2009 Alternate Formula One season

2009 Formula One season
Season
Races	20
Start date	15 March
Start Event	Bahrain Grand Prix
End date	22 November
End Event	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Daniel Melrose
Constructor's Champion	BMW Sauber
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2008	2010

The 2009 Formula One season was the 60th season of Formula One motor racing.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Test Driver
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.09 F1.09B	BMW P86/9	1	Daniel Melrose	All	Christian Klien
				2	Dave Simpson	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F60	Ferrari 056	3	Robert Kubica	All	Giancarlo Fisichella
				4	Fernando Alonso	All
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-24	Mercedes FO 108W	5	Lewis Hamilton	All	Nico Rosberg Robert Wickens
				6	Sammy Jones	All
Panasonic Toyota F1 Team	Toyota	TF109	Toyota RVX-09	7	Mark Webber	All	Kamui Kobayashi Kazuki Nakajima
				8	André Lotterer	1-17
					Kazuki Nakajima	18-20
Squadra Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR4	Ferrari 056	9	Sebastién Bourdais	1-3, 5-20	Brendon Hartley
					Brendon Hartley	4
				10	Thomas De Bock	1-17
					Helio Castroneves	18-19
					Sébastien Loeb	20
AT&T Williams	Williams-Honda	FW31	Honda RA809E	11	Rhys Davies	All	Luca Pacchiarini Nick Heidfeld
				12	Luca Badoer	1-9
					Jenson Button	10-20
Renault F1 Team	Renault	R29	Renault RS27	14	Kimi Räikkönen	1-13	Nicolas Prost Adam Khan
					Nico Hülkenberg	14-20
				15	Romain Grosjean	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB5	Renault RS27	16	David Coulthard	All	None
				17	Sebastian Vettel	All
Mobil 1 Prodrive F1 Team	Prodrive-Mercedes	ProF1-09	Mercedes FO 108V	20	Rubens Barrichello	1-6	John Bovy
					Darren Older, Jr.	7-12
					Nico Hülkenberg	13
				21	Bruno Spengler	1-13
Force India Formula One Team	Force India-Mercedes	VJM02	Mercedes FO 108W	22	Adrian Sutil	All	Vitantonio Liuzzi Phoenix McAllister
				23	Jarno Trulli	1-13
					Bruno Spengler	14-20
Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri-Honda	SA09	Honda RA809E	24	Takuma Sato	All	None
				25	Daisuke Itō	1-5
					Pedro de la Rosa	6
					Sakon Yamamoto	7-15
					Andrea Acuri	16-20
Brawn GP	Brawn-Honda	BGP 001	Honda RA809E	26	Frank Zimmer	1-7	Jean-Maxime Bachot
				27	Jenson Button	1-7

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	15 March	Rhys Davies	Rhys Davies	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Rhys Davies	Honda fatcats
2	Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	29 March	David Coulthard	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Honda	Thomas De Bock	Daniel Melrose
3	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	5 April	Sebastian Vettel	Dave Simpson	Jenson Button	Brawn-Honda	Takuma Sato	The Weather
4	BC Partners United States Grand Prix	Detroit Belle Isle Raceway	19 April	Jenson Button	David Coulthard	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	Brendon Hartley	Daniel Melrose
5	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	3 May	Jenson Button	Rhys Davies	Jenson Button	Brawn-Honda	Daniel Melrose	Takuma Sato
6	Gran Premio Telefónica de España	Circuit de Catalunya	17 May	Frank Zimmer	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Brawn-Honda	André Lotterer	David Coulthard
7	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	31 May	Frank Zimmer	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Honda	Darren Older, Jr.	McLaren-Mercedes
8	Gran Premio Alice d'Europa	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	14 June	Mark Webber	Rhys Davies	Rhys Davies	Williams-Honda	Rhys Davies	The FIA
9	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	21 June	David Coulthard	Sebastian Vettel	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel
10	Santander British Grand Prix	Donington Park	6 July	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Thomas de Bock	Fernando Alonso
11	Paddy Power Irish Grand Prix	Athlone International Circuit	13 July	Mark Webber	David Coulthard	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Fernando Alonso	Robert Kubica
12	Großer DHL Preis von Deutschland	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	27 July	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Romain Grosjean	Mark Webber
13	Gauloises Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	30 August	Jarno Trulli	Dave Simpson	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Force India-Mercedes	Toyota
14	Gran Premio DHL d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	Adrian Sutil	Red Bull-Renault
15	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	20 September	Jenson Button	Dave Simpson	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Bruno Spengler	Mark Webber
16	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	4 October	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Robert Kubica	Red Bull Racing
17	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	18 October	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Nico Hülkenberg	Jenson Button
18	Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1 November	Dave Simpson	Jenson Button	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber	McLaren-Mercedes
19	Gran Premio Mercedes-Benz del Uruguay	Street Circuit of Punta del Este	8 November	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Hélio Castroneves	Bruno Spengler
20	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	22 November	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	David Coulthard	BMW Sauber

