Shanghai 2009: Pitstop & Fuel Strategies

The strategies for the race went out of the window this morning as the drivers and teams awoke to rain falling over the Shanghai circuit. All cars started the race on full wet weather tyres and for most, this was the only option through all the 56 laps completed. The only driver to try anything courageous was Nico Rosberg, who pitted on L41 for intermediate rubber. The German promptly reverted to full wets nine laps later having realised he was ~2s shy of the front-runners pace. Sebastian Vettel won the race on a standard two-stop run.

Shanghai 2009 Pitstop Strategies	Stint 1 (Start Tyre)	Stint 2 (Lap)	Stint 3 (Lap)	Stint 4 (Lap)
McLaren
Lewis Hamilton	Wet	Wet (33)
Heikki Kovalainen	Wet	Wet (33)
Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen	Wet	Wet (27)
Felipe Massa	Wet	DNF (21)
BMW
Nick Heidfeld	Wet	Wet (18)
Robert Kubica	Wet	Wet (36)	Wet (?)
Renault
Fernando Alonso	Wet	Wet (7)	Wet (36
Nelson Piquet Jr.	Wet	Wet (20)	Wet (29)	Wet (?)
Toyota
Jarno Trulli	Wet	Wet (19)	DNF (20)
Timo Glock	Wet	Wet (24)
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Sebastien Buemi	Wet	Wet (19)	Wet (46)
Sebastien Bourdais	Wet	Wet (30)
Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel	Wet	Wet (15)	Wet (37)
Mark Webber	Wet	Wet (14)	Wet (39)
Williams
Nico Rosberg	Wet	Wet (5)	Int. (41)	Wet (50)
Kazuki Nakajima	Wet	Wet (32)	Wet (42)	DNF (45)
Force India
Giancarlo Fisichella	Wet	Wet (33)
Adrian Sutil	Wet	Wet (3)	Wet (19)	DNF (51)
Brawn
Jenson Button	Wet	Wet (19)	Wet (42)
Rubens Barrichello	Wet	Wet (19)	Wet (44)