Shanghai 2009: Race Result

With rain falling on the Shanghai circuit in China, today’s grand prix is going to make for interesting viewing. We have a strange front row with Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull taking pole position, and team mate Mark Webber is directly behind in third. Fernando Alonso barely has enough fuel in his Renault to complete the formation lap, so the Spaniard will be very fast off the line. In fourth and fifth we have the charging Brawns, and McLaren seem to on a good strategy with Lewis Hamilton, albeit in ninth.

And it has been announced the safety car will start the race due to the standing water. Therefore, Alonso will not get the chance to leap ahead of the Red Bull into T1.

The full race report can viewed here: Shanghai 2009: Sebastian Vettel Scores Red Bull’s Maiden Victory.

Shanghai 2009 Race Results		Laps Completed	Time Race Length	Points Earned
1.	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	56	1:57:43.485	10pts
2.	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	56	+10.9s	8pts
3.	Jenson Button Brawn	56	+44.9s	6pts
4.	Rubens Barrichello Brawn	56	+63.7s	5pts
5.	Heikki Kovalainen McLaren	56	+65.1s	4pts
6.	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	56	+71.8s	3pts
7.	Timo Glock Toyota	56	+74.4s	2pts
8.	Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso	56	+76.4s	1pt
9.	Fernando Alonso Renault	56	+84.3s
10.	Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari	56	+91.7s
11.	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	56	+94.1s
12.	Nick Heidfeld BMW	56	+95.8s
13.	Robert Kubica BMW	56	+ 106.8s
14.	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India	55	+1 Lap
15.	Nico Rosberg Williams	55	+1 Lap
16.	Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault	54	+2 Lap
17.	Adrian Sutil Force India	51		Accident
18.	Kazuki Nakajima Williams	45		Mechanical
19.	Felipe Massa Ferrari	21		Mechanical
20.	Jarno Trulli Toyota	20		Collision