Championship Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	PP
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver BHR AUS MAL ‡ USA JPN ESP TUR EUR MON GBR IRE GER BEL ITA HUN SIN CHN BRA URU ABU Pts 1 Daniel Melrose 8 Ret 3 12 2 5 6 Ret 10 3 4 4 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 6 100 2 Jenson Button 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 DNA 9 16† Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 74 3 Rhys Davies 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 10 2 1 3 Ret Ret 2 5 4 6 6 8 5 3 4 74 4 Dave Simpson Ret 14 2 2 Ret 9 Ret 5 5 6 2 7 3 3 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 11 65 5 David Coulthard 6 2 Ret 1 7 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 2 3 Ret 1 59 6 Fernando Alonso Ret 7 8 Ret 16 Ret 18† Ret 4 15 1 1 Ret 5 5 2 3 10 Ret 5 54.5 7 Sebastian Vettel 1 4 12 Ret 3 4 5 Ret 11 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 3 53 8 Mark Webber 7 6 6 Ret 13 Ret 3 4 7 4 11 3 Ret 8 Ret 3 Ret 7 2 10 51.5 9 André Lotterer 5 5 Ret 6 5 3 4 3 2 Ret 5 5 11 9 7 10 DNS 50 10 Sammy Jones Ret 12 Ret 4 4 7 12 2 8 2 Ret Ret 7 6 11 7 Ret Ret 12 7 38 11 Lewis Hamilton 9 9 14 10 Ret 6 17† 7 9 5 3 Ret Ret 7 8 8 14† Ret 5 2 31 12 Adrian Sutil 10 15 16 13 18 18 13 15 12 Ret 15 12 8 1 9 5 4 6 4 8 30 13 Frank Zimmer 2 3 4 11 11 2 Ret DNA 26.5 14 Bruno Spengler 18 16 Ret 9 17 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 18 15 Robert Kubica Ret 10 19† Ret Ret 8 10 6 6 16† Ret 14† Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 9 12 16 Jarno Trulli 15 17 18† Ret 10 15 8 16 Ret Ret 9 8 4 8 17 Sebastién Bourdais 11 19 20† INJ 9 11 11 11 14 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 18 Romain Grosjean 17 18 11 Ret 12 14 16 14 19 11 7 6 Ret 10 12 14 12 11 11 13 5 19 Nico Hülkenberg Ret Ret 14 11 7 12 6 14 5 20 Takuma Sato 16 13 5 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 8 14 10 13 Ret 15 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 4 21 Brendon Hartley 5 4 22 Thomas De Bock 14 8 10 Ret 20 12 Ret 12 17 7 13 11 9 11 13 12 11 3 23 Darren Older, Jr. 7 8 16 12 Ret 9 3 24 Rubens Barrichello 13 Ret 13 7 8 Ret 3 25 Hélio Castroneves Ret 7 2 26 Sakon Yamamoto 15 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 10 12 16 1 27 Luca Badoer 12 11 17 Ret 14 Ret 9 10 13 0 28 Kazuki Nakajima 9 10 12 0 29 Kimi Räikkönen Ret 20 9 Ret 15 17 14 13 18 14 12 13 12 0 30 Andrea Acuri Ret 10 Ret Ret 15 0 31 Daisuke Itō 19† 21 15 Ret 19 0 32 Sébastien Loeb 16 0 33 Pedro de la Rosa 16 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

† – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points were awarded at the Malaysian Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Constructor's Championship

Pos Constructor # BHR AUS MAL ‡ USA JPN ESP TUR EUR MON GBR IRE GER BEL ITA HUN SIN CHN BRA URU ABU Pts 1 BMW Sauber 1 8 Ret 3 12 2 5 6 Ret 10 3 4 4 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 6 165 2 Ret 14 2 2 Ret 9 Ret 5 5 6 2 7 3 3 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 11 2 Red Bull-Renault 16 6 2 Ret 1 7 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 2 3 Ret 1 112 17 1 4 12 Ret 3 4 5 Ret 11 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 3 3 Toyota 7 7 6 6 Ret 13 Ret 3 4 7 4 11 3 Ret 8 Ret 3 Ret 7 2 10 101.5 8 5 5 Ret 6 5 3 4 3 2 Ret 5 5 11 9 7 10 DNS 9 10 12 4 Williams-Honda 11 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 10 2 1 3 Ret Ret 2 5 4 6 6 8 5 3 4 90 12 12 11 17 Ret 14 Ret 9 10 13 9 16† Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Brawn-Honda 26 2 3 4 11 11 2 Ret DNA 84.5 27 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 DNA 6 Ferrari 3 Ret 10 19† Ret Ret 8 10 6 6 16† Ret 14† Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 9 66.5 4 Ret 7 8 Ret 16 Ret 18† Ret 4 15 1 1 Ret 5 5 2 3 10 Ret 5 7 Force India-Mercedes 22 10 15 16 13 18 18 13 15 12 Ret 15 12 8 1 9 5 4 6 4 8 56 23 15 17 18† Ret 10 15 8 16 Ret Ret 9 8 4 2 4 Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 8 McLaren-Mercedes 5 9 9 14 10 Ret 6 17† 7 9 5 3 Ret Ret 7 8 8 14† Ret 5 2 19 (69) 6 Ret 12 Ret 4 4 7 12 2 8 2 Ret Ret 7 6 11 7 Ret Ret 12 7 9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9 11 19 20† 5 9 11 11 11 14 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 9 Ret 9 Ret 15 10 14 8 10 Ret 20 12 Ret 12 17 7 13 11 9 11 13 12 11 Ret 7 16 10 Renault 14 Ret 20 9 Ret 15 17 14 13 18 14 12 13 12 Ret 14 11 7 12 6 14 14 15 17 18 11 Ret 12 14 16 14 19 11 7 6 Ret 10 12 14 12 11 11 13 11 Prodrive-Mercedes 20 13 Ret 13 7 8 Ret 7 8 16 12 Ret 9 Ret DNA 6 21 18 16 Ret 9 17 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret DNA 12 Super Aguri-Honda 24 16 13 5 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 8 14 10 13 Ret 15 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 25 19† 21 15 Ret 19 16 15 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 10 12 16 Ret 10 Ret Ret 15 † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. ‡ – Half points were awarded at the Malaysian Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.