be viewed here: Shanghai 2009: Qualifying Result.

Shanghai 2009: The Grid Inclusive of penalties given.
1		Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m36.184s
			Fernando Alonso Renault 1m36.381s		2
3		Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m36.466s
			Rubens Barrichello Brawn 1m36.493s		4
5		Jenson Button Brawn 1m36.532s
			Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m36.835s		6
7		Nico Rosberg Williams 1m37.397s
			Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m38.089s		8
9		Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m38.595s
			Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m39.321s		10
11		Nick Heidfeld BMW 1m35.975s
			Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m36.032s		12
13		Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m36.033s
			Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m36.193s		14
15		Sebastian Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m36.906s
			Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1m36.908		16
17		Robert Kubica BMW 1m36.699s
			Adrian Sutil Force India 1m37.699s		18
19		Timo Glock Toyota 1m36.066s*
			Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m37.699s		20

*Timo Glock was given a five grid slot penalty for having his gear box changed out of sequence.